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Planet Fitness Just Came to My Town...
MsHarryWinston
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*facepalm*. I just can't even...
I know some people love it, some people hate it. Just posting this here because I couldn't let my discovery pass without commenting on it. Feel free to discuss, aaaaaaaand go!
I know some people love it, some people hate it. Just posting this here because I couldn't let my discovery pass without commenting on it. Feel free to discuss, aaaaaaaand go!
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In for free Tootsie Rolls.9
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PF is good for figuring out what cardio equipment you'd like to buy for the home gym. Its usefulness for strength training is dubious at best.3
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I have a PF membership for weekends only, because it's the only gym near me. Don't listen to BS, free bagel pizza etc have nothing to do with you. If you are serious about working out, you will get a workout. Only thing I hate are the Smith machines, so squats and bench suck, deadlifts are not non-existent. PF is fine for the average lifter.6
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Actually my main problem is with their corporate culture. Can't get behind a company I don't agree with, no matter how convenient they are.8
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I wish my gym had free food...7
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in for a judgement free zone...oh wait...16
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Ironandwine69 wrote: »I have a PF membership for weekends only, because it's the only gym near me. Don't listen to BS, free bagel pizza etc have nothing to do with you. If you are serious about working out, you will get a workout. Only thing I hate are the Smith machines, so squats and bench suck, deadlifts are not non-existent. PF is fine for the average lifter.
not sure how you can be serious about working out if you can't do the main compound movements...7 -
Ironandwine69 wrote: »I have a PF membership for weekends only, because it's the only gym near me. Don't listen to BS, free bagel pizza etc have nothing to do with you. If you are serious about working out, you will get a workout. Only thing I hate are the Smith machines, so squats and bench suck, deadlifts are not non-existent. PF is fine for the average lifter.
Lots of folks at my PF doing Smith DLs0 -
MsHarryWinston wrote: »Actually my main problem is with their corporate culture. Can't get behind a company I don't agree with, no matter how convenient they are.
Agreed.
They also don't have any locations particularly near me, though, so it's not like it's an issue, at least not yet. If it were convenient and gave me things I wanted for a very cheap price (I understand the locations are often quite different in terms of what they offer), I'm sure I'd join, so I don't question why anyone else might.
I simply hate it if people insist that it's better than other gyms since not judgy, as that's buying into fear tactics that I think PF is unethical for using.4 -
I think PF's advertising model and corporate culture sucks.
I still have a membership there because there's one I can literally walk to near us. I have home equipment, but it's still nice to get out of the house every now and then and mix up my routine and it's cheap and open 24 hours.1 -
MsHarryWinston wrote: »Actually my main problem is with their corporate culture. Can't get behind a company I don't agree with, no matter how convenient they are.
Can you elaborate on their corporate culture?0 -
stanmann571 wrote: »
Lots of folks at my PF doing Smith DLs
Not with proper form...8 -
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clicketykeys wrote: »
Can you elaborate on their corporate culture?
Lunk alarm - look it up6 -
Been a member for a year and it's actually one of the most judgmental gyms I've been to and that's coming from a former Lifetime Fitness member6
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I have nothing nice to say, so I'll zip it lol6
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Lunk alarm - look it up
If that's the worst you have against PF then that's awfully petty. It's not marketed as a gym for serious lifters, it's a place for beginners to go to get their confidence up on working out. It's a great starting place for most people. The lunk alarm should be in every gym to be honest. There's no reason to be dropping weights and being extra loud just for attention. Also never any reason to belittle people who are already terrified being at the gym in the first place.
With that said, there are some serious things that PF lacks that someone moderately serious about improving their physique would need. Lack of the compound lifts, some of the smith machines promote poor form and/or add unnecessary stress to joints that can cause injury. Equipment maintenance, at least at the two locations near me seems poor. Staff there make minimum wage and you can tell by the way they act most of the time. Poorly managed at many locations. THOSE things indicate the poor company structure and lacking work culture.
Finally, for some people like myself, it's just shear convenience and being so cheap. I'm not trying to get jacked, I don't have any ambition of 5% body fat and stage ready. But they have plenty of great cardio equipment and the bare essentials needed for weight training. It's also 2 minutes from my house and another location 5 minutes from my parent's so I can go with my Mom or sister. Other gyms like 24 hour fitness or Golds just wouldn't be as welcoming and are generally poorly located in my city.
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Lunk alarm - look it up
So their branding. I thought you were talking about unethical practices of some sort. Idk, maybe we have a renegade PF, but I've never seen or heard of it being used.
not sure how you can be serious about working out if you can't do the main compound movements...
