Planet Fitness – Aurora

This place has gone so downhill. The equipment is always broken. The locker rooms smell bad always. The staff never greets you in a friendly manner. It’s just dirty.
Plus, they give out candy and throw PIZZA PARTIES for their members. Yay lets motivate them to lose weight and then give them pizza of all things?!?
Whatever.
Never coming back here.

Love coming to Planet Fitness… seeing the results is amazing. a great place to come. they have everything from working out to massage beds tanning beds and only $ 20 month also don’t forget about the crew they are very nice here

UPDATE TO UPDATE:
As I mentioned before, since I gave them originally a 2 star rating, they dropped my membership, so I downgraded them to a 1-​star.
But I am SO grateful they did, because if they hadn’t, I would never have discovered Gold’s Gym in Aurora — NIGHT AND DAY BETTER.
At PF you will get what you pay for — not much.
If you’re looking for a real gym, check out Gold’s.

This place is awful. They basically only have treadmills. A couple dumbbells. And a few Smith machines. They don’t even have a bench press. Or a squat rack. Or even a standard 45lb bar.
Last week, at 10am on a Wednesday, someone cut all the locks in the men’s Locker room and stole all the wallets, keys, phones, watches and one guys concealed carry gun.
It isn’t truly $ 10/​month because there is also and annual fee charge on February 1^st. Immediately after, they removed a bunch of equipment staying that corporate won’t let them have it.
Despite really heavily promoting it as a «judgment free zone» they have signs openly judging «lunks» with a big sign/​alarm on the wall. If you are too loud or muscular, they set off the alarm and embarrass you. This is the only gym I’ve seen with institutionalized judgment. If you are afraid of being judged at the gym, a kid in a purple shirt isn’t going to stop it. But you may actually live that nightmare of being humiliated in public if you don’t exercise hours they see fit.

You get what you pay for! Look I think they mean well, but they lack in a lot of areas if you are looking to actually get fit and take your game up a notch. I’ll be honest I am not a self proclaimed «Gym Rat», but I do stay in there on a consistent level. I started six months ago and it has been a good experience getting back into the gym. The price was right and it allowed me to bring someone at no cost to myself or the guest. The prices are straight forward at $ 10 or $ 20 a month. The latter requires a 12 month contract. But again after you start to really get serious with your health you will quickly realize its time to move on to a serious gym.
What I find most upsetting with this gym is the lack of viable equipment. The demand is there yet they choose to not meet those demands. At this particular location there are 2 rows of treadmills (50 to each row), 2 rows of ellipticals (50 each row) and then more arch ellipticals and bikes. All of this space for cardio when the demand for actual weights is way higher. They have a total of 4 smith machines. That’s it. So guys if your looking to weight lift it will be severally limited. Then they have maybe 15 benches for dumb bells and then an assortment of machines that mainly go unused.
My biggest aggravation this month is the so called «New Years Resolutions Newbies». Don’t get me wrong if your serious and you stick it out then I’m all for it and applaud you and your new en devour. But let’s face it most of these people will be gone in a month and yet as there is no equipment to use because of the over crowding of the gym there are staff still trying to sign up even more people. Today there was not one parking spot in the entire facility which was shared with other businesses. Absolutely ludicrous!
The topping on the cake is they have pizza and ice cream nights. Don’t get me wrong these are some of my favorite things, but when I’m fighting to get healthy I don’t need my damn gym putting it out there for me to consume as I walk in.
Bottom line: If you are nervous about going back this is the place to start. It’s cheap and not very intimidating. I would encourage you to do it. But if your looking for something serious then avoid at all costs.
P. S. there is a Lunk Alarm and it is the most annoying thing in the world. It is used when people are dropping weights or making to much noise. So if you push yourself and make too much distracting noise then be aware the big blue light and siren will be going off. And instead of the staff going around to educate the newbies on their policies they’ll sit there with the damn alarm going off for twenty minutes.

They claim to be the «no judgement zone», yet ironically they judge people big time by setting off a «lunk alarm» when somebody wears a tank top or accidentally sets down their weights too hard. What a joke. On top of that, they are missing several fundamental pieces of equipment that you would expect to find at literally any workout facility (No squat racks? No decline benches? No cleans/​snatches? Are you for real???). A lack of space is not the reason for the lack of equipment either; these geniuses decided to fill the floor space with a million treadmills & ellipticals (even during the busiest hours, not even half of these are taken).
Needless to say, if you are serious about your training, this gym is not for you.
Update: I heard through the grapevine that all the locks in the men’s locker room were cut off in broad daylight at 10am recently and everybody’s belongings were stolen. This activity went undetected by the teenagers working the front desk, and they refused to release the surveillance footage to the police. This gym seriously does not care about their members at all. Despicable.

