I'm nearly 300 pounds and at my gym, there are those dudes who go hard. And those guys are the most helpful guys when I need to learn something about anything fitness related. Sure, there are some assholes, but if it weren't for the guys who were "lunks," I might injure myself trying something and doing it incorrectly.
Yes, thank you. The nicest people I’ve met at the gym are the same people that Planet Fitness refers to as “lunks”. I’ve had big buff dudes come over and help with exercises and even motivate me. Planet Fitness promotes this idea that people who enjoy working out as mean and dumb but that couldn’t be further from the truth.
I'm 13 and I go to planet fitness. I'm on the heavier end and I genuinely don't know why they discourage "lunks". Those buff guys at the gym motivate me so much. I don't know if it's just me, but I love seeing people with my dream body type. It makes me motivated and fuels me even more. I hate how they discourage stuff like that.
I feel like getting over the intimidation is part of the process. I remember going to the gym for the first time and being super intimidated. But you get over it and you realize is that everyone is doing their own thing.
Planet fitness was the first gym i ever went to. After my 1st ever deadlift on one of their smith machines they pulled the lunk alarm on me. I never went back. Its a very judgmental place. I’m trying to have an intense workout so you pull an alarm on me so everyone can stare at me?
Claudia B Because i was the only one that made a loud noise at that moment. And not only the employee that pulled it stared at me; EVERYONE stared at me
now there is a certain level of grunting where it's just annoying but like before you freak out or anything look and see how much weight they are repping cuz in order to lift a lot of weight you have to breathe properly, and if they are making an unnecessary amount of noise just politely ask to quiet it down a bit. The whole weight slamming thing is stupid when your doing almost any machine it's sometimes hard to make the weights not make noise cuz you don't know when they are gonna hit.
The way they treat you for trying hard is laughable. Like you said they’re putting the effort into giving everyone participation awards but neglecting that it actually takes hard work and dedication to achieve your goals. Joke of a gym
Absolutely man, just teaching people to be complacent and not work hard for what you want. That's not how life works, and it is upsetting that people are like this
I know. Fuck people who have anxiety disorders. They should just stay home. Laziness is not the only barrier to getting fit. And not everyone who goes to the gym wants to get big or is a fat person who wants to lose weight. People have different goals and the gym snobs shouldnt be getting in the way. Gym bunnies seem to be an elitist and incestuous bunch with little empathy
Shadow Offspring dude I'm introverted and shy as fuck and I used to be skinny but guess what, I went to the gym anyways and lifted a shit ton and now I'm not jacked or anything but I'm no longer skinny but people can look at me and tell that I work out. I used to be pretty self conscious as well but I don't understand how someone can use that as an excuse to not workout. Even at planet fitness people are still gonna judge you even if they don't express it.
Josh White- Puller Of Strings Im very inspired by your story, but I have my plan and its working for me. And yes people will judge but Planet Fitness actively discourages the jerks who would act on their judgments. To each their own
Shadow Offspring I have never once seen someone act on their judgement and I have never once been to a gym that would encourage that but whatever. Just don't set off the lunk alarm
So let me get this straight - to discourage discrimination in the gym, they’re discriminating against people who are fitter than the average American? (Which really isn’t saying much, tbh...) Wow. Just wow.
It's so weird.. you can work out as long as you don't work out hard enough to "grunt" should I make sure no one sees me sweat in case they find it intimidating....
Sveta Makoveeva -_- those aren't rules, it was literally just describing a show off. ive seen people who meet the exact criterea- gallon jug, grunting, showing off their muscles with a no sleeve shirt, etc. and the alarm didn't go off. it literally only goes off when you slam the weights.
...and that's why they have rows and rows of cardio machines, minimal amount of strength machines and no squat rack or bench press, because they want you to build that muscle.
I honestly do not care about their rules, lunk alarm or any stuff like that. I have worked out in many gyms and do not see or feel different. I am just in there to workout and do my routines and get out, that’s it. Not to talk or complain about shit that does not affect me.
EXACTLY! I goto PF, always have. I’m in solid shape, and have progressed a lot through the last couple years. I hit it hard, and leave. Never an issue.
Planet fitness has relatively light weights, there’s no way to deadlift or squat without a smith machine (which has been proven to significantly lower the activation of relevant muscles. And the mindset the gym has is trash for progression. Planet fitness is good if you’re a complete beginner. But at some point you gotta leave. You can’t use the smith machine forever. If you do you won’t develop certain stabilizers that aren’t active during unassisted compound exercises.
I've always wondered if the founder of this corporation was actually just trolling people. Seriously, wouldn't that be great? Imagine having so much money it didn't matter and you just wanted to play a joke on everyone and make a buck at the same time. It wasn't until this video that my suspicion evolved into theory. My evidence? The flyers are in freaking comic sans font. Case... closed.
As a non-American I am confused... Why are they offering pizza and bagels at a gym? Can someone explain? Cramming calories to help make gains kind of makes sense, but this place seems to to frown upon any real resistance training. Looks more like a place for people who want to lose weight.. I am really confused
It makes very little sense, and you are correct its completely backwards. It's the whole mindset they have that not working hard and not doing your best is okay. It truly upsets me. What country are you from ?
Joe Bailey planet fitness doesnt refer to themselves as a gym I believe they call themselves a "health club". Which makes even less sense why they serve pizza and bagels. However rest assured this is the only gym I know of in the U.S. that does this
They should replace it with a carb/sugar alarm. Then all those snowflake 500lb. fucks can actually lose weight! Amazing, right? If you stop eating shit, you stop being shit! Who knew? But forget that. Feelings are more important than FACTS.
Robert Alexander I don’t know probably cause it’s only $10 month, and don’t want to go to a real gym. And ya bro free pizza on the first Monday of every month and free bagels on the second Tuesday
The idea of planet fitness was feeding off feelings. For the most part the average person who did not go to the gym felt intimidated and thought they would be judged, but gyms aren't like that. I have never seen anyone judge another person at any gym I have ever been, but what planet fitness did was feed off that and they went a step further. The people who most people thought would judge them are now the one being judged. You got to hand it to them...they knew exactly how to do it.
