Planet Fitness – Manassas

Some advice, if you quit this gym keep the proof/​receipt. I looked at my bank statement and they never resigned my membership and its been 11 months

I’m not from the area, decided to stop in early on a Saturday morning. This had to be the most aggravating check in experience I’ve ever had at a PF despite traveling all over the country. Even though I had the PF «black» card with me, the girl behind the counter had to call my home location to verify my membership. What should’ve taken less than a minute ended up taking 10 times as long. When I asked for a manager she handed me a business card and stated that I should call on Monday between 9 – 5. Would not recommend this location to anybody.

Been going here on n off for 4 – 5 years. Went in today to renew to find out I can only renew by giving them my bank account info. You guys just lost a customer. I am not giving anyone rollover access. The last gym I had charged over $ 500 to my credit card a year after I cancelled and I had to take them to court. I’ll never do that crap again. I guess another gym will get my business

This gym is perfect for beginners. Their judgement free zone motto rings true. You will find all kinds of people there working out. The gym has two types of membership the regular one which costs 10 dollars a month and the black card membership which is $ 19.99. With the regular membership you have access to the gym as well as classes and training. sessions with no commitment. The black card membership comes with a year long commitment but along with that comes the ability to bring any 1 guest to come along with you. It also offers access to the tanning beds and massage chairs. The black card members get ½ off all the drinks except for the muscle milk. The staff is very friendly and helpful. The gym also has a lot of cardio machines but lacks in the weights department. They only have assisted machines to do bench press, dead lifts and squats. The dumbbells only go up to 60 pounds so be aware if you tend to lift heavy this gym may not be for you. The gym has showers and generally clean bathrooms. They do not however have a weight scale anywhere. If you are looking for a cheap gym that offers the basics for beginners fitness this is for you.

Joining here was a smooth experience over all.
I don’t have a lot of experience joining gym’s so this was a first.
Eric was friendly & professional and explained all my options.
This place is a good deal, it’s 24 X 7 with shower facilities.
The equipment seems adequate and they have plenty of staff.

I have gone here over the past few months as a guest of my friend who has the «black card» membership. The gym is just fine to get your daily workout in. Everyone is very respectful and polite, and nobody bothers anyone, which is great. The aqua massage bead is incredible to finish off the workout. Planet Fitness in general is a fine gym to help you stay in shape.
The pizza, bagels and tootsie rolls is a bit odd, but if you dont want them, just don’t eat it.

I do love this gym but I do agree with others about management. They have kids working that don’t know much about what the gym in tells. But for 10 $ a month and being open 24 hours can’t beat it

You get what you pay for. Small-​ish gym with a lot of cardio equipment. Pretty crowded however. The front desk is completely oblivious and unprofessional. It’s more of a hang out place for staff. Also, I went to stay fit and healthy and don’t think free pizza and bagels are helpful… how does this make sense to anyone?

I been going here for years. I like this gym. I like how they have tanning beds. But I wish there tanning beds were more like Palm beach. The down fall on there tanning beds is They have sensors that you scan on different parts of your body and only let you tan for a certain amount of time depending on how tan you are even though there time limit is 15 minutes the bed would always cut off around 5 to 6 minutes. The sensors needs to go. I wish the locker room would have scales. Other then that nice gym and very clean.

Have been a member at 4 different PF locations along the east coast, PF boast as a no stress no impression gym experience. Other locations have been a place where people can go to take care of their gym needs without having to listen to the grunting or groaning that often is present in other gym locations. At the Manassas location is the first PF where I repeatedly have seen the core principle LUNK completely disregarded by its members and allowed by employees.
Leading up to the cancellation of my membership, and witnessing anything from high school kids sitting around on equipment Tweeting about completing a «rep» to the obnoxious and misguided gym rat involve with the routine stare-​down with himself in the mirror.
My bank account was charged and additional $ 25 after three months of being a member, went to correct it with PF associate and was met with attitude and instruction to contact customer service. Incidentally the telephone number provided as customer service was to their computer support.
I love the idea behind Planet Fitness, and think it is important to have an affordable gym that can address the growing obesity in America; but the Planet Fitness in Manassas is a location which should be avoided at all cost.

Great spot to just get your workout in without any personal trainers bothering you. A basic gym without the classes. You are solely on your own.

I have been going here for a few years and have always had a pretty good experience. I can tell the staff has made an effort to be more friendly and professional over the past few months. They also got some new cardio equipment and changed up the layout to make it flow better.

Been going to this gym for awhile now and I actually enjoy the staff. I know that there is a lot of complaints about professionalism and Managerial concerns but. for $ 10 — $ 20 a month, how can you complain?! I would agree that the staff is pretty young and that you won’t be getting professional grade advice on your work-​out; however, that aside, I would say that it is a gym worth the price of it’s membership.

Okay so first of all the price is great but honestly that’s about all that’s great about this location. Every time I’ve gone in the staff at the desk are unprofessional, rude, and unhelpful. Today they said I was all set for tanning, but after 10 minutes of standing naked inside the tanning bed waiting for it to cut on, I had to get dressed and go ask for them to turn it on again. The girl rolled her eyes and turned it on without saying a word to me. This place needs better management or the low price will make no difference. Quality is still very important and I hope this location can properly train this to their staff.

