Planet Fitness removing squat racks? Aroo?

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  • Planet Treadmill
  • wow glad I go to a different gym-I love doing squats so if I belonged there I wouldn't stay-I heard you can't even drop a dumb bell-they would hate my gym-if people don't like squat-they just don't have to use it-pretty soon they will only have treadmills there lol
  • Trechechus
    Trechechus Posts: 2,819 Member
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    ... Judgement-free
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    I don't see the problem here.

    People who want to use squat racks have lots of gym choices.

    People who don't want gyms with people who use racks have apparently only one choice. Why do you want to take that choice away from those people?

    That logic is flawed.

    I don't use a spin bike. As long as a gym has all the equipment i do use, i don't care that there are also spin bikes in there and that other people use them.

    A gym is a gym. The squat rack is one of the most used pieces of equipment in a gym. I fail to see the logic in getting rid of it.

    good point…I don't use the treadmill, but I don't want it eliminated from my gym..

    I don't use the trainers....OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    I don't see the problem here.

    People who want to use squat racks have lots of gym choices.

    People who don't want gyms with people who use racks have apparently only one choice. Why do you want to take that choice away from those people?

    what about the current members that use squat racks?

    They're all lunks anyway. Meat heads with brains and genitalia destroyed by steroids. Obsessed with looking at themselves in the mirror and grunting. Worst of all - they judge people.

    :flowerforyou:
  • Derp_Diggler
    Derp_Diggler Posts: 1,456 Member
    yet another reason to not go to planet fitness ..what a joke….

    whats next…no deadlifting..oh wait…you can't do that either..

    On this trajectory it's only a matter of time before first the Olympic barbells and then the fixed barbells are gone. Then the dumbbells and benches.

    After that they'll start on the cardio machines until there is nothing but ellipticals left (that'll show those smug treadmill runners).

    Then they'll get rid of those too and be free to pursue their true business model - monthly pizza club subscription.

    maybe that is their master plan ..lure everyone in with pizza and slowly eliminate all the gym equipment….


    I'm going to open a pizza joint next door, and put a squat rack in the middle of the dining room.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    wow glad I go to a different gym-I love doing squats so if I belonged there I wouldn't stay-I heard you can't even drop a dumb bell-they would hate my gym-if people don't like squat-they just don't have to use it-pretty soon they will only have treadmills there lol

    don't squat and don't be a lunk…bahahahahaha
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    yet another reason to not go to planet fitness ..what a joke….

    whats next…no deadlifting..oh wait…you can't do that either..

    On this trajectory it's only a matter of time before first the Olympic barbells and then the fixed barbells are gone. Then the dumbbells and benches.

    After that they'll start on the cardio machines until there is nothing but ellipticals left (that'll show those smug treadmill runners).

    Then they'll get rid of those too and be free to pursue their true business model - monthly pizza club subscription.

    maybe that is their master plan ..lure everyone in with pizza and slowly eliminate all the gym equipment….


    I'm going to open a pizza joint next door, and put a squat rack in the middle of the dining room.

    bahahahahahaha..

    I will open a donut shop next store and put a deadlift station in it….
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    yet another reason to not go to planet fitness ..what a joke….

    whats next…no deadlifting..oh wait…you can't do that either..

    On this trajectory it's only a matter of time before first the Olympic barbells and then the fixed barbells are gone. Then the dumbbells and benches.

    After that they'll start on the cardio machines until there is nothing but ellipticals left (that'll show those smug treadmill runners).

    Then they'll get rid of those too and be free to pursue their true business model - monthly pizza club subscription.

    maybe that is their master plan ..lure everyone in with pizza and slowly eliminate all the gym equipment….


    I'm going to open a pizza joint next door, and put a squat rack in the middle of the dining room.

    YES!!!!!!!!! Make sure your pizza oven blows pizza farts in their general direction.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Planet Treadmill

    more like planet Deuche….
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Planet Treadmill

    more like planet Deuche….

    Planet Fitless
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    I can't really think of anything I would actually do at a Planet Fitness. Maybe they have pull up bars?
  • Pixt
    Pixt Posts: 95 Member
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    Apparently, they just don't want to risk the possibility that one of their members might actually ... build muscle.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    I can't really think of anything I would actually do at a Planet Fitness. Maybe they have pull up bars?

    probably not as that might lead to grunting….

    I guess they have dumbbells…that only go up to 40# or something?
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Planet Treadmill

    more like planet Deuche….

