Planet Fitness – Burton

I might be biased because when I lived in the Detroit metro area I loved LA Fitness and tried avoiding Planet Fitness like the plague. In a gym I look for a pool, classes (Zumba), tanning is a bonus, and of course the massage rooms are a bonus. This gym obviously has no pool or classes, however I do like the 30 minute express workout area when people aren’t hopping in and out getting in your way. For some weird reason I get a feeling this corporation doesn’t actually want you to get fit! I don’t understand the junk food days, «A NO JUDGMENT ZONE» would not have a lunk alarm, and this place is usually busy. If there were more choices, with a reasonable price I’d go there. But. I got a membership here so we’ll see how it goes. I’ve been going ⁴⁄₅ days a week and feel great, so it gets the job done.

It’s kept clean, the staff is always friendly. Jamie in the morning is always polite and friendly even doing a couple things for people at the same time. I’ve been to a couple of these owned by the same people and they are all kept up.

I just moved up here and waas looking for a new gym. I noticed they didnt have a pool or anything but I really like this place. It is always really clean and has a ton of machines to use. I come usually in the mornings (9am) and have never had to wait for a machine. They do offer schedules at the front area of the busy times so you can avoid them which I thougght was really cool.
The staff is really nice or at least the ones I have meet so far. I have not spent any time with the onsite trainer so I can comment on him.

The management at this place is ridiculous. I have a family membership to a single location with Life Time Fitness. I travel often so for $ 10 a month I snagged this membership so I can get my workouts in when I’m out of town. I visited this location while there visiting relatives and after my encounter with the ignorant crew and manager who work here. I immediately cancelled my membership back in Houston and was happy to tell them why. Hazel Wing!!! By the way. You would think staring at treadmills all day would inspire her portly @$$ to get on one.

I like that they have a designated stretching area and ab circuit. However, I like to go here when I get out of work around 530 and I have to wait for machines. The front desk people seem nice though.

The judgement free zone. The over-​friendly staff. The lunk alarm. This gym is all about gimmicks. The $ 10/​month was definitely a perk, but that’s where the pleasantries ended. My boyfriend and I joined this gym because it was all we could afford, but we were happy to cancel our membership 2 months in. He’s pretty serious about weightlifting, and was «warned» by staff members while lifting free weights that he was being too loud when putting them on the floor to rest between reps. Maybe the girl at the front desk has super sonic hearing, because I was standing right next to him and didn’t notice a thing.
The «lunk alarm» (no, it’s not a joke, they really do sound that thing) was used a few times while we were there, which to me is much more aggravating than any noises I heard from guys lifting. Back in the day I lifted with my high school football team, so I completely understand what Planet Fitness is trying to avoid — the excessive grunting, pumping up, etc. But to frequently interrupt people’s workouts for a thud of weights dropping 3 inches? Give me a break.
I was also told, while quietly talking on the phone standing immediately next to the drinking fountain on the wall, that I was only allowed to take calls in the lobby area — which is literally 6 feet away. Apparently I was being so disruptive to the ZERO people around me that this girl felt the need to tap me on the shoulder mid-​convo and inform me of this policy.
My final complaint: I don’t understand why the 30-​min circuit area has different machines than the rest of the gym. Many times I had to wait for people to empty the circuit area so I could use one of the tricep machines that isn’t available anywhere else in the gym. Also, my boyfriend was told we couldn’t take any of the heavier free weights to the open area for lunges… gotta use those weights in a 10 foot radius of where they’re racked, apparently. Y’know. Where there is no room to do lunges.
I will say, for people who have never joined a gym before, they do go above and beyond to demonstrate how to use the circuits (twice while working out, I was used as said demonstration for people touring the gym). But if you know what you’re doing and just want a nice place to work out, I’d spend a little more and go elsewhere.

I signed up for the winter to keep my fitness on and this place was recommended to me by a friend who comes here as well. I couldn’t pass up the $ 5 sign up fee or the $ 10 charge per month. way cheap! So when I signed up, the fella neglected to show me around or even how to use the machines (aside from the treadmill, elliptical, and bike that I only know how to use). Thanks guy for not even telling me what the membership even comes with. I’m sure he was assuming that my friend would show me around etc. I should just pay her the $ 10 a month instead. Oh, and my favorite is waiting for at least a ½ hour for the treadmill or elliptical, pointless! I’ll give it to the spring and then resume my running back outside where I know what’s up.