My only problem with Planet Fitness is the no grunting. It's a natural reaction from your body when you are truly exerting yourself. As for the power lifts, lack of heavier weights and major things for body builders, the average Joe doesn't need these to be FIT. Fitness is not how much you can lift, squat, etc. Fitness is the condition of being physically fit and healthy. Planet Fitness provides everything that you need to get fit and maintain that fitness. If you want gains, muscle, bragging rights, etc. you would go to a gym that encourages that. Planet Fitness doesn't encourage the above and beyond necessities. It encourages being active and staying active. My biggest gripe is when everyone complains that Planet Fitness is trying to load you with carbs 2 days of the month. Fitness isn't just exercise, it's also how you eat. A slice of pepperoni pizza (300 calories give or take) and a plain bagel (300 calories give or take) once a month isn't going to impact your fitness. Now if you go in on these days and just eat them non stop while available, yeah its going to hurt you. Not because they provided it, but cause you couldn't control yourself. Just like their tootsie rolls. 1 Tootsie Roll is less than 15 calories. Your body will burn that off on the way home after a workout. Now if you eat more than 4 of them, you are hurting the work you put in and again only have yourself to blame.
I learned one thing from this, they don't allow supersets. WTF? One of the best ways to get more of a workout in within a shorter period of time and to help pull blood from your muscles making the recover time between sets much shorter is doing supersets. Also makes it easier to keep muscle group properly proportional to each other.
Planet fitness is not a gym for people who want to build muscles or do any kind of gain thats why the alarm and the shameing is there. The gym is more of a "come here to lose weight" gym targeted at self conscious women, overweight people, and people who are just super out of shape. There's a million gyms out there for people who are serious about fitness bodybuilding ect and but planet fitness discourages these kinds of people so as to not intimidate and discourage the rest of their clinetell. Wich is why all their machines are beginner friendly and weights don't go up super high
I have a love hate relationship with PF. It is the cleanest most hygienic gym I’ve been to and incredibly affordable, which is why I use it-but I hate the ultra PC culture and encouragement of unhealthy eating.
I have no issues with the gym. I doubt this guy really set any alarms off, this is purely click bait. Also, I’ve never gone on pizza day or whatever, but again no one is forced to eat.
Yeah, making fun of the people who actually wanna be fit it. Totally "judgement free". And I agree with you on how they weaken people mentally. They're giving these people a false sense of achievement while they're not accomplishing anything. When I was 6 years old I joined a bowling tournament with other kids my age. There was no trophy for the winner. EVERYONE got a small trophy just for participating whether you won or not. Which made the whole thing pointless.
oh no but we can't have people feeling exculded and make them feel like they arnt doing a good job, that would put too much emotional stress on someone, so let's make the people who worked so fucking hard for that trophy feel like all their hard work was for nothing, yep great motivator.
I go to the gym about 4 or sometimes 5 a week. I do have a membership at an athletic club. But I also have the planet fitness membership cuz its sooo much closer and its like 1 mile away from work which is very convenient. i dont see anything wrong with it. Im focused. I go in do what I gotta do and go
Bro with all due respect, they must be crazy!! You are so small, that you couldn't intimidate anyone! Bless your heart, you are just an average Joe. If you bother them, everybody should bother them. That's crazy bro. Keep training bro you'll get there.
Reason I go to PF is because it's the closest in distance of about 2 miles away from my place since other gyms like Gold's are over 20-ish miles away, it's cheaper and within my budget as a broke college student, and I like the chill atmosphere with the friendly staff. It definitely helped me get more comfortable with gyms overall and I got in shape somewhat fast. Although I don't understand why they have pizza/bagel/coffee days. At my college there is a small fitness center and to be honest I prefer the machines there more but it's almost always packed so I go to PF instead.
I love planet fitness! It's like a library gym🤫 I never had problems with the lunk alarm ⏰😅 Machine workouts are great and keeps your form on point so you cant cheat
Its definitely a good place to start. I can honestly say this was the first gym where I started noticing my gains (I was a newbie) and it grew my curiosity for fitness and nutrition. Now I go to Gold's gym but I have nothing bad to say about planet fitness.
I'm going to planet Fitness because it's an excellent place to begin. When I out grow Planet Fitness, if I ever do, then I can consider going somewhere else if I need or want to.
When my boys and I first started going everything was fine. The heavier our weight, the more fit we become.....the more staff present to "dust" the equipment around us.
I never had any issues like that when I went to planet fitness. I ended my membership because I could never get my full workout in. There was always groups of 4 teenagers taking up the benches and then you got the old timers doing 1 set. I bought my own equipment and im much happier
It all depends on the workers really. I have been going to the pfit down the street from me for 2 years now and I have never heard the lunk alarm go off once, plus people wear tanks tops, breath heavily while lifting and the dumbbells go up to 85. Its probably a franchise thing
This is the reason why I am willing to get stronger using calisthenics. Self reliance, control over your movements, resourcefulness, and creavitity is a key. Difference with me is, I only use bodyweight exercises but not skills. I don't feel powerless without a gym, however I really need some cool air. But great video here.
I'm pretty sure my planet fitness is franchised or something cause the free weights go to 90 and there's a squat rack and only two rows of cardio machines (which is still a lot) and i've dropped 65lb dumbbells and haven't gotten the lunk alarm turned on me yet. But other than that from what I see from my friends snap chats and videos there PF's are 90% cardio, 2 smith machines with a max weight of 400 and 2 benches for free weights haha.
I went to a planet fitness. And they were actually pretty chill. It was all teenagers working. Lunk alarm did not go off a single time. Even after i would drop weights on purpose. The dumbbells went up to 75, which is still pretty light. But not a horrible experience. Still wouldn’t recommend people going there but not terrible.
