Planet Fitness
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I just joined last week and I love it. They have tons of cardio equipment so there's no waiting or time limits for using anything. The strength training area is a good size and I think perfectly suitable for the majority of users. The facility is very clean, well maintained, and the locker room/showers are always clean too. They also have circuit training that's designed for quick 30min workouts if you're pressed for time.
They have signs about pizza/bagels one night a month. Maybe it's a little odd, but really....who cares? They're giving away something for nothing. If you don't want it then don't take it. People also balk about the tootsie rolls on the counter which from what I've heard are really for anyone who may experience a drop in blood sugar. Again, if you don't want it no one is twisting your arm, right?
I got my membership for $99 for an entire year. I can deal with pizza aroma for that price. You can't beat that with a stick.0 -
I just read this whole thing and it is at least half lies..I will just leave this here as someone had put it on my wall and I found it to be an interesting read...https://www.t-nation.com/opinion/planet-fitness-nightmare
As for nutritional information that is true, none is offered. They do point the way across the hall to Weight Watchers.
My PF is full of beautiful in shape people that I aspire to be like.
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Amberonamission wrote: »
I just read this whole thing and it is at least half lies..I will just leave this here as someone had put it on my wall and I found it to be an interesting read...https://www.t-nation.com/opinion/planet-fitness-nightmare
As for nutritional information that is true, none is offered. They do point the way across the hall to Weight Watchers.
My PF is full of beautiful in shape people that I aspire to be like.
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nicolen160 wrote: »I want something differnt then what I have at home and I want to meet others that like to work out, my family has not jumped on the working out ban wagon like I had hoped and I am thinking after 2 years they're not going to...lol But I love it and want desparately to find others who like it too. I also want to use other equipment then what I have at my house and also get into strength training but need guidance since I have never done it before. I don't want to go to a gym where everyone is trying to be "the world's strongest man" and little ole me is just trying to get toned and lose 30lbs. After 2 years I really just wanted something new and different, thanks for all the info, I appreciate the good and the bad.
I have belonged to gyms my entire life ...a long time...my best workouts are done in a professional gym environment. Dont let people put you off you are going to love the gym and all it has to offer. Planet fitness is a great place..you will enjoy your new challenges.
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Amberonamission wrote: »I've been going to planet fittness for 5 months now and I must say that place changed my life. Almost all the negative comments I read here have to be from people who don't go to planet fitness. Our free weights go to 75 pounds, not that I am anywhere near using them. Training is always free and they will teach you how to use all of the equipment and routines to do for each muscle group.
We have a stretching room with free weights, balance balls, ab rollers, bosu and more. The 360room is so great for kettle bells and medicine balls and this huge contraption to climb and jump on. There is a 12 min ab room that I don't use much but my husband likes. And a 30 min workout room based on The Biggest Loser. That is kind of a curves thing. In the middle are all the cardio machines. I have left puddles under the arc trainer. There is also a weights section there, all the machines and free weights and the thing I do weighted squats with (not sure the name).
We have many heavy lifters if that's your thing. Everyone is super nice. The machines do need to be cleaned before and after use. You can't rely on other people's hygenic habits.
In 5 months I have only seen food once. The food area is pretty far from the gym area and I didn't even know it was there until we were leaving. There is no dress code. No lunk alarm.
Best part of all is watching the dedicated people change. Love my planet fitness and I will owe them for the rest of my life.
thanks for your comment, this what I am hoping for!! And after all, I can always go back to working out at home if I hate it. Looking foward to it all!
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what specifically do they lie about?
They don't offer nutritional advice, and I don't believe any gym should offer nutritional advice unless they are actual nutritionists.
The biggest lie that I hear on these threads is that people who go to PF are out of shape, and discouraged from being in shape.
That's total bu*&##t! My PF has a lot of in-shape people, and yes, people trying to get there.
PF is basically a no-frills gym. (It's $10 a month) There are no classes.
You get what you put into it, and a lot of people get in great shape going there. (me included).
RE: pizza. I've never seen the pizza/bagels there. They serve it one night a week?/month? for a few hours.
Seriously, if the possibility sabotages your weight loss efforts, you have bigger problems. Go to another gym, but don't trash a $10/month gym that suits many people just fine.0 -
Naturally. Why should that be an issue? These people don't go to Planet Fitness precisely BECAUSE they see the problems with this.Amberonamission wrote: »Almost all the negative comments I read here have to be from people who don't go to planet fitness.
Consider the implications of such reasoning. Planet Fitness routinely says that other gyms are filled with meatheads, vain women, and other despicable people. That is the clear message conveyed in their advertising. Should their executives be forced to join these other gyms in order for their opinions to be valid?
