Anytime Fitness vs Planet Fitness

I have a planet fitness membership

The facilities are typically clean and have newer equipment

The downside is if you're a serious weight lifter they don't have much in the way of barbell set ups. If they do have barbells for bench/squat it's going to be a smith machine and not free weights.

If you're ok with sticking to dumbell workouts and machines then planet fitness would be great for you

Can you lift more than 75lb dumbbells? Then you’ve exceeded Planet Fitness’s free weights. Everything else they have are machines, including the Smith. Anytime shits on PF unless you just want to join for cardio.

I do like the massage chair and hydro massage bed planet fitness has

Never had them

i was a member at an anytime for a long time and i really liked it until my schedule changed. they only had one rack for a barbell and that was fine when i worked out with nobody there, but once that changed i had to make a switch. ive heard the same about what everyone is saying about planet fitness. depends on your goals but anytime would be my choice.

The Anytime fitness by my house is downright depressing when you walk in. The anytime fitness at other locations is nice. I pay more and work out w/ all the trophy wives in nola at a smaller gym.

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The planet fitness buzzer they hit when someone is grunting...

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Yes, it doesn't go off at mine when someone is grunting, but when someone drops the weights it does.

I like Anytime. The one here is never crowded. One of the guys there recently left to join the Planet in Hammond, because of the "sights". Must be a lot of college girls there.........orrrrrr he's creeping on georgia

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Yes, it doesn't go off at mine when someone is grunting, but when someone drops the weights it does.

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That is still the saddest thing ever.

i did anytime for a few years and liked it alright.

staff was never friendly and i never really got any sense of camaraderie there. they always had enough equipment and enough weights for heavier lifters. my couple of goes at pf seemed to be lacking.

i know we're there to lift, but i like going to a gym where the staff says "hi" genuinely and there's a good sense of membership and i never had that at anytime.

biggest benefit to both is that their memberships get you in any other gym if you're traveling.