I must be missing something. Planet Fitness is very clear about the kind of customers they want to attract. If that's not you - don't go. Why go there and try to make it like the gyms you like to go to and moan when it isn't. Go somewhere where you can make noise and squat in a squat rack and all the other things that PF doesn't let you do. Don't eat the pizza, don't eat the bagels (unless you want to of course). Work out, move more eat less and enjoy life - don't worry that others aren't living up to your exacting standards. I don't go to Planet Fitness because it's not the way I like to train, but good on you to everyone that does.
a large part of it is their shitty business. They get tons of members with cheap prices but promote unhealthy things to keep people out. All that =profit & Empty Gym. its just really shitty
Lee Bee I find your comment is idiotic and immature and excuse me i don't know how can you judge my whole sex life by some meaning less words, stupid kid
There’s some planet fitness that are very strict. The one I go to are a lot of people who grunt and drop weights but they never pull the alarm one of the employees tells me that they haven’t even touched since they first open lol that they really don’t care people just work out so why would they bother them in their zone lol
I don't know why people hate this gym so much. Everyone is complaining and moaning but after all this gym is supposed to be for people who aren't that strong and want to get into the fitness lifestyle. Your not supposed to keep Planet Fitness as a primary gym permanently, but rather as a starting point of your journey. The gym will only be good for beginners for about the first 2 years. After that, you should be ready to get into a high intensity gym to get bigger. Period.
God forbid if people who aren't that strong and want to get into the fitness lifestyle give max effort and breathe heavy, the lunk alarm will go on hahaha
I love pf although I can see why it gets hate. It really depends on the location. There no lunk alarm at mine. The black card works out for my budget and I find the equipment they have is adequate for me although I'd like to see a bench press. I'm enlisting into the navy so overall it's a great place to work out.
Black nice to hear ! I’m glad you enjoy your workouts and good luck with your endeavours with the navy ! Hope u stay tuned and find some entertainment from my channel
a gym is what you make of it. i get plenty of great workout at any of the PF's i been to. Never once heard a lunk alarm go off, seem people get loud, getting in a good workout. there are plenty of things you can do in planet fitness to have a great workout. yes its not for bodybuilders, for the average person who wants to stay healthy its great for the price. i have found great ways to substitute free weight exercises with dumbells and cables
Not sure why all the hate toward planet fitness. You can get a really good workout there. I’ve not heard the lunk alarm go off at the one I go to. The only thing I can’t do is deadlift...and I go to 24 hour for that. The one thing that keeps me coming back day after day is their total body enhancement machine. It’s my fountain of youth. I have tennis elbow, in both elbows...and since I’ve used the machine (around 5 times per week...after every workout, for the past 2 months) I’ve noticed the level of pain has drastically reduced and on some days, I don’t feel any pain.
I'm a skinny guy (133 pounds at 5'8'') and go to the gym and work out to try and better myself and I don't understand this hate against gallon water jugs. I like my own water from home. So what I don't wanna refill it at some water fountain other people have been using.
Had a new planet fitness open up in Ocala florida. Got a day pass to test it out. It was alot better than I thought it would be. I signed up for the black card membership before I left. Didn't run into any of the problems I see in these type of video's. So I would imagine it varies between gyms
These folks just love to blast planet fitness because of their mistake of commercials towards bodybuilders years ago. It seems that most planet fitness location I have tried to change this moto.They whine about the pizza and bagels, lack of weights, etc... I never hear the lunk alarm go off at the current planet fitness. The one I was at I before this current location I think I heard once or twice and that was weights crashing down hard. And if they got a problem with a slice of pizza or a bagel once or twice a month, than there are serious other issues with their dieting, plus nobody is forcing them to eat it. I have seen guys twice this guy's build and don't have a bit of problem with amount of weights or equipment. They just go in and work with what they got and they are usually some of the coolest folks you could meet. I wish these people would stop with all the juvenile criticism and find a gym they like.
I feel lucky.. pf is my first gym membership and there are alot of really fit, built, men and women and I've never heard the alarm go off and I'm there for about 2 hours every other day.. the staff keep the place clean and could care less about what you wear or what you bring to drink. I think I just got lucky with my location
I’m a smaller guy trying to bulk up but whenever I see a massive dude that’s lifting huge weights and all that stuff I don’t think it’s intimidating, I think it’s cool! It’s cool to see someone who’s been working hard to be that way move that much weight and it also gives me inspiration to work harder to get to that level eventually.
The planet fitness around me is cool, they don’t sound the alarm, the dumbbells go up to 75 and for beginners, you can graduate when you know you’re ready.....to a better gym.
They lunk people that are actually good role models I know when I first started lifting at 17 I was 6 1 160lbs and I looked at those big guys like competition and goals and it only pushed me harder and gave me a bigger drive now I sit at 6 1 220lbs 10% body fat and now alot of those guys who were bigger look normal to me now it took two years of dedication
Nick Bruyere lol, no problem guy. Just look at it like positive motivation for your next leg day or check out BroScience with Dom Mazzetti and go that route! Peep the video where he does legs with Bradley Martyn, very educational and real as it gets.
If you actually go to a planet fitness they really don’t care about slamming the weights, grunting. I do it all the time and not one link alarm has went off, but I do agree they need more weights for sure
I go the pf in tx and people deadlift there with no problems. I don’t think I have ever heard the lunk alarm go off. Maybe we are just more relax down here in tx.
Unfortunately, we live in a society where everyone gets an "A", but hasn't earned it. It sounds like PF is just a starter gym to get acclimated with a gym.
I don't feel like this is an accurate representation of their franchise at all; the Planet Fitness I go to is nothing like this. It's all on a gym-by-gym basis. Mine is much more chill, and I would suggest not taking this video to heart at all. If you truly want to improve, then the atmosphere at Planet Fitness shouldn't matter. Lift for yourself and stop making excuses based on these oddly specific faults you see within the gym's practices and regulations.
xRedtm Glad you enjoy your planet fitness location. That’s why I like to make these videos because I love to hear different peoples point of view. Thank you for your input and you make a very good point !
I pay $30 a month for my gym membership and it's not too big of a gym we only have 3 benches 1 squat rack and 1 Smith machine but tons of 45 plates & they're totally fine with guys slamming 500lbs deadlifts to the floor 💪👌
I do not swim very often but I know how great of a workout it is yes, and I am a huge advocate of deep stretching. My background is in hockey and I have always realized the importance of stretching. Thanks for your input !
