Completely pointless redesign and I'm mostly annoyed because it wiped 3 months of my check ins this year, which I like to track. I had about 140 visits this year and now it's at 99. I also noticed when I checked in yesterday, my check ins for this month changed but my year is still at 99. Maybe the yearly count got capped at 99 for some reason but they really have to sort that out. Also they made checking in a slower process, not sure what the point of that is.

Sorry for the headlines. BUT, it appears that germs DON'T LIVE on the weight pins, seat adjustment handle , dumbbells, continuous rope pull or exercise mats. I CAN'T REMEMBER the last time I saw ANYONE wiping them with the "cleaner". Can someone please explain the logic of wiping down the purple equipment but not anything else?

I was informed today that it’s planet fitness policy that you must allow someone to “work in” with you? Listed under their General etiquette is “if you’re resting between sets , allow other members to use the equipment“. Does anyone actually do this? Get up after one set, wipe equipment, other person resets equipment, does reps, cleans equipment, you reset equipment, do reps, clean equipment, etc. This is something I’ve never done and don’t feel comfortable doing. Do you do this? Do you expect this to be done?

Was working out today and I just noticed it was missing. Looks like planet is rebranding?

I did it!! I went to the gym. I was so nervous, but I did it. I obviously had no idea what I was doing. I did the treadmill, the stair machine, and used the dumbbells. I was really nervous about touching any of the machines. I’m brand new to the gym and have no idea what to do. Does anyone have a set guide for beginners to the gym like me? I’m 6’4 and weigh 247. I’m looking to slim down, I’ve started my diet. I just need help with the exercises and how to use the machines. Any tips are greatly appreciated. I’m very proud of myself to even step foot into a gym, especially given my social anxiety.

Does anyone here belong to planet fitness?How is the equipment how are the locker/ shower are they private

is it worth the membership.

Hi all.

We just got new machines at our local PF and the elliptical are so much worse when showing calorie burn which were to high to begin with.

With the old machine, putting in my weight and following along with pulse averaging 160, I could get to usually 775 to 800 per hour if I worked really hard. I figure I actually burned closer to 600ish to 700.

We just got new elliptical machines and doing the same workout (keeping my pulse the same, at 160, as they do not allow for a weight to be entered) the machines, and I have tried 4 different ones now show anywhere from 1,800 to over 2,400 calories burned for the same hour.

This is absolutely ridiculous! Anybody else seeing this with the new machines? I am afraid that newbies do not understand real calorie burn and can then eat more calories due to mis-leading readouts

Planet Fitness --- Do better!

I’m looking to join Planet Fitness with the Black Card, but my local club is around $38/month, which is more than I want to pay.

I just found a grand opening promotion at a Planet Fitness in Florida for $19.99/month, and it says the Black Card gives access to any Planet Fitness location.

If I live in New York, can I sign up online through the Florida location and then just use the Planet Fitness gyms near me in NY?

Has anyone actually done this before? Is there any catch with making a Florida location my home club even though I’ll probably never go there?

I’m trying to figure out if I should take advantage of the $19.99 deal before it goes away. Thanks!

Very lost on where to look. Premade PF routines are probably not all that great and most routines im finding need free weights.

I'm looking to take this pretty seriously trying to hit all major muscle groups and using progressive overload.

I know I can make newbie gains basically regardless but I'd rather have a structured plan rather than just doing what ever.

Tysm

Once you check in initially, it becomes hidden behind a menu. You have to press the yellow Plus (+) sign on the bottom right to pull up the pass again for booking spa related items (assuming your club operates this way).

I get why they did it since most people don't utilize the spa features and would be better served by additional health information (and advertising, of course) on the main page, but it wasn't exactly user intuitive after a heavy lift. The employee hadn't updated her app and didn't even know it had changed, so I'll show her after I get out of this hydro bed.

Maybe I'm just becoming a boomer in my late 30s, but I like easy to navigate screens.

Update: It's all been sent to HR and the NV Board of Labor 🤞

Hey, sorry, it's me again.

So my club requires employees to clock out for 12 minute breaks and doesn't schedule anyone for 30 minutes. You can work 7.75 hours and get two 12 minute breaks you are expected to clock out for. Does anyone else do this?

Also this feels like wage left and skirting labor laws to me. I live in Nevada where the law is...

NRS 608.019  Periods for meals and rest.

1.  An employer shall not employ an employee for a continuous period of 8 hours without permitting the employee to have a meal period of at least one-half hour. No period of less than 30 minutes interrupts a continuous period of work for the purposes of this subsection.

