Planet Fitness – Palm Beach Gardens

I’ve been going to different Planet Fitness locations for years now. i used to travel quite a bit and had the black card and I will say this location is one of the cleanest I have been to. I was a member at a Gold’s Gym in another city for about a year, but left as it was filthy.

Clean, well-​equipped and helpful, pleasant staff. Will definitely head back to this gym when in Florida.

Great gym! I gave it 4 stars for a couple of reasons
1. Very clean: the staff keeps this gym impeccably clean. If cleanliness is a top priority for you this is one of the best gyms around south florida & the cleanest gym I have ever seen.
2. Awesome staff: very friendly and easy going staff. They are quick to check you in and stay out of your way as you go about your workout :)
I would have given the gym 5 stars however I wish they had more open hours on the weekend and they had upgraded aerobic equipment such as tv’s in the machine instead of on the wall. It is really bothersome to have to be subjected to watching highly politicized news channels and stories while getting in your workout grrrr

Excellent Remodel & Equipment /​TV Upgrades
Could Never Again, Personally, Trust Dist.
Management due to Franchise Owners.
PF Corporation Has Miserable Public Relations

This is a great gym to just do your workout and leave. No frills, nothing fancy. All the basics are here and it’s cheap. Don’t come expecting the best of the best, but it’s a great place to do your workout! I like it especially as a young woman because everyone leaves me alone during my workout, definitely less creepsters.

The good: The gym is 24 hrs during the week, the equipment is new and in good shape, cleanliness, friendly staff.
The bad: It is kind of a joke as far as gyms go. They only have machines and no free weights. They claim to be for general fitness and not body building but you don’t gain much «real world» strength by using machines. Too crowded during peak hours. After a year of going three times a week, I didn’t hit my fitness goals. I hit all of my goals after only a few months at another gym.
My advise: If you don’t want to spend just a little more $ and join a real gym, then just stay home, go jogging and do some sit-​ups and push-​ups because PF won’t do much more for you.

Much better staff and brand new equipment have made my earlier review obsolete. The black card area is kept immaculate and the stretching cage is phenomenal.

Not sure how this makes any sense??? If you want to try the gym, or get a day pass, it’s $ 20. That is way too expensive for a gym in a strip mall. I travel all the time and it’s usually free to $ 5.

This is a great gym to just hop in, do your thing, and leave. For people who join gyms or health clubs as a social venue, to meet people in PX90 classes or whatever, I don’t think this is the place for you. They just completed some sorely needed renovations a few months ago that added to their overall footprint square footage-​wise, and made the locker rooms bigger (which a lot of people were asking for). I’ve never really waited for a machine longer than 2 minutes, and that was in January when all the new people join as part of their New Years resolutions to lose weight. After a few weeks, they fall off, the traffic gets back to normal, and you have your pick. There’s plenty of treadmills, elliptical trainers, stationary bikes, and stair climbers for your cardio, and for weight training, there’s every machine known under the sun, plus a small free-​weights area where the lunks hang out to stare at any woman in tight yoga pants between their reps. Everybody pretty much keeps to themselves, listening to their own music with headphones, or plugged into one of the bazillion TV’s facing the treadmills and ellipticals. I have no use for any of the ammenities in the back room, like tanning beds or massage chairs, but they have them, and your membership is a little more if you add on those perks. Like I said earlier, I check in, do my thing, and walk out. It’s a few doors down from my Publix, so it’s convenient from a «pick up some milk on the way home» standpoint, too.

Awful experience. This location did a terrible job of offering me quality customer service. I adjusted my schedule so I could try going in the mornings, afternoons and evenings – to no avail. This gym is crowded except during the hours of 9 – 5. So you can use the gym membership you’re paying for only if you’re unemployed. Their recent expansion did nothing except add more space for cardio machines. (If you live in Florida, run outside).
Bottom line: If you’re looking to use the free weights, don’t bother signing up.
When I visited to cancel because I could never squeeze in a set on one of their four benches, all they said was, «OK.» They had no intention of keeping me as a customer.
I should have known when I first signed up that it was a bad idea. The people who work the front desk are not in shape at all. Looks like even the employees can’t use the equipment they so evidently need. Probably because this location is too busy.
Last thing: Their drinking fountain was out during their expansion and I wanted to refill my water bottle. Instead of offering me a bottle of water, they told me to fill it up in the bathroom sink. It wasn’t too bad. I just had to get the pubes out of the sink because somebody had shaved in there before. Real nice, guys.

