WIT PICS: Planet Fitness Is A FUCCIN Scam :martin: (They FEED You DONUTS & PIZZA To Get Members)

[Biscayne]

Dont eat it. The gym is good and cheap, i just walk right past the food.

You have good self-control..

 

[Lord Beasley]

Everyday is cheatday breh

 

[MarloStanTrill]

I lost weight there because I was SERIOUS about losing weight. Also, I didn't eat that junk. I may go back though

it's fine if all u do is run tread mill and light lifting like myself but if i was training for somethimg or serious bodybuilder id move on

 

[Rollo Goodlove]

What type of gym serves pizza and dounughts

Did they run out of carrot sticks and veggies ?

 

[pickles]

I didn't know there were so many fancy nikkas that post here.

What is your gym membership fees like?

 

[Liquid]

Something about public gyms always freaks me out. The BO and just the thought of all the sweat has me like

Smart move by planet fitness though

 

[Stir Fry]

I STILL have a membership there Because it's cheap

How Low-Cost Gyms Like Planet Fitness Psychologically Manipulate Members Into NOT Going To The Gym

There’s an absolutely fascinating episode of the Planet Money podcast up on NPR now (or subscribe via iTunes) about the tactics that low-cost gyms use in order to make a fortune on low $10 a month membership fees. I’m particularly fascinated by it because I’m the exact kind of gym member that a place like Planet Fitness craves. I’ve been a member for five or six years, and I’ll go five times a week for three or four months and then get sidetracked by work or kids or other commitments and not attend the gym again for three or four more months.

I’m the ideal gym member.

Why? Because places like Planet Fitness are not actually designed to accommodate the number of people who enroll as members. For instance, the gym used as an example in this episode of Planet Money had about 6,000 members, and yet the facility itself could only accommodate about 300 people at a time. If all the members who signed up actually went, franchises like that Planet Fitness would have to charge far more than $10 a month.

In fact, of the members who get gym memberships, about HALF never actually visit the gym once.

So, how does a place like Planet Fitness attract a clientele that’s earnest enough to sign up for the gym but not dedicated enough to actually go?

Part of it has to do with design: They create gyms that are meant to look like bars. They are designed to make out-of-shape people feel comfortable being there, because the gyms know out-of-shape people are not likely to attend frequently once they sign up. They do that with mirrors and disco music and even massage chairs. Meanwhile, the actual gym part of the gym — the free weights and weight machines — are typically hidden away from the main part of the gym, back in a more intimidating space that those comfortable in the bar-like atmosphere would be less likely to visit. Low-cost gyms don’t actually want the body-builder types — they’d actually go to the gym more frequently — they want those who climb on the treadmill every once in a while. (I can confirm this: In the five or six years I’ve been attending my gym, I’ve visited the weight room twice, and both times, felt like an alien outsider).

Psychologically, when it comes to gym memberships, contrary to what you might think, we also LIKE the idea of long-term contracts, because it locks us into a commitment of going to the gym that we will feel compelled to follow through on. The thinking is, “Well, I’m paying $10 a month, so I HAVE to go,” except when it comes right down to it, the thinking is more like, “Well, it’s only $10. I’m not losing that much. I think I’ll have a pizza and watch The Blacklist tonight, instead.”

Speaking of pizza, I always found it strange that the gym I attend has pizza night and bagel breakfast once a month. That seems kind of self-defeating for a gym, but again, that’s part of the design. The average low-cost gym loses about half of its members each year, so in order to entice people who don’t go to the gym to sign up for another year, these gyms offer free food so at least members get something out of their membership. Many, in fact, will attend only on those days with free food — it doesn’t make them any more healthy but hey! For $10 a month, you get two slices of pizza.

Meanwhile, a good gym is the total opposite. They don’t look like nightclubs. They do not have mirrors, and some will actually kick you out if you don’t attend often enough. They are smaller, and they have more serious members.

How much does a good gym run? As much as $500 a month, and if you’re paying that much, you’re sure as hell gonna make sure you get something out of it.

So, as the New Year rolls around and you begin to consider your resolutions, if you decide to enroll in a low-cost gym, consider the possibility that you’re almost certainly not going to attend frequently. But if you really want to game the system, go everyday out of spite. You’ll show them, and you’ll get positive health results in the process.

 

[SirReginald]

it's fine if all u do is run tread mill and light lifting like myself but if i was training for somethimg or serious bodybuilder id move on

True

 

[SirReginald]

TWO 1 stars on this thread

 

[Higher Tech]

Defintion of a smart dumb manager.

Actually. It's a franchise thing, and the franchise is booming.

 

[head shots101]

I lost weight there because I was SERIOUS about losing weight. Also, I didn't eat that junk. I may go back though

Same....lost 50 pounds fukking with pf....always thought the gym was a joke tho....serving pizza lol

 

[pickles]

How Low-Cost Gyms Like Planet Fitness Psychologically Manipulate Members Into NOT Going To The Gym

My PF does not have mirrors every where() only in the back where you can do your stretching.

I don't know where the massage chairs are in my PF.

The free weights are in the front at my gym, in plain view not hidden.

Nobody forcing people to eat pizza and bagels the first of the month.

at the author of the article, he is actually advocating long term gym contracts.



A good gym is $500 a month. :swaggyP:

Is the author actually trolling.

 

[LezJepzin]

Good thread

They got one five minutes from my house and I've been pondering for sometime to give it a shot.

I run 15-20 miles a week at 6'1 , 203 and I've already ran another half marathon this year.

Needless to say, I won't have a problem with going.

 

[nalej]

That's like giving free crack rocks at a rehab center.

 

[diggy]

I used to spend more than 10 dollars a month on pizza. Now I get pizza with free gym. I walk in there, take a whole pie and leave.