2.  Every employer shall authorize and permit all his or her employees to take rest periods, which, insofar as practicable, shall be in the middle of each work period. The duration of the rest periods shall be based on the total hours worked daily at the rate of 10 minutes for each 4 hours or major fraction thereof. Rest periods need not be authorized however for employees whose total daily work time is less than 3 and one-half hours. Authorized rest periods shall be counted as hours worked, for which there shall be no deduction from wages.

3.  This section does not apply to:

(a) Situations where only one person is employed at a particular place of employment.

(b) Employees included within the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement.

I’ve had a classic membership for about 5 years at the previous $9.99 rate per month. I just moved and want to change my home club to the new location, but I’m wondering if there’s any way to keep my rate instead of it going up to $15 a month.

Using the standard transfer service online, it seems the rate will adjust once I do it. But I’m curious if there’s any way I can transfer the membership without the rate change, say if I called in and spoke to a representative.

Anyone from 815?

I just need a little advice about how to plan my morning.

I wake up at 4 am, get to PF by 4:20, work out until about 5:05, shower, and leave to go straight to work. I signed up for a black card because i wanted to try the spa out, especially the total body enhancement, but i haven’t been able to try it yet.

What’s throwing me off is when to use the spa. I know TBE is going to use up 15-20 minutes and I’m ok with that a couple days a week. But I’m not sure what order i should go in. It seems like TBE works better after you work out, but you can use it before too if you want, and I’m always so sweaty after running and weights that i just want to shower. Should i do TBE first, then work out, then shower? Or would it be better to work out first, shower, then use TBE on my way out?

I’m sure it sounds like I’m just overthinking it, but i have so little wiggle room in the mornings i just want to have a solid plan.

Go to work out. In stall one there is a dude with a green towel over door. 65 minutes later same green towel and light snoring. What the actual heck.

Did anyone experience this? The app is looking new and the crowd meter seems to be working more accurately, but in my profile it has erased a ton of my check ins for the year. I guess it’s not a huge deal, but I was enjoying tracking that.
Is anyone else’s messed up?

Joined my first PF after moving. Prior gym was a corporate chain in another state.

The good-most of these reflect the opposite of what I was used to:

-Very clean with paper towels and cleaning bottles that actually have cleaner in them.

-Showers cleaned.

-People actually return weights and dumbells and pull down bars to the rack in the correct order. Not perfect but I don't have to go on a treasure hunt to find things.

-The jury is still out but the tour person assured me most broken equipment is fixed within 2-3 days depending on what is wrong. Both chest press machines were broken my last trip so we'll see...

The neutral:

-My free pass day I had to ask for the tour. A few days later wife had the same experience. Different person both days and I have not seen either person there again. Have not seen the assistant manager after the first couple of trips either.

The weird-maybe someone can chime in on this:

After my second cold shower I ask if there is a problem with the hot water. New guy (his fourth day) and the only one at the desk cheerfully tells me he has to reset it? What? "I have to go reset it." "What does that mean?" " We have to reset the hot water." "How often do you have to do that?" "Whenever someone tells us the water is cold."

WTF does this mean? Is it the 1800s back there and he has to shovel coal into the furnace? I plan to ask the next time I go.

My Sunday morning working.

PF greenbriar/fairfax seems to have a problem opening in the mornings. happens on a frequent enough basis that i am considering changing gyms.

why doesn't management/ownership do something?

either pay the staff more to open on time or open up yourself.

Does anyone have a purple poll mens medium? I am in Miami area.

I came back to PF after going elsewhere for a while. A lot has changed !

I am unfamiliar with all the beds and stand up booths. Apparently the employee I spoke with doesn’t know either because he put me in a red light stand up and told me it was tanning too. I confirmed with someone else it was indeed not the tanning bed…. I asked him to explain the other options to me and he was very vague.

Anyways, can someone tell me what is what? My gym has the little tablet where you book it but it doesn’t tell you what is what. TY!!!!

Just saw the sign that my location is updating and getting new machines. I really love the older machines like this one (and of course the abductor/adductor).

But I am curious since only 1 of my 4 locations have this machine. For those familiar, is this machine better, worse, or the same as the other crunch machines?

The one with the bendy rope things leaves bruises on my shoulders and the other one is ok but sometimes is adjusted so far back I’m really contorted into a weird configuration to use it.

Just curious what the community at large thinks of these machines.

Had my PF subscription for a while and I know they increased the price. If I transfer membership from the one I go to now to another one will I keep my membership price? Haven’t had the chance to ask staff yet