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Im happy with my PF. Just did a huge upgrade this month. Lunk alarm gone. New free weights. Huge improvement.

PF has changed. The newest one near me has 5 power racks with deadlift platforms, doesn’t even have a lunk alarm. I feel like at this point in time, people hate on PF just for the sake of hating on it. It’s a good gym.

I like planet fitness. Mine has 3 power racks and there's hardly ever anyone using them so I get my own quiet little area

I use the PF near me. They have sqaut racks now and I deadlift . No signage there. By the way...haven't ever seen the link alarm go off nor have I seen the pizza or bagels ever.

My local planet fitness hasn’t been like this in years. They’re definitely changing their culture. Staff there is really friendly, quick to help if you have questions, keep the place clean and I’ve never seen them scold anyone from lifting how they wanna lift

My local Planet Fitness is just a normal Little Gym. No alarm, but there are people doing very questionable things occasionally. Been making great progress there

Re: 7:45, there's actually a third reason for gyms to ban T-bar rows: The gym typically doesn't have actual equipment dedicated for that purpose, so people just end up putting one end of the barbell in a random corner and actually causing damage to the walls in that cornerg.  I've seen several corners of several gyms where people had clearly been doing T-bar rows and destroyed the drywall in the corner.

People do weird shit at all gyms. PF is fine for the vast majority of people

I'm glad you acknowledged the evolution of PF. A lot of videos just make snarky jokes about how PF used to be, which certainly deserved them. But PF today is much better. At mine, there are HUGE, jacked guys there, lifting heavy. There are actual squat and press racks, ropes, and other heavy equipment. Free weight ranges have expanded. There's no Lunk Alarm, no pizza, no bagels, just an assortment of energy drinks and proteins behind the counter for sale. I've never once in four years seen a single person doing a goofy or embarrassing exercise. All of this, and it's clean well-lit, and affordable. Con: all the ones in my city cut their hours from 24/7 to limited daytimes, but kept their price the same, and I'm pissed about that.

Suprising that Dr Mike doesn't understand a gym being "intimidating" doesn't mean people will hurt you. It means it's difficult for people to begin an activity among people that are experts in this activity, and indeed don't look very friendly. You automatically feel like you suck, it's very humain, although I agree that people should get over that feeling

My mom was pretty obese and got a planet fitness membership, because when she went to look at it their were other obese people exercising. Worked for her lots of new friends, lifestyle and very good health. The market has its place

I’ve been going to Planet Fitness for 10 years now because my job took me all over the United States and they’re the biggest franchise for me to find a place to work out and I’ve been to a lot of all over the states and I’ve never seen one where it showed that little sign on that looks like a leg press machine stating that we don’t want you putting more than four plates on or something I’ve never seen that

If it wasn’t for PF, I wouldn’t have started going to the gym, it’s about half the price of all the other gyms around me so I can easily afford it. And I’ve gone from a little flabby to ripped in 8 months. Im grateful for PF. It’s certainly a great starting point to get people interested in the gym and fitness.

I’m a fifty year lifter. A few years ago I got a PF membership , primarily to use leg machines. Overall it’s a pretty good place to workout. PF varies a lot between locations. Some are very well equipped and well maintained. Others are a little run down. My location recently added five very nice heavy duty power racks on legit wood platforms. I was a bit surprised they were so nice. What I’m saying is quality depends on the location. With over 2700 gyms across the nation, it’s expected some will be bad.

Honestly the knitting while leg extensions  is a solid super set.

Almost all of these rules haven't existed in planet fitness for years. I trained for some of my strong man at planet fitness (supplemental stuff) and nobody ever gave me grief about heavy lifts, grunting, etc. In fact I made a lot of friends with users and staff. Also I have only seen the lunk alarm go off as a friendly joke.  That being said that is my personal experience and your mileage may vary.

I like PF because of recent improvements already mentioned in comments. It’s pretty economical, even with a black membership which helps because I travel often and you typically find one in any city. Last, the hydromassage beds are pretty sweet.

PF is one of my two gym memberships. No barbell anything but they do keep the place clean.

To be fair, a lot of the bad stuff about Planet Fitness hasn't been relevant since at least summer 2020 (which was when I joined mine). No more pizza, no alarms or anything, can load as much as I can on the leg press, and now there are power racks. Dumbbells are still crap though (maxes at 75 at mine)