That's a common theme here, unfortunately. "You don't belong to Planet Fitness! How would you know?" Well first of all, their advertising and policies speak for themselves. And second, many of the critics -- myself included -- are people who have have experience with PF or who used to be members. Obviously, one need not be an active member of an organization in order to understand the problems within.
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annaskiski wrote: »
what specifically do they lie about?
They don't offer nutritional advice, and I don't believe any gym should offer nutritional advice unless they are actual nutritionists.
The biggest lie that I hear on these threads is that people who go to PF are out of shape, and discouraged from being in shape.
That's total bu*&##t! My PF has a lot of in-shape people, and yes, people trying to get there.
PF is basically a no-frills gym. (It's $10 a month) There are no classes.
You get what you put into it, and a lot of people get in great shape going there. (me included).
RE: pizza. I've never seen the pizza/bagels there. They serve it one night a week?/month? for a few hours.
Seriously, if the possibility sabotages your weight loss efforts, you have bigger problems. Go to another gym, but don't trash a $10/month gym that suits many people just fine.
This.
My local PF has a free weights area, it also has an area for stretching. I don't know how heavy the heaviest weights are but they look heavy enough. It has a squat rack. I've heard people grunting from effort of lifting weights so they must be pretty heavy. I've also seen a lot of very fit people there of all ages. I've never heard the "lunk alarm" go off. They have pizza and bagels but I've never been there at those times and it's not like anybody is going to force you to eat them. I guess all this varies from location to location but the people who work at my PF seem pretty relaxed about the crazier rules. You can't beat the price they charge. I can't speak for every PF location but the one I go to is pretty good.
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annaskiski wrote: »
what specifically do they lie about?
They don't offer nutritional advice, and I don't believe any gym should offer nutritional advice unless they are actual nutritionists.
The biggest lie that I hear on these threads is that people who go to PF are out of shape, and discouraged from being in shape.
That's total bu*&##t! My PF has a lot of in-shape people, and yes, people trying to get there.
PF is basically a no-frills gym. (It's $10 a month) There are no classes.
You get what you put into it, and a lot of people get in great shape going there. (me included).
RE: pizza. I've never seen the pizza/bagels there. They serve it one night a week?/month? for a few hours.
Seriously, if the possibility sabotages your weight loss efforts, you have bigger problems. Go to another gym, but don't trash a $10/month gym that suits many people just fine.
I believe the article is pointing out that if they are going to offer free pizza, bagels, and candy that they should at least post the nutritional information contained in said foods, so that people realize how many extra calories they are consuming. Other gyms don't post nutritional information because they don't give out free pizza, bagels, etc.
There are thousands of PF's all over the country, just because your PF does not do it does not mean that it is not happening. The author points out that he toured 33 PF's for the article.
I would never go to a PF because I like to squat and deadlift with free weights, and I have no desire to utilize a smith machine for those movements.0 -
Honestly, i went there. And then I went there sparingly. Then I moved and didn't go at all. What you're going to get is a lot of cardio but that's about it. It's not intimate. People don't really engage you in conversation unless you happen to look on the missed connections section on Craigslist. When I moved I joined anytime fitness. More pricey, definitely more weights-centric... but the workers greet me by name. Those intimidating weightlifting folk give me pointers in my fledgling attempts at starting a routine. I've felt more included there than in a year's time at PF. Still, the cardio game is strong I guess....0
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Dave_GettingFit wrote: »annaskiski wrote: »
what specifically do they lie about?
They don't offer nutritional advice, and I don't believe any gym should offer nutritional advice unless they are actual nutritionists.
The biggest lie that I hear on these threads is that people who go to PF are out of shape, and discouraged from being in shape.
That's total bu*&##t! My PF has a lot of in-shape people, and yes, people trying to get there.
PF is basically a no-frills gym. (It's $10 a month) There are no classes.
You get what you put into it, and a lot of people get in great shape going there. (me included).
RE: pizza. I've never seen the pizza/bagels there. They serve it one night a week?/month? for a few hours.
Seriously, if the possibility sabotages your weight loss efforts, you have bigger problems. Go to another gym, but don't trash a $10/month gym that suits many people just fine.
This.
My local PF has a free weights area, it also has an area for stretching. I don't know how heavy the heaviest weights are but they look heavy enough. It has a squat rack. I've heard people grunting from effort of lifting weights so they must be pretty heavy. I've also seen a lot of very fit people there of all ages. I've never heard the "lunk alarm" go off. They have pizza and bagels but I've never been there at those times and it's not like anybody is going to force you to eat them. I guess all this varies from location to location but the people who work at my PF seem pretty relaxed about the crazier rules. You can't beat the price they charge. I can't speak for every PF location but the one I go to is pretty good.
