Planet fitness & their NO BODYBUILDER rule

**Steve56** · 01-04-2010, 11:19 AM

Originally Posted by derekanthony

Let me fucking go in there ill cause a fucking scene !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I say we film me getting kicked out ill stay covered up then take off my jacket let them tell me i have to leave ill rip off there fucking heads....................lol

lol you should get jimmy the bull, mr. g, and the rest of the wack pack in there to train!! they would go fucking nuts

**Con** · 01-04-2010, 11:21 AM

Originally Posted by derekanthony

Let me fucking go in there ill cause a fucking scene !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I say we film me getting kicked out ill stay covered up then take off my jacket let them tell me i have to leave ill rip off there fucking heads....................lol

You are a too hardcore Derek, if you came within even 100 yards from a PF their hardcore radar would go off and they would have a swat team there faster than you can blink your eye!

**Joe Christiano** · 01-04-2010, 11:32 AM

Rick Collins shed some light on this for me (below)

I haven’t seen their policy about this, but for now the best short answer is that unless and until bodybuilders are considered a protected class (like women, minorities, homosexuals or the disabled), state and federal anti-discrimination laws generally won’t shield them. Besides, if a health club wants to chase bodybuilders away, they can do it more indirectly but just as effectively by creating a facility that makes hardcore lifting impossible. That’s exactly what Planet Fitness has done, based on what I found in my only visit to one (while traveling in Alabama). There were no heavy dumbbells, limited serious equipment, no protein drinks available, and a fishbowl filled with tootsie rolls (WTF?!) on the counter. The funny tale of how my law associate and I were reprimanded for “lunking” (Planet Fitness’s derogatory term for actually working out) was told in scathing detail by John Romano

**derekanthony** · 01-04-2010, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by con

you are a too hardcore derek, if you came within even 100 yards from a pf their hardcore radar would go off and they would have a swat team there faster than you can blink your eye!

lmaoooo id bite the pussy managers knee caps off!

**lomox** · 01-04-2010, 12:05 PM

As a good holiday deed, my friend bought 3 local homeless guys memeberships to Planet Fatness so they could shave and shower every day... they also get bagels for breakfast once a month and pizza for dinner once a month... its 24 hours, so when it gets bitter cold they can go in and walk on a treadmill or stretch to stay in the warmth... they also get free TV. Not a bad deal to change the lives of 3 men for a few $.

But for a fitness guy... blows!!!! I go there for cardio (for that price its worth it to have a membership in case my hot water goes out or something!) cause I dont have to drive. Get there this morning and all thier TVs are out! Nice. I was so pissed I did the easiest intervals of my life. Running on shear anger!!!!

And I get the business model... I do... but something about the whole NO JUDGEMENT mantra juxtaposed with the NO BODYBUILDERS really irks my sense of logic.

**Con** · 01-04-2010, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by lomox

As a good holiday deed, my friend bought 3 local homeless guys memeberships to Planet Fatness so they could shave and shower every day... they also get bagels for breakfast once a month and pizza for dinner once a month... its 24 hours, so when it gets bitter cold they can go in and walk on a treadmill or stretch to stay in the warmth... they also get free TV. Not a bad deal to change the lives of 3 men for a few $.

That's a really superb thing to do

**DAVIDHARDY** · 01-04-2010, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by derekanthony

Let me fucking go in there ill cause a fucking scene !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I say we film me getting kicked out ill stay covered up then take off my jacket let them tell me i have to leave ill rip off there fucking heads....................lol

It was only a matter of time...

**JasonR** · 01-04-2010, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by Wolfstriked

I work out at Planet fitness in queens NY.They don't seem to discriminate like that there and theres some big dudes walking around.But and its a big but.....the gym is just not catered for getting big.I maxed out all the machines already after one month back from a yr off layoff.Most guys will too.The free weight dumbbells max at 70 pounds.

Nobody grunts or drops weight for fear of the LUNK alarm thats situated right next to the free weight(dumbells)section.

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You cant beat the deal I got though.....$10.00 dollars a month!!!!

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Are you serious an alarm right next to the free weights, and the DB only go up to 70lbs?!?! That's just a warm up weight!!

**JasonR** · 01-04-2010, 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by Curt James

I press my nose against the front glass and they still won't let me in.

Here's another anti-bodybuilder cartoon.

Does kinda go against their no judgment philosophy, imo.

I like how they make the face look all mean and stuff!!

**JasonR** · 01-04-2010, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by Sledge

Did any of you consider that the negative stereotype is true. BBs are the worst gym users out there. They won't put their weights away, grunt and make ridiculous noises, they drop weights and make heaps of noise so people will notice how much they lift.

The above may not be you, but it's sure the majority of the half arsed, never train legs, I have muscles so I must be hard, low self esteem people that most gym users regard as bodybuilders.

I've often thought that if I open a gym i'd have to have a separate area for the BB types to train to keep them segregated from the customers I make my money from.

This is so not true that it's not even funny. I would gladly get you a pass to come train at the gym I train at and the majority are bodybuilders. And for the most part everyone puts their weight away and aren't looking for attention. Sure their the occasional jack ass who has not an ounce of gym etiquette, but I just cannot agree with that bold statement you are making towards bb's.

**Ibarramedia** · 01-04-2010, 01:31 PM

Would it piss them off it they ask if you are a bodybuilder and you say no. But I play for the Washington Redskins (or whatever local NFL team in the area is).

**Gaoshang Xiongshou** · 01-04-2010, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by derekanthony

Let me fucking go in there ill cause a fucking scene !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I say we film me getting kicked out ill stay covered up then take off my jacket let them tell me i have to leave ill rip off there fucking heads....................lol

Derek, PLEASE do it, man... I am begging you!!

**PTB** · 01-04-2010, 02:37 PM

I wonder what would have happened if you sent a female bber over there. Unless she's as big as Iris Kyle, I wonder if he would have asked the same questions. I can't a imagine a woman getting discriminated against @ 5'4" and 140lbs offseason. And perhaps 70lbs may be enough for her, unless she's a heavy or superheavy. If they did, they could have both a sex discrimination lawsuit as well.

**Carlos Godoy** · 01-04-2010, 02:45 PM

U know, of course we don't like to see things like that, but come on...
How many logos u see around make funny of the chicken legs guys, skinny guys, fat guys, we all see in the net, in the gym?
I don't like it, but it's funny anyway...lol

**InfinityCrisis6** · 01-04-2010, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by derekanthony

Let me fucking go in there ill cause a fucking scene !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I say we film me getting kicked out ill stay covered up then take off my jacket let them tell me i have to leave ill rip off there fucking heads....................lol

If you need someone to film it and have it up in less than a hour from film time fully edited, PM. I am down for that any weekend you choose so DA. And to make sure we don't lose any footage I'll have someone go guerilla style and film from a distance to make sure we miss nothing. Mediocracy must perish.