Shoulder....Venting

[Crankin]

Pax, what is the silliness? I see their dumb ads, but I've never known anyone who went there (don't seem to be a lot around here), except some of my clients in my first internship.

[Catrin]

Pax, what is the silliness? I see their dumb ads, but I've never known anyone who went there (don't seem to be a lot around here), except some of my clients in my first internship.

Things like free bagel and or pizza nights. Tanning beds, around here at least, and if they think you're workout style makes someone else feel judged they may kick you out. They have large noise mailers if someone grunts too loud, different things like that. Afternall, they are NOT a gym, they are "Planet Fitness"!



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[Catrin]

...Things like free bagel and or pizza nights. Tanning beds, around here at least, and if your workout style makes someone else feel judged they may kick you out. They have large noise makers if someone grunts too loud, different things like that. After all, they are NOT a gym, they are "Planet Fitness"!

[Pax]

Yup, what Catrin said. They have pizza night and bagel morning once a month here (funny to watch someone do a tiny minimal workout, then sit and eat three slices of Papa Johns), the "lunk alarm" sounds if anyone gets too enthusiastic in the weight area, they have some silly non-scientific "hydro bed" you can use if you buy a premium membership (it looks like a massage lounger with a TV attached). Mostly just lots of hooks and gimmicks to make non-gym people happy, more power to them, I just ignore it all and do my workout.

[Catrin]

Yup, what Catrin said. They have pizza night and bagel morning once a month here (funny to watch someone do a tiny minimal workout, then sit and eat three slices of Papa Johns), the "lunk alarm" sounds if anyone gets too enthusiastic in the weight area, they have some silly non-scientific "hydro bed" you can use if you buy a premium membership (it looks like a massage lounger with a TV attached). Mostly just lots of hooks and gimmicks to make non-gym people happy, more power to them, I just ignore it all and do my workout.

Yeah, HERE they have pizza/bagels 1-2 evenings a week as well as soda. The price is good, $10/month, but it's really obvious what they REALLY want are people to sign up and leave it at that. I could be more snarky than that but I won't

[Pax]

Yeah, HERE they have pizza/bagels 1-2 evenings a week as well as soda. The price is good, $10/month, but it's really obvious what they REALLY want are people to sign up and leave it at that. I could be more snarky than that but I won't

They said as much when I was in after New Years, the manager said "ca-CHING" when a new person took off on a tour, I asked if they were doing we;; and she said "oh YEAH, and most won't come back by February". Seems like the monetary model for most gyms, but this one adds in all sorts of extra goofiness to get people in.

[Crankin]

We don't have a lot of gyms like that... more the opposite. Extremely expensive, either full service, like the one I go to, or boutique places that focus on one, maybe two disciplines. The club I belong to used to be the most expensive one around, but not now. We are only fitness members, so no pool or tennis. I can use the pool for water aerobics, and that's it. When we first joined, we had the whole family, year round pool , tennis, fitness membership, as DH was a tennis player before he was a cyclist. My town also has an extensive lis of classes, including yoga, spin, HIIT, and a gym with most of the focus on swimming. It's not so cheap, as belonging to the gym does not include the classes, which are at other sites. It only gives you a discount. The newest thing in town is Orange Theory. It's basically HIIT wearing heart rate monitors, which are displayed on giant screens by #. Only the instructor knows everyone's number. My former neighbor is teaching there. They scream out instructions to you, based on your HR. Oy. A monthly membership to places like Soul Cycle in Boston is like 400.00. The only other gym I belonged to was Golds, for 3 years. It was cheap, like 600.00 a year if you paid up front, but it was dirty and not a lot of classes. I only went for the 2 classes in the early AM. Other than that, I always had free use of gyms because I was teaching there, so I've seen a lot.