Nice to see someone who is a non lifter saying this.[/quote]
will brink a non lifter? [/quote]
That’s my mistake. I actual wasn’t aware who he was. Do to the fact he was fully clothed and videoed from the chest up I just wrongly assumed he didn’t lift.I didn’t bother checking out his site.In my own sorry defence , Most of the publications he has written for I haven’t read in at least 10 years plus.
Along with the fact that allot of his nutrition books seems to be marketed towards more towards a fitness and BB minded person. Which I’m not running down. I just haven’t been following that segment of the lifting world in a long time. But I’m sure If I mentioned Mauro Di Pasquale there would be people on this site who would not be unaware of him also. Regardless of my lack of knowledge and unfamiliarity with Mr.Brink I still find that his comments in regards to Planet Fitness where right on the mark and well said.[/quote]
no problem man, I remember his name, just forgot about him lol
You know that during the shooting of that commercial, everybody was trying to get workout tips from the bodybuilder. “We don’t want you around but help me out with this.”
I understand the need to market to different people according to your buisness model and up to now I had no issue with Planet Fitness doing that. Now they have taken things to the extreme with advertising that is just downright discriminatory. So Bodybuilders, strongmen, powerlifters aren’t catered to at your establishment? Fine. But don’t put them down for what they take pride in. Even Athletes? Hockey, Football or whatever? When being athletic is their job? And lucrative at that!
I can’t see how you can put down these people for excelling in their feild of athletic choice. Again, I have no problem with them catering to a certain crowd, other gyms like Curves and all women gyms do the same thing. But when you have to resort to what I call childish advertising, your’re doing it wrong.
I get that they want to make obese and overweight people comfortable in the gym. Thats what we should all want! Seriously! A lot of people bitch and moan about America being overweight. 66% of the American Adult population is either overweight or obese. I agree to having a fitness chain aimed at these people. America needs it! But not to be advertised like this.
I also think the reason why they have come out with such biased and discriminatory commercials and advertising is to get back at all the Athletes who flame their chain on a constant basis. Even Muscle and Fitness magazine named Planet Fitness as one of the wimpiest, foo foo gyms in the nation. So it’s nothing more than a childish attempt at a comeback thats actually rather offensive.
I know need more leg drive, any other form comments would be appreciated.[/quote]
I was really hoping you’d drop that shit from knee level.
Do you realize that if you had have set off the alarm you would have become a legend around here?
Seriously though, that was one quiet deadlift.
Im probably in the minority here, but I don’t think you need to be screaming like a maniac to lift weights either. Matter of fact, Most of the videos with Thibs and the Tnation athletes they lift pretty quiet. Not screaming when you’re working out doesn’t necessarily mean your doing it wrong…lol
I REALLY like the Gold’s I’m at now. Only complaint is they don’t have and won’t get 100lb plates.
3 good things about planet fitness:
Pizza night
Bagel day
Free candy
Oh and they’re cheap.[/quote]
Now the real question is: Could I (a college student with limited funds) get significantly more than 10 $ worth of food per month out of it or is it a one slice/bagel per person kinda deal?
Now the real question is: Could I (a college student with limited funds) get significantly more than 10 $ worth of food per month out of it or is it a one slice/bagel per person kinda deal?[/quote]
I think Pizza night is once a month, but I’ve seen people take way more then $10 in Pizza after working SO hard on the tread mills. They’d order about 20 Pizza’s.
I shouldn’t complain about them, the first manager was cool. The second one was career oriented, can’t blame him. But he did throw out me and a lot of guys with any size.
[quote]moshcamp wrote:
Planet Fitness is aimed a the lazy, overweight, infomercial crowd who wants to piddle around for 45 minutes doing tricep extensions and calf raises without feeling intimidated by people who actually want to train hard and improve themselves.
I mean, I’m not a bodybuilder by any means, but I would gladly welcome a jacked up dude grunting while doing dumbbell presses in my gym… it would be a nice chance of pace from the housewives trying to “tone up” with a metro anorexic personal trainer.[/quote]
Agreed, but here’s a different take on the commercial:
It IS a real problem that many members of the lazy, overweight, infomercial crowd do indeed feel intimidated by people who actually want to train and improve. But that’s a problem that’s been around for years, long before Planet Fitness. I knew someone who claimed she needed to lose weight before she joined a gym or she’d be too embarrassed to go. That’s crazy.
I’m sure I’m not the only one who has never judged anyone negatively at a gym for being very out of shape. Just the fact that they’ve made the effort to show up and start making positive changes puts them miles ahead of all the fatties just sitting at home snacking. I think anyone who shows a sincere desire to work hard and improve would be welcomed and respected at a REAL gym, regardless of how weak or fat they were when they walked in on day 1.
What pisses me off about Planet Fitness is that far from educating people to overcome their misconception of “meatheads,” they are encouraging those false beliefs and stereotypes. On top of that, Planet Fitness employees are hypocrites when they proclaim a “judgment-free zone” while encouraging negative judgments about people who take their goals seriously.
Is it just me or does the inside of every Planet Fitness always look like Chuckie Cheese?
Things like this make me imagine the reverse, if there was a commercial with a bunch of bodybuilders standing around and the one huge employee that works there was showing some really fat out of shape guy around. They walk around and the fat guy is like “I shove food in my mouth, then I swallow!” and all the bodybuilders are just staring at him blankly, then the trainer opens the exit door and kicks the fatty out and all the bodybuilders burst into laughter.
I think Professor X is right, there would likely be some kind of backlash from the “big is beautiful” crowd… yet who is there to speak on our behalf when shit like this happens? When big guys stand up for themselves, they are always made to look like bullies.
[quote]SkyNett wrote:
The best part is how when they show the other members, they all look like total dogshit.
And the trainer/salesguy looks like he should be working in a library. Lol… [/quote]
