Planet Fitness - Stuart, FL
Reviews
Completely ridiculous and not true to the company brand. My husband and I have been members for a few weeks. He is a weight lifter, so we were a little worried about being stereotyped. The first day we were there, he was approached and told that he was dropping the weights too loudly. He wasn't. The weights are heavy and hit the padded ground harder sometimes. He was trying to be careful, but that wasn't enough. We got over the awkward moment and continued going, making sure to be even more careful. However, today we were there and watched a woman dressed in a sports bra that was also incredibly low cut and a small pair of shorts. Even the employees agreed she was dressed inappropriately. The dress code sign says no string tank tops. She obviously had significantly less. Now this wouldn't normally bother me. I was working out at LA Fitness before switching here, and there are plenty of women who dress like that. However, she was not in there to work out. She pretended to do so by doing one to three reps of any body weight exercise and then stopped. She stood by the weight machines wondering what to do for a bit. Then she chose the elliptical and never broke a sweat. She then proceeded to pose in the mirror with a guy for literally ten minutes. Flexing and everything. For ten minutes straight. While this was going on, which was clearly in violation of what Planet Fitness is supposed to represent, the lunk alarm went off several times while a skinny male struggled to actually work out. He wasn't trying to attract attention to himself. I mentioned this to the employees, who agreed that it was wrong. One employee called the district manager, who told him they can't do anything about it. Funny, because I remember an article about how Planet Fitness kicked a pregnant woman out for showing less than two inches of her stomach. The employee told me the district manager said she would contact me regarding the situation very soon. That was earlier today, and I never heard anything. Their brand is a joke and obviously doesn't actually matter to any of them. I switched because it costs less and has tanning. I would gladly pay extra to stay at LA Fitness, where I never felt uncomfortable.
Price is key. The equipment is decent. The staff is young and friendly for the most part. Manager loves the lunk alarm... Very annoying and a turn off, but for 10 a month you can't beat it.
great value ,good equipment, clean and friendly staff .what else would you want?
There are a lot of negative reviews on here, but I believe this Planet Fitness has new management since then. All of the employees I've run into here have been nothing but friendly and helpful. I've never had any problems with anyone. The whole idea behind Planet Fitness is what I love the most. I always hated going to other gyms where there were gigantic, steroid-injected meat-heads, grunting and dropping weights and even looking down on you because you weren't one of them. Planet Fitness will ring the "Lunk Alarm" if they hear any dropped weights or grunts. They are a "Judgement Free Zone". The current personal trainer knows what he's doing. He's extremely friendly and his services are free with your membership. Unfortunately that means he's available on a first-come, first-serve basis, but I don't mind that simply because I don't have the money for a traditional personal trainer anyway. Often times you can get together with other people using the trainer for a group training session. Equipment wise they have a good selection of machines and free-weights. If you sign up for a membership (you can't beat the low membership fee by the way), you'll want to ask when their busiest times are and try to avoid them. I've never seen their weight and cardio machines completely full, but this will be most important if you use a lot of free-weights in your workout.
Wife and I had memberships there for 1 year.after the first day there was never really any help.The lunk alarm is a joke,from time to time there will be a slight moan or groan,but that does not mean there are muscle heads all over the gym.Come on and give it a break!Really was not happy when the gym was full but the circuit area was empty and I was told I could not use a piece of equipment because I was not circuit training.Wow it was really being put to good use!!!!Looking to join a new gym,but not so sure it will be this one again.Very clean place ,but they are not doing me a favor letting me pay them to work out there!