Planet Fitness Tell Woman to Cover Up
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I'm still trying to see how her attire was in any way inappropriate for a gym. She had on capri length loose bottoms and a longer length crop top. I didn't see anything wrong with it. Shrugs0
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i go to planet fitness, and hate it, but its kind of my only realistic option.
this is really making something of nothing.
pretty much every gym has a dress code. i've never belonged to a gym where a guy can work out with no shirt.
i heard that they told her she was too fit and therefore intimidating. Had they just said 'your violating the dress code' (assuming she was) this would be the non issue it should be.0 -
someone commented on the news article i read saying that 'spaghetti straps' are not allowed.
women appeared to be of a normal body type to me0 -
Yeah, I heard they force anyone who's a member to eat that pizza, too! Because they want to keep their customers fat so they keep coming back. It's a great business model!
Yeah, you have to be careful. I heard it's 10 lashes for not eating the pizza on pizza night. :huh:
actually what they really want is for you to pay your membership and never go. thats really the only way the $10 a month gym buisness model works.0 -
I hear all these crazy stories about PF and the crap they pull... but the one I go to is fine? Plenty of fit half-nekkid people running around as well as the larger crowd - and every body type in-between. Everyone seems to just mind their business and do their workouts without complaint. The employees are friendly and I haven't seen any incidents anytime I've been there. Might be due to being so near the military base. A lot of us go there because it's cheap and in a better state of repair than our base gyms >_>. The area is probably just used to a "fitter" crowd due to that. *shrug*
My PF is also very good when it comes to those types of things and this is actually one of the first bad things I've heard about the company. Doesn't make very much sense to me if their whole slogan is a judgement free zone. Can't beat $20 a month with unlimited tanning :-D0 -
LOL Planet Fitness has a free pizza and bagel night every month for members...enough said
Yeah, I heard they force anyone who's a member to eat that pizza, too! Because they want to keep their customers fat so they keep coming back. It's a great business model!
I guess I showed them. I've belonged to PF for 6 years and I've never eaten the pizza on pizza night. Not because I don't want to, I LOVE pizza and eat it at least once a week, but too many grubby hands are touching it which grosses me out.
Yeah, I've never eaten the pizza myself either, community food really isn't my thing. Plus they don't get the best kinda pizza around either. They definitely don't force you to eat it, how could that even be possible, lmao?!!?0 -
Her body is not intimidating and I am sure that was not the real reason. I go to planet fitness, there is a lot of fit people that go there. I call it BS!
This sound like some of the customers we get at the doctor office I work for. People lie, specially if they think they can get money out of it. I agree with a dress code. I have been to gyms where some girls are almost naked doing nothing but trying to get attention. I go with tight clothes to the gym, even some cleavage from time to time and there is not problem now that I am overweight and I am 100% that there will be no problem after my weight loss.
The pizza thing; You DON"T have to eat it.... I never do and they do want you to go to the gym. I see the same faces every time I go.0 -
"Yeah... so we need you to leave."
"Why?"
"You're offending the fatties."
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"Yeah... so we need you to leave."
"Why?"
"You're offending the fatties."
"..."
Only on the Internet, where someone violates a dress code and people dream up stories they think are more interesting than what really happened.0 -
"Yeah... so we need you to leave."
"Why?"
"You're offending the fatties."
"..."
Only on the Internet, where someone violates a dress code and people dream up stories they think are more interesting than what really happened.
Yeah... I don't know. I went into planet fitness once and the manager walked up to me, looked me up and down, scoffed, and walked away. Considering that was when I was at my heaviest, that hurt quite a bit. That place is a disaster...0 -
Dang, can we stop assuming that everyone that goes to PF is fat and lazy, and eating pizza while walking at a 2.0 on the treadmill!!! In all seriousness though, I go to PF because it is convenient. (Ive been at Golds for 4 years, PF for 2) I also have a membership at Golds, but it's nearly impossible to lift weights because the amount of guys who walk around in herds, lifting every few minutes. So, I go to Golds for some things, and PF for others. Yes, some of the rules are dumb, but let's be honest...do you think the gym really said that to her? It sounds a bit "off" like many of the other stories out there, but who knows. My point is, if you don't like it...don't go. But please stop stereotyping everyone that does work out there!0
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I didn't read the article, but I will say form personal experience, PF is a complete joke. I don't really even know how they get away with calling themselves a gym...
If you can't...
or...
or...
Then you are not a gym.
