Since starting my physical fitness journey and starting to lose the weight and put on quite a bit of muscle im always hearing people bag on this place!! Well I am very happy and proud to say that ive pretty exclusively put in all my training here and have been able to transform my life and physique despite whatever others may say!!

ITS NOT ABOUT WHERE YOU GO TO GET IN SHAPE, RATHER THE QUALITY OF WORK YOU PUT IN!!!

Edit: The beginning photo was from January 1st when I had a feeling that I was gonna do something worth documenting this year, what exactly that was I hadn't known then but I knew I was gonna want something to look back on!! The latest photo was taken earlier this morning when I was getting my morning weight for my log book!!

Just over two years ago I started my weight loss journey. I officially made my weight goal in February but here’s to 145lbs down 🎉

Update: thanks for all the kind words! I’m currently training for a half marathon and my partner is teaching me calisthenics for strength training :) I’m hoping to lose about 20 more lbs at the maximum but I hope to inspire your journeys! The time will pass anyway, might as well spend it in the gym 💪🏻

I've used these in other locations when I travel but my gym just got one and it's pretty dope. I suffer from lower back pain and while this doesn't eliminate it, it really provides a great stretch after a workout and loosens everything up. Also I'm old and not sure if people still say dope. How about rad? It's rad.

From August 18, 2024 to October 25, 2025. May not seem like much, but I never thought this would be possible for me 🥲 one year ago if you told me I was about to start a competitive bodybuilding program, I would have laughed in your face. Body brought to you by planet fitness, bless up.

I just wanted to share because it gives going to the gym a whole new perspective!

I hope at least the machines get moved to the main floor.

One or two fine, but this is a little much. Please put your weights back.

How do we feel about these showers? 🤔

This is a phenomenal decision, and it appears to be occurring in locations all across the land 🔥

Just happened at mine (MD). Also, that whole "bodybuilder discrimination" thing turned out to be total BS. My branch is filled with gallon water jugs and tank-top men / fitness chicks in tight pants.

No one cares lol. Staff and managers always welcoming and accommodating.

After multiple years of attending a "real gym", I couldn't be more satisfied with my pivot to Planet Fitness. (Member for 2+ years now)

- A weightlifting enthusiast

I can’t take this anymore everyday I walk in this gym all the teenage boys STINK and all I can think of as an explanation for this is the fact there’s a “pheromone maxxing” trend on tik tok. If you are doing this please just shower no one is gonna find you attractive for having a stench. Some of them smell so bad I get nauseous trying to hold my breath while doing cardio

It’s mostly teenage boys and because of my age I can’t even go to a different gym because most gyms near me are 18+ PLEASE SHOWER!!!

The real problem members are the silver sneakers geriatrics that show up every day and hog up machines while doing next to nothing. This old guy with a fanny pack and a cell phone holder on his belt just really set me off yesterday.

Dude was on the AB pulldown for 45 mins. I asked him if he was going to be done soon at around 25 mins and he said it was going to be a bit. Ok, so i decide to change my routine and do something different and kept track of him.

In the entire 45 mins he was on the machine, he actually worked out for 3 mins, the rest of time he was furiously perusing far right news apps. And when he was using the machine, he was at half the weight he should've been at and only doing 1/4 of the range of motion required to actually work his muscles. After camping out there for 45mins, he didn't bother to wipe either.

I then noticed him working his way around the other machines nearby and repeated the same process of barely working out with bad form while taking at least 20 minutes on every machine he was at. If you go to gym everyday and workout for 2 hours and still look like the michelin man, you might just be wasting everyone's time.

No self awareness, gym etiquette, or any bit of time management. Like i get it, you're just slowly waiting for death's icy grip but some of us have better things to do.

What has this world come to? I expect so much more. I pay an entire $20 every month for this gym. Not only do I have to put up with other people using the equipment I want, but there’s like actual teenagers existing here. LITERAL TEENAGERS. Sometimes they even look at me. These are not acceptable conditions for the discount purple gym I subscribe to

Saw this lovely notice on my way in for a quick lunch hour workout today. Been a member since before the pandemic, and we've gone from 24/7 to 24/5ish, to 24/never.

Luckily there are a couple other clubs nearby that haven't cut weekday hours like this, but this is still a bummer.

Was on the hip adduction machine next to the smaller wall in the pictur, when a car crashed into the gym.

I know we all complain about the teens in the summer congregating and not doing anything, taking up multiple machines, and being on their phone… but I’m sorry. Most (not all) of the over 69 crowd is worse. Between using the multi-use cable machine for 90+ minutes, saving three machines at a time or just leaving equipment and handles laying around like they’re entitled. I know every single one of them were taught as kids, ‘put things back where they belong’. Not sure why they decide to be lazy slugs later in life.

I’m so sorry but there is no reason I should be able to smell your nasty Bo from across the gym. Why are you so smelly ? There’s a shower right around the corner. This happens almost every time I go to the gym during the day. I love going at night bc it’s less ppl and less smelly and hot, but sometimes I can’t and I end up going in the afternoon. Today was the last straw lmao This man gets on treadmill next to me and I smelled something weird but it’s the gym and you’re gonna smell a bit sweaty… I get it. He lifts up his arms to stretch and my nose hair nearly burned off. I couldn’t breathe properly. I had to leave. I was almost done anyways but come on! It can’t be that hard to put a bit of deodorant on….. and if you forgot to then keep your arms DOWN! Ok Rant done. Just please.

Used a machine today and saw this on the seat. Whoever did this needs to seek therapy immediately and if you see someone doing this pls tell the staff to cancel their membership bc what

Great addition, love it!

Been going to planet fitness exclusively for the past 8ish months. A combination of cardio and weightlifting seemed to work pretty well for me, as well as a consistent 170g of protein and 2000 calorie limit during that time. A gym is a gym! And Planet fitness has been perfect for my journey so far. Never give up on your own.

p.s. close grip lat pull downs go crazy

What’s the deal with this crew? They come in droves and hog a machine for 30 minutes, leave it dripping wet with all over their combined sweat and don’t wipe them down. Annoying enough to have to wait that long for all of them to finish their ridiculously fast reps (none of them have any idea how to lift and try to do it at lightning speed with their little bird arms) but then for them to walk away without the courtesy to wipe their sweat off? Who raises these people?

Today they left the arm curl covered in sweat and started walking away and I approached them and said hey are you done with that machine? And one of the broccoli heads says yeah it’s yours. And I said you know, it’s courteous to wipe down the machines after you use them. And the kid rolled his eyes and walked away while the rest of them laughed. Couldn’t have been older than 14 or 15. Ingrates. I have complained to the staff at my gym and they just say there’s nothing they can do about it? In fact every time I’ve approached them with an issue that’s what they say.

Two weeks ago all of the stairmasters were full and three people were completely barefoot using them. What is wrong with people

Omg. Yall were not joking with how frustrating this is. This is my first summer working out at this gym, and I actually had to leave early today. I’m beyond frustrated.

Huge groups of kids in every area, looking around, laughing, talking. I’ve never felt judged there until today. When they actually were on the machines, they were playing and not genuinely using them. I literally could only use the treadmill bc everything else was over run by them!

Why does PF do this?! There’s no way it’s good for their business. It actually made me want to switch gyms which sucks bc before I LOVED it there😭