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Hey Gang,

Due to financial reasons I'm having to to moving to a gym that's near by my house so I am not spending money on gas traveling to two towns over so I am wondering if anybody here has a membership with planet fitness and would recommend it and anything that I'd need to be aware of?

It sucks tho because I joined a gym that my ex friend wanted me to go to and he stopped going and now he's outta the picture I'm left with a 100 dollar gym membership that I can't use due to the mileage costs...man I really got screwed on that one

Planet Fitness is cool. They have decent equipment for relatively low prices.

There's a rule where you can't tease somebody because they are at a "lower" fitness level than you.

heard reviews where the employees let people violate the rules. like the no grunting and slamming weights.

makes me worried about going to it. I'm not strong. :S its the only gym I could afford. cost like $10 a month.

Sly:

I would say that, probably, the vast majority of people who go to gyms are not "strong."

Just ignore the grunts. Just do your thing. And if somebody makes a comment, tell them to mind their own business.

1. See if you can get out of that other gym contract. $100 a month makes no sense if you can't use it.

2. On Planet Fitness....

I call it a gym for (insert slang for plural female genitalia). On the good side... It's CHEAP. Lots of cardio equipment and enough weight equipment if all you want is quick and basic strength training. If you opt for the premium membership, the tanning privileges pretty much make it cheaper than having a separate place for tanning.

On the bad side... The business model caters to fat and lazy people who are intimidated about doing most anything to get healthy and strong. They have a long list of lawsuits and complaints for blatantly discriminatory behavior. I know all gyms benefit when people sign up and never show up...it's money coming it but no wear and tear on the equipment. However, having Tootsie Rolls at the counter? Pizza day? Bagel day? They are "enablers" for bad behavior. Add in their stupid "Lunk Alarm" that goes off when any unapproved behavior goes on (people have had it go off for exhaling too loud), and it's just over-the-top stupid. Hell, they've told people to leave the gym for dressing too "sexy" (we're talking sports bras and Under Armour which is common at most any other gym) because it "intimidates" the other gym users. They advertise the "Judgment Free Zone" but they are anything but "Judgment Free."

I suppose it doesn't hurt to give it a shot. If it works for your needs, it's good. If you feel you are outgrowing it, you will need to find a "serious" gym to meet your needs.

For what it's worth, I was hired to work at a new Planet Fitness. I was fired after 4 days because they felt I was too "fitness minded" to work for them. All the people I saw working there, if they were physically fit, DID NOT look the part (mostly women). The guys were beanpoles with piercings or pudgy. Not one fit man behind the counter.

I go there because it is very close to where I work. I'd suggest checking it out during the time you'd normally work out. The people you see at the gym, the way they act and how they treat the equipment will be the people likely there when you work out. You'll know whether that hits your comfort level or not. In a general sense, its a gym, they keep mine clean and there is enough equipment that I'm not waiting for what I want to work out on. Basic membership is all I wanted because I don't tan and certainly don't want a massage chair experience. I see all fitness levels at my gym. I personally like the beginners at the gym so don't worry that you don't feel strong. If you keep at it, you motivate someone else.

Yea. No reason not to.

Is that the place that banned deadlifts?

More like they got rid of any equipment that looks "intense" or "intimidating."

This has never happened at my gym. It has both pencilnecks with ILS and big beefcakes. Most Planet Fitness "gyms" these days do not even have barbells. I could previously bench press 390 lbs, and can do 355 now; if I went to Planet Fitness, I'd still be at the same place as I was when I started lifting in January 2012.

While Planet Fitness has a lot of negatives to it, like heavily relying on machines, almost a complete lack of free weight equipment and heavy weights, no grunting (how dare you push yourself to your limits!), free tootsie rolls and pizza, and much more... There are some people who have got in great shape and look better than the majority of people who go to any gym at all.

You could do better by going to a different gym, but you could do good enough, by going to planet fitness.

Do you have a community college nearby with a gym? What about a city rec center? Anything "public sector" will be cheaper.

Planet Fitness summed up in 16 seconds.

If you just want to loose weight, go and join to use the cardio equipment. If you want to actually build muscle and have decent room in your house, save up and buy a squat rack and an Olympic weight set.