Planet Fitness – Fort Worth – Ephriham

I love coming to this location especially at night because there is almost no one there. But recently I went to the gym and when I don’t have much time to go to the gym I go to the 30 minute workout section. The light turns red when it’s time to change sections and green for you to start doing the workouts. But there is always people just hanging out on the machines all the time. So I have to skip some numbers because the people are just sitting there on their phones instead of working out. Idk why people do this. There is chairs and tables to sit at in the front you don’t have to sit at the machines while others are trying to work out!
Other than that this gym is okay and people are friendly especially the staff.

I have worked out at LA fitness and 24 hour fitness. I decided to sign up here since I was a frustrated with the others. LA is not open 24 hours and the kids club hours suck and 24 hour fitness was way over priced when you add kids club. I was paying 29.00 for my membership plus $ 30.00 for kids club when my kiddo didn’t come with me very much and when she did she ended up sick. I gave this a shot and decided I would go in before work since they don’t do child care and my daughter goes to a day care in river oaks. I went in one morning… lots of normal people working out, very friendly front staff, locker rooms clean, seemed great but I just didn’t like the cheap equipment. I understand that you get what you pay for. That afternoon I called the gym and explained the dislike and they let me out of my contract (by law they had too since it was less than 3 days) but they gave me no fuss for the cancelation. Now I had alot of wtf moments with my hour in there such as:
Candy (high calorie tootie rolls) up front
Pizza night (maybe a salad bar is better idea)
Parking lot not lit up and is a little dangerous around that area
No judgment zone but they judge against body builder and strength trainers
I felt out of place… I was the only white girl there and felt stared at and knew I was being snickered at by younger, larger, Hispanic girls which honestly made me very uncomfortable. I actually was texting my bf and coworker (who is Hispanic) with wtf questions about this crap… no judgment but people can judge that I’m white. I’m out on caddy crap.
With being said… I didn’t even want to use the locker room to get dressed for work but I did… well racist white comments started flying in the room… girls speaking loud enough so I would purposely hear. I’m not all racist and it definitely irritated me!
I have almost the same elliptical at home (golds gym versions) that they do which cost $ 250…seemed strange that they had bottom line equipment and weights were a joke.
I gave 3 stars for the easy canceling if my membership… and its a decent and clean gym. I believe this is just a beginners gym or great if you don’t know any better. Great for ten bucks. But I’d rather pay more, get better quality, kids club and not feel like crap cause I’m a white girl.

Okay. Before I Begin, Keep In Mind That I Have Never Ever In My Life, Been A Member Of A Gym! Every Time I’ve Exercised, It’s Been Going To A High School Track, P90X At Home, Or Just Doing Push-​Ups And Sit-​Ups At Home, Okay? So, That Being Said, Here We Go: Planet Fitness, Some Hate It, Others Don’t Mind It! I’ve Been A Member For Nearly Two Weeks Now. I’ve Been Motivated And Dedicated To Get Back In Shape, Other Gyms Are A Bit Out Of My Price Range, So After Some Serious Thinking And Small Bit Of Research, I Decided To Go With Planet Fitness. So Let’s Skip To The Gym Itself. Inside, The Staff Is Really Friendly And Helpful. There Are Machines Everywhere! Everything You’ve Heard and Read As far As The Free Weights Go, Is True! The Machines And Weights They Do Have Will Be Enough To Reach Your Goals And Work Outs! Due To My Work Schedule, I Come Up Here Late Nights! Usually Around Midnight, The Place Is Pretty Much Empty. I’ve Never Had To Wait On A Weight Or Machine! The Busiest I’ve Seen It That Late Is Me, The Guy Behind The Counter, And About Another 4 – 6 People Working Out! There’s Squirt Bottles And Paper Towels Here And There To Clean And Wipe The Machines! But They Look Clean And Sanitized Already For The Most Part! The Locker Room, It’s Surprisingly Clean! The Other Members Are Not A Problem At All. You Say Something, They’ll Answer Without A Attitude Or Gestures! The Showers Are Clean, They Look Sanitized, No Problem There. In The Two Weeks I’ve Been Showing Up, There Are People Of All Kinds Of Heights, Races, Fitness Levels, And Believe It Or Not, Ages! But I Don’t Want To Make It Sound Like You See Mall Walkers Here With Their Walkers And Wheel Chairs, No Not Like That. There’s A Guy I See Here Sometimes, He Looks Like He’s In His Mid To Late 50s. I’ve Seen Guys Look All Beefed Up and Chiseled, And I’ve Seen Guys Who Are Really Over Weight. Everyone Works Out With No Mind Of What The Person Two Or Three Machines Over Is Doing! For My First Time Ever Being A Member Of A Gym, I Have Been Enjoying My Every Work Out And Visit. The Only Problem I Have, Is The Water From These Water Fountain Is Warm And Tastes Nasty As Hell. So BYOWB. So There You Have It, I’m Sure There’s Something I Didn’t Talk About, But My Fingers Are Hurting. So I’ll Stop! Until Next Time, «You Got To Hustle For The Muscle.» Oh! and Bring Some Earphones, The Music In This Place Blows. All They Play Is Top 40 Type Music

