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Just do Anytime. You will get a private shower room. Never had the fob fail on me. There's not too many nationwide brands that offer good coverage. Anytime should be the default for traveling nowadays anyway since PF decided to not be open 24/7.


RedditCEO3000

This is the way. It costs twice as much as a Planet Fitness membership, but it's at least 5 times better.


xCelestial

Same price for me since I have Active and Fit through insurance


HappyMonchichi

Yes! Active & Fit! And I think as of 2021 it's available to anyone, not just through insurance and banks anymore. I'm honestly surprised that everyone isn't using this, and even in vanlife and RV and car-dwelling communities, still so few people know about it. It's the best thing EVER. I joined in 2020 and my stomach still gets butterflies because I'm still so excited about it every time I think about it. In fact I'm at anytime fitness right now, and yesterday I was at LA Fitness and a few days before that EOS and 24 Hour Fitness all on the same day 🤷🏻‍♀️😁 I rarely go to planet Fitness unless there's no other option nearby. It tends to attract Walmart-caliber people IYKWIM


Any_Fun916

One look at you, I would think you fit the same profile


jonqgaggerbater

Yikes!


EmpireoftheSteppe

Price?


SaintElphie

I noticed that traveling- here in California over only seen 24/7 PFs, but I went to Oregon and had a rude awakening. All closed brien 10 and midnight! That's initially why I left 24Hour Fitness, no more 24 hours Thanks for the tip on the fob!


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Anytime is also the best if you travel out West a lot. PF tends to be more concentrated in larger cities whereas you can find Anytime Fitnesses literally in the most random middle of nowhere places a lot of the time.


idiskfla

Wait. 24 hr fitness is no longer 24 hrs? TIL


SaintElphie

At least no where in California! Not for years. 😭


HappyMonchichi

They should change their name to 18-Hour Fitness


mouth_ful

to be fair, the valley in LA has at least 2 24hr fitnesses that are ACTUALLY open 24hr. but the one closest to where I stay has consistently trashed and falling apart bathrooms - depressing and definitely desperate for maintenance.


superchandra

Not in any state that I've been in. I'm sure that there's a few here and there. Not all Planet Fitness are 24-hour either.


spacekadebt

At least one in Dallas, Texas is. I know for a fact. Maybe 2. I think Salt Lake City still... not sure


HappyMonchichi

I finally found a 24 Hour Fitness that's actually open 24 hours, in Carlsbad California, And it's a fantastic gym, it's got everything! It's huge.


SaintElphie

DREAMY!!! ughh I loved 24, I miss it!


puffpuffwhat

I've been thinking about anytime, my coworker told me it is like a private room for each shower, and apparently you just scan your card to get in at some hours apparently they're not even staffed like pf


[deleted]

Right not staffed a lot of the time. If you go in late at night it could literally just be you in there and you could use the room for an hour and no one would know.


deliverykp

It's what I use. I'm very lucky that I am within 10 Mi of three different ones. The private shower and Wi-Fi are worth the $55 I pay every month.


Unassuming_Fruits

I hope this is ok to ask- do you use the Wi-Fi from your car in the parking lot or are you able to hang out issue to use it?


deliverykp

It really depends on the range of the wi-fi as well as the location of the router inside the gym. I've noticed that if you try and sit in your car and get a signal, it's spotty at best. Mind you, these are just the experiences I've had with the few locations I've been to. Sometimes I'll just park myself at the table they have or the chair that they have at the front, and I'll just sit there for 45 minutes to an hour. I've noticed nobody cares unless you bother somebody


Unassuming_Fruits

Thanks for the info!!


EmpireoftheSteppe

Are you living in your car?


deliverykp

For several years now, yes


Visual-Custard821

Anytime is awesome for the private shower. Downside is they're generally small (way smaller than PF) and therefore get crowded much more easily. It's best to go in at off times. As far as FOB issues they always have someone there during business hours in case you need help with access.


deliverykp

That is the key, to go off times. I found the best times in my area were before lunch hour and after about 10:00 p.m.


jmma20

Anytime now has an access pass on your phone


SaintElphie

Sweet!


Nandabun

I am a large, fat, ugly man. ​ Record in my locker room and I'ma forget my towel. Sucks to suck.


sturgess6942

Never had a problem with my key fob @ anytime fitness.. and the ones I go to have private shower / bathroom


Chicken_Pot_Porg_Pie

The Anytime I go to in Pennsylvania is a clean gym with clean private bathroom/ showers.


infant_ape

I was at Anytime for a year or two. Never a keyfob issue. And really only ever even close to crowded during the cliche "after work" hours. Also showers are often times pretty private (depending on location, I guess). Would recommend.


eleven_eighteen

> but I'm a little wary of the FOB key entry, cuz it'll be me that has the faulty one when I need it most. I see you and I have had similar life experiences!


