Planet fitness reviews?

I despise Planet Fitness, but it's better than no gym at all.

I love Planet Fitness. We have actually trainers at our location and they have classes as well. It's a far cry from the first time I had a membership with them, but for $10, I feel like I get more than enough.

There is a planet Fitness that just opened near me. It is a smaller gym but it has everything that you need to stay on track. It was a $1.00 down and $10.00 a month. My family really like it.

The one by me is huge. It's open 24 hours during the week, which is great for people that get out of work late. It's good if you know what you want to do. The staff are very nice, but not very knowledgeable. They have so many machines, you can always get a treadmill or olyptical, but you may have to wait for the other machines, depending what time of day you go to the gym.

Definitely check out the gym itself. I highly recommend Lifetime Fitness because the one in AZ is EXCELLENT. Then I checked out another one in Kansas and it just wasn't all that. So definitely shop around and find which gym will be a good fit for you =]

I despise Planet Fitness, but it's better than no gym at all.

I agree!!! You get what you pay for...

It depends on you, honestly, and how you workout. If you are use to a small gym where you could do heavy lifting and more of a close knit group dynamic, then it may not be for you. The secret to their success is that they focus on quantity over quality. At $10 a person, they have to sell a lot more memberships to maintain their overhead and will cut things like educated trainers, classes, etc. if they don't have enough members to meet their other costs like power, rent, etc. I call it a McGym. Kind of like McDonald's, it's cheap and available, but not necessarily the best quality. From that mentality, they don't necessarily care if you come to the gym as long as you keep letting them draft from your checking account. So, you aren't going to have the personal service from their staff that you would have gotten at your smaller gym where everyone knows everyone else and calls you if you aren't there. Also, Planet Fitness has some really stupid rules in the weight room. The "No Grunting" rule for example. If you only lift light weights, this isn't a problem. But if you are lifting heavy weights, there will sometimes be noises that come from the body without conscious control. That guttural tightening of the diaphragm helps the body tighten the core to be able to lift heavy. It's a physiological thing that can be a big help when lifting, but they ban it and some locations even have bells and sirens that go off if someone is caught exerting themselves this much. Kind of the opposite of the goal for more serious exercisers. I think that goes back to the McDonald's principle where they don't want to have a lot of serious exercisers there because they take up space and use the equipment for a while. When they are trying to do their sales pitch, those exercisers can be a negative because people want to go to a gym where they aren't going to have to wait for a machine, so they don't want those people around to make it look like there is even a possibility that a potential member might have to wait for a machine because they are less likely to buy then.

If you are a casual exerciser who likes the club type atmosphere, however, this may be the perfect gym for you. You can go in and do your own thing and maybe meet someone on the next machine who is similar to you in workout styles. Also, if you don't think you'll use it often, it's not much of an expense so you won't waste a lot of money on something you don't end up using. If you are going to use it a lot, be sure you know your stuff and aren't relying on their trainers since they aren't always certified. (Certification isn't mandatory in most states, so be sure to ask to see the certificates yourself to know you are working with an educated trainer!) They do have a wide variety of equipment and the clubs I've seen have been pretty good quality equipment, too, so you can still get a great workout and save some money. Just be sure you don't lift heavy enough to grunt.

I love Planet fitness it is affordable,clean and I dont feel judge when I workout there.