Anyone go to Planet Fitness?
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I like that, the siren of wonder! lol.
What would be interesting is to see the efficacy of places like Curves vs PF vs a meathead gym, like Golds.
How many members were active weekly, how many set goals, how many achieved goals, how many had an measurable positive progress, etc.
My old golds gym used to have a few female body builders. My friends was complaining that they were stronger than him. I laughed.0 -
I love it but all I do is cardio at the moment and its cheap enough and the machines suit my needs. we do have free weights and I have seen people do squats with weights. Also, massage chairs may not do much for physical fitness but for overall health I think stress reduction is a good thing, no?0
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I just switched to golds. I wanted some group classes and yoga, and golds had a good deal.0
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They also might be expecting people to think a couple things like, oh a single bulk purchase cost instead of pay over time, where they might run into financial issues, or they have research showing people are stupid and can't figure cost per unit on the fly, etc.uconnwinsnc1 wrote: »... BWAHAHAHAHAHA.
Ok, hands up, who would go with the 18 month deal?
Well lots of places have yearly fee's and the $199 one might not? I don't know. There obviously is something else behind it. They might be a garbage franchise but they do have intelligent marketing people who aren't going to make arbitrary membership prices up.
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orly?dougpconnell219 wrote: »
Yeah, then the added vig might actually be worth it. I've read some things online about PF cancelling nightmares.
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From all the commercials and all the advertising that PF has done to make it clear that their environment is not well suited for those who wish to "lift heavy" and take part in all the grunting, I really can't understand why anyone would be so bothered by this. It's not as though there aren't tons of gyms out there that cater to that particular population. If building muscle is your top priority then maybe Planet Fitness isn't the place for you. Go somewhere else. I find it funny that so many that don't even go to PF focus on the free pizza and tootsie rolls.....
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shadowofender wrote: »I had a PF membership. For a while it was great, when I was too unnsure of myself to want to lift around other people, and I just used it for cardio. However, even with 87lbs still to lose, I find myself loving my strength training and PF just didn't have what I needed.
Plus, even though I had lost about 30lbs in my time there, whenever I started using free weights a trainer would come up to me and try to get me to use machines instead because "with so much weight to lose still, you shouldn't be trying to build strength" without even asking what my goals were or anything. I found it really rude and it happened more than once. I get that I'm a big girl, and "lifting heavy" for me is not nearly the same thing as lifting heavy for someone who's in better shape and been training longer, but I'd rather lift and lose slower while keeping what muscle I have, than do straight cardio and have no strength at the end.
Sounds like a crappy trainer.
The one I have at the PF i go to is awesome. He encourages me and my husnabd to try all of the machines and weights and do what we enjoy the most. In the three weeks that I have been going there, I can already tell the difference in my upper body strength....I already had super strong legs due to holding up a 412 pound body for so long lol! I am still building muscle in them or retaining is maybe the better way to put it...
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all teh gruntings.0
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They have more than cardio equipment. Your best bet it to utilize the free trainer there. They will write you a program and then after six weeks or so they will switch it up for you. They will go over your goals with you.
Utilize the free weights!0 -
StaceyJ2008 wrote: »They have more than cardio equipment. Your best bet it to utilize the free trainer there. They will write you a program and then after six weeks or so they will switch it up for you. They will go over your goals with you.
Utilize the free weights!
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jenjay8045 wrote: »StaceyJ2008 wrote: »They have more than cardio equipment. Your best bet it to utilize the free trainer there. They will write you a program and then after six weeks or so they will switch it up for you. They will go over your goals with you.
Utilize the free weights!
This^^^^^^
I wonder what kind of training their trainers have?0 -
jenjay8045 wrote: »StaceyJ2008 wrote: »They have more than cardio equipment. Your best bet it to utilize the free trainer there. They will write you a program and then after six weeks or so they will switch it up for you. They will go over your goals with you.
Utilize the free weights!
This^^^^^^
I wonder what kind of training their trainers have?
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Shouldn't be trying to build strength? That particular trainer didn't know diddly squat about fitness. This does not surprise me, though.0
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As we've been saying all along, our objection is not just "This gym doesn't fit my needs!"From all the commercials and all the advertising that PF has done to make it clear that their environment is not well suited for those who wish to "lift heavy" and take part in all the grunting, I really can't understand why anyone would be so bothered by this. It's not as though there aren't tons of gyms out there that cater to that particular population. If building muscle is your top priority then maybe Planet Fitness isn't the place for you. Go somewhere else. I find it funny that so many that don't even go to PF focus on the free pizza and tootsie rolls.....
Rather, most of us have principled objections to the place. Personally, I disapprove of businesses that spread falsehoods, foster fears that are mostly imaginary, needlessly hinder their customers, and paint ridiculous caricatures of their competition. I do understand that some people don't feel that such things are wrong, though.
