My stupid local Planet Fitness.....

vjohn04

So they're replacing the floor in the weights area. They took all the machines and benches and shoved them to one side of the room.
It was ridiculous to even attempt a workout. Yes, I am ridiculous and attempted to workout.

Here's what is looks like with all the evening yahoos trying to workout:








People were just moving plates away from this mess to work out and simply doing exercises holding the plates.... there were some attempting to use the machines even though they were all on top of each other. This has to be a liability--- surprised no one has been hurt with everything so cramped and disorganized.

tadjo

I am always blown away by the lack of etiquette at the gym. Today a guy turned off a fan I had just turned on. How about this WORK HARDER!!!

00sarah

Oh my gosh! That IS awful!!! Just a lawsuit waiting to happen!

Sarauk2sf

Where are the free weights?

And that is ridiculous. Time to find a new gym?

vjohn04

Where are the free weights?

And that is ridiculous. Time to find a new gym?

I got the upgraded contract for a year! *cries*

jonnythan

Where are the free weights?

And that is ridiculous. Time to find a new gym?

Freeweights?

At Planet Fitness, home of "we feed you pizza" Mondays?

vjohn04

Where are the free weights?

And that is ridiculous. Time to find a new gym?

No free weights with bars to use tonight... they took all the oly bars and hid them. I was gonna steal one and do some good mornings, if nothing else.

It was such a waste of my time this evening.

vjohn04

Freeweights?

At Planet Fitness, home of "we feed you pizza" Mondays?

HAI!

My PF has free weights. Benches, squat racks, the workz.

jonnythan

Freeweights?

At Planet Fitness, home of "we feed you pizza" Mondays?

HAI!

My PF has free weights. Benches, squat racks, the workz.

Wow, seriously? I've been in a few, and none of them had a single oly bar, much less an actual squat rack.

vjohn04

Yeah. It wouldn't be my gym of choice, if I had the option-- really.

I've been to quite a few locations over the US, and each one is really different in their set ups. I've seen a couple like what you are thinking... all machines, no free weights.

elleryjones

I see no ladies with weights in their hands. I'm going to hope that's because they were wise enough to stay away from the chaos?

DavPul

Real talk, I've never seen the inside of a PF before. What's up with the purple and yellow? It looks like the secret lair of a failed comic book superhero. And I've never seen so many wipe down bottles concentrated in one area before. That place truly is for the gym phobic. True story: I've never wiped a bench down before using it in my life.

Love the No Critics sign tho.

Back on topic. OP, I'm not sure what your complaint is. The other choice they had was to close and force you to drive across the city to a different location or skip altogether. Sounds like you were able to get some semblance of a workout in so I guess it's good they found a way to accommodate you.

BrettPGH

The more I read the more I become convinced that Planet Fitness does not want people to get in shape.

dawnna76

Back on topic. OP, I'm not sure what your complaint is. The other choice they had was to close and force you to drive across the city to a different location or skip altogether. Sounds like you were able to get some semblance of a workout in so I guess it's good they found a way to accommodate you.

^^^^^^this

vjohn04

I see no ladies with weights in their hands. I'm going to hope that's because they were wise enough to stay away from the chaos?

I attempted a half way charlie workout... I was the only lady.

Crankstr

The more I read the more I become convinced that Planet Fitness does not want people to get in shape.

HEY.

vanguardfitness

lol

Capt_Apollo

unless you actually do hard work.

vjohn04

Back on topic. OP, I'm not sure what your complaint is. The other choice they had was to close and force you to drive across the city to a different location or skip altogether. Sounds like you were able to get some semblance of a workout in so I guess it's good they found a way to accommodate you.

You are very right. I suppose this was more of a comment rather than a complaint. I took these pictures and wanted to share them on the forums and just hoped my post wouldn't be a dud. It appears that I may have produced a dud post.

However, which is better? Folks with various levels of intelligence and common sense exercising in a safe environment, or this amusing cluster. I can only control what I do, not anyone else, hence the worry of injuy. I thought maybe someone else would get a kick out of these pictures since PF gets a bad reputation on the forums.

auroranflash

Yeah. It wouldn't be my gym of choice, if I had the option-- really.

I've been to quite a few locations over the US, and each one is really different in their set ups. I've seen a couple like what you are thinking... all machines, no free weights.

This is also what I've heard. Each club varies greatly in what they offer. The "No critics" sign is purely a business move - they're trying to attract the non-super-gym-goers and make them feel comfortable - a huge target audience. I would probably do the same if I owned a gym or gyms.

In response to the "so many spray bottles to clean up after yourself" comment -- after going to a 24 hour fitness where I got sick a ton and never saw any of the machines cleaned or serviced properly, this would be welcome.

As for the OP's pics...... that's just ridiculous. They should have taped off that area if they could not have made it safely functional.

dondimitri

"evening yahoos..."

how dare all those people work out in the evening! lol!

ETA: If my gym had even half that many disinfectant bottles/wipes I'd be very happy.