Planet fitness. Y/n?

It depends on your goals. I heard they are not really "serious" gyms but take that for what its worth.

Love it! for $20 a month u get to tan.....

The one in my town has free weights, but they are dumbbells less than 50 pounds and no barbells at all. It's basically a room with 3987520957209357 treadmills and one little line of dumbbells with a couple of benches.

Oh, but they do have free pizza on Saturdays...

My vote would be no, unless you just want to do cardio.

It really depends on where you are and what you are looking for. The one in my hometown did have a lot of dumbbells and only a few barbells in addition to all the cardio and weight equipment. I went and I liked it because I mostly do strength machines and cardio when I couldn't do it outside. The environment was pretty friendly and low-pressure and it was mostly high school students and middle-aged people who were going just to stay in shape. However, there were also two women there who were pretty successful in female bodybuilding competitions and were pretty ripped, so obviously the equipment is what you make of it.

The one near my university was huge and had lots of cardio and strength training machines in addition to a huge heavy lifting section. I'm guessing this is because it was in a big college town, so a lot of its patrons were young, buff men. The environment was different there too. It was mostly young people, a lot of "bros," but there were also a few older people and less fit people there.

I would suggest you do a trial membership at your local PF if you can and see how it is. The environment (and possibly equipment) will differ depending on where you are. It's not a bad gym. A lot of people don't like it because it's not as "serious" or because some don't have a lot of heavy lifting equipment, but like I pointed out before, it's what you make of the equipment. If you are just starting at a gym and your local PF has all or most of the equipment your looking for, I would say go for it. Obviously price is an issue for you and Planet Fitness is definitely a good value.

It is a room filled with workout equipment for $10 a month... I like it.

Yep, I agree with this. I belong to World Gym and Fitness 19.
World is awesome, but it's across town. Since I moved, it's a pita to get to.
Fitness 19 is within walking distance. It doesn't have the same feel and it's much smaller, but I go...
That in itself makes it a great gym,

I didn't mind it, was cheap & got the job done for me. I don't go there anymore b/c I had baby #3 and it was more sufficient for me to work out at home but it def wasn't the worst experience ever lol.

Depends. It's fine if you're looking for a cardio center. Not fine if you're looking for a strength gym.

Read the reviews of MOST franchise gyms.
Heck, the review of my current fancy gym is horrible.

It depends what you want out of a gym. If you want a million cardio machines and some weight machines and good hours for $10 it might be just want you want.

I used it in the dead of winter last year when I was between gyms and just needed a treadmill (was doing weights at my work gym). It wasn't horrible.

Read the fine print.

Planet Fitness wasn't for me, didn't felt like I got anything out of it when I worked plus any place that has fitness in it's name that has bagel morning and pizza party night not a place for me

free food doesn't have calories.

I love my gym, new gym one year old. I alternate both upright and recumb bike, ellipt, treadmill, and then do wts. for 30 minutes. If you don't know how to use the wts. they have available use the personal trainer time, (you sign up) and get him/her to show you exactly what you need to lift, push, etc. to get a good wt. training session in. I love that no one is there to impress others, no sports bras with strutting 20 year olds. Get my workout in and leave. No kids running around everywhere like Lifetime. (my 3 kids are older now)

Thats where I go. Cheaper than a treadmill. Ours have a friendly staff

I decided I wanted to try it out because its really cheap and I can afford $10 a month while saving for my vacation. But I looked them up online and the reviews are the worst I've ever read. Ever. Anyone have personal experience with them? Is it worth it or not?

There isn't one here. People post a lot about it on these boards, though, and whether it's good or bad seems to depend entirely on the location.

I think it's a fine starter gym, especially if you're mainly interested in cardio. Makes more sense to join a gym at $10 a month than to buy a treadmill or elliptical for home.

I was a member for about a year and a half, until I realized that I wanted to focus more on free weights than machines, and that I hated indoor cardio. So I bought weights for home and do all my running outside.

Ugh. Even when I belonged to a gym, if I couldn't do my cardio outside (weather), I LOVED having my elliptical at home. I have it in my bedroom in front of a television, so I can watch DVDs, Netflix, whatever in the comfort and self-controlled climate of my own home. I ONLY use gym cardio equipment if I'm with a friend so we can talk and distract each other.

If all you want is cardio and you can afford it, I personally would do it outside when possible and buy home equipment for when not (of course, only once you've established a routine and know you'll use it).

the one I went to, to apply for a membership, didn't have a squat rack. only a smith machine, I walked out quicker than I walked in