Thinking of joining Planet Fitness?

[sharonmickey]

OP - I just joined Planet Fitness last month. I've only gone a few times but there are people of all sizes, shapes, and age. No one pays any attention to me working out, which is great for me. I spend 10 - 15 minutes on a treadmill then work on the bike and step machine for 5 minutes each and leave. It's what I want for right now. Once I get used to going, I'll add more to my routine but considering I've never joined a gym before I'm happy for now.

I also have Plantar Fasciitis. The Mystery Machine - I'm not sure why you are pushing the OP to a physical therapist. My foot doctor never even mentioned pysical therapy for my feet, in any of my visits. He did suggest shoe inserts which I almost always wear. I've worn the inserts for 5 or 6 years now. OP - as long as YOUR doctor agrees with joining a gym go for it.

 

[stargazer2892]

The gym it's self was fine however I will not ever give them any more of my money. We moved and our new house is no where near one so we wait the year (still paying the 20$ a month since we had a year contract. no biggie) I called to cancel and they told me we had to write a letter and send it about canceling. We couldn't drop it off we had to mail it for some reason. So we write the letter and never get auto charged again we don't think twice. Three months later they pull 90$ out of our account! So we call and they tell us they "didn't have a record of a CERTIFIED letter of cancellation" but they had a record of a non certified letter of cancellation. Our big thing was why did they stop charging us after they got the "non certified letter"? They spouted off some BS and DH told them he doesn't care just don't charge us again. They refunded our money and we went on with life. 9 months later we get a collections notice. . By this time I was 6 months pregnant and ready to fight. Dh called corporate ended up having to call multiple times before anyone would actually talk to us and they told us we had to and cancel in person. Fine we drove out and it took 4 hours of arguing with them about canceling. In the end they finally did once we threatened a lawyer.

 

[JimB.]

My DW & I have been going to PF for about 3 years. Price is great. Surroundings are great. People are great. MY DW strictly is a treadmill and bike babe. I use it more for weights. The only complaint (if you can call it that) is that they don't have spin classes. I'd love to go for the hard intensity cardio, but alas, not the case.

Get the proper medical clearances. Go. Have fun. Be careful of injury. BE PATIENT. You aren't going to lose weight overnight, BUT, using only a treadmill, my DW lost a third of her body weight in about a year.

 

[Breezy_Carol]

DD joined when I did then didn't have time to go after she finished school and got a job. She cancelled without any trouble at all and they stopped billing right away.