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The free weights go to 75 not 60. I deadlift twice a week. There are plenty of very fit people to inspire. There is no dress code. And the one that annoyed me most is no grunting. You can grunt it up, nobody cares. They are super friendly and notice progress, twice since I've been going. There has never been a lunk alarm go off. I go 6 days a week for 5 months and I am so pleased that I didn't listen to any of the dumb stuff people post about PF.
Things I will agree with, the colors are stupid. I don't personally care about the 2 hours on the first Monday of the month that they serve pizza. I have only caught it twice but my kid like it.
I really hope the OP doesn't listen to anyone who hasn't worked out there.0 -
Dave_GettingFit wrote: »annaskiski wrote: »
what specifically do they lie about?
They don't offer nutritional advice, and I don't believe any gym should offer nutritional advice unless they are actual nutritionists.
The biggest lie that I hear on these threads is that people who go to PF are out of shape, and discouraged from being in shape.
That's total bu*&##t! My PF has a lot of in-shape people, and yes, people trying to get there.
PF is basically a no-frills gym. (It's $10 a month) There are no classes.
You get what you put into it, and a lot of people get in great shape going there. (me included).
RE: pizza. I've never seen the pizza/bagels there. They serve it one night a week?/month? for a few hours.
Seriously, if the possibility sabotages your weight loss efforts, you have bigger problems. Go to another gym, but don't trash a $10/month gym that suits many people just fine.
This.
My local PF has a free weights area, it also has an area for stretching. I don't know how heavy the heaviest weights are but they look heavy enough. It has a squat rack. I've heard people grunting from effort of lifting weights so they must be pretty heavy. I've also seen a lot of very fit people there of all ages. I've never heard the "lunk alarm" go off. They have pizza and bagels but I've never been there at those times and it's not like anybody is going to force you to eat them. I guess all this varies from location to location but the people who work at my PF seem pretty relaxed about the crazier rules. You can't beat the price they charge. I can't speak for every PF location but the one I go to is pretty good.
is it a smith machine or an actual squat rack???
Some PF's have actual squat racks. The one in Providence RI has at least 3 of them.
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annaskiski wrote: »
what specifically do they lie about?
They don't offer nutritional advice, and I don't believe any gym should offer nutritional advice unless they are actual nutritionists.
The biggest lie that I hear on these threads is that people who go to PF are out of shape, and discouraged from being in shape.
That's total bu*&##t! My PF has a lot of in-shape people, and yes, people trying to get there.
PF is basically a no-frills gym. (It's $10 a month) There are no classes.
You get what you put into it, and a lot of people get in great shape going there. (me included).
RE: pizza. I've never seen the pizza/bagels there. They serve it one night a week?/month? for a few hours.
Seriously, if the possibility sabotages your weight loss efforts, you have bigger problems. Go to another gym, but don't trash a $10/month gym that suits many people just fine.
I believe the article is pointing out that if they are going to offer free pizza, bagels, and candy that they should at least post the nutritional information contained in said foods, so that people realize how many extra calories they are consuming. Other gyms don't post nutritional information because they don't give out free pizza, bagels, etc.
So you're saying that a gym who serves smoothies on the premise of their being healthy doesn't have to actually show how many calories are in them because the people who drink those are some how smarter than those who eat pizza? They magically know that there's additional calories in the drinks?0 -
It depends on the location. I visited a Planet Fitness recently wherein the barbells (not just the dumbbells!) only went up to 60 lbs.Amberonamission wrote: »The free weights go to 75 not 60.
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sounds like you have basically all the cardio equipment they have available in your home, so I would definitely recommend using your time there on resistance training.0
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It depends on the location. I visited a Planet Fitness recently wherein the barbells (not just the dumbbells!) only went up to 60 lbs.Amberonamission wrote: »The free weights go to 75 not 60.
That may be correct. The pre loaded bagels are only 60. I am pretty sure those are for the people too intimidated to uses the other barbells.0 -
Consider the implications of such reasoning. Planet Fitness routinely says that other gyms are filled with meatheads, vain women, and other despicable people. That is the clear message conveyed in their advertising.
I think what they're saying is genius on their part to be honest. If you think about it, people tend to stereotype, and people who aren't familiar with gyms may think of them as being just that.... Hangouts for meatheads, bellowing while deadlifting, ect..... These people may not feel that this environment is somewhere they belong, it would be comfortable being in. I'm NOT saying that's right or wrong, but....it's the way some people think. And planet fitness is telling those people that they can feel comfortable in their gyms. Apparently the masses are embracing it too because planet fitness is laughing all the way to the bank.
Say what you want and boycott of you want, but they've cornered a big chunk of the market with it. And that's smart business.
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Amberonamission wrote: »The free weights go to 75 not 60. I deadlift twice a week. There are plenty of very fit people to inspire. There is no dress code. And the one that annoyed me most is no grunting. You can grunt it up, nobody cares. They are super friendly and notice progress, twice since I've been going. There has never been a lunk alarm go off. I go 6 days a week for 5 months and I am so pleased that I didn't listen to any of the dumb stuff people post about PF.