Sorry that you are getting this question(well not really) but what real gym has a membership you can use as you travel? Most require at least using your 'home' gym a few months before you pay a fee to use one in another town. I am only home twice a year for a weekend. I am never in the same town long. Soooooo, planet fitness is about the only fitness center (not gym) I have found to work for me. As far as dropping weights really, I watched a guy slam a Smith machine and it didn't go off. Guess it depends on the facility. Most the people I see at these places (I've been to a few) aren't doing more than simple exercise anyway. No it isn't for the hard core. But try to see from a novice outlook at your favorite 'gym ' you might get a different opinion. Would you want uneducated people clogging up that place. I for one am glad to have a facility that I can go to, usually do a basic full body and only get a few stares but I don't have a problem adapting to rules, the Marines taught me that.
whitecherokee73 you make a valid point, and yes planet fitness is very versatile as you mentioned and from what I heard some locations are not bad at all. So as long as your in the gym that’s great. Keep it up !
I'm glad they have the lurk alarm.People who need to yell while lifting is ridiculous.Ive seen people yell so loud it disturbs other people's workout.Spunk fitness is a joke.
I go to planet fitness cause of how cheap it is. But ive never experienced any of this stuff. The one I go to seems just like any other gym. Feel like its just the chill staff and employees though
If I worked out with a shirt, hoodie, and a hat... I’d die from heat stroke. How’s that possible? And how do you think you’re actually doing real hammer curls with 60 lb dumbbells lol!!!!!!
Imagine a gym that actively discourages fitness.
or just BODYBUILDING AND POWERLIFTING~
@@thunderhead9221 whats wrong with developing the best looking body you can and getting as strong as possible?
@@adamhassan385 it's actually a GROOVY idea~ that's something you need to ask PLANET FITNESS~
@@thunderhead9221 ohh i misinterpeted your comment
Thought you meant "noo planet fitness doesnt discourage fitness just bodybuilding and powerlifting"
There not a gym…. There planet fitness 😂😂😂
planet fitness doesn't judge, unless you're someone who actually likes fitness.
DimebagVision I told an one to go to planet fitness
DimebagVision I know, we all have to try to keep the old school gyms alive !
Nick Bruyere my family owns an old school gym. We have all the powerlifters in town because no popular gyms will accommodate them.
That's awesome your family owns a gym bro. Keep up that old school mentality ! Which city is this gym located in?
do they seriously not have power racks? does anyone know
I'm nearly 300 pounds and at my gym, there are those dudes who go hard. And those guys are the most helpful guys when I need to learn something about anything fitness related. Sure, there are some assholes, but if it weren't for the guys who were "lunks," I might injure myself trying something and doing it incorrectly.
well said
Amen
Yes, thank you. The nicest people I’ve met at the gym are the same people that Planet Fitness refers to as “lunks”. I’ve had big buff dudes come over and help with exercises and even motivate me. Planet Fitness promotes this idea that people who enjoy working out as mean and dumb but that couldn’t be further from the truth.
And I hope your weight loss journey has gone well. I’m in the same journey as well and I cannot be happier.
Even the lighting in that gym is depressing.
Jin I know right
its not depressing but it blinded me tho.
😂
I'm 13 and I go to planet fitness. I'm on the heavier end and I genuinely don't know why they discourage "lunks". Those buff guys at the gym motivate me so much. I don't know if it's just me, but I love seeing people with my dream body type. It makes me motivated and fuels me even more. I hate how they discourage stuff like that.
I completely agree with you, and good work and dedication to be at the gym at such a young age ! You'll have your dream body in no time
I feel like getting over the intimidation is part of the process. I remember going to the gym for the first time and being super intimidated. But you get over it and you realize is that everyone is doing their own thing.
Oscar D'Leon exactly, all part of the process !
I’m at that phase due to social anxiety. I’m joining crunch fitness and I cancelled my pf membership.
Planet fitness was the first gym i ever went to. After my 1st ever deadlift on one of their smith machines they pulled the lunk alarm on me. I never went back. Its a very judgmental place. I’m trying to have an intense workout so you pull an alarm on me so everyone can stare at me?
The Golden Nugget I hear you, hopefully your gym is much better now !
How do you know it was pulled on you? I been wondering how people know who the alarm is pulled for. Do employees tell everyone?
Claudia B Because i was the only one that made a loud noise at that moment. And not only the employee that pulled it stared at me; EVERYONE stared at me
A lot of their rules are unnecessary. No gallon jugs? No grunting? Who cares!
I know right, all those things don't hurt anyone
Nick Bruyere even Arnold Schwarzenegger grunts :/
indeed he does !
Yes lol . dont keep hydrated or work hard. Heres some pizza.
(Why am I not getting results😕)
now there is a certain level of grunting where it's just annoying but like before you freak out or anything look and see how much weight they are repping cuz in order to lift a lot of weight you have to breathe properly, and if they are making an unnecessary amount of noise just politely ask to quiet it down a bit. The whole weight slamming thing is stupid when your doing almost any machine it's sometimes hard to make the weights not make noise cuz you don't know when they are gonna hit.
The way they treat you for trying hard is laughable. Like you said they’re putting the effort into giving everyone participation awards but neglecting that it actually takes hard work and dedication to achieve your goals. Joke of a gym
Absolutely man, just teaching people to be complacent and not work hard for what you want. That's not how life works, and it is upsetting that people are like this
I know. Fuck people who have anxiety disorders. They should just stay home. Laziness is not the only barrier to getting fit. And not everyone who goes to the gym wants to get big or is a fat person who wants to lose weight. People have different goals and the gym snobs shouldnt be getting in the way. Gym bunnies seem to be an elitist and incestuous bunch with little empathy
Shadow Offspring dude I'm introverted and shy as fuck and I used to be skinny but guess what, I went to the gym anyways and lifted a shit ton and now I'm not jacked or anything but I'm no longer skinny but people can look at me and tell that I work out. I used to be pretty self conscious as well but I don't understand how someone can use that as an excuse to not workout. Even at planet fitness people are still gonna judge you even if they don't express it.
Josh White- Puller Of Strings Im very inspired by your story, but I have my plan and its working for me. And yes people will judge but Planet Fitness actively discourages the jerks who would act on their judgments. To each their own
Shadow Offspring I have never once seen someone act on their judgement and I have never once been to a gym that would encourage that but whatever. Just don't set off the lunk alarm
Sounds like you're talking in a tub.
It's because he's talkin in the room with no popcorn ceiling
It’s literally a normal human reaction to grunt when exerting massive amounts of energy what the fuck
The only good thing about PF, if you're homeless living in your car you can shower after work.
