There have been some fun discussions on here of late about Clemson Weight Training facilities “back in the day.” I was at Clemson in tbe late 80’s and was a member of the weight club called the Dungeon. I think that we paid like $25 bucks a semester to join - just enough to keep out people that weren’t serious about lifting. It was located under Fike and was very Spartan - majority of equipment was of free weight variety and had a nice healthy patina of rust and the full of dust (and probably mold - ha).
As memebwrship grew they even sponsored a power lifting team and tried to update things as funds would allow - even getting a deadlift platform . There were some pretty serious lifters in there and I think that some of them even won some competitions. We had Cheesy Dungeon tee shirts made and was a healthy distraction from the mob of the regular weight room upstairs.
I remember some great times training there and great camaraderie - I am not sure when the club was dissolved (or maybe was forced to close since it was kinda an “underground operation”) but I was wondering if there were any other Dungeon Alumni out there on the board. Cheers and Happy Lifting
As memebwrship grew they even sponsored a power lifting team and tried to update things as funds would allow - even getting a deadlift platform . There were some pretty serious lifters in there and I think that some of them even won some competitions. We had Cheesy Dungeon tee shirts made and was a healthy distraction from the mob of the regular weight room upstairs.
I remember some great times training there and great camaraderie - I am not sure when the club was dissolved (or maybe was forced to close since it was kinda an “underground operation”) but I was wondering if there were any other Dungeon Alumni out there on the board. Cheers and Happy Lifting
