Working out at Planet Fitness is everything it’s advertised to be! It’s a “no judgement zone” where you are free to choose cardio, fat burning, stretching, or whatever, and where you receive support to fulfill your goals.
Wednesday evening I attended the introductory class in “Designing Your Workout Plan.” Robert, the personal trainer, asked about my physical conditions, medications, and goals. I told him about the diagnosis of osteoporosis, my bike accident this summer when I fractured my shoulder, my alkaline diet, and that I take supplements, but no prescription medication of any kind. He said I was “very lucky.” Most people my age, he said, are on pharmaceutical prescriptions of some kind. We established three goals: 1) To build muscle strength and bone density, 2) To keep my weight down, and 3) To stretch the shoulder so that it maintains or increases its range of motion. (I should have added a fourth goal–that I am planning to run in the “Turkey Trot” 5K race on Thanksgiving–but I didn’t think about it at the time.) Robert took me on a tour of the workout equipment and showed me how to set them up and use them, and he recommended a target heart rate of 116 on the elliptical machines.
I got right to work. The upbeat music in the gym really gets you moving! You can bring your own headset with you and plug into the audio for a slew of TV’s that are set up in front of the treadmills and elliptical machines. You can bring a closed container of water, too, to keep in the cup holders as you make the circuit. If you bring your purse or other valuables, you can bring your own lock and tuck them away in a locker. If you forget your headset or bottled water, they have vending machines up front where you can purchase them on site.
Seems like they’ve thought of everything at Planet Fitness! Hope to see you there!
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This gym is for underachievers.
That depends on what you’re trying to achieve. If you want to become an Olympic-class weightlifter, this gym is NOT for you. If you want to build muscle and bone strength and increase endurance, Planet Fitness is the place to be!
No, even if you are trying to build strength and endurance Planet Fitness will frown on you. Working out with a group we were told that this was not allowed as it involved “coaching” and “leading”, something the PF trainer is only allowed to do. Our reply was “Huh? We are doing a workout together.”
How can you call it a gym if you can’t squat?
What a joke.
Planet Fitness is a joke. It’s the club for the people who waste everyone else’s time at the real gyms.
Really crap place to be or work out.
Or you can go there, do your sets, and leave.
Exactly, do your sets and leave. I’ve worked out and worked there as a trainer… it’s just like every other gym, you get guys who mess around and the rare few who know what they’re doing. The equipment is clean, functional, and that’s all you “really” need. The lack of a power rack is a disadvantage to some, and the dumbells are somewhat limited, but if you know what you’re doing you can still get a workout… for cheap. I’m speaking for the couple of west coast clubs – not sure about how the East Coast is.
If it’s a judgment free zone why do they discriminate against “lunks”?
This gym has the most rudest people i have ever came across. No one is nice they all have stinky attitudes.
Here’s a GREAT one. My membership was cancelled today for the following reasons: “Lunk – member was lunked several times, he is aware of club rules, but continued to grunt and drop weights. Excessive hissing.” I have to tell you… I was stunned AND stumped… I was having some breathing issues with allergy-induced asthma, but have had the issue before and been able to work through it.
The Lunk Alarm goes off, but the “offender” is most often not aware because they are never pointed out or talked to about their offending behavior. Had anyone spoken to me, they would have clearly heard that I was having a breathing issue. The “hissing” was me wheezing.
In 30 plus years of weightlifting I have never dropped a weight; NEVER. I was taught to always lift in control, especially when lifting alone.
So, now my character has been questioned, and upon informing the manager of the issue I was having (as he was terminating my membership), he insisted I had violated the code. So much for the Judgement Free Zone.
Don’t work through your allergy-induced asthma at Planet Fitness. It will get you Lunked and cost you your membership like it just did me. I’d hate to see what would happen to someone who has a heart-attack there.
i have a gym on the east coast and i love working out there, the employees are really nice and down to earth they make me feel welcome every time i come in. and i have never been told i cant tell my friend how to work out or train her a specific way
TRY THE ONE IN NEWARK DELAWARE
BROOKSIDE SHOPPING CENTER
YOU ARE GREETED POLITELY AND HAVE A GREAT WORK OUT
THE STAFF ARE GREAT
TRY IT YOU WILL COME BACK AGAIN
Watertown NY staff, rude, disrespectful, not to mention don’t know what they are doing. GYM is a Joke.
Bill GrantPlanet Fitness
I am so upset with PF right now!!!!! Finishing up my workout hitting a personal best right at closing time running at 7.5 which for me is full speed and the power is completely cut off. Not, sure if you have ever been on a treadmill with the power getting cut but it is a lot like a broom stick being stuck in the spokes on the front tire of a bike going full speed. Scarey feeling like you are going right over the top of the tread mill but even more frustrating is the swelling on my knee … See More
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Billy Morris I just drove across town to PF and the doors were locked…my clock said I had atleast 20 mins…who knows how long they had been locked before I showed. I can get a sweat on in 20 minutes…that was a little frustrating…now driving to a 24 hr club that just opened
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Planet Fitness Hi Bill, and Billy – Could you please forward your posts using the Contact Corporate link under our profile picture? They will be happy to look into them for you. Thank you!
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Bill Grant There is no contact corporate link that is what I asked for last night and was told I would have to contact corporate through the web site which I tried. I was also told the manager would call me this morning that has not happened either. I suppose the only other option I have is contacting an lawyer to find out how responsible PF is. The saddest thing is instead of making excuses and making someone jump through hoops to get a point across a simple apology and commitment to change would have probably worked.
This place is a joke!!
Dumbbells go up only to 80 lbs. If 80 lbs. is the highest, the day you, Slob, actually get to use it for an exercise is a psychological triumph! You’ve hefted the mightiest weight there! You’ve scaled the Everest of Mediocrity!
There are two total free bars in the place, and they’re dedicated to bench press — don’t even think of moving one of them or the Smile Police will assault you and put you in your place with pleasant condescension akin to being blackmailed by Mormons. Everything else is a purple machine that makes you really good at building functional muscle perfectly suited to push a car off your crushed toddler, but only if its at exactly a 37-degree angle, seated.
You’re not allowed to wear bandanas. Personally, I believe in this rule, because as far as I’m concerned, bandanas are suited only for gypsy heads and around the necks of German shepherds, but Planet Fitness has a different reason! Bandanas promote gang violence! I’m not sure if this is because the Planet Fitness CEO cried during Boyz N Da Hood, but to be fair, I didn’t work out at the PF on Crenshaw. When it comes to gang violence, PF sez ”Squash it!”
You’re not allowed to bring in water containers larger than 20 oz. Who the fuck would even think of this? Apparently, this is because dreaded meatheads will bring in a full gallon of water for a workout! Our targeted member demographic would never exert themselves enough to drink more than 20 oz. of water during a workout! Water fountain? Fuck that. I’d sooner drink out of Tubgirl.
Membership sucks too. Let’s say you pay $20 for a black card membership. You have access to all gyms. NOOO!!!! They count how many time’s you go in a month. After you reach a # they tell you your not allow to used this gym until next month.
This gym is for retards
Its cheap for a reason