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the first monday of every month is free pizza day at my gym.. they get a crap load of pizza and stack up all the boxes of pizza on a table thats in between where you workout and the locker rooms..
the pizza isn't tempting at all to me but i just have to shake my head at the idea of my gym giving away a ton of free greasy pizza
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WTF...what gym is that?Originally Posted by sully15
VET
yah man thats really ****ed up......maybee there hoping to make peeps fat so they renew ther membership.....
Senior Member
lol seriously thats the worst idea ive ever heard.. And i hear some pretty bad ones from some of these guys on this board!! HAHAHAH
Junior Member
its planet fitness.. i haven't changed gyms because its only $20 a month for the gym including tanning.. im not sure saving money is worth how much they piss me off with the "lunk alarm", "free pizza day", and just all the people who "workout" there
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sorry man this is in wrong section.
Anabolic Member
I can't ****ing stand planet fitness, had a membership there and hated it. They had that "lunk alarm" crap man that place was just weird, now i'm at the y in my area and lovin it, nice gym and you can grunt all you want there.
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Terrible idea. I would be offended.
The people that run my gym are always eating food at the desk. Iritates the sh!t out of me. TAKE YOUR TACO BELL SOMEWHERE ELSE. This is a gym for christ sake!
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that's really funny. gives me a great idea, I think the cardiology ward at the hospital should have free bacon day.
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"Don't grunt in PLANET FITNESS"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ6OrO1f610
A correctional officer is escorted, by police, for grunting.
THIS WAS THE POLICE REPORT: "...Grunting while working out."
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Exactly.... **** PLANET FITNESS!!!
Female Member
my gym gives out lil protein shakes. 1 guy that wrks there freaked out this week.. said the staff should stop brining in cookies and such coz its 2 hard to resist from eating lol...
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference
WOW!!!!! that gym is Fuken shit!!!.......an alarm how pathetic.....
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It's also against the rules to deadlift. It straight says "no deadlifting". I've been planning to go there with some friends, get 500 lbs waist high and drop it.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference
Planet Fitness......
Rules
An alarm (referred to as the "lunk alarm") is set off when individuals drop weights or "grunt" when lifting. The banning of grunting, swearing and psyching-up rituals.
No cell phone use on the gym floor.
The banning of excessive noise from bar drops etc. e.g. Olympic lifts.
The restriction of dumbbell weights to a maximum of 80 pounds
No squat racks
The banning of chalk, often used for heavy lifts such as deadlifts. No jeans, bandannas, do rags or skullcaps.
Must wipe down equipment after each use.
No gawking at women and making them feel uncomfortable or trying to pick them up.
Short or revealing attire for men or women is banned.
References to sexual orientation or any other offensive conversation is prohibited.
No lewd acts or public affection on the premises.JK
BOLD = they are shit rules.......
Last edited by energizer bunny; 10-07-2009 at 09:20 AM.
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for an extra $10 a month u can train at a big boys gym...
Banned
There was this chick in my gym yesterday who sounded just like she was doing a porn movie. She was doing leg lifts and as they started burning she'd start ewwwing and awwwing real loud.
In a way it was funny, but after a while I wanted to tell her to shut up.
I think grunters are attention whores. It is easily suppressed and unnecessary.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference
this all depends on a persons take of what is grunting.....i agree excessive loud grunts...shouting etc should be stoped....but a little noise on heavy lifts is expected...
I feel accomplished
I go there too, haven't eaten the pizza yet, but the fatties approve.
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I don't mind grunting, what I hate is yelling/screaming...you better be doing some really cool shit to be yelling in the gym.
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ummm pizzzza
Banned
What a bunch of idiots. I noticed the manager isn't in shape at all, so she wouldn't know the first thing about pushing the limits. This is one of those "politically correct" places, where being fat is really okay, and nobody wants to give the impression that getting in shape makes a person dig real deep. Any high intensity set is going to cause a reaction, as for it hurts and it demands 100% to achieve success. If I only wish that I could fire her sorry ass!
