Planet Fitness – Aston

Ew. EW. This place is smelly. And the treadmill I got on was STICKY.
I’m used to the Planet Fitness in Broomall, and if it wasn’t such a hike from my new place, I would continue to go there. I came here just because I am lacking choices. The free weights area is way too small. Everything seems all shoved in together. It’s just a generally miserable place to work out.

I loved this gym years ago. No one can fault them for being too crowded, because that means they’re doing something right. However, front desk staff has gone rapidly down hill. They have become very rude and not accommodating at all. I recently called for a simple billing question and after being laughed at and hung up on I can only ask, when is Retro Fitness opening!!!

I like this gym. I was an executive for LA Fitness many years ago and although this does not offer the amenities that they do, I find out perfect for a nice workout. Pizza days are a little ridiculous. One of the front deal girls is obnoxiously rude and should be fired. Every other employee gets you with a smile and makes you feel welcome. Locket rooms and showers are disgusting.

Wish there was a zero star option. Those who know me know i am usually on the more liberal side with ratings on Unilocal.
This place is Even worse than the last time here. Smell still hits you in the face when u walk in. The TRUE stretch apparatus is full of caked on dust on the footboards.
The physio balls are partially deflated and dirty. Time for a new set of workout balls.
I only come here when forced to like today when the traffic at rush hour made it harder to go to another club.

I’m glad for a cheap gym, that is in a good location, however beware what you wish for. A 24hr gym is a great idea, but I can guarantee that you will want to go to the gym when everyone else does. They have the statistics available to let you know when the gym is the most crowded and it’s very helpful. But, your options will then be very, very early in the morning or, after 8pm at night. When I am stuck going at peak hours, parking is difficult. I’ve complained about the people parked illegally to the staff. Its difficult to see around these cars and people drive fast through the parking lot. An accident waiting to happen. At peak hours, it is tough to find an open treadmill and if you do, the audio to the tv or ipod is probably broken. I was there on a Wed and bypassed three machines because of these issues and the one I ran on felt like it was shaking violently. I reported these issues to the staff who are very nice. They fix equipment on Fridays so they told me. They play overhead music that is beyond annoying and even when you go into the locker rooms you can’t get away from it. If you put on headphones to listen to the tv or your ipod, you will have to pump up the volume to drown out the competing music, this is not good for your ears. If you use the weight machines, beware that a lot of men sit on the machines between sets or will trade off with a friend. I try to only use weight equipment in the off peak hours. You get what you pay for and in this economy its still cheaper than buying home gym equipment.

What’s not to love about this place? For $ 10 a month, I can go to the gym 24 hours a day. They have lots of cardio and weight machines and the 30 minute workout circuit. They also have tanning booths and red light therapy (not to sure what that is). My only complaint is that some people abuse the 30 minute workout by sitting on the machines and not moving when time is up. You could be brave and say something to the person or just go and ask an employee to talk to them.

Ugh, Planet Fitness. Where do I start? To be fair, most of my gripes deal with the PF model in general as opposed to this specific gym. But here goes… the gym is large, but an overwhelming amount of floor space is taken up by a ridiculous number of cardio machines. The area designated for weights is way too small. The dumbbells go up to, what, 60 lbs or so? That’s not going to cut it. And where are the barbells? There’s not a single barbell (that’s not attached to a Smith Machine) in the whole place! The «lunkhead alarm» is a hypocritical and pointless marketing ploy, but the worst part in my mind, by far, is the fact that on certain days, PF supplies its clients with free pizza and bagels! Way to support a healthy lifestyle…

This gym is worth the low price, but there are a lot of shortfalls that would drive me away if the price were higher. I do like that I never have to wait for a cardio machine, even during peak hours. This is a great place if all you want to do is cardio.
There are too few dumbbells. Often there are a bunch of college kids camped out in the dumbbell area, and I have to wait a long time. The Smith cages are also sometimes full. The padding has worn off of the handles for some of the weight machines, making them uncomfortable to use. There are only two of each of most of the weight machines, but I have never had to wait long for them. I just have problems with the dumbbells and Smith cages.
The staff never tell people to stop talking on their cell phones. It’s a repeatedly posted rule, but there are often inconsiderate patrons having loud conversations in any part of the gym. I also once encountered a woman staff member in the men’s bathroom with no warning. Dumbbells are often left lying around, or are put on the shelves incorrectly. There is an atmosphere of carelessness.
There is only one water fountain, and the music is too loud.

