Stone And Steel Gym

Stone And Steel Gym A 24/7 gym in downtown Potsdam NY with a full selection of strength and cardio equipment.

Technically I wasn't supposed to be working last night after getting back from my trip, but I couldn't just sit at home ...
09/09/2026

Technically I wasn't supposed to be working last night after getting back from my trip, but I couldn't just sit at home knowing that this machine was broken while I already had the replacement part in stock and waiting to go. These pins are a known weak point on the Nautilus Freedom Trainers, so I made a point to have upgraded heavy duty replacements on hand. About 15 minutes later and it was back in service.

When the wife asked me what I wanted to do on our romantic anniversary weekend in Montreal, I had one answer: The Atlant...
09/08/2026

When the wife asked me what I wanted to do on our romantic anniversary weekend in Montreal, I had one answer: The Atlantis Gym. Ok, eat too much French pastry, then the gym. Atlantis makes some of the world's finest equipment up in Montreal, and this is their own gym full of just about everything they make plus some prototypes that never made it to commercial production.

I'd recommend it for anyone in the area, but for a gym owner it's effectively 25 Canadian dollars for unlimited equipment test drives. I definitely added a couple items to my wishlist, one of them you might hear more about soon....

The Nautilus Freedom Trainer just had to wait until I was out of town for a few days to break. There should be an out of...
09/05/2026

The Nautilus Freedom Trainer just had to wait until I was out of town for a few days to break. There should be an out of order sign on it, please resist the urge to use it until I get back.

I thought it'd never happen. After months of pestering our supplier finally sent out repair parts for one of our under w...
09/03/2026

I thought it'd never happen. After months of pestering our supplier finally sent out repair parts for one of our under warranty treadmills, the one with the intermittent error when trying to change incline. Now we'll see how long it takes for them to send me the instructions too. šŸ¤¦

Soon.
09/02/2026

Soon.

Staffed hour changes for the next two weeks, we'll have our standard staffed hours the first few day this week, then Wed...
08/30/2026

Staffed hour changes for the next two weeks, we'll have our standard staffed hours the first few day this week, then Wednesday we won't have our normal afternoon hours this week. Next week is the bigger change, no staffed hours Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday. Normal hours will return next Wednesday.

The Criterion Arm Bar. Some of our members who were lifting in the late 80s and 90s may be thinking "Now that's a name I...
08/28/2026

The Criterion Arm Bar. Some of our members who were lifting in the late 80s and 90s may be thinking "Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time." The Criterion Arm Bar is unique with its rotating handles, which allows for changing your wrist angle mid lift. That could just be for comfort, your wrists and elbows might want a different position at the top of the movement than at the bottom. It also allows for some pretty unique functionality like a barbell Zottman curl which literally can't be done with any other bar.

Until recently you could only get these by lurking in corners of the Internet where people trade vintage iron, but the original inventor has recently restarted making these in small batches. Try it out, if you find some interesting uses for the bar let me know, this may be an instructional video in the waiting.

If a piece of equipment breaks while you're using it, or you find something that's broken, please let me know. I promise...
08/26/2026

If a piece of equipment breaks while you're using it, or you find something that's broken, please let me know. I promise you won't get in trouble (unless you're doing something real stupid and even then you'd be in more trouble if I find out by looking at the camera footage).

I happened to notice today that all three screws had snapped on the landmine and it, like many of us, was just barely holding on. The screws have been replaced and I've added a pair of lag bolts so it shouldn't be going anywhere now.

I find it hard to believe that the person didn't notice those screws let go when they did. If something like that happens in the gym please tell me, the sooner I know about it the sooner it can be fixed so that it'll be available, and more importantly safe, to use by the next member.

A couple months ago I'd purchased new thigh pads for the hip adductor abductor machine, but I haven't put them on until ...
08/24/2026

A couple months ago I'd purchased new thigh pads for the hip adductor abductor machine, but I haven't put them on until now. Why? Because as soon as they came in I knew they weren't right. They were significantly thinner and harder than the original pads, and frankly painful against the inner thigh once you're lifting the bottom of the weight stack. I contacted the company that made them and they said they only use one firmness of foam for every kind of pad and that no one had ever complained before.

Then apparently a lot of gyms have owners that don't test their own equipment, or they just think that "not very good" is good enough, but that's not how things work here.

Instead, how things work here is that I spent a few weeks researching how to sew vinyl upholstery, find and purchase a heavy duty vintage sewing machine, modify it to sew heavy commercial vinyl, and buy several yards of marine grade vinyl and high density foam.

Next I just have to learn how to actually sew....

So for now the hip adductor/abductor has the new, too hard pads while I take the originals home and disassemble them to make my sewing patterns. Hopefully we'll have significantly better ones in the weeks to come.

The students are back and it's cooling down but summer isn't quite over yet, there's still temperatures in the high 70s ...
08/24/2026

The students are back and it's cooling down but summer isn't quite over yet, there's still temperatures in the high 70s and low 80s coming up this week. It's not too late to get the 2026 Stone and Steel tank if we still have your size, and the rest of our tanks are now $5 off.

These fit a size up compared to unisex Tshirt sizing, so when I say we still have XS, S, L, and XXL pretend that's actually S, M, XL, and ###L.

Merch is available for sale during staffed hours, or members can message me to charge a sale to their account and I'll leave one out for you to pick up at your convenience.

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6 Main Street
Potsdam, NY
13676

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