It certainly doesn't help that Planet Fitness tends to take business away from more legitimate gyms. See http://www.ourmidland.com/news/article_35bc3cc6-2678-575a-a02a-f24555d1604b.html. It's unfair that these businesses have to suffer because PF insists on telling the public that they are filled with brutish lunks and should be feared.
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As we've been saying all along, our objection is not just "This gym doesn't fit my needs!"From all the commercials and all the advertising that PF has done to make it clear that their environment is not well suited for those who wish to "lift heavy" and take part in all the grunting, I really can't understand why anyone would be so bothered by this. It's not as though there aren't tons of gyms out there that cater to that particular population. If building muscle is your top priority then maybe Planet Fitness isn't the place for you. Go somewhere else. I find it funny that so many that don't even go to PF focus on the free pizza and tootsie rolls.....
Rather, most of us have principled objections to the place. Personally, I disapprove of businesses that spread falsehoods, foster fears that are mostly imaginary, needlessly hinder their customers, and paint ridiculous caricatures of their competition. I do understand that some people don't feel that such things are wrong, though.
It certainly doesn't help that Planet Fitness tends to take business away from more legitimate gyms. See http://www.ourmidland.com/news/article_35bc3cc6-2678-575a-a02a-f24555d1604b.html. It's unfair that these businesses have to suffer because PF insists on telling the public that they are filled with brutish lunks and should be feared.
I would say not caricatures of the competition, but of a type of high usage member they would rather make fun of than have.
Feeding into the cattiness that breeds threads like, "Ermagerds, I want to goez to teh gymz, but people judge meeeeeee!"0 -
As we've been saying all along, our objection is not just "This gym doesn't fit my needs!"From all the commercials and all the advertising that PF has done to make it clear that their environment is not well suited for those who wish to "lift heavy" and take part in all the grunting, I really can't understand why anyone would be so bothered by this. It's not as though there aren't tons of gyms out there that cater to that particular population. If building muscle is your top priority then maybe Planet Fitness isn't the place for you. Go somewhere else. I find it funny that so many that don't even go to PF focus on the free pizza and tootsie rolls.....
Rather, most of us have principled objections to the place. Personally, I disapprove of businesses that spread falsehoods, foster fears that are mostly imaginary, needlessly hinder their customers, and paint ridiculous caricatures of their competition. I do understand that some people don't feel that such things are wrong, though.
It certainly doesn't help that Planet Fitness tends to take business away from more legitimate gyms. See http://www.ourmidland.com/news/article_35bc3cc6-2678-575a-a02a-f24555d1604b.html. It's unfair that these businesses have to suffer because PF insists on telling the public that they are filled with brutish lunks and should be feared.
I would say not caricatures of the competition, but of a type of high usage member they would rather make fun of than have.
Feeding into the cattiness that breeds threads like, "Ermagerds, I want to goez to teh gymz, but people judge meeeeeee!"
I find the fact that there is tanning to be highly hypocritical. It seems to fly in the face of their own commercials as well.0 -
As we've been saying all along, our objection is not just "This gym doesn't fit my needs!"From all the commercials and all the advertising that PF has done to make it clear that their environment is not well suited for those who wish to "lift heavy" and take part in all the grunting, I really can't understand why anyone would be so bothered by this. It's not as though there aren't tons of gyms out there that cater to that particular population. If building muscle is your top priority then maybe Planet Fitness isn't the place for you. Go somewhere else. I find it funny that so many that don't even go to PF focus on the free pizza and tootsie rolls.....
Rather, most of us have principled objections to the place. Personally, I disapprove of businesses that spread falsehoods, foster fears that are mostly imaginary, needlessly hinder their customers, and paint ridiculous caricatures of their competition. I do understand that some people don't feel that such things are wrong, though.
It certainly doesn't help that Planet Fitness tends to take business away from more legitimate gyms. See http://www.ourmidland.com/news/article_35bc3cc6-2678-575a-a02a-f24555d1604b.html. It's unfair that these businesses have to suffer because PF insists on telling the public that they are filled with brutish lunks and should be feared.
I would say not caricatures of the competition, but of a type of high usage member they would rather make fun of than have.
Feeding into the cattiness that breeds threads like, "Ermagerds, I want to goez to teh gymz, but people judge meeeeeee!"
I find the fact that there is tanning to be highly hypocritical. It seems to fly in the face of their own commercials as well.
What's wrong with tanning? At least in this context?
(Serious question, my golds has a bed... not sure why.)0 -
As we've been saying all along, our objection is not just "This gym doesn't fit my needs!"From all the commercials and all the advertising that PF has done to make it clear that their environment is not well suited for those who wish to "lift heavy" and take part in all the grunting, I really can't understand why anyone would be so bothered by this. It's not as though there aren't tons of gyms out there that cater to that particular population. If building muscle is your top priority then maybe Planet Fitness isn't the place for you. Go somewhere else. I find it funny that so many that don't even go to PF focus on the free pizza and tootsie rolls.....