Overall, this is a pretty good, no-​frills gym. You won’t find all the different classes and bells and whistles that you would find at a place like LA Fitness, but for $ 10 a month, you can’t beat Planet Fitness.
All of the machines are in good working order. It is very unusual for a machine to be broken, something that I cannot say about some other gyms I’ve been to in the past. The place is also very clean.
The slogan of Planet Fitness is the «No Judgement Zone». Indeed, you will find people of all shapes and sizes here and you will never feel like you are being judged regardless of your body type, how much effort you put it, etc.
My only complaint about Planet Fitness is that the locker rooms can get very cramped. This is a bit uncomfortable when it is full of old men who have no qualms about just whipping their pants off and holding conversations in the nude. Sometimes you want to sit down on the bench and relax for a second, but there’s just one small bench and lots of bare asses right at face level. I guess I’m just not old school like that, but I prefer not to have my dick hanging out when I’m talking to my friends. To each his own I guess. No Judgement Zone!
I’ve recently made the decision to get absolutely JACKED, and Planet Fitness provides every thing I need to achieve that goal.

I totally understand where these other reviewers are coming from, and I agree with most of what was stated about the pro’s and con’s. There are always ‘those’ people who only come to meet up with their buds and stare at people. There really is no way to avoid it.
The front desk people have always been really nice and considerate of me, I have never had a problem with any of them. All that aside here are the facts.
It’s cheap.
There are SO many ways to get your cardio in for the day.
You can cancel at anytime.
These three things alone get me to keep coming back here. Honestly, when I go to work out, I am a (wo)MAN on a mission. — To run, run, run. All I want to do is lose weight and tone up, and at the end of the day it doesn’t matter to about the service, the people, or the locker room (even though that really is annoying!)
As long as there is a treadmill, bike, or elliptical open, I’m good.

The other reviewer is right on about the women’s locker room. It suuuucks so I just end up going home sweaty and changing there. Since there is only one bathroom stall, you don’t have the option of ducking into one to change. I’ve never showered there so I can’t speak to the condition of the showers. Bring a lock for your locker as well… there tend to be some sticky fingers around it seems. As for the dorks at the front desk, they don’t bother me but I tend to buzz by them as quickly as possible. I wouldn’t say it’s any worse than LA Fitness when it comes to those types. This is a busy gym so be prepared to have to deal with a lot of flesh.
The pros: TONS of cardio… treadmills, ellipticals, those ‘gazelle” things… Even on a weeknight in January I’ve never had to wait to get on a cardio machine. Lots of weight machines as well… pretty much every muscle you have, they have a machine for it. You can stay on them as long as you like as well… I’ve seen one woman on an elliptical for over an hour at a time.
Also, this is a very VERY diverse gym… every age, every race, every fitness level is represented.
Cons: lots of «hanger outers»…people that didn’t really come to work out, they came to socialize. They stay on the same machine for an hour with their buddy, switching back and foth and chatting. Lots of people watchers/gawkers…you’re going to get checked out here. I tend to turn my headphones up and give a lot of dirty looks so I’m left alone. No one really tends to clean the machines, at least no one that works there. I recommend bringing a towel to wipe down and cover the seats or whatever with and spraying/​wiping down everything you touch.
Also, this gym is CHEAP… so you have a lot of people that really need to seriously work out and they at least show up, but they will do 15 minutes at 3.0 on the treadmill and think they are good for the week. They are like water buffalo, just clogging things up. I applaud them for the effort, but either do it or get out of the way so I can.