A bit dirtier than other PFs. Also machines need oiled a few of them did not work well. Staff very friendly and pleasant environment.

Great gym! Hard to not give it 5-​stars for the price ($ 9.99); however, there are still a couple things that they are lacking that I’d really like to have.
In general, this a great place to work out. It’s never too busy even though I typically go after school at about 5:30 PM. The staff is pretty helpful and I haven’t had any issues with anyone here at all. For those that enjoy cardio, they have a huge amount of treadmills/​ellipticals/​ect. There are also a decent number of free weights and a lot of machines for specific lifts.
My one grip is that there are no stations for Olympic lifts (i.e. Free barbells lifts; e.g. cleans/​snatches). This obviously was not a deal-​breaker for me, but I still wish they had them!
Insider tip: There is free pizza on the first Monday of every month :) :) :)

The new staff here may need a bit of customer service training.

I love this gym! It’s always so clean and there’s always someone at customer service to help me with whatever I need. Granted, I’m a low key member and I usually come in, work out and then leave. The reason I take away a star is because of safety reasons. I’m a female in my early 20’s and often I work out here alone. I’ve been approached twice in the Planet Fitness parking lot by creepy guys asking for cash for the bus. One time was at night and the other was 30 minutes ago in broad daylight. I want to feel safe coming in and out of the gym and going to and from my car and this parking lot is the only place around Aurora I have had these issues. I’ve called in the second guy to the gym and they were responsive and told me it would be taken care of. However, if it happens a third time, I might cancel my membership because I’m already on edge every time I come out to my car.

I travel all over the US and this is the first PF that I have been to that uses cloth towels for equipment cleaning vs. paper towels (NICE)!!!
Overall this is probably the nicest PF gym that I have been too thus far. Very CLEAN and overall organization of the equipment layout.
The big fans that they have in the ceiling are also a nice touch as my regular gym (Charlotte) doesn’t have them.
The locker rooms (mens) is nicely setup and clean. My only wish is that I wish the driveway off of E-​Mississippi was better placed as the first time I missed it due to a large truck was in the way and I ended up on the highway :(!

I like that this gym is always clean the equipment are always in working condition this is important. They may not have aerobic classes, however they make up for it with the Massage bed and chairs, and Lets not forget the tanning salon it is nice to be able to tan year round with an affordable price. May not have a daycare center, although working out should be your time to get away and relax. I recommend this place. To top it all the staff are wonderful and welcoming.

This gym is fantastic. Open, lit, all of the equipment looks brand new. Staff is friendly and helpful and it is very easy to find an open machine. I was with 24-​Hour Fitness before and this is leaps and bounds above it. You get way more for your buck and none of the «Lunks» as PF calls them.

Really enjoy coming here with my wife! The staff is very friendly and always willing to help.

My husband dragged me into joining with him, I was skeptical because to me it’s just «another gym,.» But to tell you the truth, I was quite impressed. Staff is always friendly and you rarely, if ever, have to wait for a machine. One thing I I love about this gym is that it’s built around the average, if not overweight person, unlike other gyms where you rarely see bigger people. Sure, this place has its share of people that you know work out 7 days a week. But they don’t judge you and you can tell they don’t judge you, this may be in due to the non-​judgement signs they have around and they advertise. And no scales anywhere to be seen, which is another added bonus for me. The locker rooms are very spacious and have a TV, which for the women it’s also HVTV House Hunters, which is fine. I love the selection of TV’s that you can choose from when working out. This is definitely not a high class with every amenity imaginable and there’s no kids, sorry parents out there, but this is a huge pro as to why I joined. With no contract, have to sign for a year, and only $ 10 a month, plus the $ 29.99 once a year in June, can’t complain. No wonder this place has a great rating. Yes I would recommend this place if you in Aurora looking for a cheap down to basics gym that still feels like your not being judged with what you wear or your body type. I think I’ve seen more average looking peoples here than in other gyms. Even the workout gurus don’t physically show their judgement, if they do. They are just as friendly.

