Planet Fitness – Somerset

I like this planet fitness in comparison to many others I’ve been to. Located right off of Easton avenue next to the taco Bell, pizza hut, and Masala Bay, it’s very accessible but it could use more parking space. When you enter all of cardio machines are lined up seeming endlessly because are just so so many machines from tread mills, upright and seated bikes, ellipticals stair masters you name it. Per usual they have the tanning and massaging beds but I haven’t used them. My gf is the black card member and I always just tag along with her to various planet fitness.
I was impressed with how well racked the weights were. Nothing out of order and no weights on the ground. This is a good sign of smart and respectable patrons and hopefully good management too. The bathrooms were clean and not smelly and they had tons of lockers. This may be one of the biggest planet fitness I’ve been to.
However for me, the dumbbells don’t go up that high, they don’t have a standing half raise machine, they don’t have any straight bar exercises (so no bench press, incline press, dead lifts, you name it unless you use the Smith machine). This is why I also need to have my own gym (got a membership with retro)
But for 10 $ for one local gym or 20 $ to access all gyms and use the tanning/​massage bed/​discounted items, you cannot beat planet fitness prices.

This place is pretty clean and empty for the weekend, but it is MDW. The staff is friendly and helpful, but for a relatively empty place the bathroom was a bit dirty and there was a lack of spray cleaners around the huge facility. The weights are also nicely racked and properly put back in place.
I’ve come here on a weekday during peak hours, and it’s remained pretty clean as well. It does get a bit crowded but the machines free up pretty quickly.
I love that this place has a lot of different machines to choose from, and a lot of stretching equipment! It also has a pretty big stretching area separate from the workout machines, which is nice to do other calisthenics.

This place is run by a bunch of kids. The 30 minute workout zone is a joke they let people wander in and out of the area when it’s restricted to that workout only. They also will just having a class in there when your working out. pf states that this is no classes. Someone should send a memo to them again. Also place is just a disgrace. No one wipes machines down. The front desk is non stop hitting and flirting on women. And the whole gym is filled with lunks. Bandana headbands, cut off t shirts. Yelling while lifting. Gyms mixing power drinks in middle of floor. Everything the place is not suppose to be. It’s like bizarro world planet fitness.

I tried signing up and did not have my checking account information on me. I was surprised that they did not allow credit cards. I asked if they had a a 1 or 3 day pass as most gyms do. They did not have a pass. Instead they gave me the option to pay $ 20 to work out. I did not accept this offer because as I was looking around at the front desk, I realized they did not have any type of weights (free or machine). It was all cardio equipment in this particular gym. I also declined because I was being cheap and did not want to spend $ 20 to use a treadmill for 30 minutes.

I was looking for a gym membership that I could give as a gift for Valentine’s Day.
The folks at this location make it impossible for you do business with them.
1) You can’t give a gift membership
2) You can’t pay upfront for a year’s access to their location
3) You must choose between one of two options with «no commitment»
4) In order to pay them — You must give them direct access to your checking account — hmm, that’s a commitment
Lessons learned:
Other PF locations will allow you to pay by credit card, this one won’t.
You have no liability protection when you allow someone to do an ACH transfer directly from your bank account.
Even if you really wanted to give someone your money, there are some businesses that are SO shortsighted they will institute some jackalope rules that will keep you from spending your $$$ there.

When they first opened everything was on point. Quality has went down a bit. Hard to find a paper towel thing that is actually giving paper towels. Even the bathrooms. Do away with the automatic they are such a hassle. Other than that still no problems here. People are nice. TVs have the good shows. Machines work. It’s at most $ 20 a month and they have a good variety of stuff for a small area.

For $ 10-​$ 20 a month you cannot expect too much at any gym. I liked tiled showers and a sauna at past higher cost gyms compared to plastic shower stalls and those who don’t clean up after themselves. And always a few who are inconsiderate talking loudly on phones. It is what it is.

The gym is nice because it’s new but the only thing that bothers me is the tanning beds. I went tanning and the beds looks disgustingly dirty. They said that there’s employees that clean the beds but when I saw it, there were finger prints, knee prints and marks all over the bed. They leave the cleaning solution in there and when I tried to clean it, it dried with spots still all over the bed.