Planet Fitness removing squat racks? Aroo?
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and everyone should be Vegan, and take suppliments and worry about having to have 3 more hernia surgeries which caused me to gain 50 pounds that I am fighting like hell to lose.....come on NOTHING is for EVERYONEThe problem isn't that PF is no good for anyone. It's clearly good for you and that's fine.
The problem is that PF actively demonizes the most effective forms of training and convinces people they shouldn't be lifting weights, when most of them really should.
And that is a great OPINION for you...If you see what they are doing wrong open LIFTER PARADISE and make the millions they are but I find it shameful that you want everyone to buy into your OPINION while ignoring theirs.
It's actually not opinion. The fact that everyone concerned with actual physical health ought to be doing resistance training AND the fact that squats and deadlifts are two of the most efficient resistance exercises are not in dispute.0 -
Actually, I'm not ignoring your opinion. I said PF has its place.
Calling it planet fatness, etc etc- and honestly- I personally AGREE with the idea of pizza elsewhere. Let me explain- if it comes in my house, I eat the whole thing (or i used to). I go out and eat it? I eat one slice. Having it in my face is temptation.
For some people- it's not a problem.
I disagree with their philosphy (I personally have never gone there, I'd never heard of it before this year, actually, I go to Lifetime Fitness- I need a 24 hour place because of my crazy shifts). The calling people "lunks" annoys me. At several points in my life I qualified as one. I was a firefighter/paramedic for 10 years (among other things in my checkered past)
There are a lot of people out there who have been in the boat I was in, or just want some cardio on their lunch break, etc. Again, I WOULD LOVE FOR MY FATHER TO JUST GO WALK ON THE TREADMILL 3 TIMES A WEEK FOR GODS SAKE. Man can't lift, but he could walk.
It's a great supplement to a cheap lifting membership, (gold's here and the PF membership price actually is cheaper than a solo membership at my gym o.o)- etc...or, if you JUST want what they offer.
Don't hate because I've found a place for it in the multiple gym atmospheres.0 -
and everyone should be Vegan, and take suppliments and worry about having to have 3 more hernia surgeries which caused me to gain 50 pounds that I am fighting like hell to lose.....come on NOTHING is for EVERYONEThe problem isn't that PF is no good for anyone. It's clearly good for you and that's fine.
problem is that PF actively demonizes the most effective forms of training and convinces people they shouldn't be lifting weights, when most of them really should.
And that is a great OPINION for you...If you see what they are doing wrong open LIFTER PARADISE and make the millions they are but I find it shameful that you want everyone to buy into your OPINION while ignoring theirs.
It's actually not opinion. The fact that everyone concerned with actual physical health ought to be doing resistance training AND the fact that squats and deadlifts are two of the most efficient resistance exercises are not in dispute.
No one said that anything is for everyone. It's a fact, though, that PF demonizes the most effective form of training for fat loss.
It's sad that your surgeries preclude you from engaging in lifting, but that doesn't mean it's OK to treat lifters like a bunch of meatheads and tell everyone that lifting makes you a jerk.0 -
Hmmmm.....Last time I checked this is a free country and if you are unhappy with how Planet Fitness is doing things, then find another gym. I'm from a very small state that has been ranked #1 in obesity, but we still have a gym every couple of miles. I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to find a gym where you can squat or deadlift as loudly as you please without any grief from anyone. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and what works for you may not work for others. You don't have to lift to tone, I'm proof of that, but it does make the process work faster. Everyone has to do what works best for them and just because lifting is your choice of exercise, doesn't mean that everyone else has the same choice. This is a free country.0
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I have a membership at Planet Fitness and another membership at a "lunk" gym - they are both $10/mo. One is better for cardio, the other is better for strength training. The open 24/7 thing at Planet Fitness is what prompted my joining - I hate that my other gym closes at like 4pm on the weekend.
