Planet Fitness

I was hesitant to sign up at this Planet Fitness because of others' reviews, but I'm glad I did. This PF is fantastic - it's huge, clean, not too busy, and has updated equipment and an amazing women's locker room. Something that was the highest priority for me before signing up for a gym was air quality. I toured 3 other gyms (Crunch Fitness, Anytime Fitness, and a YMCA) and all of those had poor ventilation. This PF by contrast has high ceilings, excellent air flow/fans, and is kept at a cool temperature. It doesn't feel like I'm breathing in sweaty air, and I don't get whiffs of body odor when I walk around there. I use the gym for treadmills, machines, and stretching, and this gym has been great for all of those things. In general, people clean equipment after they're done with it, and this is by far the cleanest gym I've been going to. In terms of the people who work there, they seem nice enough. I have gotten a glimpse of why some other reviewers have mentioned them having an attitude and being disrespectful, and that sucks to hear. They do indeed play several blaring sirens at 9:30pm and 9:45pm before it closes at 10pm (weekdays), and you can tell it's very important to them that everyone is out of the building at 10pm. Since I had read about the sirens in another person's review, I was prepared for it, otherwise I would have been startled lol. But loud sirens and lights turning off and on is not a big deal to me. What is important to me is that I can get my workout in. The people who go to the gym seem nice. I usually am mostly in my own little world listening to music on my earbuds, so it's not like I go to the gym to socialize, but people have been respectful and kind when I've interacted with them. I also like that there's a large parking lot, and at night there is great lighting in the parking lot. Personally, I would highly recommend this gym. Plus, you obviously can't beat the cost, but I would have signed up even if it was more expensive than its competitors. Take other people's reviews (including mine) with a grain of salt because everyone writes about what matters to them, which may or may not be what matters to you. For me this gym is awesome and I always look forward to going there.

The gym itself is a good place, the problem is the employees. Today I was talking to a friend I hadn't talked to in a long time and an inconvenient employee came up to me and said I couldn't talk on the phone, so that's why I'm leaving a bad review for this place. I hope the owner realizes this and starts questioning this employee as to why he did this.

EDIT 1/11/25: Not sure if there's been a change in management (I suspect that's the case), but things have been steadily improving at this location. The equipment is maintained properly and repairs are swiftly made, locker rooms are clean, paper towel dispensers are usually always full now and disinfectant cleaner always available to wipe down machines. Some new faces on the staff and they are friendly and helpful. It's getting back up to where it was before and feels like the PF I remember. Hope it continues! Glad I didn't cancel. --------------------------------------------------------------- I've been a member here for over seven years. Over the past couple of years it's been steadily going downhill. Several of the machines always seem to be broken. The paper towel dispensers are either broken or out of paper towels. And NOW the icing on the cake - the locker rooms are CLOSED. But wait--- they have Jiffy John's out back. Seriously... how am I supposed to go work out before work without a locker room? Without a shower, a place to change into my work clothes, or even running water? Unacceptable. My membership is now useless. Seriously thinking of cancelling.

Great gym with a lot of equipment. Avoid the 5-7 pm rush hour to get the best experience.

I have been to different planet fitness facilities . But this one has a different feel to it . The staff are attentive and do thier job diligently. People here are friendly and will assist when you have issues. I come here regularly to work out . The rest rooms are always clean and maintenance are done regularly on bad equipments. I recommend to anyone who's into fitness. Located in medford close to stop and shop. Theres a parking lot so there's no reason to panic or pay for parking. Theres no harm getting a membership. Fitness is important.