So let me get this straight - to discourage discrimination in the gym, they’re discriminating against people who are fitter than the average American? (Which really isn’t saying much, tbh...) Wow. Just wow.
It's so weird.. you can work out as long as you don't work out hard enough to "grunt" should I make sure no one sees me sweat in case they find it intimidating....
Sveta Makoveeva -_- those aren't rules, it was literally just describing a show off. ive seen people who meet the exact criterea- gallon jug, grunting, showing off their muscles with a no sleeve shirt, etc. and the alarm didn't go off. it literally only goes off when you slam the weights.
probably because they have a pressure detector on the floor
u need lots of carbs to fuel the muscle build, thats why they give pizza!
I'm pretty sure they give out pizza because they want you to come back.
...and that's why they have rows and rows of cardio machines, minimal amount of strength machines and no squat rack or bench press, because they want you to build that muscle.
i eat pizza with light cheese every time
light cheese and mostly bread and sauce? goodway to cause insulin resistance and get fat
u need to lower your carbs. its protein that helps u fuel ur muscles
I honestly do not care about their rules, lunk alarm or any stuff like that. I have worked out in many gyms and do not see or feel different. I am just in there to workout and do my routines and get out, that’s it. Not to talk or complain about shit that does not affect me.
EXACTLY! I goto PF, always have. I’m in solid shape, and have progressed a lot through the last couple years. I hit it hard, and leave. Never an issue.
@@bharris010486 but you can't squat or deadlift-and the noise level is controlled
Planet fitness has relatively light weights, there’s no way to deadlift or squat without a smith machine (which has been proven to significantly lower the activation of relevant muscles. And the mindset the gym has is trash for progression.
Planet fitness is good if you’re a complete beginner. But at some point you gotta leave. You can’t use the smith machine forever. If you do you won’t develop certain stabilizers that aren’t active during unassisted compound exercises.
@@burlhorse61 Well they have Smith Machines so either way they are kind of loud. I do both and have not received complaints.
@@godofgamers3884 Good point! you can also used Dumbbells to do deadlifts and squats.
“I would lift weights, but their soooooo heavy!!”
Anonymous quote from a planet fitness member.
I've always wondered if the founder of this corporation was actually just trolling people. Seriously, wouldn't that be great? Imagine having so much money it didn't matter and you just wanted to play a joke on everyone and make a buck at the same time.
It wasn't until this video that my suspicion evolved into theory. My evidence?
The flyers are in freaking comic sans font. Case... closed.
Interesting theory, I never really thought about it like that. Thanks for your input !
Comic sans......yup definitely a shitpost
You would be surprised...
As a non-American I am confused... Why are they offering pizza and bagels at a gym? Can someone explain?
Cramming calories to help make gains kind of makes sense, but this place seems to to frown upon any real resistance training. Looks more like a place for people who want to lose weight.. I am really confused
It makes very little sense, and you are correct its completely backwards. It's the whole mindset they have that not working hard and not doing your best is okay. It truly upsets me. What country are you from ?
Yeh that's pretty sad. I'm from the UK
Joe Bailey planet fitness doesnt refer to themselves as a gym I believe they call themselves a "health club". Which makes even less sense why they serve pizza and bagels.
However rest assured this is the only gym I know of in the U.S. that does this
Joe Bailey so they keep you there
Even us here in America see this as a bad gym. Never go here.
Lunk alarm is unnecessary they need to fix their shit
Super unnecessary
They should replace it with a carb/sugar alarm. Then all those snowflake 500lb. fucks can actually lose weight! Amazing, right? If you stop eating shit, you stop being shit! Who knew? But forget that. Feelings are more important than FACTS.
@@manictiger You know, you can’t eat something junky once in a blue moon. Just don’t make it a daily habit.
Good starter gym and then move on. I liked it, the year i was there .
No Name Nice glad to hear it !
Wait, there's free pizza and bagels but an alarm if you make a noise?
That's correct
No
PURPLE MACHINES!!!!!!!! NO FREAKING WAY!!!!!
Why would anyone go there? And do they really serve pizza?
Robert Alexander I don’t know probably cause it’s only $10 month, and don’t want to go to a real gym. And ya bro free pizza on the first Monday of every month and free bagels on the second Tuesday
I'm sorry I guess I don't like purple. Thanks bro.
I'm so glad I have my own machines.
People go there because they feel like they are putting effort in when they don't wich makes them feel good about themselves
the SJW gym?
Justin Ls no, that's disrespectful!
even they don't planet fitness
Yeah basically
you just offended me
steal threaded cool
fatassglasses good lol suck it up buttercup! Lol just realized the PC principle pic xD
The idea of planet fitness was feeding off feelings. For the most part the average person who did not go to the gym felt intimidated and thought they would be judged, but gyms aren't like that. I have never seen anyone judge another person at any gym I have ever been, but what planet fitness did was feed off that and they went a step further. The people who most people thought would judge them are now the one being judged. You got to hand it to them...they knew exactly how to do it.
My only problem with Planet Fitness is the no grunting. It's a natural reaction from your body when you are truly exerting yourself. As for the power lifts, lack of heavier weights and major things for body builders, the average Joe doesn't need these to be FIT. Fitness is not how much you can lift, squat, etc. Fitness is the condition of being physically fit and healthy. Planet Fitness provides everything that you need to get fit and maintain that fitness. If you want gains, muscle, bragging rights, etc. you would go to a gym that encourages that. Planet Fitness doesn't encourage the above and beyond necessities. It encourages being active and staying active.
My biggest gripe is when everyone complains that Planet Fitness is trying to load you with carbs 2 days of the month. Fitness isn't just exercise, it's also how you eat. A slice of pepperoni pizza (300 calories give or take) and a plain bagel (300 calories give or take) once a month isn't going to impact your fitness. Now if you go in on these days and just eat them non stop while available, yeah its going to hurt you. Not because they provided it, but cause you couldn't control yourself. Just like their tootsie rolls. 1 Tootsie Roll is less than 15 calories. Your body will burn that off on the way home after a workout. Now if you eat more than 4 of them, you are hurting the work you put in and again only have yourself to blame.