Things I will agree with, the colors are stupid. I don't personally care about the 2 hours on the first Monday of the month that they serve pizza. I have only caught it twice but my kid like it.
I really hope the OP doesn't listen to anyone who hasn't worked out there.
I have belonged to PF for about a year now and it has helped me lose almost 50 pounds. Where I am from, we have the option of PF for $10 a month OR we can pay $50+ a month for a nicer gym with "heavier things to pick up and sit down". Well, PF fits mine and my husband's needs. I actually have NEVER seen pizza there (I go three to four times a week). The facility is clean and the staff are friendly and helpful. Sure, there's a lunk alarm thing, but I've never seen it used. I see very overweight people just starting out. I see people get on the treadmill and run for an hour. I see muscled up men come in and use the weights.
People come in, do their thing, and leave. Most of the issues that are touched on are non-issues. Please, OP, give it a shot.
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And one more thing. What's with bashing the pizza night? Doesn't everyone on mfp talk of how one can eat what they want as long as they stay within their calories?
No one here ever eats a piece of pizza?0 -
the dumbbells go up to 80 at all the PFs local to me.
The funny part is that I've seen some of the most inconsiderate gym goers at PF out of anywhere.
its cheap an convenient.0 -
Either they have enough free weight to support your goals, or they don't. There really doesn't need to be any argument beyond that. If you want classes your obviously barking up the wrong tree0
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it has its haters but of the 3 gyms ive been a member of, its BY FAR my favorite. it has more equipment and is cleaner than the other ones I used previously
the members that do not go essentially subsidize the ones that DO go. and im okay with that, cause im there 5-6 days a week
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and every one *I* have seen, wipes down their machine. I can't say the same of the other gyms i went to....0
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Amberonamission wrote: »
It depends on the location. I visited a Planet Fitness recently wherein the barbells (not just the dumbbells!) only went up to 60 lbs.Amberonamission wrote: »The free weights go to 75 not 60.
That may be correct. The pre loaded bagels are only 60. I am pretty sure those are for the people too intimidated to uses the other barbells.
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The problem isn't pizza per se. Rather, the problem is providing temptation in an environment where healthy eating should be encouraged.And one more thing. What's with bashing the pizza night? Doesn't everyone on mfp talk of how one can eat what they want as long as they stay within their calories?
No one here ever eats a piece of pizza?
Some people don't grasp this distinction. "What's wrong with pizza just once a month?" they say. That would be fine... but do you honestly think that this is the only time its patrons indulge in pizza? Your typical American doesn't need any encouragement to eat unhealthily, so why should a gym promote these kinds of dietary habits?
Heck, if you look at their website and promotional materials, they don't even encourage moderate consumption. It's just "Free pizza! Come have some!" Not a good message for people who need to get fit.
Consider this... a little bit of sugar now and then is okay, right? If a dentist were to hand out sugar cubes though, it would send a completely wrong message to his or her patients. The same thing is true of a gym wherein all of the freebies are fattening foods -- pizza, sugary candies, donuts, bagels, and cupcakes, depending on one's location.
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Amberonamission wrote: »
It depends on the location. I visited a Planet Fitness recently wherein the barbells (not just the dumbbells!) only went up to 60 lbs.Amberonamission wrote: »The free weights go to 75 not 60.
That may be correct. The pre loaded bagels are only 60. I am pretty sure those are for the people too intimidated to uses the other barbells.
Best typo ever!
Just spotted it. Very glad I make myself laugh.0 -
The problem isn't pizza per se. Rather, the problem is providing temptation in an environment where healthy eating should be encouraged.And one more thing. What's with bashing the pizza night? Doesn't everyone on mfp talk of how one can eat what they want as long as they stay within their calories?
No one here ever eats a piece of pizza?
Some people don't grasp this distinction. "What's wrong with pizza just once a month?" they say. That would be fine... but do you honestly think that this is the only time its patrons indulge in pizza? Your typical American doesn't need any encouragement to eat unhealthily, so why should a gym promote these kinds of dietary habits?
Heck, if you look at their website and promotional materials, they don't even encourage moderate consumption. It's just "Free pizza! Come have some!" Not a good message for people who need to get fit.
Consider this... a little bit of sugar now and then is okay, right? If a dentist were to hand out sugar cubes though, it would send a completely wrong message to his or her patients. The same thing is true of a gym wherein all of the freebies are fattening foods -- pizza, sugary candies, donuts, bagels, and cupcakes, depending on one's location.
What's so unhealthy about pizza that eating it needs to be referred to as "these kinds of dietary habits"? It's bread, tomato sauce, dairy, and probably meat and/or veggies, not crack cocaine.0 -
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