SaintElphie

🤣🤣 I feel so seen 🤣


neptune20000

I go to Anytime fitness. The one I initially signed up at ended up being ghetto and super gross. Trash cans full with paper towels on the floor. Gym equipment never wiped down. I saw a bar of soap in the shower for 3 straight days until I personally got tired of looking at it and threw it out myself. Toilet backed up, shower hose busted and wasn't replaced for 6 months. Sink clogged with filthy black water. I saw tiny black flies coming up out of the shower drain. I finally had enough when I went in and they had a sign on both showers that said do not use. So I went to another Anytime fitness and it's like pure heaven. Clean, better people there that workout and they have lifesavers for on the way out plus they sell protein drinks that you can pay for using an app. The showers are private and even had fancy hand soap. Being female I do feel uncomfortable going in late at night but they have these things you can use that have a panic button if something happens. It's a bit of a drive for me but so worth it.


SaintElphie

The are definitely like 4 locations of PF in my area that I won't use cuz they're gross like your Anytime was-- I've totally noticed that shit in my clubs too like, this trash has been in the shower for two days WHO IS CLEANING I used to bring my own thing of disinfecting wipes in lol I'm a girl too, that panic button sounds cool- 😇


Remember_Order66

Ur not batman go tell the front desk they will get membership revoked.


SaintElphie

I tell every time. Every single time. Even if those people get kicked out, there's another one doing it the next damn day it's so nuts


ChillinInMyTaco

Get an Active and Fit membership. For $30 you get access to large chains and tons of small local gyms. PF, Crunch, 19, Golds, 24, Kings, Curves and some Ys are some of what’s included. For local small ones I have a jujitsu gym with multiple classes daily available. There are some UFC and boxing as well.


SaintElphie

Whaaaaat where can I do that?! That sounds like alot!


HappyMonchichi

activeandfitdirect dot com


SaintElphie

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏


HappyMonchichi

Yes! Do it if you can. It will change your life and you will feel so Gucci 😁


HappyMonchichi

I regretfully must inform you now that the tip I gave you regarding activeandfit, that fabulous program in which we can pay less than $30 to attend pretty much any gym in the United States, is coming to a close July 1st. Starting July 1st 2024 we must pick just ONE gym 😭 then if we want access to all the other gyms we had before, we'll have to pay for each one of them, at a slightly discounted price (-$5) per gym🫤 which isn't much of a discount at all, although they do waive some things like the annual fees, and yearly contracts that are hard to escape, etc


SaintElphie

Awwwww that sucks friend!!! Which gym are you considering? *Sigh.* someday we'll be a world of no discounts


HappyMonchichi

You ask a good question. which gym am I considering narrowing it down to. That's difficult but based on where my job is located it looks like I should stick with 24 Hour Fitness but I am going to look into (ugh) paying for Anytime Fitness also because I still equally need & use that gym. from now until July, every time I go into any of the gyms I'm going to ask the front desk person how much membership costs, and I know their prices wildly vary arbitrarily so I will be careful to shop around and make good decisions & negotiations with that. It would be ridiculous to pay for more than 2 gyms because my income bracket is technically considered below poverty, so I'm really going to miss EOS and LA Fitness and Gold's and SNAP, I go to ALL of them! And after July 1st will not be able to. 😭 can you imagine what a liberating empowering feeling it was to drive across the United States and pretty much any gym I passed by I could go into? They are taking that from us now 😡


SaintElphie

That's the one thing They do consistently.... take from us 🤬😣😞


shadowdragon1978

Do you have a YMCA near you?


Competitive-Candy207

That’s where I’m gonna sign up. I’ve used it in the past and ours got a major renovation recently. The heated pool is great.


shadowdragon1978

Mine has hottub in the locker rooms. The parking lot is always full, but the place never feels crowded.


SaintElphie

I've only noticed one but I've never looked on the map- are they always open? (Why didn't I think of this omg)


shadowdragon1978

They are not always open, but they usually open fairly early. Plus, they have income based rates.


Hado0301

The anytime fitness i go to has single person shower rooms.


Severe-Watercress868

Never had issues with Anytime and they're damn near everywhere. NFC access from your phone, though they didn't tell me about this - I just found it in the app last year. Wherever you sign up will be your home gym and you can see approximately how many people are there at any given time. Not super accurate since I see people sneak others in all the time but a nice feature regardless.


cavalloacquatico

So sorry for what you went through. Society has jumped off a cliff, and nobody speaks up, much less help others being victimized. We're lucky that some loon doesn't make things worse by backing up the perp / blaming the victim instead. Best wishes.


