Talk:Planet Fitness
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Planet Fitness is very immoral. They convinced my son that he was signing up for a month to month membership, when in fact they signed him up to a one year contract. So they verbally told him one thing thing and had him sign a different thing. I understand, as does my son now, that this was the contract he signed. It still sad that a company as big as this would resort to such low levels. Be very weary of this place......
Their business model is to feed them Pizza, Bagels and Coffee, keep them fat and happy and they will continue to pay the low fee's, because having that membership makes the client feel like they are doing something to be healthy-> As they stuff their faces on their way out.
These "RULES" they speak of are not static, I go to numerous Planet Fitness's around New England...NONE of them are the same. It seems to be more about geographics, some gym's will have more free weights than others, other gym's will have a disproportionate number of cardio machines. Truth in fact is, most people sign on to the cheap membership, go for a month or 2 and then before they know it they are paying for a service they don't use. None the wiser to the fact that Planet Fitness hopes you don't go, because A.)None of the locations could handle the volume of clients on the books B.) Longivity of equipment exceeds the manufacturers warranty. Planet Fitness is a cash cow.
I believe this entry is very biased in the way its written....especially pertaining the "rules" section as the "extremely irritating alarm"....please edit!
I'm very much not a fan of Planet Fitness or its policies, yet I must still agree that the bias of this article fairly blatent and a rewrite is called for.
This entry seems to be extremely accurate but doesn't go far enough in describing the business model of Planet Fitness. As a Planet Fitness member and former trainer I am routinely frustrated by the seemingly random application of the rules. I have watched over the years as the gym has consistently removed gym equipment necessary for basic strength training and create an unhealthy atmosphere for exercise. In our gym it is not uncommon to have free coffee, bagels, pizza, and candy available at any given time. This routinely sabotages member’s diets while increasing the likelihood of continued membership. Novice patrons rarely if ever make optimum progress and the staff is generally clueless when it comes to the fundamentals of exercise physiology. The business model seems to be loosely based on network economics and draws its strength from the low cost of membership. There is no childcare available at Planet Fitness unlike the many true family gyms in the area. There is a "Lunk Alarm" on the wall that is activated whenever a grunt is heard or weight is dropped. Ironically, under the "Lunk Alarm" is written the Planet Fitness slogan of "judgment-free" principles.
Danvers Massachusetts Gym: Nothing in the rules state they do not cater to body-builders and/or powerlifters...If that is the case why for the first year did they have dumbells that went to 120 lbs. hacksquat machines, Leg presses, squat racks, and numerous other "Heavy Lifting" equipment....They do not care about the clients, the Danvers location has 9,000 members who all pay short money, if they lose 10% of their clients, they are still easily making their $25,000 a month rent.
[edit] Signatures?
The talk page is even worse than the article. who would have thunk it. Kennykane (talk) 23:52, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
