WORST GYM IN AMERICA!?!?!?!!!!!!
One day a friend of mine asked me if I would train with him at his gym. I agreed to train with him and little did I know what I was getting myself into! I asked him about his gym and he told me the name, “Planet Fitness.” I asked him how much he paid a month and he told me that it was only $10.00. I figured that it couldn’t hurt being that I was already a member of LA FITNESS, and it was another gym where I could train to get a little change of scenery and workout with a friend for cheap.
I arrived at the gym for the first time not knowing what I was in for. I immediately paid $58.00 to sign up and to receive the $10.00 a month charge without doing investigative work on the gym. I got my membership card and immediately walked in the gym with my bag and all. I was stopped by a manager who told me that I couldn’t bring my bag into the gym?!? I was like why? He answered, “We’ve had problems in the past where people have stolen dumbbells.” I was like, what the h*ll? He then proceeded to tell me that I couldn’t bring my gallon of water into the gym and then instructed me to read a sign that was posted up outside the entrance. After reading this I thought to myself “how gay!” So I put my bag back into my car and proceeded to head into the gym and smelled pizza?!? I looked over at a table and there were 10 boxes of pizza sitting there. I was like, WOW, is it someone’s birthday and my buddy said it’s part of customer appreciation day. I was like….”how gay!” Instead of motivating people to lose weight, they were encouraging people to have bad eating habits…what a gym! I even looked across the gym and saw an overweight lady chasing a slice of pizza hanging from the front of her treadmill…I thought to myself…”how gay!”
So then I wanted to warm-up with some dumbbell action and asked where the heavier dumbbells were. I was told that their dumbbells only go up to 75lbs. All of my lean heads out there understand what I am getting at….”how gay!” No 125lb dumbbells?!?…straight disrespect right there! I was doing some light curls and heard a fire siren so I immediately dropped my dumbbells and ran outside. My friend ran out after me and was like, what are you doing? I responded, “That bitch is on fire!!!” He was laughing hysterically at me and said that when it got too loud in the gym or people dropped weights loudly a fire siren goes off to restore all order?!?”….I was like…”for real?…how gay!” I went back in finished my workout and heard the siren a total of 8 times and that last siren was because of me. I slammed my weights to the ground because during dead lifts, that siren went off and I was right underneath it and that could have caused me a serious injury!!! PLANET FITNESS IS FOR SISSY’S OR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SERIOUS ABOUT WORKING OUT…THIS IS NOT A REAL GYM. MY FELLOW FRIENDS…DO YOU AGREE WITH ME OR NOT? SHARE YOUR COMMENTS AND FEELING ABOUT THIS…
April 10, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Wow! That sounds just terrible! Never heard of such an excuse for a gym!!
April 10, 2009 at 12:34 pm
I totally agree with you but you could curved this tragedy if you read Muscle Development there was a whole article on it about 6 months ago. I stick to Golds cause even though they say they are enforcing the screamers and grunters ect. They let you be but do get on the ones its obvious they are doing it for attention.. I hope you get out of the contract and membership
April 10, 2009 at 12:37 pm
That’s hilarious! Was it a gym or a social gathering for fat camp rejects?
April 10, 2009 at 12:37 pm
I’ve been to somme crappy GYMs but that sound like the worst. Thanks for the heads up.
April 10, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Sounds like a terrible gym! A great commentary, but could have done without the ‘that’s so gay’ every 2nd sentence!
April 10, 2009 at 12:48 pm
I didn’t mean to offend anyone with the gay comment every 2nd sentence…I apologize to anyone who is gay and took offense to it. I’m a very open individual and got that off of a Seinfeld episode…
April 10, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Was it Kramer or Jerry?
April 10, 2009 at 12:55 pm
You pick…lol
April 10, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Had to be Kramer….That’s one goofy dude.
April 14, 2009 at 11:19 pm
how gayyyyyy!! lol u funny.
April 15, 2009 at 4:08 am
Yeah that gym is gay my cuzin had me working out there while I was at San Francisco! I stick to Ballys or 24hr fitness!
April 15, 2009 at 8:15 am
zaritaa, glad you got the humor in it…
April 19, 2009 at 6:16 am
You’re better than me bro. I’d be getting my money back. Can’t do it. Won’t do it! LOL
April 19, 2009 at 6:26 am
I thought you weren’t allowed to do deadlifts at Planet Fitness. Seriously.
I’ve heard about the "gay" rules there and I don’t know how anyone can stand it.
That woman chasing the pizza hanging off her treadmill made me sad. That’s really embarrassing on her part.
April 19, 2009 at 12:05 pm
HAHA i used to go there, I was a poor graduate student at the time and couldn’t afford the other option (NYSC) which was 75/ month (!!!). The first time I went in there they made me change into a XXL tshirt. The manger said tank tops "create an intimidating environment for other women". I’m sorry, but if I’m trying to improve my body, I LIKE to see other women who are more fit than me!
April 19, 2009 at 11:04 pm
lol what do you expect for ten bucks a month it should have been called curves since it’s obviously a chick gym come on how can u not slam weights a effin siren thats just retarded i would have probably gotten irratated and threw a dumbbell at it
April 27, 2009 at 2:45 pm
This is toooo funny. I literally LAUGHED my butt off with this one. I actually heard about this gym too. lol
May 31, 2009 at 9:17 am
SAME SHYT HAPPEND TO ME IN NC MAN, BUT IM FROM THE SOUTH I CURSED DUDE OUT LIKE A MUTHAF AND DEM CATS NEVER BOTHERED ME AGAIN,I WAS WEARING MY BANDANA AND ALL(YOU SAW THAT RULE) BUT DEM CATS LATER GAVE ME RESPECT THO LATER ON BUT I COULDNT CONTINUE IN THERE MANG, THATS SOME OL BULLSHYT
May 31, 2009 at 9:22 am
HAD TO GET ON THIS 2WICE, THAT GYM IS LIKE A FITNESS LIBRARY..SHHH, EVER DAM SOUND YA MAKE, DEM CATS PISSED ME OFF SO BAD, THEY LITERALLY DISCRIMINATE IN THAT GYM, IF YOU RIPPED OR BIG, THEN YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THAT GYM BASICALLY,DEM CATS ACTUALLY TOLD ME THAT,THEY SAY I DONT BELONG THERE THAT I SHOULD GO TO GOLDS,,WHICH WAS LIKE 80 MUTHAFKN BUCKS,HELL NAW
September 22, 2009 at 5:46 pm
wow, i was debating on going back there, but i guess i’ll just workout at home lmao
September 30, 2009 at 3:50 pm
I used to use Planet Fitness in my old town. I had some good workouts there and don’t think it’s such a horrible place. Their slogan "the judgement free zone" or something, and their rules make some people more comfortable. I like free pizza too. But it’s true they aren’t really catering to serious lifters.