[quote]The Ronin wrote:
Dom815 you may have set off the “lunk alarm”, but at least you weren’t asked to leave and not return for doing kicks and shadow boxing in the “aerobics room”. At first I thought they were kidding me, until they told me it made the female patrons feel threatened. They had received complaints… LOL[/quote]
What the hell is wrong with people? I’d love to go to a gym where you could be forced to fend off a surprise attack at any moment. It’s exciting.
wouldn’t the alarm be more distracting than the grunter?
Did anyone notice that the “bodybuilders” in that video look to be about as developed as a lot of the people posting in the beginners and rate my physique sections?
Im just sayin’!
[quote]Mufasa wrote:
meangenes:
If “Planet Fitness” wants to see distracting…send them your AVATAR!
LOL!
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Mufasa, God bless you for drawing my attention to meangenes’s avatar. And the same to you, meangenes, for having that avatar.
My favorite part of that entire video is the prejudiced assumption that people who take their exercise seriously are stupid. “Lunk” is just short for “lunkhead,” after all. Gee, maybe I should return my PhD if I want my deadlift to go up.
[quote]fightingtiger wrote:
Did anyone notice that the “bodybuilders” in that video look to be about as developed as a lot of the people posting in the beginners and rate my physique sections?
Im just sayin’![/quote]
If that guy was what PF calls a bodybuilder, I wonder if they would just refuse my membership application outright.
Something seriously needs to be done about this. Actions need to be taken. Maybe a little T-Nation field trip? I don’t know. I am really pissed about this bullshit though. I am going to write them. Everyone else should consider doing the same.
P.S. URRRGGGGHHHHHHHHH!
[quote]wukey wrote:
one of the gyms i go to (not my favorite) has no barbells (except maybe the piece of shit smith machine if you count that as a barbell) no squat rack or power rack, but more machines than you can shake a stick at and they have just started offering a full day english breakfast, WTF!. oh and there is only a max 150kg of weights for the smith machine and the max dumb bell is 35kg.
i only go there cos my GF likes it.[/quote]
Break up with her. It’s not going to work out. Get out while it’s still tolerable. It’s only going to get worse.
Seriously what’s next? Aerobics classes?
She’s probably a terrible spotter anyway.
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“Do not approach the grunter; you don’t know who you’re dealing with.”
Fantastic.
Something seriously needs to be done about this. Actions need to be taken. Maybe a little T-Nation field trip? I don’t know. I am really pissed about this bullshit though. I am going to write them. Everyone else should consider doing the same.
P.S. URRRGGGGHHHHHHHHH![/quote]
WHOA. Now you’re becoming all violent and scary just like the video warned you might, you LUNK! Write letters? Sir, CONTROL YOURSELF.
I’d be pretty dismayed if someone’s thrown weight landed on any part of my person. I don’t think it would be overstating it to say that I would be distracted by it.
Spitting would distract and dismay me nearly as much.
[quote]meangenes wrote:
Something seriously needs to be done about this. Actions need to be taken. Maybe a little T-Nation field trip? I don’t know. I am really pissed about this bullshit though. I am going to write them. Everyone else should consider doing the same.
P.S. URRRGGGGHHHHHHHHH![/quote]
I know exactly what you mean, it’s completely surreal. I don’t understand how people can take a place like that seriously.
I mean, think about what they are actually doing, in a place where you should be pushing yourself to get fit & healthy or big & strong.
Is the pizza all-you-can-eat on “Pizza Night?”
Because if so, $10 is pretty damn good for all-you-can eat Pizza, even if it was only once a month. Could you, theoretically just come in and eat a shitload of pizza and leave?
[quote]meangenes wrote:
Something seriously needs to be done about this. Actions need to be taken. Maybe a little T-Nation field trip? I don’t know. I am really pissed about this bullshit though. I am going to write them. Everyone else should consider doing the same.
P.S. URRRGGGGHHHHHHHHH![/quote]
Why the hell would you do that? It’s their business, they can do whatever they want, and they’ve decided they’re going to cater to lazy insecure people.
If you train in a commercial gym you should be grateful to Planet Fitness for taking these slobs in. Now you can train without having to watch them waddle around waving their pink dumbbells everywhich way.
I don’t understand why anyone serious about training would pay for a membership at a place like this. It’s like going to Kentucky Fried Chicken and complaining that they don’t have hamburgers and hotdogs.
Small people with small minds annoy me.
i shook my head in shame…pf gives the fitness industry a bad name…and all that free “fast food” wtf, there just aiding the obease epidemic
Is it just me or does the guy with the ARMY t-shirt, from the video, look like the “time to make the donuts” guy from the old Dunkin Donuts commercial.
[quote]jtrinsey wrote:
Is the pizza all-you-can-eat on “Pizza Night?”
Because if so, $10 is pretty damn good for all-you-can eat Pizza, even if it was only once a month. Could you, theoretically just come in and eat a shitload of pizza and leave?[/quote]
they would probably kick you out for smacking your lips too loudly or something.
[quote]cevet wrote:
i shook my head in shame…pf gives the fitness industry a bad name…and all that free “fast food” wtf, there just aiding the obease epidemic[/quote]
Giving away bagels, donuts, pizza and whatever else ensures their customers will keep coming back to “work off those pounds… Quietly.”
are you the Argiby guy that they refer to in their public release? If so they make you out to be quite the douchebag
Here’s an excerpt from their website:
The Judgement Free Zone®As the most innovative health club brand in the United States, Planet Fitness is known for a lot of things â?? our absurdly low prices, our lunk alarm, and most of all perhaps, for our Judgement Free Zone® philosophy, which means members can relax, get in shape, and have fun without being subjected to the hard-core, look-at-me attitude that exists in too many gyms.
ahem! When you have a lunk alarm aren’t you in fact judging? I’m thinking seriously of stopping by my local Planet Fitness for a trial run. I really do want to set off the Lunk Alarm.
Wow this post is ancient. I thought the Lunk Alarm was just at my local PF. I had the same thing happen. Got complained about for grunting, got the ban hammer. Probably best thing that ever happened to me in terms of physique, moved my workouts from all machines to pretty much all in the squat rack / free weights.
wow and I thought one of my gym’s not allowing chalk was bad…