Planet Fitness – Manchester – Huse

I usually work out mornings and afternoon here.
The staff can range from pretty enthused to pretty indifferent, I have noticed new employees coming in.
This place is ideal for fitness. I’m not going to comment on other members workouts, I will say that the workouts I do are appropriate to the designated machine.
It’s no facility for cross fit or hot yoga.
Only complaint is some of the head phone jacks on the cardio machines cut in and out of frequency to the TV they’re transmitting to.

Staff here are rude! planet fitness «judgement free zone» yeah okay that’s why a over hear the staff especially at night judging us that’s not right at all. The gym it self is nice they’re renovating it now so hopefully they’ll get more equipment. The gyms always clean every time I go. The manager better see these reviews because there are some about the staff that needs extensive improvement

Clean, New Equipment. Not crowded on a Friday afternoon.

There is plenty of equipment, but otherwise this plays fails in every way.
The staff is consistently rude; on my first day I asked if they could show me around and the guy at the counter just pointed in the general direction of things. I got the upgraded Black membership, which was supposed to give some additional benefits, but the staff seemed baffled when I asked about it.
The men’s locker room is spartan and smelly. Not locker room odors, which would be expected, but a variety of other smells usually from the trash.
In general, everybody here just looks at their feet, works out then goes home. The «no grunting» policy has resulted in silence. It’s like a library with bad music.
Finally, while the process to sign up was easy, the cancellation policy was ridiculous. I attempted to cancel online, where I signed up, and it wasn’t an option. I attempted to cancel at the gym; they said I couldn’t do it there. After searching online, I discovered the only way to quit was send a CERTIFIED letter to Planet Fitness.
Planet Fitness markets themselves as a new alternative to traditional gyms, but they do every horrible thing you expect a bad gym to do.
If you want to use somebody else’s treadmill without paying much, go here. If you expect an actual business that values you as a customer in any way, go someplace else.

It’s cheap and they don’t require a long term contract. It also has very toxic air from the cleaning chemicals that the staff uses on the equipment. They’re constantly spraying the stuff, sometimes on the treadmills next to you while your jogging away ensuring that you get at least a lung full or 2 of the stuff. Add lukemia and neurological disorders to the list of free stuff you get with your membership.
While it appears that there are a lot of weight machines, there really isn’t much of a variety and some of the best ones you can’t use unless you do the 30 minute circuit thing they have set up off to the side and if you get caught sneaking into the cage to use just one of these machines they’ll cancel your membership. The music is extremely annoying and the men’s room toilets are usually dirty and smelly.
The worst part about the place though is the annoying ads for themselves they force you to listen to on their closed circuit TVs where they not only make fun of really fit people but people who do Zumba and Yoga as well. Since Yoga is probably one of the absolute best things you can do for both your physical and your mental well being you’d think they’d be a little less condescending towards other ways of staying fit. Judgement Free Zone this is not. They even have an ad making fun of people who are concerned about toxins in their bodies which is rather ironic considering the amount of toxins you’re going to leave the place with after breathing in the cleaning chemicals for an hour every day.

This gym is very popular, although you can generally find a cardio or weight machine you are looking for. They have a 30 minute express area, although i have never tried it. If you are real serious into body building i suspect you want to go elsewhere. Most of the weight machines are lifefitness cable pulley systems. There are not a lot of free weights, but that is OK by me. I signed up for the $ 99 for a year plan. Its worth that price.
With the number of people thorough this gym on a daily basis, i think they should do more to keep the locker rooms clean. There are commonly overflowing trash cans, wet floors, things left behind, etc. This many people in here, you really need someone cleaning at all times, whether it be machines on the floor, locker rooms, etc. There seems to be a fair amount of staff turn over, although it could just be schedule rotations.

Planet Fitness is great for it’s value, parking, available hours, and wide array of equipment. Even during peak times you will still be able to find the equipment you want to use available.
They fall short in the cleanliness area. Much is due to the use the place gets but a lot is upkeep. The staff needs to be on top of messes and spills more quickly. Unsightly messes are left untouched for a while before they are taken care of. The locker room is dingy with piles of clothes left behind and standing puddles outside the rundown showers.
Has the potential to be better with an improved attitude and bette attention to detail.

New equipment — much of it amateurish.
Lots of nautilus type lifefitness equipment, but missing certain basic pieces of equipment like a reverse fly?
Barbells with fixed weight only up to 60 lbs, dumbells to 80 lbs — no adjustable free bars, only smith machines.
Machinery is frequently broken, albeit regularly repaired — probably due to poor preventative maintenance or high load.
The gym is usually crowded, particularly after promotions that sign up a lot of new members — they oversell something fierce.
The weekend hours are terrible — opening too late for morning people and closing too early for evening exercisers.
The only positive point is the low price, and that’s what keeps me coming here vs other clubs in the area — $ 10 per month is ½ to ¹⁄₃ comparable rates — but there is a lot to complain about nonetheless.

The gym equipment is fine. The management of this place is awful. I was a member for many years. I joined before they opened under a special they had at the time. The new management is the worst I have ever had to deal with anywhere. The manager is rude condescending and has no manners. There is no justification for being rude! I had to find a new gym. DON’T DO IT!

not sure if this is worthy of 5 stars, but this gym is MUCH nicer then the concord location with much better parking. The cardio equipment can get full during peak hours, but overall this gym is pretty good. Lots of old naked men walking around in the locker room that dont know how to wrap a towel around their waists, hence they loose a star.

Initially, I joined Planet Fitness with a prepaid one-​year membership here for only $ 99 (with no startup fees!) over the holidays. This «no frills» gym has the basics such as cardio machines, treadmills, stair climbers, free weights, ab machines, tanning rooms. Personal trainer services are included with the membership. The staff here is friendly. I can bring my headphones, plug ‘em in, and listen to & watch one of the 12 TV channels and run on the Life Fitness treadmill. The place can get busy during commuter peak hours, but I usually find an open treadmill or cardio machine to use.
As part of my new health plan change, the provider pays for my monthly gym membership fees (except $ 39 annual fee), as long as I workout at least a minimum of 8 visits. I renewed my membership and upgraded to the Black Card, which includes chair massages, tanning, red light therapy & half price cooler drinks, and allows me to workout at any Planet Fitness location in the USA.
With the Black Card, I’ve also done workouts at many other Planet Fitness centers including NH (Concord, Derry, Dover, Goffstown, West, Nashua (both), Salem, Raymond (small gym), Stratham), MA (Danvers), ME (Sanford, Westbrook), CT (Bristol), NY (Albany, Clifton Park, E Greenbush, Horseheads, Loudonville, Troy, Wappingers Falls), NJ (Hamilton), PA (Mechanicsburg, State College, Willow Street), MD (Elkton, Hagerstown), VA (Fredericksburg, Harrisonburg), OH (Centerville, Pickerington, Youngstown), NC (Charlotte), KY (Lexington), TN (Madison), GA (Smyrna), IL (Bloomingdale, Fairview Hts), IA (Des Moines), KS (Overland Park), CA (Covina, La Puente), just to name a few. Some of those gyms are bigger and more modern than Manchester with newer equipment and more TVs. Several Planet Fitness locations in the Mid Hudson Valley (NY) have individual flatscreen TVs at each treadmill.
I have yet to try out the free hair cuts offered to Black Card members at the Nashua locations.
As a thank you to the members, they offer free pizza on the first Monday night of each month and free bagels (and coffee) on the second Tuesday morning of each month.
This gym is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (effective ⁰⁴⁄₂₀₁₁), which is awesome. On a late Saturday night, I was the only member working out in the entire place.