At the Planet Fitness there are 3 Smith Machines, dumbbells (granted not many) and no barbells ... not that it would even matter, none of the members touch them. I'd have free reign of that area if I wanted it. It'll be crowded and EVERYONE will be on treadmills (walking) and on the elipticals. I was there last night sprinting with incline drenched in sweat, everyone else was dry and walking at a lesiurely pace ... thank goodness I didn't get lunk alarmed and thrown out :laugh:0 -
"Ricky" sounds like a normal gym go-er to me. I must go to an intimidating gym.....0 -
"Ricky" sounds like a normal gym go-er to me. I must go to an intimidating gym.....
I want to know why specifically a gallon? Is Ricky committing some kind of faux pas by being really thirsty? Educate an ignorant Englishman, please?0 -
They REALLY do offer pizza, bagels, and Tootsie Rolls at PF?
While I have nothing against those foods, I often can't incorporate them into my calorie budget. :ohwell:
On the other hand, the gimmicky business model alone is enough for me to avoid the place, but I can see how it's smart to focus on that target audience, because it's PERCEIVED to be underserved by that particular audience. Sounds profitable to me.0 -
and everyone should be Vegan, and take suppliments and worry about having to have 3 more hernia surgeries which caused me to gain 50 pounds that I am fighting like hell to lose.....come on NOTHING is for EVERYONEThe problem isn't that PF is no good for anyone. It's clearly good for you and that's fine.
The problem is that PF actively demonizes the most effective forms of training and convinces people they shouldn't be lifting weights, when most of them really should.
And that is a great OPINION for you...If you see what they are doing wrong open LIFTER PARADISE and make the millions they are but I find it shameful that you want everyone to buy into your OPINION while ignoring theirs.
It's actually not opinion. The fact that everyone concerned with actual physical health ought to be doing resistance training AND the fact that squats and deadlifts are two of the most efficient resistance exercises are not in dispute.
Now those ARE opinions. Very good. I trust you can now see the difference between things that have been proven by science and things that have not.0 -
I have a membership at Planet Fitness and another membership at a "lunk" gym - they are both $10/mo. One is better for cardio, the other is better for strength training. The open 24/7 thing at Planet Fitness is what prompted my joining - I hate that my other gym closes at like 4pm on the weekend.
At the Planet Fitness there are 3 Smith Machines, dumbbells (granted not many) and no barbells ... not that it would even matter, none of the members touch them. I'd have free reign of that area if I wanted it. It'll be crowded and EVERYONE will be on treadmills (walking) and on the elipticals. I was there last night sprinting with incline drenched in sweat, everyone else was dry and walking at a lesiurely pace ... thank goodness I didn't get lunk alarmed and thrown out :laugh:
Could that have actually happened there?0 -
They REALLY do offer pizza, bagels, and Tootsie Rolls at PF?
Pizza is the first Monday of the month and bagels and coffee is the second Tuesday and NO, you're not forced to eat them. I am never at the gym at night and even if I was I wouldn't eat the pizza. I do partake in the coffee if I am there early on Tuesday and once in a while I'll grab a bagel and take it home. 9 times out of 10 I don't eat it.
I honestly don't see any difference to offering these foods than a gym that has say a smoothie bar where the smoothies can have as many calories (maybe even more) than a slice of pizza.0 -
Eh, apparently this type of marketing works for them. There are plenty of other gyms that DO have squat racks.0
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I never understood the whole "being intimidated and self-conscious" going to a gym thing. Why? Because people might be more fit, look better, and are more secure than you? Afraid that some people might not be walking bags of insecurity and self-doubt? If your intimidated by something, then isn't that your weakness? Why should the accomplished have to suffer because of how you feel?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUfSwIXWqb4 0 -
They REALLY do offer pizza, bagels, and Tootsie Rolls at PF?
Pizza is the first Monday of the month and bagels and coffee is the second Tuesday and NO, you're not forced to eat them. I am never at the gym at night and even if I was I wouldn't eat the pizza. I do partake in the coffee if I am there early on Tuesday and once in a while I'll grab a bagel and take it home. 9 times out of 10 I don't eat it.
I honestly don't see any difference to offering these foods than a gym that has say a smoothie bar where the smoothies can have as many calories (maybe even more) than a slice of pizza.
