The “Judgment Free Zone”…Yeah, OKAY.
Planet Fitness, We all know the slogan, right? It’s the “Judgment Free Zone”, and it’s made for those who just want to get “fit” and “firm up” for beach season. I’ve never been personally, but I’m going to guess the type of person that goes there. In my opinion, it’s usually filled with “fair-weather” “New Years Resolution” tools, who rather than picking up cast iron and dumbbells, they pick up Big Macs and Busch Light cans. Not a bad lifestyle if you’re into looking like a pasty white blob come summer time. However not a good one if you actually want to gain mass, lose weight, cut fat, or achieve whatever the Hell your goal is for getting ladies/men at the beach.
I see the commercials for this “judgment free zone” all the time. And I’ve noticed something in all of them: They target the people who lift hard, heavy, and who are bigger than your average Planet Bitchness clown. Every commercial is the same:
- “Do you need your abs to count 6?” Then Planet Fitness is not the gym for you
- “Do you drink creatine out of a gallon jug?” Then Planet Fitness is not the gym for you
- “Do you grunt when you lift heavy weight?” “Then Planet Fitness is not the gym for you
-” Is your BMI higher than your IQ?” “Then Planet Fitness is not the gym for you”
Listen, I’m all for a clean workout environment. I personally hate when I hear meatheads slam weights on purpose, grunt excessively, and even scream just to draw attention to themselves. They are the reason why recreational and professional bodybuilders have such a hard stereotype to break. But don’t judge every “big” guy that you see and put him in that category of “tool”.
I was talking to some guy who literally got kicked out of Planet Fitness because he walked in with a muscle tank-top on and a gallon jug of amino acids in his arm. Now, he wasn’t even in there for 5 minutes, and they told him “Sir, this isn’t the type of gym for you”. Yes, he was on the “jacked” side of the spectrum, but don’t you think he deserved to take his workout before they “JUDGED” him like that? I mean it would be like me watching a deathly scrawny kid go to the gym and saying “Listen bitch, you’re outta your element”. I would be viewed as an asshole, or even worse a “tool”. So what’s the difference between that guy behind the counter at Planet Fitness and my scenario? NOTHING.
I see the guys that go there too. They’re the type of guys that think their massive because they have a 6-pack from being so underweight. They’re the type of d-bags that run and do only “body-weight” training. They’re the type of clowns that read Men’s Health and think they know what’s up in the gym. They’re the tools that wear nut-hugging spandex pants with the idea in mind that it makes them more aerodynamic on the elliptical.
Yes, Planet Fitness has a lot of beautiful and fit women there that can be admired and even used as workout motivation, but how can you be motivated when your success is restricted? The dumbbells only go up to 65 lbs from what I hear, and to boot, they cut their bars so you’re limited to the amount of weight that goes on there! What kind of an establishment limits their customers? I’ll tell you where, only at the “Judgment Free Zone”.
