Talk:Planet Fitness/Archives/2014

History

In 2011, the co-founding Grondahl brothers were still leading the company, but along with Chris Rondeau, who started out as the chief financial officer. More specifically, as the company continued to grow, the roles did change a bit. Currently, Michael Grondahl serves as the board member, Chris Rondeau serves as CEO, and Mark Grondahl serves as CFO.

In the Fall of 2013, the Planet Fitness franchise gained a new partnership with TSG Consumer Partners LLC. This partnership was negotiated and completed in just 30 days with the help of Richard Moore, who is now the general counsel and chief administration officer for Planet Fitness.

Membership Benefits

Planet Fitness likes to keep things simple and affordable. Joining your club will cost $10 a month, which doesn't include yoga, classes, or childcare. However, the monthly fee does include a clean atmosphere to workout in, a dozen flat screen televisions, various cardio equipment, circuit training, free weights, locker rooms with showers, and free personal training. The cardio equipment includes treadmills, ellipticals, stationary bicycles, and stair climber machines. Every gym also has an area designated for the use of mats and ab exercise balls. Plus, most clubs are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Additionally, Planet Fitness strives to create a relaxed workout environment for all of their members; they achieve this by having mottos posted around the clubs such as "no critics allowed", "judgement-free zone", and “no gymtimidation, no lunks”. The Planet Fitness franchises are not complete without a "lunk alarm", which is a siren that blares and flashes a blue light when gym-goers violate prohibitions on grunting and other bodybuilding behaviors.

Statistics

Planet Fitness currently has 780 locations with an estimated 5 million members across 48 states in the U.S.

Sponsors

As of January 2012, it is the national gym sponsor of NBC's reality show, The Biggest Loser. The contestants on the show will work out on Planet Fitness equipment while at The Biggest Loser Ranch in Calabasa, California, and then at Planet Fitness gyms near their homes, working with Planet Fitness personal trainers.

Controversy

Okay, just removed a link to a youtube video referenced as a source - the title being 'planet phagness' (fagness) - this offensive language is totally out of line. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.65.145.92 (talk) 07:23, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

People have complained to Planet Fitness that what they thought was a gym, is not a gym. Members want more intense equipment, classes, child care offered, and want an overall serious workout. Planet Fitness is known for their free food they give out throughout every month. For example, tootsie rolls are available daily, there is a free pizza day every first Monday of the month, and free bagel days every second Tuesday of the month. Members often find that the temptation of food is hard to resist and think that a gym is not the place to offer to people who are either starting a workout out or finishing one.

In October of 2011, an Albuquerque Planet Fitness refused to let a New Mexico Muslim woman wear her religious head covering while she tried to work out. After signing a two-year contract with the gym, she was turned away and was told the head covering didn't meet the company’s dress code. The woman’s lawsuit, filed under the New Mexico Human Rights Act and the Unfair Practices Act, Planet Fitness illegally based the decision to deny her access upon her religion, or alternatively upon her race, as she is African American, and that the gym had no legitimate or non-pretextual reason to deny her entry. Planet Fitness denied all violations stating that the Muslim woman failed to participate in good faith and that the company has legitimate business reasons for its practice as well as measures to prevent discrimination.

In March of 2014 at a Planet Fitness club in Richmond, California, a woman was wearing a spaghetti strap tank top and capri pants with her midriff exposed, and she didn’t think her attire was out of line. Reportedly she was only told that the gym dress code prohibited wearing string tank tops. The Planet Fitness customer agreed to wear one of the shirts the gym provides patrons for free, but while she waited for the tee, another employee approached her with objections to her clothing. Feeling harassed and intimidated herself, she decided to get her money back and cancel her membership at the gym advertised as the “Judgement Free Zone” whose policy bans “gymtimidation.” McCall Gosselin, Planet Fitness spokesperson, said that criticizing Austin for being toned, “…is not in line with the Planet Fitness policy whatsoever.”

Hollyferet (talk) 18:20, 18 April 2014 (UTC)Hollyferet

1. Does each sentence of the proposed edit lead back to a reliable source for a reference or citation? If not, point out which ones do not, and how they need to be fixed.

Yes, the sentences that have a reference do seem to lead back to a reliable source. I would just go back through and add the citation to the other sentences before it, even if the reference is from the same website. That is at least how I understood the assignment anyway, that each sentence was to have a reference after it. Otherwise, it looks really good.

2. Is any of the language that the edit uses subjective or not-neutral? For example, "most popular pop singer" is a subjective criteria that is not neutral. However, "winner of 10 Grammy awards", when backed up by a reliable source, is acceptable as it makes use of verifiable information.

No, all of the language within the edit seems to be neutral and backed by reliable information.

3. Does the language contain contains unsourced opinions and value statements, which are not neutral and should be removed? For example, instead of saying: “She was the best singer,” the text should say: “She had 14 number one hits, more than any other singer.”

No, this proposal contains the proper language for the Wikipedia and is correctly sourced. Areichfeld (talk) 03:30, 25 April 2014 (UTC)