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Planet Fitness removing squat racks? Aroo?
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They must have silent $ex at home too. LUNK LUNK LUNK it up...... LOL what a double standard it's average Joe's gym from dodge ball. Now get in there real deep like. UGHHH HUH0
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Either take your money and join another place or shut up and deal with it.
Are those my only options?0 -
Except that just like we have a choice of where we do business, we also have a choice to have a discussion about that choice in an online forum such as this one.
you there- get out of here- we don't allow such logical things here on the interwebz0 -
I like Planet Fitness. It helped me go from a 41" waist to a 32" waist. I don't hate anyone there. They are generally pleasant to me.
My PF has Squat Racks. I don't have anything bad to say.0 -
The bro's and bro'ettes were angry that day...like and old man trying to take soup back at a deli! :mad:
I kid, of course...
I'm out, good luck all!
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I like Planet Fitness. It helped me go from a 41" waist to a 32" waist. I don't hate anyone there. They are generally pleasant to me.
My PF has Squat Racks. I don't have anything bad to say.
you might want to take a picture of those racks so you have something to show the police when you file your Missing Racks report next month. or better yet, chain those racks to the floor and keep the key on your person0 -
I never said it was not their own problem....just seems strange that a fitness oriented place would throw that out there to let people sabotage their exercise....but hey, it does not bother me one way or the other.. I am just throwing it out there...
Ok, just checking. :bigsmile:
I'm just a Live and Let Live kinda person. As long as people are not initiating force against others, IDGAF. I do like to tease my brother about his PF membership....because he doesn't even lift. :laugh:
(And he *does* go on pizza night, but he plans around it, and the pizza is his dinner for that evening.) He's a "cardio bunny" and travels a lot for his job, so a chain place is good for him in general. He has lost more weight than me by about 20 pounds. (eats about 200 calories less per day than me) But he has it in his head that he needs to be at goal weight before he starts lifting, and since I'm a "know-it-all" he won't listen when I tell him about heavy lifting. *shrugs* :ohwell:0 -
http://theantijared.com/2014/01/planet-fitness-judges-think.htmlPlanet Fitness Judges More Than You Think
Planet Fitness is one of the largest gyms in the United States. They have developed a way where you can join their gym at a very low price. They claim to fight for the ordinary gym goer and have set up rules at their gym so that they can be considered “Judgment Free”.
What I have learned is that they have judged me more than any other gym I have belonged to…
It was 2008. I was over 400 pounds and finally decided to change my life and lose weight. I started to eat a lot better and quickly lost 50 pounds.
I knew I needed to get more active as well. I decided to join a gym. I looked at different places but I really liked the concept of Planet Fitness. They claimed to be judgment free. I did not want to feel uncomfortable at the gym.
So I walked in and the first thing I heard was…
“Hey man…you can not wear that skullcap here.”
That was what the manager said. I was wearing my 5XL Reebok hoodie and shorts. I had untied Adidas shoes because I still could not bend down to tie them.
I also had an Under Armour skullcap on. I bought it because I could not fit into any other Under Armour clothing. I wanted to wear it because it made me feel like I belonged at a gym. It was the coolest thing in the world. It symbolized strength to me. I was strong enough to lose 50 pounds.
The manager pointed at the rules on the wall. You cannot grunt or use a cell phone or make other members feel uncomfortable. I looked and it did indeed say no skullcaps or bandanas. I guess I was a part of a gang and everyone who wears one is part of a tough mean part of society.
It was part of their “Judgment Free” zone….
So where was the “Judgment Free” when the manager rolled his eyes at me when I first joined the gym? A 370-pound guy (after losing 50 pounds) who could not tie his shoes. A guy who wanted to ask questions about the equipment, but after seeing the eye rolling realized he did not belong. It did not matter to me. I knew I needed to workout. I knew I needed to be active. Judging me has been a part of my life.
Where was the “Judgment Free” zone when the two girls laughed at me when I could not fit on the bench press? Maybe they were not laughing at me. You know, because so many 370-pound (after losing 50 pounds) guys struggle to get on a piece of equipment. When I could not get my balance. Judging me has been a part of my life.
Where was the “Judgment Free” zone when I went on the treadmill for 48 seconds? When I saw the guy next to me mouth to his friend “Is that it”? Maybe they were talking about something else. Maybe I was too sensitive in a sensitive world. Or maybe I have heard these comments for over thirty years. I was the largest man in that gym. I was the largest person at Weight Watchers meetings. I was the largest person everywhere I went.