Rather, most of us have principled objections to the place. Personally, I disapprove of businesses that spread falsehoods, foster fears that are mostly imaginary, needlessly hinder their customers, and paint ridiculous caricatures of their competition. I do understand that some people don't feel that such things are wrong, though.
It certainly doesn't help that Planet Fitness tends to take business away from more legitimate gyms. See http://www.ourmidland.com/news/article_35bc3cc6-2678-575a-a02a-f24555d1604b.html. It's unfair that these businesses have to suffer because PF insists on telling the public that they are filled with brutish lunks and should be feared.
I would say not caricatures of the competition, but of a type of high usage member they would rather make fun of than have.
Feeding into the cattiness that breeds threads like, "Ermagerds, I want to goez to teh gymz, but people judge meeeeeee!"
I find the fact that there is tanning to be highly hypocritical. It seems to fly in the face of their own commercials as well.
What's wrong with tanning? At least in this context?
(Serious question, my golds has a bed... not sure why.)
Well here on the East Coast they have that commercial with the super skinny, faked tan women (airheads of course!) that they are essentially making fun off. So I just found it bizarre that they are promoting tanning.0 -
ah.
Those gals were hot. Totes jersey.
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I only heard of Planet Fitness the other day, on here, when someone mentioned they were coming to Canada, so I looked them up. Apparently they're here, in my city, but it's a big city and I don't drive, so even at $10 a month compared to upwards of $100 for most gyms here, the hour and a half transit trip (45 minutes each way) just isn't convenient enough for me, so I will continue to workout at home. I'd love to find a gym I could walk to that wouldn't cost me an arm and leg. If they had classes at that price I'd go out of my way for sure, but I have a stationary bike, jump rope and weights at home so I'd probably only really make use of their treadmill.
To the Americans who seem to be much more familiar with this gym, does it offer classes, maybe at an additional cost, and I'm just missing the information on their website?
I read about the free pizza and bagels. That's weird to me.
What's a lunk alarm?
There aren't classes
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I had a PF membership for a couple of years. It's no frills, no classes, no sauna, etc. it was a good gym to use after I had my baby as I knew I wouldn't be able to go very often; it's cheap! I used the cardio machines and weight machines and didn't have a plan, really. As time went on I found heavy lifting (love!) and starting doing Stronglifts 5x5. My location had 1 squat rack. I usually had to wait for one particular guy to finish using it on certain mornings. I was able to do squats, deadlifts, OHP, bench, dumbells exercises all at Planet. But I started to think that I could buy a used power rack and have a home gym and not have to wait for that one guy to get the squat rack to myself. So I did that. PF has dumb rules like "no string tank shirts" & "no grunting". I read an article once where an employee told a woman that her fit physique was intimidating to another gym goer! Sorry if someone else mentioned this, I didn't read the whole thread. But, wow, really Planet Fitness?0
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Hmm. $10 a month. All you can eat pizza? I wouldn't work out there, for crying out loud, but it seems like it would almost be worth it just for the pizza. Does the alarm get set off if I am moaning while eating pizza? I could choke.0
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I PICK STUFF UP AND PUT STUFF DOWN!
Come on, for $10 a month they're great. I run for an hour on my lunch break. I have an olympic set and do Stronglifts 3x a week at home. Sometimes I'll supplement with the weight machines at PF. (yes, free weights are better, but that doesn't mean machines won't do anything for you)
Yes, their target audience is people who are intimidated by 'bro' gyms. They partner with The Biggest Loser, which means you can see some very large people there.
There's nothing wrong with that. If you're not their target customer, go to another gym. I don't understand the PF hate.0 -
I used to use Planet Fitness. It was one of the few ones left that had an actual squat rack and a large free weight section. They recently "remodeled" and the squat rack, benches, and free weights were gone
Thankfully a crunch fitness opened up and offered memberships at a cheaper price. 0 -
is this thread still going...???0
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I never realized this, but I was told that an employee at PF actually has to sound the "lunk alarm" ...I always just assumed it went off on it own ...
that is so freaking lame...they just got some high school kid sitting by a button waiting to push it if someone gets too loud?????0 -
I never realized this, but I was told that an employee at PF actually has to sound the "lunk alarm" ...I always just assumed it went off on it own ...
that is so freaking lame...they just got some high school kid sitting by a button waiting to push it if someone gets too loud?????
The one I used to go to set the lunk alarm off just for fun sometimes. Scared the daylights out of me one day. My brother's girlfriend had sneezed on the elliptical and they told her she was too loud and needed to quiet down.
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