How to quit Planet Fitness..??

maidengirl_ wrote: »

I was considering joining Planet Fitness until I read this post...plus heard about the set up being mostly cardio and I hate cardio! Anyway, yea, you can cancel your membership at any time but if you just recently signed a one year term with them...they might make you pay it in full to break it. Best of luck.

I wouldn't let a few comments deter you. You should take a tour of your local PF. Yeah there's a lot of cardio machines, but I use them as a warm up and move on to the weight machines. I could see the issue if you're really advanced and the weights just aren't heavy enough for you, but I don't get all the hate on PF. Some stuff is weird, like the pizza, bagels and tootsie rolls, but I just ignore that crap, do my work out and leave.

DP

posted in error

I was a member of PF years ago, but moved away from that area in 2011. I just went in and filled out a 1-page form to cancel. I'm not sure if anything has changed since then, but it took only a few min.

My current gym (which is a community gym run by a small town's parks dept.) is much smaller, but still has cup holders on treadmills. They are not large enough for a gallon water jug, but they can accommodate my 24 oz. water bottle and I refill it at the water fountain if needed. So during a 60-90 min. workout including both cardio and weight lifting, I might drink 24 - 48 oz. I can't fit a gallon jug in the cup holders and it is much more prone to breaking and releasing water everywhere than is my smaller and sturdier refillable bottle. I would think there is more risk of spilling from a gallon jug while drinking also because of the large mouth on that bottle. There is no rule at my gym regarding the size of container, but we are not supposed to have any liquid aside from water. I think someone must have been making sticky messes with gatorade or powerade and caused them to create that rule. I've seen guys slamming protein shakes in the locker room, which is allowed as far as I can tell... just not on the gym floor. As for weight lifting areas, I try to put my bottle against the wall if not at a bench, or under the bench I'm using. It isn't a rule, but I feel it appropriate to make it difficult for someone to trip on it.

As for shoes / sandals, my gym's rules are that we must have closed-toe gym shoes (not street shoes) on the gym floor. The locker room is in the back of the gym, so if I need to change clothes, I go in the door, stop at a bench, change my shoes before walking across the gym floor, and then go into the locker room and change. I think they have this rule to protect the gym floor (and keep it clean), which is a soft material, and the cardio equipment.

I believe there is logic to these rules. Some may still disagree and argue the logic is not good enough to make such a rule, but it is a private business and they can make those rules if they want.

As to the parking lot issue, I'm not sure how far you would have to park if there is no space, but my gym has no parking lot. There is street parking, but sometimes I have to park and walk a block or 2... no big deal when I plan to exercise anyway.

On the music complaint, there are some headphones that fit over your ear and not in your ear. I have very sensitive and tiny ears as well and haven't been able to find earbuds that work until the last 2 years when new designs have finally been put on the market. Even those are a slight bit too big, but they work and are decently comfortable with the silicone bits. Keep in mind that if they play music, it is not legal for them to just buy a CD and broadcast it throughout the gym. PF must buy "public performance rights" in order to play music. They may not have bought those rights for many songs because they are trying to save money (my guess).

I think you should let them know about the staff that have been rude to you and unresponsive to your complaints about rules not being followed.

samanthaluangphixay wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIr5SjE_jO0

Dammit! You beat me to it!! Ha!!

I also go to Planet Fitness but im lucky enough in my area and the time i go, its not usually that busy.. But all you have to do is go in there and tell them you want to cancel your membership, i believe there maybe a cancellation fee and you have to sign something but thats it.. pretty easy

pick up a dumbbell from the floor

Colorscheme wrote: »

I don't get it. Most of these complaints against PF has to do with liability. In what universe is sandals on workout equipment a good idea? or having gallon jugs that people can trip over? or wearing street clothes? Like, your clothes can get caught in equipment if you're wearing jeans, or a long skirt. They don't want to get sued, it's common sense.

And policies are there for a reason, how do you not know any of this stuff when you sign up? Does PF not have a membership agreement that outlines all their policies?

Would you go on a rollercoaster or carnival ride with super long hair that could get caught in something> no. You'd tie up your hair into a bun or something to prevent an accident. Same thing.

As stated earlier, that not a corporate "hazard" policy. It's to maintain their "no gymtimidation environment", whatever that means.....per their FAQ page.

Not that it really matters on the water...but yes, agreed on the sandals and that this should be pointed out and known when you sign up. Problem is, many gyms don't go through that with you when you do and they really should.

yusaku02 wrote: »

pick up a dumbbell from the floor

This depends on your Planet Fatness. Mine has free weights, squat racks, the whole 9 yards.