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So the GF and I booked a trip to Mexico in a few months and it lit a fire under her to "get in better shape" which I'm ok with. So there was a Planet Fitness that opened 2 miles from my house and I knew it was cheap. So why not give it a shot as it's $10 a month (with a year commitment) or $15 a month, I've heard how it's not a real gym but if it had enough equipment that I could get a workout in with her, why not. I can do my heavier lifting at my BJJ gym I train at that has bench/squat rack/dead lift place once a week or so.
So we walk in and it's packed, that's good people getting in shape. Problem #1 I'm 5'11 and over 200 lbs and not in the best shape of my life...and I'm easily one of the 10 most in shape people there.
Problem #2 - I thought this was a joke when I read this before, but they have Pizza in the common area.
Problem # 3- They had a bowl of tootsie rolls on the counter
Ok I'll power thru that for now, if I can get thru the tour and find enough to do what I need to do.
Problem # 4 - No barbell's for bench press, I can deal with that but DB's only go to 60 lbs :\
Problem # 5 - No Squat rack or place to do dead lifts
Problem # 6 - A guy dropped a 25 lb DB and the LUNK alarm thing went off (it was an accident he dropped it)
We finished our tour, and promptly said thanks and walked out the door. Drove to the nearest 24 hour fitness and signed up/worked out.
I do see how the gym is intimidating for new people as we walked in at 24 Hr and there was a guy squatting 500+ and another Deadlifting 400+ right there. She has never gone to the gym since college/highschool where she played soccer and worked out with the other girls so it was a bit rough for her at first. But as she followed thru the workout, she got a little more comfortable as the crowd thinned out. Planet Fitness is like a baby step in the right direction of people who do absolutely nothing, but do not know how to actually workout/or want to work out. The place does not give them the tools to actually improve, just a place that's cheap enough they don't feel bad to pay for and not go. I seriously thought most of what I heard about PF was a joke, it is not.
So we walk in and it's packed, that's good people getting in shape. Problem #1 I'm 5'11 and over 200 lbs and not in the best shape of my life...and I'm easily one of the 10 most in shape people there.
Problem #2 - I thought this was a joke when I read this before, but they have Pizza in the common area.
Problem # 3- They had a bowl of tootsie rolls on the counter
Ok I'll power thru that for now, if I can get thru the tour and find enough to do what I need to do.
Problem # 4 - No barbell's for bench press, I can deal with that but DB's only go to 60 lbs :\
Problem # 5 - No Squat rack or place to do dead lifts
Problem # 6 - A guy dropped a 25 lb DB and the LUNK alarm thing went off (it was an accident he dropped it)
We finished our tour, and promptly said thanks and walked out the door. Drove to the nearest 24 hour fitness and signed up/worked out.
I do see how the gym is intimidating for new people as we walked in at 24 Hr and there was a guy squatting 500+ and another Deadlifting 400+ right there. She has never gone to the gym since college/highschool where she played soccer and worked out with the other girls so it was a bit rough for her at first. But as she followed thru the workout, she got a little more comfortable as the crowd thinned out. Planet Fitness is like a baby step in the right direction of people who do absolutely nothing, but do not know how to actually workout/or want to work out. The place does not give them the tools to actually improve, just a place that's cheap enough they don't feel bad to pay for and not go. I seriously thought most of what I heard about PF was a joke, it is not.
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