Why Planet Fitness Sucks

Why does planet fitness suck? Why is planet fitness the laughing stock of all gym facilities? Why are most trainers embarrassed to even work there? Why is planet fitness so judgmental and discriminatory when they claim to be “The judge-free zone”? Well, the real question should be “Why the hell does anyone even care, given their outspoken reputation?” I, myself care to discuss why planet fitness sucks because as a personal trainer I want to further exploit this companies ridiculousness and hypocrisy. It pisses me off to see that a cheap monthly price is enough to entice people to join or stay with them and deal with (or ignore) their ludicrous and childlike approach to how they treat their members.

Of course, I can’t speak for every single facility, but unfortunately the good have to suffer for the bad.

So, lets go into further detail as to why planet fitness sucks and STINKS!

Planet fitness claims that “We’re not a gym, we’re planet fitness”. Which is the equivalence of saying, “We’re not a fast food place, we’re McDonalds. Anyone who makes this statement should be slapped.

Here is an Idiotic and painfully annoying commercial that shows why planet fitness sucks and is not taken serious as a legitimate fitness facility

Check out this ridiculous commercial that I’m sure every feminist would love.

The mere premise of this commercial is that the “typical” gym-goer is a complete arrogant imbecile who’s ONLY interest in exercise is self appearance and being, well, “Hot”. I mean come on now, people don’t actually go to the gym to get healthier, right?

I’m not an idiot and I realize that this was meant to be an exaggeration, simulating a rare intimidating situation that some people may go through when they go to the gym. Horrible women like the ones depicted in this fictional commercial should be avoided by all means possible. I agree with that. But this is such an unbelievably unrealistic exaggerated situation that it loses its credibility within seconds.

Believe it or not, I actually have a ground breaking solution for a situation like this. Are you ready?… It’s called rolling your eyes, ignoring them, and going about your business. Not acting like a terrified little child making a conscious decision to listen to the “scary gym bullies”.

Here’s another gem…

This commercial is sort of weird in that they portray this bodybuilder as a complete tool who only knows one phrase, “I lift things up, and put them down”. They make him out to seem as though he has some sort of mental disability. This man wants to become a paying member of their gym, but the gym associate giving the tour of the facility obviously appears to not “approve” of him and quickly decides that he doesn’t want “someone like that” at their gym. With this disposition, he ever so kindly walks him out of the gym with no explanation through the back door. Planet fitness’s commercials are really weird and seem as though that they were created by someone who suffers from severe self-esteem issues. Like seriously. It seems pretty obvious to me at least.

And then there’s that lunk alarm. Perhaps the most ingenious and reasonable way to show those loud punks to quiet the hell down. Whatever brilliant mind created such a device deserves the Nobel Piece Prize without question.

There has been controversy after controversy as each year passes, and planet fitness seems to not nudge at all with their bigotry. Here’s an article of a huge controversy concerning an LGBT bathroom issue and another reason why planet fitness sucks and is insanely judgemental: 

Final thoughts on why planet fitness sucks…

In conclusion, I urge you to save your $10 a month and just jog around the block and do push ups and sit ups. That last sentence alone may be the most profound thing to take away from this entire article. Look, you don’t need to go through your entire life being intimidated by everyone else who’s better off than you, whether that means they have a slimmer midsection, bigger arms, better health, better athleticism, a nicer car, whatever it is. Damn, if anything to work harder so you can be where you want to be in life.

Planet fitness is a complete laughing stock. Go ahead. Ask a friend about them and watch them start to smirk as if you’re setting them up for a joke or something. That alone among countless other reasons and biases that planet fitness consistently withholds, such as those previously mentioned should indefinitely answer the question as to “Why planet fitness sucks?”