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I was thinking of joining a nearby Planet Fitness gym because I heard it's dirt cheap. I haven't been by to scope it out though. Anyone have a membership to one?
>> Anonymous
If you aren't a cardio bunny and you plan on dealing real exercises (squats), steer the fuck clear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=951ddf3G88g
>> Anonymous
roomate has a membership, nice facilities, unless you like lifting weights. They're lacking in free weight lifting equipment, so unless thats important to you, go for it.
>> Anonymous
Who was that asain kid who absolutely destroyed planet fitness?
>> w
No bandanas, no jeans, no dropping weights....

...and NO GRUNTING!

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/18/nyregion/18grunt.html?_r=3&th&emc=th&oref=slogin&o
ref=slogin&oref=slogin

HHHHNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG
>> Anonymous
holy fuck could you possibly fail any harder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ6OrO1f610&feature=related
>> Anonymous
like everyone said, its fine if all you want to do is cardio and lift some weight.

keep in mind that when i say lift weights at PF, i mean bench, exercises on the cable tower, curls, and machines for the legs. If you're okay with that then go for it but if you want to do heavier lifting or olympic lifts or power lifts than you are fucked if you go there.
>> Anonymous
>>403008
Frank Yang
>> Anonymous
>>403023
i really wanna know what the last line says:
no deadlifting or h-???

i'll make sure to never go there!
>> Anonymous
judging from these videos the whole place is treadmills, dumbells, and smith machines. what the fuck.
>> Anonymous
>>403023
YEAH I GRUNT WHEN I GET MY SWOLE ON
>> Anonymous
>>403538
they also apparently will kick you out for deadlifting
>> Anonymous
they also apparently kick you out for deadlifting
>> Anonymous
>>403561
fucking 4chan code saying "not loaded"
>> Anonymous
Do it. It cost me 100 bucks for a year long membership and it has every sort of machine I'd want to use, so I don't really care about their gay judgement-free rules. The lunk alarm is an absolutely retarded concept, but I've only heard it go off once in the few months I've been going.

Plus it's open 24 hours on weekdays. I like going at about midnight when there are maybe 10 other people there.
>> Anonymous
lunk alarm. Let me make sure I got this down. Somebody makes a little noise and offends one person, so they trigger an ALARM that makes an even bigger noise, ensuring that now EVERYONE is distracted and offended.

Sounds like a scientology technique.
they should call that place planet fascist.
>> Anonymous
Thanks guys, I'll never join a planet fitness gym.
>> Anonymous
I can understand making fun of other people. Though, getting kicked out because of grunting is pretty stupid. I'm surprised they are not sued through some sort of law.
>> Anonymous
holy shit is there really a fucked up gym like that? guys, it should be burned
>> Anonymous
>>403677
I just pictured a mass of bodybuilders swarming around a gym with torches while lightning cracked in the night.
>> Anonymous
Try to find some olympic weights on craigslist instead if you have a place for them. I found 250 lbs of plates, straight bar, curl bar, and a weight bench/squat rack for $150 the other week. I also had another 100 pounds of plates already so I'm set.
Being able to work out and blast Motorhead, grunt as much as I want and go shirtless if I really want is >>> Planet Fucking Fitness. It's a joke.
>> Anonymous
The owner of planet fitness chain must be a feminist woman.
>> Anonymous
I pay 10/month to go there, can't beat that shit
>> Anonymous
I was there for a month. Dumbbells only go up to 75! No dropping weights or grunting. Fucking bullshit. Right now I lift at home but I'm going to check out this recently opened gym by my house. I wish there was a Gold's Gym nearby. =(
>> Anonymous
>>403689
nah, itsa dude who knows most people want to use machines and go for half an hour on the elliptical and that's who it mainly caters to. People who go there to actually work out only go at night. During the day its fat people and old people and a few college kids thinking 135 lbs is a heavy squat.
>> Anonymous
I don't go to gyms, and even I find this ridiculous. On the sign, there's a picture of a body builder crossed out. Does this mean results are not allowed?
>> Anonymous
>>404429
it gets a bad rep from people who are iontense about their workouts. the place is made for people who just want to go and do some cardio, some situps and use machines. What's wrong with that?

I don't blame people for going there. If you're just trying to get a workout down, you don't want some big meatheads walking around with their air of self imposed superiority acting like they're god. Fuck that man, i want to lift and run in peace, not with some nut who thinks he's a pro athlete. Go to a gym that caters to your needs, and ill go to one that caters to mine, simple as that.
>> Anonymous
>>405267
You mean its for people who don't want to work and make progress? Can't think of a thing wrong with that. Nope, nothing at all wrong with going to the gym and playing with machines to make yourself feel like being fat isn't your fault.
>> Anonymous
>>405272
Bro are you a communist or something?

It's a business that want to appeal to a specific group of people: those who are generally intimidated by hardcore gyms full of bodybuilders who make a shitload of noise and are generally intimidating. Someone saw this niche, made a few basic rules to cater to these easily frightened people and opened a gym. Think of it as a step up from Curves. It's basic capitalism bro.
>> Anonymous
>>405287
The question was not, "Can we exploit this market?" It was, "What's wrong with that?" Okay, middle-aged women who are way fatter than they need to be and haven't developed a healthy relationship with heavy things don't like to hang around big scary bodybuilders. Fair enough, but maybe a supportive environment that didn't actively discourage any kind of effective workout would be more fulfilling for them in the long run.
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>>405287

Trole
>> Anonymous
>>405267

>you don't want some big meatheads walking around with their air of self imposed superiority acting like they're god.

I am calling this bullshit out right fucking now. what kind of neurotic, feeble minded clientele just assumes that if someone has lots of muscles, or is exerting lots of effort in their workout, that they think any single thing about you or your workout.

What are you people fucking mentally five years old? Oh the big scary bodybuilder is grunting, it's so intimidating, he must think he's so much better than us!

This is the kind of fucking neurotic passive aggressive attitude that is making social interaction in everyday life so goddamn dysfunctional, and Planet Fitness is reveling in it and encouraging it. I don't care if they have every legal right to run their business like this- it's wrong, it sustains stereotypes, and it keeps people inside their own little bubble worlds.

Have you ever fucking tried to be friendly with one of these so called meatheads? Look at your Planet Fitness self in the mirror and maybe you'll notice it's you who put on airs and not the guy just trying to have a productive workout.
>> Anonymous
>>405296
Without deadlifts/grunting/dropping weights/putting each other down fatties who shouldn't even be fat in the first place can't possibly have an effective workout, amirite?
>> Anonymous
>>405498
What.
>> Anonymous
>>405495
i don't fucking care about other peoples workouts. i just want them to get the fuck off my equipment.
>> Anonymous
fucc gyms...they're shit. fuckin faggots. gyms are all involved in a conspiracy to fuck ourselves
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>>405505
chicken butt.
>> Anonymous
>>405509
fag
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>>405513
chicken bag.
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>>405513
chicken bag!
>> Anonymous
>>405517
lol
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>>405546
chicken shawl?