The smoothies aren't free
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I go to planet fitness. I've been a member for 2 years. It helped me train for and complete a tough mudder and my first full marathon. They have plenty of free weights, pull up bars, and an area to work on core strength. They also have smith machines that I used to do squats and made quite of bit of progress on. Of course a lot of my time in the winter is spent on the treadmill. That doesn't make me a cardio bunny. That makes me a runner. Go treadmill users! There is nothing wrong with us!
I like planet fitness. I'm sure it's not for everybody, but I'm in fairly good shape and it has worked well for my purposes. I wouldn't be able to afford a more expensive gym.
I wouldn't have any problem if Ricky from the sign also wanted to use planet fitness, but perhaps there would be some people there who would find that intimidating. I'm glad there's lot of gym choices out there.0 -
I have a membership at Planet Fitness and another membership at a "lunk" gym - they are both $10/mo. One is better for cardio, the other is better for strength training. The open 24/7 thing at Planet Fitness is what prompted my joining - I hate that my other gym closes at like 4pm on the weekend.
At the Planet Fitness there are 3 Smith Machines, dumbbells (granted not many) and no barbells ... not that it would even matter, none of the members touch them. I'd have free reign of that area if I wanted it. It'll be crowded and EVERYONE will be on treadmills (walking) and on the elipticals. I was there last night sprinting with incline drenched in sweat, everyone else was dry and walking at a lesiurely pace ... thank goodness I didn't get lunk alarmed and thrown out :laugh:
Could that have actually happened there?
I see people running all the time on the treadmills at my PF. Sometimes I can't get one because they're full of people running. I run, sprint, jog what have you. I have seen people leave puddles of sweat beneath the machine they're working out on as well.
And yeah, I see people walking, strolling do things at a leisurely pace but they also do that at other gyms.0 -
So..drinking out of a gallon water jug is... judgmental?
Oh..
is this the judgement fee zone that judge a guy with a gallon of water jug?
It's the judgement free zone that's (not?) judging a guy wearing a body building tank top.
Take your pick, I guess.0 -
"Ricky" sounds like a normal gym go-er to me. I must go to an intimidating gym.....
I want to know why specifically a gallon? Is Ricky committing some kind of faux pas by being really thirsty? Educate an ignorant Englishman, please?
It DOES look funny when I see people carrying gallon jugs of water, but I, myself, have been particularly parched since I started working out and adhering to my diet. The 20 oz. bottles of water really don't cut it, anymore. Then again, I just re-fill the 20 oz. bottles, throughout the day. (We get them free at work, and that's the size they chose to offer.) I just figure that they must be really thirsty, and the one guy that I see near my office that carries a gallon jug of water is really hot (no pun intended). He's not even a tall/big, "muscley" guy. Lunk in training, like me? Lol!
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They REALLY do offer pizza, bagels, and Tootsie Rolls at PF?
Pizza is the first Monday of the month and bagels and coffee is the second Tuesday and NO, you're not forced to eat them. I am never at the gym at night and even if I was I wouldn't eat the pizza. I do partake in the coffee if I am there early on Tuesday and once in a while I'll grab a bagel and take it home. 9 times out of 10 I don't eat it.
I honestly don't see any difference to offering these foods than a gym that has say a smoothie bar where the smoothies can have as many calories (maybe even more) than a slice of pizza.
The smoothies aren't free
And you are completely missing my point.0 -
They REALLY do offer pizza, bagels, and Tootsie Rolls at PF?
Pizza is the first Monday of the month and bagels and coffee is the second Tuesday and NO, you're not forced to eat them. I am never at the gym at night and even if I was I wouldn't eat the pizza. I do partake in the coffee if I am there early on Tuesday and once in a while I'll grab a bagel and take it home. 9 times out of 10 I don't eat it.
I honestly don't see any difference to offering these foods than a gym that has say a smoothie bar where the smoothies can have as many calories (maybe even more) than a slice of pizza.
The smoothies aren't free
And you are completely missing my point.
The smoothies are different because they're not free. That's the difference. You have to buy them. Gyms with smoothie bars don't hand you a free smoothie.0 -
I have a membership at Planet Fitness and another membership at a "lunk" gym - they are both $10/mo. One is better for cardio, the other is better for strength training. The open 24/7 thing at Planet Fitness is what prompted my joining - I hate that my other gym closes at like 4pm on the weekend.