PF is pretty much good for...
and some pizza afterwards, and that's about it.0 -
Dang, can we stop assuming that everyone that goes to PF is fat and lazy, and eating pizza while walking at a 2.0 on the treadmill!!! In all seriousness though, I go to PF because it is convenient. (Ive been at Golds for 4 years, PF for 2) I also have a membership at Golds, but it's nearly impossible to lift weights because the amount of guys who walk around in herds, lifting every few minutes. So, I go to Golds for some things, and PF for others. Yes, some of the rules are dumb, but let's be honest...do you think the gym really said that to her? It sounds a bit "off" like many of the other stories out there, but who knows. My point is, if you don't like it...don't go. But please stop stereotyping everyone that does work out there!
None of us are insulting the members. We do not like the gym and the so-called "rules" that they abide by.0 -
I saw the video interview of the woman and she put on the outfit and I couldn't understand why she needed to cover up - she had on a top that was like a sports bra and then sweatpants that were like capris. I did not find it too revealing or offensive at all. She was just starting at this club since she had had some medical issue previously and her doctor had recommended she start working out so she was walking on a treadmill and then the staff approached her. I sometimes wear the same type of top and longer-length biker shorts or running shorts because I get too hot to have on a regular t-shirt. I don't go to Planet Fitness - I go to LA Fitness and haven't heard that they have any type of "dress code." I am not sure how PF is expecting people to dress and not get overheated.0
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Dang, can we stop assuming that everyone that goes to PF is fat and lazy, and eating pizza while walking at a 2.0 on the treadmill!!! In all seriousness though, I go to PF because it is convenient. (Ive been at Golds for 4 years, PF for 2) I also have a membership at Golds, but it's nearly impossible to lift weights because the amount of guys who walk around in herds, lifting every few minutes. So, I go to Golds for some things, and PF for others. Yes, some of the rules are dumb, but let's be honest...do you think the gym really said that to her? It sounds a bit "off" like many of the other stories out there, but who knows. My point is, if you don't like it...don't go. But please stop stereotyping everyone that does work out there!
as techgal128 pointed out, it's the "gym" that we are ragging on. the PF by my house was just a bunch of treadmills and elliptical machines with a few resistance machines. not one single free weight...no squat rack, bench press, etc...not one single dumbbell. I really don't equate that to being a "gym"....I also do find the whole community pizza thing afterwards somewhat amusing as well....0 -
"Yeah... so we need you to leave."
"Why?"
"You're offending the fatties."
"..."
Only on the Internet, where someone violates a dress code and people dream up stories they think are more interesting than what really happened.
Yeah... I don't know. I went into planet fitness once and the manager walked up to me, looked me up and down, scoffed, and walked away. Considering that was when I was at my heaviest, that hurt quite a bit. That place is a disaster...
Wait, so now they both fit and fat shame? I'm sure some "average" person has had a bad experience at a planet fitness at some point in the past, so I guess no one is welcome at planet fitness. I'm amazed they're still in business since they hate on everyone.0 -
I saw the video interview of the woman and she put on the outfit and I couldn't understand why she needed to cover up - she had on a top that was like a sports bra and then sweatpants that were like capris. I did not find it too revealing or offensive at all. She was just starting at this club since she had had some medical issue previously and her doctor had recommended she start working out so she was walking on a treadmill and then the staff approached her. I sometimes wear the same type of top and longer-length biker shorts or running shorts because I get too hot to have on a regular t-shirt. I don't go to Planet Fitness - I go to LA Fitness and haven't heard that they have any type of "dress code." I am not sure how PF is expecting people to dress and not get overheated.
What's funny is that 24 Hour fitness (where I go) is exactly opposite. They sort of need a dress code. I've seen women working out that clearly do not have bras on or have see-through pants with their thongs showing.0 -
I saw the video interview of the woman and she put on the outfit and I couldn't understand why she needed to cover up - she had on a top that was like a sports bra and then sweatpants that were like capris. I did not find it too revealing or offensive at all. She was just starting at this club since she had had some medical issue previously and her doctor had recommended she start working out so she was walking on a treadmill and then the staff approached her. I sometimes wear the same type of top and longer-length biker shorts or running shorts because I get too hot to have on a regular t-shirt. I don't go to Planet Fitness - I go to LA Fitness and haven't heard that they have any type of "dress code." I am not sure how PF is expecting people to dress and not get overheated.
What's funny is that 24 Hour fitness (where I go) is exactly opposite. They sort of need a dress code. I've seen women working out that clearly do not have bras on or have see-through pants with their thongs showing.
