Said fukk it and copped a Planet Fitness Membership. Here's my experiences from the first week.

[Capitol]

I'm not going to lie I moved pretty far away from my gym, not really thinking about it, because I expected to be able to cancel online or over the phone. It was like half a year before I was on that side of the city again and they kept charging me. It took like 30 seconds to cancel why yall couldn't do that shyt over the phone

 

[winb83]

I'm not going to lie I moved pretty far away from my gym, not really thinking about it, because I expected to be able to cancel online or over the phone. It was like half a year before I was on that side of the city again and they kept charging me. It took like 30 seconds to cancel why yall couldn't do that shyt over the phone

If it was Planet Fitness it's because the place is a scam designed to draw people in that would have a low level of commitment to working out and bleed them of $10 a month while they hopefully don't actually use the gym at all. Pretty sure you can join online but can't cancel that way.

 

[Moesha’s Overbearing Dad]

If it was Planet Fitness it's because the place is a scam designed to draw people in that would have a low level of commitment to working out and bleed them of $10 a month while they hopefully don't actually use the gym at all. Pretty sure you can join online but can't cancel that way.

I learned that you can’t cancel on the app itself.. I had to do it on the website and even still they make it hard to find… I had to join EoS since it’s literally across the street from PF

 

[Capitol]

If it was Planet Fitness it's because the place is a scam designed to draw people in that would have a low level of commitment to working out and bleed them of $10 a month while they hopefully don't actually use the gym at all. Pretty sure you can join online but can't cancel that way.

Yeah it was planet fitness. Trying to hold a breh hostage man

 

[xXMASHERXx]

If it was Planet Fitness it's because the place is a scam designed to draw people in that would have a low level of commitment to working out and bleed them of $10 a month while they hopefully don't actually use the gym at all. Pretty sure you can join online but can't cancel that way.

I have issues with PF but to call them a scam is a reach. Every commercial gym I've been to(PF, Crunch, 24, LA, Fitness 19) required coming into the gym to cancel membership. That's why the FTC came up with click to cancel.

 

[winb83]

I have issues with PF but to call them a scam is a reach. Every commercial gym I've been to(PF, Crunch, 24, LA, Fitness 19) required coming into the gym to cancel membership. That's why the FTC came up with click to cancel.

It's not a reach. Planet Fitness is a gym that purposely creates a culture to push away gym enthusiasts. Their target is a person that would have a wavering commitment to working out. They on purpose set the price low to attract these people and when they give up on working out that low price lulls them into continuing to pay because one day they'll go back.

At a regular commercial gym they price that membership with the expectation you're going to use it. It's an investment in yourself to pay that membership. You wouldn't move and forget you were a member and be unable to cancel without traveling back because you notice you're paying for it.

A gym handing out candy and pizza and shaming people for working out hard is a scam. That place isn't even training wheels for a gym starter just join a real gym.

 

[xXMASHERXx]

It's not a reach. Planet Fitness is a gym that purposely creates a culture to push away gym enthusiasts. Their target is a person that would have a wavering commitment to working out. They on purpose set the price low to attract these people and when they give up on working out that low price lulls them into continuing to pay because one day they'll go back.

At a regular commercial gym they price that membership with the expectation you're going to use it. It's an investment in yourself to pay that membership. You wouldn't move and forget you were a member and be unable to cancel without traveling back because you notice you're paying for it.

A gym handing out candy and pizza and shaming people for working out hard is a scam. That place isn't even training wheels for a gym starter just join a real gym.

You really have no idea what you are talking about. PF provides it's members access to fitness equipment to use if they want to. You basically said that PF is a scam because people can't be responsible adults

 

[winb83]

You really have no idea what you are talking about. PF provides it's members access to fitness equipment to use if they want to. You basically said that PF is a scam because people can't be responsible adults

Planet Fitness' business only works out if its members don't

The most popular gym in the US doesn't actually have enough gym space for all of its members to get fit....

sherwood.news

With a total membership of 18.7 million across 2,575 gyms, the company averages 7,262 members for each location. Most gyms are open 113 hours per week, a typical gym is around 20,000 square feet, and maximum occupancies range from ~200 to 350 people1.

For all 18.7 million Planet Fitness members to work out for just one hour per week, gyms would need an average of 64 people (7,262 members per store/113 hours per week) exercising during all operating hours (which is from 5 am to 11 pm at most locations).

For each of its members to work out at a more regular cadence, such as 4x per week, each gym would need to average 257 people working out at all times. This is more than the maximum occupancy of some locations, and it ignores traffic spikes during gyms’ peak hours that would send attendance even higher.

The business model depends on people not using what they're selling. They target "customers" who have a high probability of not using their product and their business depends on that to be successful.

 

[-DMP-]

Nah I remember when I had a PF membership back in 2013-2014. I had to write a hand written letter to their corporate office for them to cancel it because I no longer lived in the state I opened my membership

 

[winb83]

They raised the price to $15 a month. It has a $49 annual fee so it's basically $19 a month average.

My work has Active & Fit Direct for $28 a month that lets you join a variety of gyms at no additional charge. I picked Anytime Fitness and can get into any location with my badge. The place isn't huge but it's open 24 hours and most have several power racks and a decent amount of plates and free weights.