    Planet Fitless

    planet scrawny
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    yet another reason to not go to planet fitness ..what a joke….

    whats next…no deadlifting..oh wait…you can't do that either..

    On this trajectory it's only a matter of time before first the Olympic barbells and then the fixed barbells are gone. Then the dumbbells and benches.

    After that they'll start on the cardio machines until there is nothing but ellipticals left (that'll show those smug treadmill runners).

    Then they'll get rid of those too and be free to pursue their true business model - monthly pizza club subscription.

    maybe that is their master plan ..lure everyone in with pizza and slowly eliminate all the gym equipment….


    I'm going to open a pizza joint next door, and put a squat rack in the middle of the dining room.

    bahahahahahaha..

    I will open a donut shop next store and put a deadlift station in it….

    Okay...IN, I will open a Starbucks INSIDE of it and put a pull up bar in the middle of it.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    yet another reason to not go to planet fitness ..what a joke….

    whats next…no deadlifting..oh wait…you can't do that either..

    On this trajectory it's only a matter of time before first the Olympic barbells and then the fixed barbells are gone. Then the dumbbells and benches.

    After that they'll start on the cardio machines until there is nothing but ellipticals left (that'll show those smug treadmill runners).

    Then they'll get rid of those too and be free to pursue their true business model - monthly pizza club subscription.

    maybe that is their master plan ..lure everyone in with pizza and slowly eliminate all the gym equipment….


    I'm going to open a pizza joint next door, and put a squat rack in the middle of the dining room.

    bahahahahahaha..

    I will open a donut shop next store and put a deadlift station in it….

    Okay...IN, I will open a Starbucks INSIDE of it and put a pull up bar in the middle of it.

    we will freaking surround the place!
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Planet Treadmill

    more like planet Deuche….

    Planet Fitless

    planet scrawny

    Planet Wimpiness
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    I can't really think of anything I would actually do at a Planet Fitness. Maybe they have pull up bars?

    probably not as that might lead to grunting….

    I guess they have dumbbells…that only go up to 40# or something?

    Awesome. I could do some curls.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    Planet Treadmill

    more like planet Deuche….

    Planet Fitless

    planet scrawny

    Planet Wimpiness

    Planet Witless
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Planet Treadmill

    more like planet Deuche….

    Planet Fitless

    planet scrawny

    Planet Wimpiness

    Planet Witless

    Planet No Gainz
  • dakotababy
    dakotababy Posts: 2,407 Member
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    This is the most judgemental and disgusting thing ever. So its ok for them to judge individuals in tank tops and drinking water?! WTF.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
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    Apparently, they just don't want to risk the possibility that one of their members might actually ... build muscle.

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  • RaggedyPond
    RaggedyPond Posts: 1,487 Member
    Planet Treadmill

    more like planet Deuche….

    Planet Fitless

    planet scrawny

    Planet Wimpiness

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  • _chiaroscuro
    _chiaroscuro Posts: 1,340 Member
    Wow. There aren't any of these gyms near me so I don't know much about them. What I thought was that they wanted to make the gym less prohibitive for the first-timer, which I support but not to the point the place is child-proofed. I was intimidated as hell to approach the squat rack for the first time and I wouldn't trade that experience for the world. That was a big win!
  • Hauntinglyfit
    Hauntinglyfit Posts: 5,537 Member
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    Apparently, they just don't want to risk the possibility that one of their members might actually ... build muscle.

    They don't want any beefcake there. Beef is only okay on pizza.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Wow. There aren't any of these gyms near me so I don't know much about them. What I thought was that they wanted to make the gym less prohibitive for the first-timer, which I support but not to the point the place is child-proofed. I was intimidated as hell to approach the squat rack for the first time and I wouldn't trade that experience for the world. That was a big win!

    never been in one either and from what I have heard I am glad of that...
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
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    This is the most judgemental and disgusting thing ever. So its ok for them to judge individuals in tank tops and drinking water?! WTF.

    and grunting, don't forget grunting. i take serious offence to this b/c on any given day in any given workout, I may or may not grunt. Like a lady of course.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    lunk-alarm-640x250.jpg

    This is the most judgemental and disgusting thing ever. So its ok for them to judge individuals in tank tops and drinking water?! WTF.

    and grunting, don't forget grunting. i take serious offence to this b/c on any given day in any given workout, I may or may not grunt. Like a lady of course.

    in…for grunting ladies…lady like of course...
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    next they will say you can only do 12 reps or more because anything less that that is "bodybuilding"