I have used 24 Hour Fitness and LA Fitness and Planet Fitness is by far my favorite. LA Fitness was clean but not open 24 hours. 24 hour fitness was open 24 hours but always dirty and the something was always broken on every machine.
I chose the Black Card plan at Planet Fitness. Choosing this plan makes the membership not much cheaper than 24 hour when you include the yearly fee, however it comes with perks that I may or may not use.
My first workout experience was great. The front counter folks were nice. The place seemed clean. There were paper towel stations with spray cleaner in multiple locations. The machines, which are the same brand as 24 hour I believe, were clean and in good working order. The TV controls on the machines worked like they are supposed to, I hate when they don’t. There were also Ipod connectors.
I am quite happy with the machine selection and that they don’t cater to body builders. No crazy people working out here, just your everyday person trying to stay in shape.
Only a few things that could be better…
There is no way to charge drinks to your account. I prefer not to being a wallet to workout so that would be a nice option.
The outside parking lot lights and not timed correctly. My wife and I wen’t there last night and none of the lights were on. Given that the neighborhood is not the best I would not want my wife to come there alone without those lights. They did finally come on when we left around 9p.
Overall I’m sold on this gym for now. Hopefully the cleanliness factor and the machine maintenance stays up to par throughout the years.

I just moved somewhat near here and joined since it was close to my place. What mostly caught my attention was the $ 10 a month membership fee. Super cheap. So without really going up to the place, I just took a chance and signed up online for their Black Card Membership ($ 20 startup fee and $ 20 a month) which lets you use other Planet Fitness locations and also you can bring a guest up to 10 times a month.
The gym layout isn’t bad. They have A LOT of machines instead of your typical free weights. The Free weight area is limited to just dumb bells and curls which the curl bars weight can’t be switched out. The gym itself is pretty clean and i’m completely satisfied about going here. I usually go really late as always so i’m one of a fee people there, so it feels like I have the gym to myself.
Just make sure to read the contract carefully as within it lies some info about their $ 40 Annual Fee which you have to pay as well as the Monthly charge in the same month.

This place is super clean, there is always a machine avail, the showers and locker rooms are in good order. Don’t care for pizza and bagel days its a gym offer fruit or workout related stuff. It’s open 24 hours and for the $ 20 I spend here a month it’s awesome. I have the black card and have tried the other gym on Lancaster and boy what a difference, that spot is in a rugged area. The only reason I won’t give it 5 stars is that there is glass on the floor at least once a month not in the best of locations. The guard at night hides out by the dialysis place I have passed by his car at 3am with no one watching so I assume he was sleeping or in the restroom. They have free wifi to listen to pandora or whatever channel you like on the tv’s. there are many sized shape people here from skin us to fatso s like me no one cares what you do, go work out and leave. So don’t feel uncomfortable or ale excuses. If you wanna people watch and fart around with your new sneakers staring at yourself in the mirror then go to the other places. If you go to work out and use your own determination and your cheap like me then go here. Simple.

Well I imagine all of the Planet Fitness Locations have same layout. I came late in the evening so there wasn’t too much hustle and bustle, lots of empty cardio machines. Of course there were waaaaay too many dudes in there for me to be comfortable doing much. So I just stayed on the bikes for a while. I may be back though. I’m probably going to try out the new Lancaster location first before I make a decision on which gym will be my new «home gym.» Of course I just moved to Fort Worth from Austin, wasn’t too pleased with my gym there either. I do however need to get a good workout in every now and then. Wanna look good for my man when he comes home… I don’t want to be fat for the rest of my life. Yeah lets just go with the second one so it seems more like I’m doing it for myself. I need some kinda motivation though, so it is what it is.
For everyone else. Take the tour before signing up, just to make sure its really something you want to do. Otherwise, the more expensive gyms usually offer more features, like swimming pools, indoor tracks, classes… Planet Fitness is just a bit more limited in what they do offer, and most of the time good customer service is not offered (just sayin)