Planet Fitness Gym question

Planet fitness is ok if you feel like spending 10 dollars a month to run on a treadmill

There is nothing wrong with planet fitness at all! The one I go to has great staff and it's kept very clean. There is a lot of equipment so anyone can be successful with hitting their fitness goals.
I was there all the time but I am now doing Insanity do I've been doing my workouts at home instead but I still have my membership. When I was going I was getting great cardio AND strength workouts in so you can do just more than a treadmill workout in.
I'm sure you'll enjoy it!

The lunk alarm is ridiculous it's a judgement free zone as long as you aren't a bodybuilder. Different strokes for different folks. Their dumbbells only go up to 60 pounds

Planet Fitness is a joke, IMHO.

The one near the Gold's Gym that I am a member of tried to lure customers to their POS "gym" on our grand opening 2 years ago by having free pizza if you join their's instead.

my planet fitness is ok, one thing I don't like is telling to take it easy on the weights I am trying to build muscle and feel it hard to build muscle at planet fitness because it so boring.

Planet Fitness is a gym designed exclusively for people whose goal is weight loss. If you have any other goal really, it's not for you. But if weight loss is your goal, it's not THAT bad.

Planet Fitness is a joke, IMHO.

The one near the Gold's Gym that I am a member of tried to lure customers to their POS "gym" on our grand opening 2 years ago by having free pizza if you join their's instead.

I accept it for what it is. A no frills, low priced gym. If you really think about it, gyms makes money from you being a member and not using it. And at least where I come from, it's not uncommon for people to have memberships in more than one gym. (I have two.) And then there are dance studios and specialty boutique gyms.

Your experience from Golds Gym, will be different from the experience at NYSC (approx. $90/mo.) or Equinox (approx $190/mo.) And that is the nature of the industry. There's a budget range different people and also different amenities, and granted they are not paying and then staying home, going to the gym is nothing but a good thing.

You all are kind of making me feel like crap (my emotional state is questionable at this current point, but still.)

I JUST got a membership to PF and I've been so excited about it! And now everybody is making me feel like I made the wrong decision. It's clean, the equipment is nice, and it's only "boring" if you're a stiff who doesn't know how to entertain themselves. Also, I'm a poor young professional, and $10 a month is rad.

To the OP: I would suggest the $10 option. Maybe it's because I'm white as snow, but I don't think the contract and the extra money is worth the tanning bed and massage chair. Plus, there's no obligation, so if you hate it (as people are obviously trying to get you to do) you can cancel your membership.

I think it depends on which gym. Have a friend that goes to one near her way across town, loves it. The one closest to me is a Homecoming Nightmare. That's the best way to describe it. It's all pretty much buff people getting pretty or cute and then picking up other buff people. It's like an odd singles bar with no alcohol and strange hours.
Instead I paid a little more a month for an Anytime Fitness membership. They're available 24/7/365, I have strange free time with my work schedule fluctuating all the time. It's almost never crowded. I did have one time when all the cardio machines were full up, but I switched and did weights that day. It tends to be an older more respectful crowd. It just fit me better.
Everyone will be different. Get a free trial and see what you think. It's how I made my choice.

If that is what you can afford, then certainly go. I belonged for about 6 months. They are franchises and since they continually market such low rates, it is hard for the individual owners to make money. So do't expect the newest equipment, and the AC wont be set high. But it is clean and certainly worth the money.

Enjoy.

I'm under the impression that Planet Fitness has ****ty locations that are REALLY ****ty and nice locations that are REALLY nice. The one that I go to is about six months old and it's REALLY nice. It's clean, has a TON of cardio equipment, a HUGE weight section with free weights and machines, an ab section and a circuit area similar to like...Curves or something. (Wow, I sound like I work there...) Televisions and very clean locker rooms.

I only got the $10 deal because I don't need tanning or other locations. I'd say go for that one and if you feel you need to upgrade later, go for it? But before you buy, go visit and make sure you have a nice one!

So, I was thinking of getting a membership at Planet Fitness in my town. There is one close by after I move to that location and wanted to sign up online. It is a gym I would be able to afford and very close as well. That's where I'm confused.

They have a 20 dollars a month and it's, like, it has everything. Can go to any gym anywhere, guest privileges, tanning privileges, waterbed privileges, unlimited fitness training.

Then they have the $15 and the $10 a month. Under those two, they only list: Can only go to the gym you choose; Unlimited fitness training and a free t-shirt. I want more info on what the cheap offers offer but there is no way to find out any information about it on the website. I'll call them up if no one on here knows anything either

The cheap offers main feature is that you can only work out a one location on a regular basis. I like the idea of being able to work out in different ones (of which there are a lot here in CT).

PF works for me because I just want to get a work out in, take a shower and go about my day. I am not interested in the social bs, cliquiness, and yes, the meat heads that I have experienced at other gyms. That's just me, though.

Good luck!