Planet Fitness – Kingston – GateWay Shopping Center

I’ve been a member of this gym for a few years and aside from a rough time with equipment out of use during their remodel, I have no complaints. It’s a huge space in what used to be half of an Acme grocery store. There are always machines available, even during the 5pm rush hour, although things can get tight on Tuesdays at that time. If you go there in off hours you can practically have the place to yourself. Laid back. They don’t offer any classes though besides a kind of group training targeting specific body parts. I’ve never tried that, who knows, maybe I don’t know what I’m missing!

Convenient, clean, new equipment. Love the hydro massage!
Staff is friendly, especially Ryan.
Mr & Mrs H. Forty Fort

It is cozy and clean, the staff is very friendly, and there’s nothing uninviting or intimidating about working out here. The only complaint I have is that a few broken down machines and two of the four showers have been out of order for a long time… No doubt that has to do with the reconstruction they’ve been doing. I’m sure the place will be even better once that is all done! :)

This is definitely a low maintenance gym. It has all the basics you could need in a gym — weight machines, bikes, treadmills, ellipticals, stretching area, circuit room, and some classes, along with some extras like tanning and massage chairs. One of the other reviews said that they had pizza and bagels weekly, but this is actually a treat that they offer to their members monthly. They sell bottled water and sports drinks along with having water fountains on site. While they would prefer that you use the circuit room correctly, I have been there plenty of times when people were not completing a whole circuit or using the machines sequentially and I have never seen anyone who works there pressuring a member in any way. I’d recommend it for anyone looking for an inexpensive low frills gym.

It’s a gym and it has a low monthly fee. If you don’t need all the extras (spa, massage, smoothie bar), then it’s a good choice.

I didn’t really like this gym. They didn’t have many free weights because this gym does not want to cater to bodybuilders. They are trying to create a «judgment free zone.» I can respect that but the weight machines they did have did not provide a good selection or different options for working different muscle groups. For example they only had one bicep machine.
Also they only had 4 mats in a small area for stretching and ab work. They didn’t provide exercise balls, medicine balls, bosu balls, or small weights. They had a circuit room. When I was given a tour of the gym I was told that if I started the 30 minute circuit room that I was expected to finish it. I don’t thnk people should be pressured to complete that room if they are not physically able.
There was 1 trainer for the entire gym. Small classes were available that focused on different areas– for example Tuesday at 10 am was arms. The entire time i was at this gym the trainer remained behind the front desk and didnt interact with the members. This gym didn’t allow for individual appointments with a trainer.
Once a week they had pizza night and one morning a week was bagel morning. Also while I was working out an announcement came on saying candy was available at the front desk on my way out– a reward for working hard. I think a gym should be promoting healthier eating habits. Why not make apples available at the front desk?
On positive was that I didn’t have any problems getting on the equipment I wanted to use. I didn’t buy a membership.

I’m a member of this great chain of gyms. I went from a small gym that offered many amenities I never used with almost no beautiful people and few machines at a regular to high monthly rate to this awesome gym with probably the most affordable monthly rates around either $ 10 or $ 20 a month! What do you get exactly for so little? You get a huge wide gym with all new machines for everyone, great looking people working out 24/​7, the biggest ceiling fans you will ever see cool a gym, stand up tanning booths for those who like to tan and a couple other little things all for a great rate for a gym with many locations countrywide. If you like working out, I highly recommend checking this gym out to see if it meets your needs.