Where was the “Judgment Free” zone when I left the gym for the first time in tears? Hating my workout. Thinking that no one was there to help me. Not wanting to go back.
Judging me has been a part of my life. At that moment I was not concerned about a “Judgment Free” gym that had rules set up to judge others. I was more concerned about judging myself.
The rules at the gym do not prevent judging people. The members and staff do. All bodybuilders do not grunt and yell and hate obese people. All fitness models are not nasty sassy people. Honestly, all people who wear bandanas are not part of a vicious gang or just came out of jail…
And one 370-pound man who wanted to wear a skullcap lost over 225 pound.
I quit Planet Fitness the next day. I went to another gym that was more expensive and asked one question…
“Can I wear a skullcap here?”
My reply was…
“Why would we care?”
I have worn a skullcap everyday since 2008 when I workout. I use my cell phone at the gym and I have yelled when I met some fitness goals.
I also try to make people feel comfortable and welcome at the gym. I also share my story and hopefully have helped people want to go to the gym.
When I was over 400 pounds many people judged me. I was fat, lazy and stupid in their eyes…
I do not need for them to see me now. I am proud that I can look in the mirror and judge myself.0 -
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Wow, it really should be called Planet Arbitrary.
What about tattoos? I mean if wearing a skullcap or bandana means you are in a gang (news to me) then where does that stop? I just can't wrap my head around that at all and my brain is pretty flexible.
I won't even address the naiveté involved in thinking one can out a criminal by his or hers outward appearance.0 -
I wear a skull cap too ...I guess PF is really not for me....0 -
I wear a skull cap too ...I guess PF is really not for me....
Ditto....0 -
Ditto....
Sooo..... does this extend to yarmulkes?
Is Planet Fitness anti-Semitic?0 -
That was actually my first thought when I read skullcap. Well, until I read it was Under Armour although there would be a market for that I'm sure. It gets cold here.0 -
That was actually my first thought when I read skullcap. Well, until I read it was Under Armour although there would be a market for that I'm sure. It gets kalt here.
FIFY0 -
I met with the trainer tonight. I was a little bummed that I'm not allowed to bring fractionals for my current routine, but he wrote up a new one for me. There is no squat rack, but I'm ok with that for now. He said you're really not supposed to deadlift, but he would never tell anyone not to do it because it's one of the best exercises to do. Also, the two guys wearing skull caps in the weight room made me think of that story that was posted today. Must be an individual gym thing. *shrugs*0
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Only way to squat or bench at the PF here is to use a Smithmachine.
lol @ that0 -
I met with the trainer tonight. I was a little bummed that I'm not allowed to bring fractionals for my current routine, but he wrote up a new one for me. There is no squat rack, but I'm ok with that for now. He said you're really not supposed to deadlift, but he would never tell anyone not to do it because it's one of the best exercises to do. Also, the two guys wearing skull caps in the weight room made me think of that story that was posted today. Must be an individual gym thing. *shrugs*0
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Dear Planet Fitness,
I can't run. I just can't! It makes me so uncomfortable when people run on the tradmills next to me while I am walking. Can you please do somehting about all this lunking?
Signed,
An unhappy member
Attention: The treadmills in all Planet Fitness Gyms will now no longer exceed 3.5 mph. Thank you. Enjoy the pizza.
but wait..... pizza ?0 -
so what happens when you deadlift and are not supposed to?
I think thats when the Fingerwagging Squad shows up.0 -
I think thats when the Fingerwagging Squad shows up.
you mean the lunk alarm goes off?0 -
so what happens when you deadlift and are not supposed to?
Nothing. He said it was fine. Nobody there is going to say anything.0 -
Nothing. He said it was fine. Nobody there is going to say anything.
curious..if it is "fine" why are you not supposed to do it?0 -
curious..if it is "fine" why are you not supposed to do it?
Difference between corporate policy and what individual gym managers/staff are prepared to enforce, would be my assumption.0 -
If this is really happening, I guess Planet Fitness is truly for beginners and is not for the general MFP-weight-training public at large. (No offense meant to those who started doing backsquats even as beginners, btw.)0
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curious..if it is "fine" why are you not supposed to do it?
I guess the Planet Fitness "people" frown upon it (franchise owner? I don't know), but they don't enforce it. I wish I had a better answer.0 -
Another reason to be glad my wife joined World Gym....0
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Someone told me today to join Planet Fitness but they don't allow hula hoops. So nope. Not happening0
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I guess the Planet Fitness "people" frown upon it (franchise owner? I don't know), but they don't enforce it. I wish I had a better answer.
interesting ...0
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