Banned
Exactly, having the "fatties" approve is what they want. It's all corporate BS with some bean counters looking to save their bottom line at any cost, along with discarding the fundamental truth of what's really needed to stay healthy. There's a science to this. They know that if 10 new sign ups come in today, maybe 7 will be really out of shape. Probably 3 or 4 will be hubba-bubba out of shape. They know the weakness of these people coming in the door, and they also know that "x" amount will probably quit after the first month, because traditional facilities are usually very serious about health all the way around. Take out the grunting and then you take out the intimidation and perception that it's hard work. Then, add in some pizza and goodies, now we've manipulated these people to think working out is great and easy. Thus, the amount of cancellations will drop in half. It's all about the money to them, nothing more and nothing less. Majority wins and the finance people know how to capitalize on it.
I feel accomplished
I like planet fitness cause it's soooo cheap, I can do almost everything as any other gym plus I get unlimited tanning
it's 24 hrs and 1 mile from my house
I can bring guests
and there are decent girls to look at
but it's quite clear their business model is to sign up fat people and auto deduct from their checking account...and those fat people never show up except on sign up day. The free pizza probably helps people fall off the wageon so they keep paying and stop showing up.
I see fat people at the sign up counter, but very few working out.
the dumbells go only to 75 and they don't allow dead lifts
everything else is pretty normal. I was only spoken too once about noise...I was doing butterflys and apparently clicking the weights together???
I'm pretty quiet when I lift though, it's not for the hard core that needs to make sex/karate sounds durring work out.
Suspended or Banned either way gone!
lolol sex/karate noises!!
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i make noises(soooot, sooooot) when im spotting a buddy so he will get embarrassed.
Knowledgeable Member
shouldnt matter if the manager is a fat ass or not,, only thing that matters in a gym is the equipment
Banned
That's like saying my vette shop just needs good parts, they don't need a manager who knows the ropes. The manager at my gym is in shape, and I see her there working out on her days off. She sets the bar for the rest of the employees, and she gives the customers a realistic perspective of what they are there to achieve. She is in touch with what's really going on out on the floor, which includes equipment concerns too. Obviously, someone out of shape is probably someone out of touch with that place, sitting at a desk, which is why stupid rules about grunting get issued to begin with. Tell that to the man who got escorted out of the place in the video, and see if he thinks a well run gym is based on equipment only!
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference
yeah......no Squat Racks!!! probs best bit of equipment going....
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^^^ x2
I agree... I hate going in to my gym and seeing trainers that don't look fit. They should be in there working out too.
I went to a place called freedom fitness and got kicked out for grunting while on the squat racks (Which were later removed)
NO Gallon water jugs, No weight lifting belts, No Grunting, No Cut off shirts...
"Um...what's a lunk alarm?" I asked the friendly young woman processing my membership.
"Oh," she said. "I was ... going to explain that. You see -- we don't cater to bodybuilders or weight lifters....”
The way she said it, the edge in her voice, would have suited a conversation about rapists and child molesters...
"So, in order to sort of keep out those types, we have the Lunk Alarm," she said. "A Lunk is anybody who drops weights loudly, who grunts while working out or who judges other people."
"Well, we don't want that," I said.
"No, we don't," she agreed. "So, if someone does those things, that light goes off and there's an alarm and we go over and..."
"And you publicly mock and shame them?" I asked.
"Well...yes," she said. "I guess."
"Here in the 'judgment free zone?'" I asked.
"Yeah," she said. "I guess it is ironic."
-john robinson
Female Member
thats fukin stupid!! like seriously? fuk..
u would think havin big bodybuilder guys are the gym would encourage you to look good. it wrk for me
Female Member
I dont know Planet Sh$tness, but my gym is nice. The only thing we cant do is talk on cell phones in the gym areas (halls and lockerrooms are ok). What is with no 1 gallon water jugs??? My gym gives out bath towels and sweat cloths! If you want to grunt then grunt lol
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