Stephanie Lee7 days agoFrom
I love LOVE planet fitness. $10/month basic pass or $24.99/month for Black Card membership. They TRULY DO MEAN IT WHEN THEY SAY JUDGEMENT FREE ZONE. I wasn't homeless when I joined the gym as a black card member in 2020-21, but I did experience homelessness while still under contract, (that my mom helped me pay as a LAST GIFT I'LL EVER HAVE. Honestly, I've never gotten anything else since). Black card is $24.99/month so I am very grateful they allowed us to transfer it to her account. Then they will transfer your home gym to wherever you move to in the USA, so I was able to transfer it to DTLA with no problems at all. They took care of everything. They are almost ALL 24 hours and you can still visit ANY of the other gyms up to I believe 10 times per month with full benefits. So, no matter where you are, you can go and bring a guest for Free. Guests even receive their own sign in code all they have to do is scan your phone. Back to being homeless. They allowed me to wheel in my wagon with me and take the elevator downstairs as long as I kept it neat and tidy and out of people's way in the locker room. They never made fun of me to my face, nor to my knowledge at all, and almost every single employee let me hang out as long as I needed. They had free WiFi as well, so after my phones were stolen, there were many times I was on my laptop in the bathroom stall emailing my mom to let her know I was alright. I never had ANYTHING STOLEN from planet fitness, even when I had to park my wagon or stroller upstairs by the back entrance doors. The only thing that happened there was another member has needed help, but I couldn't find him, and couldn't find any staff so I had to check the men's room. I didn't go in unannounced, I just checked because he had heart problems and I needed to make sure he was okay. The staff was a little upset, but understood and were super accommodating saying they would help him. It made me cry. So now that I'm not homeless anymore, I would like to publicly say thank you for NOT DISCRIMINATING AGAINST A PAYING MEMBER. THANK YOU FOR LETTING MY PRIVATE LIFE AND RESIDENCE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WAY THAT YOU TREAT ANOTHER RESPECTFUL HUMAN BEING THAT'S ONLY CRIME OVERALL WAS BEING HOMELESS. AND THAT'S NOT A CRIME, THAT'S POVERTY AND SHAME AND EMBARRASSING AND SO SO HARD. THE HARDEST THING I'LL EVER EXPERIENCE IN MY LIFE BESIDES LOSING MY DAUGHTER AND FAMILY AND MAN, WAS BEING HOMELESS. They would not even make me work out each visit. Sometimes I just needed to shower or use the restroom, and they were like yep that's cool. And then I would wheel out 3 minutes later or sometimes 3 hours later. There's no time limit, the can't enforce a time limit on another person's physical rehabilitation or gym time, as everyone moves at their own pace. The only thing I thought was funny was that they banned Cowboy boots, blue jeans, and I always had to have gym shoes. I got used to training barefoot when I did my jui jitsu and MMA and self defense training, lol! I don't think all of them did jiu jitsu or MMA so they were NOT FAMILIAR with being barefoot or in socks. I of course respected all of their policies, except for when they tried to stop me from taking pictures in the bathroom. Ummm everyone takes before and after pictures in the bathroom. As long as I didn't take pics or record anyone else they were cool and said nothing. They also would watch my medicine/ID purse and laptop up front if I didn't have my lock with me. They also provide soap dispensers in the showers and the showers ALWAYS had hot water and there were no time limits in them as long as you are respectful and have common courtesy of course if it's busy. One time when they didn't even have a manager, a guy went in there and cut off the bands on all of the equipment, and they were super mature about it and handled it very well. They ran DTLA without Jose for almost 3-4 months, until they got a new one from Washington. They did great! I'm not saying that planet fitness is for alhomeless people, but if you're a paying guest, they don't discriminate. 💕
Memo7 days agoFrom
Could be a great PF, but a lot of the machine are missing the weight pins which make then unusable during busier times. I hope this location replaces them soon.
Edit: I asked and they didn't know. It's been 2 weeks so far and no pins for a bunch of machines.
Anthony Jimenez7 days agoFrom
Nice, clean gym I've been to, but…. The amount of “planet fitness employee parking” I see that are available! And yet the public can’t use is wild! Easy 10+ spots when there’s only 3 employees on the floor. Just saying but everyone/everything else is great!