I learned one thing from this, they don't allow supersets. WTF? One of the best ways to get more of a workout in within a shorter period of time and to help pull blood from your muscles making the recover time between sets much shorter is doing supersets. Also makes it easier to keep muscle group properly proportional to each other.
OmniscientWarrior ya there mindset is very messed up, I don’t understand the way they think
I HATE the lunk alarm. If something is heavy it's in our human reflexes to grunt or drop it
Julia Does exactly !
Planet fitness is not a gym for people who want to build muscles or do any kind of gain thats why the alarm and the shameing is there. The gym is more of a "come here to lose weight" gym targeted at self conscious women, overweight people, and people who are just super out of shape.
There's a million gyms out there for people who are serious about fitness bodybuilding ect and but planet fitness discourages these kinds of people so as to not intimidate and discourage the rest of their clinetell. Wich is why all their machines are beginner friendly and weights don't go up super high
I have a love hate relationship with PF. It is the cleanest most hygienic gym I’ve been to and incredibly affordable, which is why I use it-but I hate the ultra PC culture and encouragement of unhealthy eating.
Good point !
It's clean because people are encouraged to not work out and are discouraged from working out hard or making visible progress.
i would never give them a dime of my money.
I have no issues with the gym. I doubt this guy really set any alarms off, this is purely click bait. Also, I’ve never gone on pizza day or whatever, but again no one is forced to eat.
Its clean cuz no one there knows how to sweat 😂
Yeah, making fun of the people who actually wanna be fit it. Totally "judgement free". And I agree with you on how they weaken people mentally. They're giving these people a false sense of achievement while they're not accomplishing anything. When I was 6 years old I joined a bowling tournament with other kids my age. There was no trophy for the winner. EVERYONE got a small trophy just for participating whether you won or not. Which made the whole thing pointless.
Exactly ! Everyone needs something to strive for in their life. Thanks for sharing your story
oh no but we can't have people feeling exculded and make them feel like they arnt doing a good job, that would put too much emotional stress on someone, so let's make the people who worked so fucking hard for that trophy feel like all their hard work was for nothing, yep great motivator.
I go to the gym about 4 or sometimes 5 a week. I do have a membership at an athletic club. But I also have the planet fitness membership cuz its sooo much closer and its like 1 mile away from work which is very convenient. i dont see anything wrong with it. Im focused. I go in do what I gotta do and go
Glad to hear that ! Goodluck with the rest of your fitness journey, keep it up
Bro with all due respect, they must be crazy!! You are so small, that you couldn't intimidate anyone! Bless your heart, you are just an average Joe. If you bother them, everybody should bother them. That's crazy bro. Keep training bro you'll get there.
Reason I go to PF is because it's the closest in distance of about 2 miles away from my place since other gyms like Gold's are over 20-ish miles away, it's cheaper and within my budget as a broke college student, and I like the chill atmosphere with the friendly staff. It definitely helped me get more comfortable with gyms overall and I got in shape somewhat fast. Although I don't understand why they have pizza/bagel/coffee days. At my college there is a small fitness center and to be honest I prefer the machines there more but it's almost always packed so I go to PF instead.
Brandon C glad it works out for you. Keep on training hard !
The planet fitness I go to is great, all the staff are amazing and I think the lunk alarm is broken😂
And the free weight area is decent, they go up to 80 pounds
I love planet fitness! It's like a library gym🤫 I never had problems with the lunk alarm ⏰😅 Machine workouts are great and keeps your form on point so you cant cheat
Its definitely a good place to start. I can honestly say this was the first gym where I started noticing my gains (I was a newbie) and it grew my curiosity for fitness and nutrition. Now I go to Gold's gym but I have nothing bad to say about planet fitness.
Nice ! Glad you had a good experience there
I'm going to planet Fitness because it's an excellent place to begin. When I out grow Planet Fitness, if I ever do, then I can consider going somewhere else if I need or want to.
That’s awesome ! Enjoy the fitness journey
When my boys and I first started going everything was fine. The heavier our weight, the more fit we become.....the more staff present to "dust" the equipment around us.
Planet fitness = planning fitting this pizza in ya mouth
I never had any issues like that when I went to planet fitness. I ended my membership because I could never get my full workout in. There was always groups of 4 teenagers taking up the benches and then you got the old timers doing 1 set. I bought my own equipment and im much happier
My dad made his own gym in his garage using some wood he calls it the "Hillbilly Gym"
Planet fitness: our motto, planet fitness = no critics.
You: planet fitness= yes critics.
Me: planet fitness = whoa yankee with no brim! Clean purple cut line there too!
It all depends on the workers really. I have been going to the pfit down the street from me for 2 years now and I have never heard the lunk alarm go off once, plus people wear tanks tops, breath heavily while lifting and the dumbbells go up to 85. Its probably a franchise thing
Josh Gidley nice, glad you have a place to get a good workout in ! And ya some owners and staff probably a lot worse than others
You’re so right how they don’t want you to push yourself
Bad Boys Hub I know right, I think it’s a big problem today
This is the reason why I am willing to get stronger using calisthenics. Self reliance, control over your movements, resourcefulness, and creavitity is a key. Difference with me is, I only use bodyweight exercises but not skills. I don't feel powerless without a gym, however I really need some cool air. But great video here.
Thank you, appreciate the comment !
I'm pretty sure my planet fitness is franchised or something cause the free weights go to 90 and there's a squat rack and only two rows of cardio machines (which is still a lot) and i've dropped 65lb dumbbells and haven't gotten the lunk alarm turned on me yet. But other than that from what I see from my friends snap chats and videos there PF's are 90% cardio, 2 smith machines with a max weight of 400 and 2 benches for free weights haha.
Ya I'm sure it depends on the owner, I've also heard some are not bad at all, and some are crazy like this one
I went to a planet fitness. And they were actually pretty chill. It was all teenagers working. Lunk alarm did not go off a single time. Even after i would drop weights on purpose. The dumbbells went up to 75, which is still pretty light. But not a horrible experience. Still wouldn’t recommend people going there but not terrible.