At the Planet Fitness there are 3 Smith Machines, dumbbells (granted not many) and no barbells ... not that it would even matter, none of the members touch them. I'd have free reign of that area if I wanted it. It'll be crowded and EVERYONE will be on treadmills (walking) and on the elipticals. I was there last night sprinting with incline drenched in sweat, everyone else was dry and walking at a lesiurely pace ... thank goodness I didn't get lunk alarmed and thrown out :laugh:
Could that have actually happened there?
I see people running all the time on the treadmills at my PF. Sometimes I can't get one because they're full of people running. I run, sprint, jog what have you. I have seen people leave puddles of sweat beneath the machine they're working out on as well.
And yeah, I see people walking, strolling do things at a leisurely pace but they also do that at other gyms.
Um, OK.
I meant running the risk of getting lunked (I hate myself for typing that) and getting kicked out.0 -
I honestly don't see any difference to offering these foods than a gym that has say a smoothie bar where the smoothies can have as many calories (maybe even more) than a slice of pizza.
If I could find a gym that had slices of pizza that contained the same nutrients as the type of smoothie you're talking about, I'd join immediately.
/in4 50g protein/30g carb pizza0 -
They REALLY do offer pizza, bagels, and Tootsie Rolls at PF?
Pizza is the first Monday of the month and bagels and coffee is the second Tuesday and NO, you're not forced to eat them. I am never at the gym at night and even if I was I wouldn't eat the pizza. I do partake in the coffee if I am there early on Tuesday and once in a while I'll grab a bagel and take it home. 9 times out of 10 I don't eat it.
I honestly don't see any difference to offering these foods than a gym that has say a smoothie bar where the smoothies can have as many calories (maybe even more) than a slice of pizza.
Agreed. I'd just never heard of this. I drink smoothies, occasionally, but I do it for protein, and I drink the lower cal ones. I eat pizza, too, occasionally. Coffee? Twice/day. I don't care for Tootsie Rolls, though. I'd prefer M&M's. It would be really convenient if I could get a post work-out smoothie at the gym, though.
Musings over.
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I have a membership at Planet Fitness and another membership at a "lunk" gym - they are both $10/mo. One is better for cardio, the other is better for strength training. The open 24/7 thing at Planet Fitness is what prompted my joining - I hate that my other gym closes at like 4pm on the weekend.
At the Planet Fitness there are 3 Smith Machines, dumbbells (granted not many) and no barbells ... not that it would even matter, none of the members touch them. I'd have free reign of that area if I wanted it. It'll be crowded and EVERYONE will be on treadmills (walking) and on the elipticals. I was there last night sprinting with incline drenched in sweat, everyone else was dry and walking at a lesiurely pace ... thank goodness I didn't get lunk alarmed and thrown out :laugh:
Could that have actually happened there?
I've heard stranger things ... just google "kicked out of planet fitness"0 -
My gym has free beer. Every day, all day. It's the Coors Wellness Center. I've actually never had any of it, but then again I also get free Coors at my house so there's not much appeal. (My husband works there).0
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My gym has free beer. Every day, all day. It's the Coors Wellness Center. I've actually never had any of it, but then again I also get free Coors at my house so there's not much appeal. (My husband works there).
Mmmm...beer. :drinker:0 -
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?
People who don't want squat racks should buy a treadmill or elliptical on craigslist and save themselves membership fees.0 -
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?
People who don't want squat racks should buy a treadmill or elliptical on craigslist and save themselves membership fees.
People who don't want a squat rack don't necessarily want to only do cardio.0 -
People who don't want squat racks should buy a treadmill or elliptical on craigslist and save themselves membership fees.
I wish I had room in my apartment for a treadmill/elliptical
*sighs* 1st world problems.0 -
My gym has free beer. Every day, all day. It's the Coors Wellness Center. I've actually never had any of it, but then again I also get free Coors at my house so there's not much appeal. (My husband works there).
Now if I found a gym that offered wine I'd be all over that.
Hmmm. Possible business opp??0
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