Planet Fitness (greatest hits)

[odanny]

Every gym has one of these people in it at some point.

 

[DGS49]

My local L A Fitness closed down a couple month ago (no other LAF is in reasonable distance), and after considering several options, my wife and I joined Planet Fitness. She has her membership paid by Silver Sneakers and I come as a "guest" at all times, so we pay essentially nothing for our membership. We patronized a PF in Florida when we went down for the Winter, so we have used two local and one remote club in the time since we first joined.

No complaints whatsoever. It is a great place to work out, and even when it's "crowded" we can still do our respective workouts uninterrupted. I have seen a few examples of oddball workout practices, but nothing that interfered with what we were doing.

I find one "requirement" to be bothersome, but that's just me. They want you to wipe down the equipment you are using after every use, and I basically refuse to do it. I get the Hairy Eyeball occasionally from older women, but the practice is hygienically stupid and I refuse to do it. Unless, of course, I am sweating profusely and leave bodily fluids on the device - which hasn't happened yet.

Each PF gym has a "30 minute workout" area, where you run through a dozen (or so) stations, ideally in a half-hour period, and you have gotten a full, head-to-toe workout. I love it, and I do it on every visit, followed by a few specialized exercises and 30 minutes on a cardio machine. I could not ask for a better or cheaper place to work out.

 

[braalian]

Every gym has one of these people in it at some point.

The one with the bench press fail wasn’t planet fitness. They don’t have bench press