I must be missing something. Planet Fitness is very clear about the kind of customers they want to attract. If that's not you - don't go. Why go there and try to make it like the gyms you like to go to and moan when it isn't. Go somewhere where you can make noise and squat in a squat rack and all the other things that PF doesn't let you do. Don't eat the pizza, don't eat the bagels (unless you want to of course). Work out, move more eat less and enjoy life - don't worry that others aren't living up to your exacting standards. I don't go to Planet Fitness because it's not the way I like to train, but good on you to everyone that does.
plammo well said, a lot of good points and anyone getting out there and moving is awesome ! Thanks for your input
a large part of it is their shitty business. They get tons of members with cheap prices but promote unhealthy things to keep people out. All that =profit & Empty Gym. its just really shitty
yea; its almost as if they want FEMINAZIS AND KARENS~
Working out is much like sex. The harder you go the more noise it makes.
Lee Bee I'm pretty sure this is not how sex works my friend, I assume you never had sex before,
Omar619kamis Kamis
Your response explains exactly how sad your sex life and gf are.
Ady P lol I miss my teens..
Lee Bee I find your comment is idiotic and immature and excuse me i don't know how can you judge my whole sex life by some meaning less words, stupid kid
Omar619kamis Kamis I think he is referring to how hard you pound someone. Im assuming he is talking about the sounds from sex.
Golds gym is cheaper and is better than planet fitness
Brandy Adams It's not cheaper. I go to Gold's
PunchingPower it’s only $10 for me
Planet Fitness is where all the fkn nerds go! GOLD'S baby!
There’s some planet fitness that are very strict. The one I go to are a lot of people who grunt and drop weights but they never pull the alarm one of the employees tells me that they haven’t even touched since they first open lol that they really don’t care people just work out so why would they bother them in their zone lol
Same with mine lol, the staff are amazing and super chill, I like it as a starter gym
I don't know why people hate this gym so much. Everyone is complaining and moaning but after all this gym is supposed to be for people who aren't that strong and want to get into the fitness lifestyle. Your not supposed to keep Planet Fitness as a primary gym permanently, but rather as a starting point of your journey. The gym will only be good for beginners for about the first 2 years. After that, you should be ready to get into a high intensity gym to get bigger. Period.
God forbid if people who aren't that strong and want to get into the fitness lifestyle give max effort and breathe heavy, the lunk alarm will go on hahaha
I love pf although I can see why it gets hate. It really depends on the location. There no lunk alarm at mine. The black card works out for my budget and I find the equipment they have is adequate for me although I'd like to see a bench press. I'm enlisting into the navy so overall it's a great place to work out.
Black nice to hear ! I’m glad you enjoy your workouts and good luck with your endeavours with the navy ! Hope u stay tuned and find some entertainment from my channel
a gym is what you make of it. i get plenty of great workout at any of the PF's i been to. Never once heard a lunk alarm go off, seem people get loud, getting in a good workout. there are plenty of things you can do in planet fitness to have a great workout. yes its not for bodybuilders, for the average person who wants to stay healthy its great for the price. i have found great ways to substitute free weight exercises with dumbells and cables
Not sure why all the hate toward planet fitness. You can get a really good workout there. I’ve not heard the lunk alarm go off at the one I go to. The only thing I can’t do is deadlift...and I go to 24 hour for that. The one thing that keeps me coming back day after day is their total body enhancement machine. It’s my fountain of youth. I have tennis elbow, in both elbows...and since I’ve used the machine (around 5 times per week...after every workout, for the past 2 months) I’ve noticed the level of pain has drastically reduced and on some days, I don’t feel any pain.
Sage Nguyen awesome ! Glad you experience pain relief and am working out consistently
Oh crap, I live in Surrey B.C. :O
I'm a skinny guy (133 pounds at 5'8'') and go to the gym and work out to try and better myself and I don't understand this hate against gallon water jugs. I like my own water from home. So what I don't wanna refill it at some water fountain other people have been using.
Had a new planet fitness open up in Ocala florida. Got a day pass to test it out. It was alot better than I thought it would be. I signed up for the black card membership before I left. Didn't run into any of the problems I see in these type of video's. So I would imagine it varies between gyms
These folks just love to blast planet fitness because of their mistake of commercials towards bodybuilders years ago. It seems that most planet fitness location I have tried to change this moto.They whine about the pizza and bagels, lack of weights, etc... I never hear the lunk alarm go off at the current planet fitness. The one I was at I before this current location I think I heard once or twice and that was weights crashing down hard. And if they got a problem with a slice of pizza or a bagel once or twice a month, than there are serious other issues with their dieting, plus nobody is forcing them to eat it. I have seen guys twice this guy's build and don't have a bit of problem with amount of weights or equipment. They just go in and work with what they got and they are usually some of the coolest folks you could meet. I wish these people would stop with all the juvenile criticism and find a gym they like.
Good thing you actually recorded as much as you did, they don’t allow any type of photography or videography.
this is a man who needs a leg day
I go the PF in a bind, the guy is right on, that’s why I joined a real gym that encourages working out as hard as you want.
Anytime Fitness is a whole alot better.
I agree
I feel lucky.. pf is my first gym membership and there are alot of really fit, built, men and women and I've never heard the alarm go off and I'm there for about 2 hours every other day.. the staff keep the place clean and could care less about what you wear or what you bring to drink. I think I just got lucky with my location
Nicole Nuxoll for sure some locations much better than others !
I’m a smaller guy trying to bulk up but whenever I see a massive dude that’s lifting huge weights and all that stuff I don’t think it’s intimidating, I think it’s cool! It’s cool to see someone who’s been working hard to be that way move that much weight and it also gives me inspiration to work harder to get to that level eventually.
The planet fitness around me is cool, they don’t sound the alarm, the dumbbells go up to 75 and for beginners, you can graduate when you know you’re ready.....to a better gym.
Word Life nice ! That’s a great way to use a gym like that
They lunk people that are actually good role models I know when I first started lifting at 17 I was 6 1 160lbs and I looked at those big guys like competition and goals and it only pushed me harder and gave me a bigger drive now I sit at 6 1 220lbs 10% body fat and now alot of those guys who were bigger look normal to me now it took two years of dedication
So its better to have an alarm killing (literally) your ears than just a two second sound.. 😂 😂
GOLDEN!!!!!! I myself would rather contend with the accidental clinging of weights and an occasional GRUNT than that FIRE-ALARM!!!!
