Planet Fitness – Lansing

I used to go here a lot and after you used a machine, you had to walk to a nearby garbage and wipe off your machine with a paper towel and sanitizer. Lately they made holders for them at each machine so you don’t have to share and they have clean rags you can wipe them off now instead of paper towels. I like that. People are nice, staff are friendly, I like it. Busy during 5 – 7 though

The gym is perfect for my needs. It’s always clean, the employees are always nice and I can usually find the machine I need it right when I get there. Between 5 – 7 it’s usually pretty busy but still manageable. And for $ 10 dollars a month busy is expected. Overall a great gym for someone just trying to get into the workout scene.

This gym is becoming more and more ridiculous by the day.
The facility is clean, the staff is mediocre, the gym is full of machines and cardio equipment.
The busiest area, without question, is the pit (free-​weight area). Unfortunately, it’s full of people who are serious about fitness, the people Planet Fitness is trying to discourage from patronizing their establishment. This area caters to the gym regulars. You don’t make money with this business model by having people frequent your gym, you instead rely on the slothfullness of the target consumer to sign up for a membership and never cancel. It’s only $ 10 a month after all.
How do you further discourage the semi-​serious and serious weight lifters? You stack a bunch of machines in the pit and reduce capacity. It was hard enough to get a place to stand here before this, now it’s nearly impossible to navigate the masses to get to the rack.
I’ve accepted that they don’t have any benches or squat racks here. The closest thing they have to either is a smith machine (always a significant wait for these). But for $ 10 a month I’ll make do.
This gym is good if you’re looking to do cardio in off hours. Forget about trying to get a decent workout in during peak times.

Planet fitness is honestly a parody of itself and so very far away from representing the principles that the original founder built the gym based on. This is supposed to be a place where ordinary people who love fitness, want to be in shape, are already in shape, or want to improve their fitness level can go and workout in a non-​competitive environment. Instead the gym simply promotes the antithesis of this. Speaking specifically about this facility by omission they promote obesity and a general low level of fitness by having staff members constantly harass anyone that is in shape, strong, or obviously currently or formerly an athlete, or those individuals who workout above a whisper. If you are in shape and want to maintain and improve your fitness level find another gym before shooting yourself in the foot. Find a gym that promotes having a high level of fitness like Genesis fitness down the street. I had membership at this PF until I just couldn’t take the harassment by the staff anymore because my exercise exertions and weightlifting was audible and I was apparently stronger and more fit than everyone around me. However, if you are extremely out of shape, disabled, recovering from sickness or injury, or just want to use the treadmills for 10 minutes twice per week this is the gum for you.