Yikes! Haven't seen anything like that at my gym yet.0 -
Good move PF! No reason to dress slutty for a gym.0
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I saw the video interview of the woman and she put on the outfit and I couldn't understand why she needed to cover up - she had on a top that was like a sports bra and then sweatpants that were like capris. I did not find it too revealing or offensive at all. She was just starting at this club since she had had some medical issue previously and her doctor had recommended she start working out so she was walking on a treadmill and then the staff approached her. I sometimes wear the same type of top and longer-length biker shorts or running shorts because I get too hot to have on a regular t-shirt. I don't go to Planet Fitness - I go to LA Fitness and haven't heard that they have any type of "dress code." I am not sure how PF is expecting people to dress and not get overheated.
What's funny is that 24 Hour fitness (where I go) is exactly opposite. They sort of need a dress code. I've seen women working out that clearly do not have bras on or have see-through pants with their thongs showing.
Yikes! Haven't seen anything like that at my gym yet.
They usually hang out in the weight lifting area around all the manly men. The funny thing is I don't normally see them working out. They just walk back and forth, back and forth...0 -
What offends me most is how people jump to outrage before actually understanding the situation.
Its as if they read a headline and go "OH... I'M SO ANGRY... HULK SMASHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
Yep, that's exactly how I responded. Hulk Smash! :flowerforyou:0 -
"Yeah... so we need you to leave."
"Why?"
"You're offending the fatties."
"..."
Only on the Internet, where someone violates a dress code and people dream up stories they think are more interesting than what really happened.
Yeah... I don't know. I went into planet fitness once and the manager walked up to me, looked me up and down, scoffed, and walked away. Considering that was when I was at my heaviest, that hurt quite a bit. That place is a disaster...
No, that particular manager was a disaster.0 -
I hear all these stories about Planet Fitness I go there and the location I go to doesn't care what you do. I hear people grunt, drop weights and they never say anything. One of the guys who works there grunts and drops weight all the time. I think it's only certain locations that are crazy like that. I enjoy for now while I'm starting out.0
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I looked at the article and she wasn't dressed in any inappropriate manner! I would be inspired by her instead of intimidated and shame on PF for treating her like that! I can tell you it isn't the one i go to...they have barely 18 year old girls there w/their @sses hanging out of teeny tiny shorts and sports bras. Although this is the same one that lets people go in the 30 min room despite several complaints daily and lets them use 1 machine for 25 mins half of which is spent on a cell phone talking and not enforcing the "wipe down" rule anymore.0
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I looked at the article and she wasn't dressed in any inappropriate manner! I would be inspired by her instead of intimidated and shame on PF for treating her like that! I can tell you it isn't the one i go to...they have barely 18 year old girls there w/their @sses hanging out of teeny tiny shorts and sports bras. Although this is the same one that lets people go in the 30 min room despite several complaints daily and lets them use 1 machine for 25 mins half of which is spent on a cell phone talking and not enforcing the "wipe down" rule anymore.
This drives me crazy. Why can't people leave their cell phones in the locker room where they belong? People are always leaving their phones in the middle of the floor when I'm doing my classes and one of these days, I'm going to step on one. And of course it will be my fault that I didn't "watch where I was going." There was this one lady that stopped every few minutes in an hour long class to text someone.0 -
I hear all these stories about Planet Fitness I go there and the location I go to doesn't care what you do. I hear people grunt, drop weights and they never say anything. One of the guys who works there grunts and drops weight all the time. I think it's only certain locations that are crazy like that. I enjoy for now while I'm starting out.
Totes agree with you, dear!
And also, this entire thread makes me lol. That is all.0 -
It's really a shame certain locations take things to such an extreme. The Planet Fitness I go to is great. The trainer I work with there is amazing and incredibly helpful. The staff is amazing. People work out in whatever they want to. There's a girl that always run in her sports bra and I admire her. Those who lift keep the grunting and dropping of weights to a minimum (basically only doing it when it's physically necessary) and I've only hear the "lunk alarm" go off once.
Yes, their bagel Tuesdays and pizza Mondays are a little crazy and their whole marketing campaign is a little off putting, but I've had amazing experiences at Planet Fitness and I really can't afford to go anywhere else.
I just wish some locations do stupid stuff like this.0 -
they leave me alone but i'm also not displaying body parts..... They really like skankly dressed patrons also.....0
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Honestly it just looks like a dress code problem. If they have a problem with her attire, they should have said, "no bare midriffs" and left it at that. Honestly, I don't like working out in gyms with women in sports bras/crop tops. A tank top will not make you overheat, kthanks.0
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