I went to their location in Abbotsford and had no problems. Dropped the weights a few times(accidentally) and no one even looked over.
WholesomeOG oh good to know, I didn’t know they had a location in Abbotsford
This so called "gym" totally sucks!!!
haha totally does !
Humberto Garcia well they did say "We're not a gym. We're Planet Fitness." 😆
It is actually a body library not a gym.
Nopparuj they give pizza out this isn't even close to a library gym and coffe and bagels Jesus this is a buffet not a gym
nfl
Squat rack? Bro looks like he skips leg day more than a gitty school girl playing hop scotch.
Thanks for the motivation bro
Nick Bruyere lol, no problem guy. Just look at it like positive motivation for your next leg day or check out BroScience with Dom Mazzetti and go that route! Peep the video where he does legs with Bradley Martyn, very educational and real as it gets.
lmao broscience is the most educational channel ever
Because there is not rack
If you actually go to a planet fitness they really don’t care about slamming the weights, grunting. I do it all the time and not one link alarm has went off, but I do agree they need more weights for sure
yeah only when you are really obnoxious it happens I suppose
I live in surrey and I go to the cloverdale rec centre gym just off the highway! It’s amazing best gym I’ve ever been to
MR-MC_Sn1pers oh ya that is a really nice facility! Is it really busy there ?
Nick Bruyere honestly haven’t nailed down a time it is and isn’t busy just kinda luck of the draw it seems, never crazy crazy busy though
I go the pf in tx and people deadlift there with no problems. I don’t think I have ever heard the lunk alarm go off. Maybe we are just more relax down here in tx.
JoJo F yes from what I understand every location varies quite a bit ! That’s great to hear tho that yours is like that
Unfortunately, we live in a society where everyone gets an "A", but hasn't earned it.
It sounds like PF is just a starter gym to get acclimated with a gym.
but they discourage progress-which the fitness industry is trying to encourage-whether you trying to lift heavier-or get in shape
I don't feel like this is an accurate representation of their franchise at all; the Planet Fitness I go to is nothing like this. It's all on a gym-by-gym basis. Mine is much more chill, and I would suggest not taking this video to heart at all. If you truly want to improve, then the atmosphere at Planet Fitness shouldn't matter. Lift for yourself and stop making excuses based on these oddly specific faults you see within the gym's practices and regulations.
xRedtm Glad you enjoy your planet fitness location. That’s why I like to make these videos because I love to hear different peoples point of view. Thank you for your input and you make a very good point !
This is on King George Blvd.
Don't know why but the silence and the purple trigger me.
I pay $30 a month for my gym membership and it's not too big of a gym we only have 3 benches 1 squat rack and 1 Smith machine but tons of 45 plates & they're totally fine with guys slamming 500lbs deadlifts to the floor 💪👌
Mr Spooky sounds like a pretty good place to be !
Yeah let’s work out 💪🏼 then stuff our faces with the worst food we can shove down our gullets 😂
I don’t like this place the feeling of feeling less than others pushed me to get even better
Yes exactly thats a great attitude to have !
*Because grunting is definitely a bad thing and not a human bodily function when you lift something heavy*
Hey in my personal opinion is the best workout is swimming (like actual swimming not treading water) and some heavy stretching.
So go to the YMCA
I do not swim very often but I know how great of a workout it is yes, and I am a huge advocate of deep stretching. My background is in hockey and I have always realized the importance of stretching. Thanks for your input !
Planet Fitness is almost like the spirit Airlines of all gyms.
The best part of working out is always the pizza and bagels
Sorry that you are getting this question(well not really) but what real gym has a membership you can use as you travel? Most require at least using your 'home' gym a few months before you pay a fee to use one in another town. I am only home twice a year for a weekend. I am never in the same town long. Soooooo, planet fitness is about the only fitness center (not gym) I have found to work for me. As far as dropping weights really, I watched a guy slam a Smith machine and it didn't go off. Guess it depends on the facility. Most the people I see at these places (I've been to a few) aren't doing more than simple exercise anyway. No it isn't for the hard core. But try to see from a novice outlook at your favorite 'gym ' you might get a different opinion. Would you want uneducated people clogging up that place. I for one am glad to have a facility that I can go to, usually do a basic full body and only get a few stares but I don't have a problem adapting to rules, the Marines taught me that.
whitecherokee73 you make a valid point, and yes planet fitness is very versatile as you mentioned and from what I heard some locations are not bad at all. So as long as your in the gym that’s great. Keep it up !
Yea I'm glad I chose crunch over this it's the same price and has free weights and the dumbbells actually go over 60 lbs 😅
I'm glad they have the lurk alarm.People who need to yell while lifting is ridiculous.Ive seen people yell so loud it disturbs other people's workout.Spunk fitness is a joke.
Yes that is a valid point, I think a happy medium would be ideal.
And don't forget about the buckets full of tootsie rolls at the front counter...lol
I go to planet fitness cause of how cheap it is. But ive never experienced any of this stuff. The one I go to seems just like any other gym. Feel like its just the chill staff and employees though
Sergio Sonato for sure dependant on staff and employees. Glad you enjoy your workouts !
Leaning back doing cable curls? yah planet fitness is perfect for you, and those hammer curls you did 😂😂
Form has been better, but thanks for being the gym police, there's never enough of those guys around and everyone always loves those guys in the gym!
Nick Breyere That's why I work out at school
Ya no kidding !
Nick hi I can’t believe it’s been this long since I seen this video and How are you doing?
How much weight are you using? Your sets look to easy. No pain no gain.
If I worked out with a shirt, hoodie, and a hat... I’d die from heat stroke. How’s that possible? And how do you think you’re actually doing real hammer curls with 60 lb dumbbells lol!!!!!!
Proud to be a lunk, lunk life
The nightmare of all gyms. Literally waiting for clowns to jump out.
For a person like me who is more about free weights and less machine, planet fitness will never work.
I'm thankful my Planet Fitness doesn't have one of those stupid alarms
Yes you are very fortunate !
My neighbors are crazy I think they’ve found a way to disable the lunk alarm 😂 kind of like those smoke detectors
Free pizza and oh yeah your not really allowed to work out how you want!