I wouldn’t so much call this a gym as I would a place for bros to stare at themselves while lifting free weights and girls to sit on weight lifting machines while playing with their phones. I’ve been a member for 3 months and every time I go, at least a couple of the cardio machines are down, nearly half of the weight lifting machines are being sat on while the person screws around with their cell phone. Sure, they’re open 24 hours Monday-​Friday, but it’s not in a great area and I wouldn’t be so eager to be walking around out there past sundown. I agree about the staff, they’re usually too busy standing around talking to each other. I pay for the black card, and a few times I’ve gone in, asked if I can tan and they say «no.» When I ask «why not?» they laugh and say «just kidding.» Sorry, you’re not a comedian, stick to your real job. Can’t argue with the price, but I’ll be shopping around for a better gym regardless.

I’ve been visiting this gym a couple of times a week since January. I go around 5pm, which is a crowded time, but I’ve only ever had to wait for one weight machine. There are always plenty of open treadmills and ellipticals.
Planet Fitness offers free fitness training, so you can meet with a trainer to design a work-​out plan, and then you can come in at certain times each week to work out with the trainer. They also have a «no-​lunk» policy, which means to grunting while lifting weights and no judging other people. Of course it sounds a little corny, but being a woman in a co-​ed gym can be kind of intimidating and uncomfortable at times. I feel more comfortable here than I did at Gold’s Gym when I was a member.
Another plus, it’s VERY affordable — only $ 10 per month — and there’s no contract! I decided to give it a try, and I’m pretty hooked on it now.

This place is a joke. The staff thinks that they are above everyone and the teen «managers» are pathetic. It hey call themselves judgment free but they stand around in groups and stalk you waiting for you to make a mistake. I have ten friends that I got to join there and we are canceling after this month. Again, poor management and the staff is a joke!!!

Waiting for contract to expire. I think it is really ironic there is paper towels all over the gym but no towels in the bathroom .They have these annoying hand dryers that I feel like I need ear protection on when I am around them.
They would not give me the free gym bag when I signed up for the contract until I give them the checking account information, now I finally give the information because it is mandatory and no bag? I hear others saying about the kids running the counter, I do think they should have an older manager. A year contract goes by rather quick so it is affordable and ok for now.

Precious has been going to this fitness center for a couple of months now. She likes it. She got an extremely good deal. They were having a special for only $ 10/​month for a year. She goes on weekdays at about 10 a.m. or 11 a.m. At those times there are so few people that she can use any piece of equipment without any wait.
The first week she hooked up with a personal trainer. The dude showed her all the equipment and how to use it and worked out a training routine for Precious. This was good because Precious had never been a member of a gym before so wasn’t familiar with anything.
I went there on Friday. It’s a big place. They have dozens of different cardio machines and probably more than 50 stations that isolate the muscle groups. Arms, legs, torso, there is a machine that will work almost every major muscle in the body. They have several TVs in front of the cardio machines all tuned to different channels. The one directly in front of me was showing Wendy Williams. I have a thing for her so I was happy
When it gets right down to it, this place has everything the average person needs to get a healthy work out.
They have a men’s locker room and a women’s locker room. Bring your own lock. You can lock up your street clothes. Showers are available. They don’t provide sweat towels. At first I found it off-​putting, but think about it. Maybe some day UNICEF will get into the towel cleaning business, but until then you have to pay someone to do it. Ditching the towel service gives you a lower monthly fee.
I went into the men’s locker room just to check out the showers. There was an old man in there completely buck naked. In light of the whole Penn State Sandusky scandal going on I made like a bakery truck and hauled my buns out of there. Someone else can tell you how the showers are.
This is a no grunting fitness center. They do have a free weight area, and some cool guys were over there lifting weights. There is a wall sized mirror right there, and some guys were lifting weights while looking at themselves in the mirror. I would have made some jokes about them, but the place also has a no criticism policy. You’re not allowed to make fun of other people. Too bad because I could have thought up some funny things to say about those guys.
I wondered how crowded the place gets after 5 p.m. From reading the other reviews it evidently gets quite crowded at that time so I’m not going to join. Maybe I’ll go with Precious every now and then. WIth respect to the crowding, they keep records on the number of people who exercise every hour during the week. They have a chart, and you can select the times that are less crowded or, if you like girl-​watching, you can come when there are more people.
The people at the front desk were friendly. There was one girl with the cutest freckles. OMG Those freckles were cuter than Lindsay Lohan’s. I can imagine young guys coming in there and lifting heavy weights and thinking that the girl with the cute freckles is impressed with them.
Also, bring your iPod. They play popular music and they play it pretty loud. My ears have never heard a song by Justin Bieber or Lady GaGa, and I want to keep it that way so I brought my iPod and cranked up some blues to drown out the lame pop music.

I was excited about joining this gym at first, and went about 4 times a week. Then my visits started to wane. It got EXTREMELY overcrowded, one night I went and 5 of the treadmills were broken. Their 30 minute workout area is a joke because people who can’t use the regular machines due to long waits, will just sit on the 30 Minute area machines. Now I think they have a little fence blocking it, so it’s only for the 30 Min people.
Speaking of just sitting on the machines, I’d go to get some muscle definition and there would be guys (and gals) just sitting there, not doing any reps, and this is after me stalking a machine for a good 15 minutes. The staff behind the counter were not very helpful, many of them had no idea how to give any tips on fitness. And they have a huge pizza night every Monday. Having a greasy pizza day doesn’t really leave me wanting to work out, lol!
Also, they were charging me 19.99 per month because I signed up for the black card. 3 months ago we were being charged $ 25.05 a month for an unknown reason. When I asked the employees they said they didn’t know. I went in about 3 weeks ago and quit my membership. Never again!
I’m trying to find another small, cheap gym that I could go to. As of now, I’m exercising a bit at home but it’s nice to get out of the house!