planet fitness

You can get your mid-day “protein fix” with buffalo chicken pizza on Mondays, start your morning with a bagel (& a schmear of cream cheese) on Tuesdays, and snack on Tootsie Rolls whenever.

But hoo boy, don’t you dare try something as silly as a deadlift.

Planet Fitness (AKA: the “anti-gym”) catches quite a bit of heat from the amateur bodybuilding community because of its questionable food offerings and sheer lack of power racks.

And, the anti-deadlift mentality is rightfully a major flaw in every PF club across the country.

So do you cancel that unbeatable $10/month membership to switch to a “real” gym? Or, do you suck it up and settle for the ‘ol Spongebob lower-half?

What about option #3? While you can’t deadlift at Planet Fitness, you can do this.

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Planet Fitness doesn’t get the best reputation among the weightlifting community.

They have free pizza on the first Monday of the month, and free bagels on the second Tuesday of the month (probably not the best way to go about carb-loading).

There’s a “lunk alarm” if any gym rats grunt too loudly, drop their weights, carry a gallon jug of water, or even wear a tank top (Translation: You have to lay low if you plan to go hard).

And there’s no bench press.

That last point—the lack of a bench press—makes the $10/month Planet Fitness membership virtually useless for anyone serious about bulking up or weightlifting, in general.

Let’s talk about why Planet Fitness doesn’t have a bench press.

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Knock knock. Who’s there? Planet Fitness. Planet Fitness who?

Planet Fitness, largely regarded as a joke by the bodybuilding community—or “lunks”, as the self-proclaimed No Judgment Zone would call them—is a $10 per month gym that provides free pizzas and candy for their members, but cannot allow overhead presses, T-rows, clean and jerks, or deadlifts.

Heck, Planet Fitness doesn’t even have scales in the locker rooms because… intimidation and stuff.

You might be ready to write this place off and question whether Planet Fitness is actually a good gym, but hold on a sec…

So we can’t do any heavy lifting when we’re at the purple palace… or maybe we can?

Here I’ve listed five exercises not allowed at Planet Fitness and the alternatives available so you won’t get kicked out of the No Judgement Zone.

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