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| - This place is a big disappointment, especially considering the positive experience I had in the 2 years I had a membership at a Planet Fitness back east.
First off, let me say I'm an alumni of Gold's Gym and other gyms where there really is an annoying atmosphere of jockos and jerks who make gym-going irritating. That said and the fact I was a patron of PF in the past, I understand and am fine with the "No lunks" mentality.
HOWEVER, I was surprised at sign-up how such an ostensibly tolerant place could seriously have a sign when you first walk in with so many "NO"s on it; no this, no that. I should've headed the other way when I saw two, in particular: "No dead lifts" and "No gallon water jugs." (I've never actually seen anybody with gallon water jugs at a gym, even a lunk-filled gym...but I still kind of read this as "NO WATER.")
Now, I know dead lifts can be irritating as the stuff slams and I myself don't like them because you have to have good form to not jack your back, but come on; they're a good exercise. The real point I'm trying to make here, and one I was lied about on, is that they do not have barbells of any kind. I should have taken a tour, but the guy assured me they do have barbells. Well, I guess if you consider Smith machines barbells, they have them. I mean, you can't even do a simple thing like a barbell bench press, unless you want all the stabilizing done for you. I'm no bodybuilding brah, but THAT'S WEAK, BRAH.
I'm not sure if this is a new thing at PF, as my old PF had barbells and reasonable people were doing squats, dead lifts, and bench presses without being "lunks," but I guess we just can't be trusted to be reasonable, anymore.
Next, the placement of things in this particular PF is annoying. It seems you have to walk here there and everywhere to find different things. Some leg machines are in the middle of the gym in this weird area ahead of the treadmills, others are behind this cordoned-off zone, et cetera. Minor gripes, but highly irritating when you don't have a lot of time to gym-it-up like I don't.
I also got told to not run barefoot on the treadmill, though I was wearing clean socks. I dunno if it's some policy thing or they just think I'm a dirtball, but I thought it was kind of dumb.
Anyway, my main thing here is I haven't had a gym membership for about a year; I was using the gym at the apartments I was residing in Paradise Valley before I moved to Tempe, and had been waiting to get to a "real gym" with barbells at the very least. It's just kinda sad that this place actually feels like a step down from the apartment gym, and that I'm paying for it.
On the plus side (maybe) they have red light therapy and massage chairs and are open 24 hours, but if you're looking to work out like I am those are kinda neat frills, but not a viable concession for not having the most basic of gym equipment.
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