I was really excited about signing up here. I signed up for the black card membership ($ 20/​month), mostly because I wanted to take advantage of the group fitness training classes (they’re free!). I hadn’t been to a gym in years, and didn’t remember how to use anything other than the cardio stuff. The MAIN REASON I signed up was to use the non-​cardio machines.
I asked whoever was at the front desk what class I’d have to take to learn how to use the equipment. «You have to take the ‘Designing Your Own Program’ class first.» Ok, fair enough. I guess that’s my answer. I like working out in the mornings, so I signed up for an 8 am class on a Tuesday. This time slot is reserved on a schedule available at the front desk.
8 am Tuesday rolls around, I go to the gym. The trainer isn’t there. The guy at the front desk tries to call him with no luck. So I got blown off.
I reschedule right there for the next week. Unfortunately, there was a death in my family, so I had to cancel the day before. I called them, and canceled.
Last week, I call to make the same 8 am Tuesday appointment. I should have known better! Because I showed up this morning, at 8 am, and I got blown off again.
All I want to do is learn how to throw some weights on a machine so I can not throw away $ 20 a month. It’s not worth it for me to pay that much to only come to the gym twice a week for cardio. I could go for a jog outside for FREE.
I ask the manager if I can transfer my home gym online, because you need to do the training sessions at your home gym. He says I can, and also answers my questions about canceling.
I come home, try to transfer to Clifton, but you need to be a member for 90 days before transferring your home gym. KEEP THIS IN MIND! Luckily, I talked to the trainer at the Clifton location, and he was super helpful. I’ll be going there from now on, until I can officially transfer to my home gym in a month.
If you already know how to use all the equipment, I’d say, «Sure! Sign up at the Aston location!» But if you want a reliable trainer who won’t blow you off because apparently 8 am on a Tuesday is way to early, don’t bother.
If the Rocky Run YMCA wasn’t so expensive, I’d still be a member there.

I used to go to this gym regularly fairly late at night (arriving 9−11pm) and really enjoyed it — the front desk folks were always very friendly and overall I got exactly what I wanted… except for the cleaning crew.
It started one night when I was in the shower and I heard the vacuum turn on, and I thought «Surely, that is not the cleaning guy in the locker room». It was! I was quite rattled and went and complained right away and was met with a degree of flippancy. You see, they have a sign that says a man is in the locker room, but it wasn’t up when I got in the shower, and the guy didn’t even try to check if it was clear. I gave up on showers after that, but it kept happening — I would be in the restroom area and the guy would walk in, or I’d come in after working out and meet the cleaning guy, smirking, and have to insist that he leave for 5 minutes. I kept complaining at the front desk, and apparently the cleaning crew is on their own schedule, so I couldn’t schedule around them being in the locker room. I tried coming earlier, I tried coming later, and no matter what I did, somehow or another this guy would always end up in the locker room when I was.
Long story short — not being able to consistantly use the locker room (even to change out of a sweaty shirt!) in privacy completely disrupted my routine and forced me to move to another location where, while it’s much busier and noisier, at least I can use the restroom without fear of a strange man walking in.
I think this gym would probably still be ideal if I lived around the corner (negating any need for a locker room) and/​or I was a guy!

Pretty good gym. Has a lot of cardio machines. Has not as many weight lifting things. Pretty cheap membership plans ($ 10 or $ 20). Lots of people go. Sometimes you have to wait for a machine. There is not a lot of waiting though. A row of TVs lines the front wall. These TVs are tiny and hard to see. At least you can plug your headphones into a little box that plays the audio from these tiny TVs. 9 channels to choose from. In addition there’s massage chairs and tanning booths. I’ve never tried the tanning but the massage chairs work good. Usually a bowl of tootsie and frootsie rolls at the front desk. Really slippery locker room floors. A lot of empty lockers guarantees security. No spinning classes or swimming pools. Pretty close to Wawa. If you need a gym close to a Wawa this is the gym for you.

its a great local gym… definately not ballys… or la fitness, the prices are waaay reasonable good parking. near 2 supermarkets, and the neighborhood is ultra accessible, and clean! though this is not the place for the muscle man or triathlon girl… if you wanna work out in a friendly environment, with friends (get the black card for that) do it! the membership is reasonable and if you can catch it, (like I did I signed up for a $ 1 and got the black card… over a year ago) the prices isn’t bad at all… so try it, if all else fails leave… and its only 59 to opt out, or find a friend, try it (again black card!) and see for yourself!

I originally signed up here because it is right around the corner from my office. It is brand new — in a former ACME market. It is only $ 10 per month with no contract — that was enough for me to sign up without even seeing it. Ive been going for over a year now and stepped up to the «black card» membership which is only $ 19 a month — includes unlimited free guests. unlimited free tanning, half priced drinks. The free weight area could be bigger — there is def an over abundance of cardio machines — bikes, ellipticals, treadmills, ect. The majority of the people that go are either seniors or high school kids… no meat heads really.