I joined just shortly before Christmas as my other member ship was about ready to renew. I visited a few of the area offerings and decided on Planet.
I like their concept. Get up and get moving. No you don’t have to be a body builder, you don’t even have to want to be one. You just have to want to move and improve, whatever that means to you.
I have belonged to the biggie for many years and was tired of always being advised I should buy personal training when I had a simple question. None of the staff really engaging me because I wasn’t a fitness model and well… having to deal with the slew of Soccer Moms and High School kids because they provide child care and free memberships to HS students on a sports team.
In the last few weeks I have been engaged by all the staff, including the General Manager who goes out of his way to give me a hard time (in a good way) and encouragement when he sees me. No one has tried to sell me anything because it’s actually included in your membership. Yes. they have classes which only consist of 5 people so you don’t get lost in the crowd and a Design Your Own session as well. I don’t need a $ 75.00+ an hour baby sitter. Show me what to do and let me ask some questions from time to time and I am good.
In the last few weeks I have taken a few sessions, learned a few things I never thought I would be able to do at this stage of things and have a place to start.
I have taken the higher level membership so I can bring a guest or use any of their clubs nationwide. I was actually impressed they had one with in distance of my mothers out east. I do love my Hydro massage and getting a little color on my call center tan has improved my outlook as well.
Like any place else it does get busy, but there’s everything you really need as the other 85% to get a good workout in. One of the other reviews that said. people don’t work out here is totally wrong. I know I have walked out of the place drenched from the work I have done. it’s all about what you need and what you feel comfortable with some people want or need more then PF has to offer and some don’t want or need to pay for all the things they don’t need or won’t use.
Take a tour, come visit, sign up on line and feel free to say hello if you see me there. I am there 3 – 4 nights a week and one weekend afternoon. The first step is through the door.

Love this gym!!! I have been working out pretty much forever and have had memberships at all sorts of gyms. I was hesitant to even take a tour because of the PF stigma but once I stepped inside I was pleasantly surprised. It is spacious they have plenty of equipment and yes there are no benches or squat racks and I believe free weights are under 75lbs. This is to keeps the occasional d-​bags out. I love it. I am a fitness competitor and frankly I’m sick of those people. They can go work out together elsewhere. They aren’t here. It’s great! People are just doing their thing. There also isn’t any sales pressure to get training. The price is just right and I am now addicted to the hydro massage bed. $ 20 a month gets you some pretty great perks with the black card membership. tanning if you’re into that. The staff is friendly and helpful. The facility is clean and the equipment is all Life Fitness, Cybex… etc. They even have Arc trainers which was the final selling point for me. Not sure how other PF’s are but I’m a fan of this one.

This gym is eh, okay. Yes it’s clean. Yes the machines are empty 99% of the time.
But,
There are no squat racks.
No heavy dumbbells.
No Olympic weight bars… Or any free weight bars.
There’s candy at the front desk.
No one actually works out here.
I don’t think that the employees know how people are supposed to use the equipment. If they do, they don’t help the people who look like they are going to hurt themselves. Or pay attention for that matter.
People will literally stare at you for more than 10 minutes at a time if you are actually working out. I mean stare, not glance over, a legitimate undivided attention, look you in your eyes, weird, creepy stares.
The things that I like about this club are:
They provide towels to clean equipment. Very environmentally friendly and very easy.
The locker room is empty. And very big and always clean.
The price is only $ 10 a month. Yes $ 10.
It’s just not worth it to save $ 20 for a gym that promotes judgement on high achievers or heavy lifters by limiting equipment and trying to intimidate and humiliate grunts and other noises. It’s unacceptable. If people are actually doing any type of physical activity worth doing there are going to be noises.

I’m only hesitant to leave a five star review for this gym because I don’t want it to get super busy, which it will if people find out how much this place ROCKS!
I was a member of the Planet Fitness in Lakewood a few years ago and while my membership was a great deal for $ 10/​mo, it was about what you’d expect: a smallish gym like a Curves or Lifetime Fitness with a reasonable amount of equipment and workout space, nothing fancy.
Since my experience at the previous location was positive, I decided to go check out this brand new location at Mississippi and I-​225 and it completely blew me away! The facility is the size of a small Walmart — there are three rows just for the elliptical machines. On top of the 30 minute express circuit training area that I think all Planet Fitness locations have, this gym also has a 12 minute abs circuit training area. The A/​C and giant ceiling fan keep the place nice and cool. Everything — workout area, locker room, showers, bathroom — is spotlessly clean and GORGEOUS. They stock clean up and personal use towels all over the place, too, so you don’t have to keep a stinky towel in your gym bag.
This location is open ²⁴⁄₇ (I think they might have shortened hours for certain holidays). For $ 10/​mo you get unlimited access to your home gym plus a t-​shirt. This is the option I chose. For $ 20/​mo you get all of the above plus access to every Planet Fitness location, you can bring a friend as much as you want, you get ½ price concessions, and most importantly, you get unlimited access to the VIP area that houses hydro massage tables, massage chairs, and tanning beds. If I didn’t break out in hives and bruises from just hearing the word «massage», I would be all over this option! On top of all that, they have occasional free food days which are posted up front.
Staff is still figuring out the system but they are very friendly and helpful. It took me three tries to get a t-​shirt in my size but they kept track of me and asked me every time I can in if I still needed my shirt until we got it worked out. There’s a big calendar of available classes that are available (if that’s your thing) and I’m pretty sure there are personal fitness trainers available as well.
Seriously you guys, join this gym. Even if you only go for the unlimited tanning and massages, it’s well worth the money.