I recently wanted to start getting a little more exercise than I usually get; unfortunately, I'm pretty tired after taking care of my mom and my cousin, so motivation is a little bit of an issue. My husband is working from home, so I can't blast the music and do a program at our house; not that there is much room here anyway, but our house is a single level and the only place I could attempt to do anything is near his office.
So, I've been threatening to join a gym for a few weeks now; although I'm not thrilled about going to a gym, especially during all of these covid outbreaks, I thought to myself, if I pay for it, I would more likely use it. So what gym was able to get my business? Planet Fitness, it's relatively close to my house, and there is no commitment; you pay your startup fee (I was able to get in with a deal), yearly fee, and a monthly fee of ten dollars plus tax. Today was my first time; I plan to go at least twice a week and use the treadmill, hopefully, a little more often, but timing it will be tricky, so we'll see.
Although familiar with the building, I could not help but awe at how large it was inside. As I walked into the gym, the counter was to my left; I finished signing a couple of papers, you know those papers, "If you destroy our property, we'll take your firstborn." Ok, not that harsh, but you know you're not getting out of there without signing something. The attendee grabbed a paper of rules and went through them with me; I dare say, I couldn't hear due to wearing a mask and his ability to talk low and relatively fast. I was able to glance over the paper he was telling me about, and most of which I can't remember anyway other than no grunting or taking a call at your workout station. I signed and grabbed a treadmill and did my 20 minutes.
As I was working out, I was able to glance around the gym. I saw several cleaning stations, endless rows of workout equipment, and several t.v's with various things shown. By the way, you have to clean your station after using it; there we go again, trusting that honor system. Everyone I saw there (which happened to be about ten people) was spaced apart and wearing a mask. I happened to notice one lady cleaning her station, which happened to be a treadmill; she did a quick spray on the paper towel, wiped over the screen one time, and didn't do the bars at all. In her defense, I didn't see her grabbing the bars, but then again, she was already on the treadmill when I started mine. "Please take responsibility and thirty seconds and do a wipe down; who's to say you didn't touch them at least once."
The gym looked clean and bright with colors of purple and yellow; there were no typical gym odors or foul smells and had no messy floors. Unfortunately, I did not use restrooms, so I cannot comment on them; in fact, I didn't explore the other gym areas, so I will eventually, just not now . My only qualm with Planet Fitness is that I was not too fond of giving them checking account information to deduct the yearly membership fee and the monthly fee automatically. That alone came close to being a deal-breaker for me. I was able to do an initial join-up with my credit card, which should have been good enough for everything. I hope this is something they re-think and change or at least give the option to do one or another in the future.
Overall I like the gym and look forward to re-reviewing them in the future!
Planet Fitness's location is 4310 Wheaton Way, Bremerton, Washington. Neighboring businesses include Wilco, Aceitunos' Mexican Food, Shari's Cafe & Pies. Located across Wheaton Way are Petco and Goodwill. And within walking distance is Fred Meyers and the Dollar Tree.
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