My goals may be different from yours. That doesn't mean I'm not serious about working toward them.6 -
I’ve had nothing but good experiences at my PF location. The staff is friendly, the facility immaculate (seems someone is always cleaning there), broken equipment usually repaired in timely fashion, no one bothers me most of the time, but ones who do are friendly. I felt comfortable with this gym from first day I entered the place. My only criticism is they don’t have a pool.
Oh, and I don't partake in the free food. That would defeat purposes why I'm there in the first place.
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stanmann571 wrote: »
Proper form for picking up heavy dead weight from the floor cannot be achieved with the slanted angle forced by standard smith machines.9 -
clicketykeys wrote: »
So their branding. I thought you were talking about unethical practices of some sort. Idk, maybe we have a renegade PF, but I've never seen or heard of it being used.
My goals may be different from yours. That doesn't mean I'm not serious about working toward them.
oh so many more things..
Like a "judgement free zone" that judges people as lunks.
Kicking people out for "working out too hard" because it was "intimidating" other members.
kicking people out for their workout out attire...like wearing a skullie or arm sleeve..
and the list goes on and on ...
My comment about compound movements was in reference to someone referring back to lifting. If you can't do movements that work the entire body and are a basic foundation, then one is not going to meet their lifting goals.
If your goal is too just do cardio for an hour then disregard, but that is not what that poser was referring to.
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If that's the worst you have against PF then that's awfully petty. It's not marketed as a gym for serious lifters, it's a place for beginners to go to get their confidence up on working out. It's a great starting place for most people. The lunk alarm should be in every gym to be honest. There's no reason to be dropping weights and being extra loud just for attention. Also never any reason to belittle people who are already terrified being at the gym in the first place.
Actually, it's a place for beginners to sign up due to low cost of entry and then spend $10 a month to not wear out the equipment (due to the fact that the vast majority of members rarely go...after all, it's only $10 a month).
Also, who's belittling anyone? If I'm doing some heavy T-bar rows and the last few reps are so difficult that I grunt loudly (this happens against my will and I actually get embarrassed about it), how does my grunting belittle anyone else? If I'm deadlifting over 400 lbs and I can't finish my last rep so I drop it on the lifting platform and it makes a loud bang, how is that directed at the beginner over on the chest press machine?
Lastly, if belittling is a problem then how is it okay to belittle me by setting off some stupid alarm to call attention to the fact that I can't do heavy rows without compulsorily grunting? How is it okay to mark me as a lunky showboat who wants your attention when all I really want to is to mind my own business and get my work done?34 -
It's cheap, extremely convenient for those with a hectic lifestyle, and has some nice extras.2
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That lunk alarm is trash though.4
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Carlos_421 wrote: »
Actually, it's a place for beginners to sign up due to low cost of entry and then spend $10 a month to not wear out the equipment (due to the fact that the vast majority of members rarely go...after all, it's only $10 a month).
Also, who's belittling anyone? If I'm doing some heavy T-bar rows and the last few reps are so difficult that I grunt loudly (this happens against my will and I actually get embarrassed about it), how does my grunting belittle anyone else? If I'm deadlifting over 400 lbs and I can't finish my last rep so I drop it on the lifting platform and it makes a loud bang, how is that directed at the beginner over on the chest press machine?
Lastly, if belittling is a problem then how is it okay to belittle me by setting off some stupid alarm to call attention to the fact that I can't do heavy rows without compulsorily grunting? How is it okay to mark me as a lunky showboat who wants your attention when all I really want to is to mind my own business and get my work done?
It seems some people at planet fitness would rather hear someone screaming in agony because they failed a lift and didn't drop the weight than dropping it and bailing safely.6 -
stanmann571 wrote: »
Lots of folks at my PF doing Smith DLs
Smith machine DL is much worse than no DL9 -
A planet fitness came to my town. I then moved across the country.*
*Facts may not be related.9 -
When I'm doing dumbbell bench press, there's no way I can set the weights down without dropping them (well, about a foot from the floor). Lowering the weights to the floor would pull my arms out of their sockets.If that's the worst you have against PF then that's awfully petty. It's not marketed as a gym for serious lifters, it's a place for beginners to go to get their confidence up on working out. It's a great starting place for most people. The lunk alarm should be in every gym to be honest. There's no reason to be dropping weights and being extra loud just for attention.
And if a loud alarm goes off when I'm doing said presses, what if it startles me and I drop the weights on my face?
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