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Turns out that Planet Fitness isn't so bad! (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by UniversalMonk@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/Weightroom@sh.itjust.works

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I know most people in the weightlifting world hate Planet Fitness. Clunk Alarms, no free weights, to may treadmills, etc.

Maybe my local one is the exception the the rule?

My insurance lets me have free Planet Fitness membership. So I went to check it out. Joined up. Worked out. Been going for about 6 weeks now.

I go in around 11 am and stay until about 12:30 pm. I work out w free weights, then machines to really exhaust everything, then cardio for last 30 minutes.

They have plenty of freeweights, lots of machines, in addition to lots of usual treadmills, stairmasters, etc.

But I love it. Never had anyone at all from staff even look at me strange. The front desk guy is huge. I asked about the clunk alarm, he said it's for show and not even turned on. And he said he has worked there for a year and hasn't ever had to ask anyone to leave for any reason.

And for me, during weekdays that I go, it's mostly yoga moms, so the weights are all freed up for me.

I have fully stocked home gym too, squat rack, etc. But I like the vibe of a gym, and my home gym is now for bad weather or weekends.

Because even tho Planet Fitness has been fine for me during the weekday, I'm not gonna go during the weekends. I'm sure that everything that is supposed to be annoying about the place comes true on weekends or peak times. lol

Now would I pay for Planet Fitness? I guess so, since it's so inexpensive and I've been there now. But because of it's rep, I wouldn't have even stepped foot in there if it hadn't been for the fact that I get free membership.

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[–] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The best gym is the one that gets used.

My insurance lets me have free Planet Fitness membership.

I want to remark on how very forward-looking your health insurance plan must be, because I've heard of ones which will contribute a discount for a gym membership, but never one which outright provides a membership. That's awesome!

[–] UniversalMonk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, it's nice. I retired from public service (elementary school teacher) at 50 last year. And my pension insurance plan has free gym membership for Planet Fitness, YMCA, and a place called VASA fitness. So I signed up for all three. I'm assuming for the insurance people, if the people they are insuring are more healthy, then they save money. lol

It does sound nice, but my freaking insurance is like $600 bucks a month. The insurance is just taken right out of my pension check, so I roll with it since I don't have to do anything. But since I pay so much, I try to take every freaking free thing they offer.

The Planet Fitness is only 1/2 a mile from my house tho, so I just walk there.

[–] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

The Planet Fitness is only 1/2 a mile from my house tho, so I just walk there.

Hot dang, just when it couldn't get any better haha