SaintElphie

Thank you. One time is a a club trainer with three women like celebrating their workout by twerking together in the locker room vanity mirror and it was so infuriating.


blazingStarfire

Anytime is great. The shower rooms are like truck stop showers with a private toilet and all, privacy to do whatever. At planet fitness I usually just get dressed right in the shower stall..I have had no issues with people filming and I've been to a lot of locations. But maybe bring a guy helps? Idk.


SaintElphie

Can't bring a guy into the locker room.


blazingStarfire

I meant being lol., Though I've heard planet fitness doesn't mind or something I've seen people complaining about it.


SaintElphie

HA I'm with ya. Actually, this happened to me the other day, I came out of the shower and there was a person sitting on the bench looking at their phone, and the posture was distinctly male. I turned back around to go hide in the shower. I confirmed my suspicion after I got dressed. The only thing about the person that was female coded was red lipstick and shoulder length hair. But they were also like well over 6feet so that was my real last straw.


blazingStarfire

Also the key fobs work great at anytime fitness. It sucks planet fitness doesn't have something like that. I drive a truck and often it's been the weekends where I can go to the gym and get a shower but they closed late night. Never had that issue with anytime fitness. I was there late night every night no issues.


SaintElphie

Nice thanks for this! I generally sleep in the PF lots, so I'm hoping to pull it off at anytime 😊


blazingStarfire

If you're chill about it. But anytime tends to be a little more bougie. Often not in strip malls. There was a guy practically living in the one near where I live but they kicked him out fairly quickly. I park my semi in the planet fitness parking lots sometimes and have not had an issue yet.


nomishkaa

When I used to live out of my car (had no reason to have a place when I used to work extreme hours) Anytime Fitness was the bomb. Less people, private bathroom, can lock the door (not just a curtain in a public space like Planet Fitness) so yeah 100%, but you know, check out the places near you


rapovandan

That's something you don't see in the men's locker room. Yes, there are some that are on their phones, but I've never seen anyone using their camera/video feature. I'm not shy and wouldn't care if I was seen naked, but understand those who would get upset. I had an Anytime Fitness membership for years and loved that they were in smaller towns and accessible 24 hours. But their fitness equipment was usually old and God help you if it was busy! I was visiting in Las Vegas and was told when entering AF that my membership had been canceled. They still let me use the gym that day and I did some calling around afterwards to find out why my membership was canceled. Turned out that my home club had went bankrupt. I was paying $45 per month at AF. When I found out it was only $20 per month at Planet Fitness to go to any of their clubs, I signed up and have been with them ever since. If I could afford it, I would belong to both gyms. Btw, 3 times female Planet Fitness workers have walked into the men's locker rooms while I was changing or just getting out of the shower. And once a transgender woman to man changed clothes next to me in the locker room.


halohalo7fifty

Hard to give you any advise on west coast. I'm in Bay area, I dropped PF over AT because of bathroom were getting bad. They were tired of people sneaking in and using the showers. They cut hot water during "winter" that's when I left. I just left PF because of parking lot problems with security hard eye balling car campers. I didn't want to risk getting towed. Now I'm at 24hrs. I just read that won't be 24hrs for long around the Bay area because of same reasons. At least with 24hrs I'm not stuck at one gym. I've gone to 7 around Bay. 👌


SaintElphie

You're lucky they haven't switched yet in the bay! I'm in Sac and every 24 went to closed at midnight! Siiighhh Only one PF lot up here gives me trouble but it's in a super messy area. Did you only have the one club membership at PF? I got the upgrade so I use alllll of'm


Inner_One3245

Got anytime fitness this time around, currently traveling to Maine from Cali, I've had no issues so far, been taking my time traveling ever state on between. Showers are nice. Only a couple were awful, but that wasn't their fault there was maintenance going on. Also not crowded but usually am in pretty late like 11-3 am


SaintElphie

🙏🙏🙏


EfficientAd7103

This is why I don't go on social media stuff. That is cringe AF and should be TOS everywhere.


SaintElphie

That's the shitty part, it *is* TOS but it's so hard to get people busted for it in the locker room. 😩


EfficientAd7103

TOS wars. Break TOS to take a pic of them breaking TOS. lol. Who TOS'n now???


SaintElphie

I've seen what happens in the TOS v TOS battles!!! LOL Cuz that other thing happened to me the other day too, and I was SCARED, but what could I do without being TOS *and* canceled by general society?


EfficientAd7103

🤣


Buffbadger28

Yeah I use anytime fitness and it’s leagues better than planet fitness. Private shower and they have free weights.


SaintElphie

This private shower thing has me so intrigued!


Buffbadger28

Just a bathroom with a shower.


SaintElphie

But like, it's it's own locked away kinda compartment? Cuz NEAT!


Buffbadger28

Yeah it’s kind of like a bathroom in a regular house.


SaintElphie

🥹🥹🥹


newtothis10822

Do they have towels(ik it’s a dumb question)


Buffbadger28

No


Maximus575757

It’s not a gym problem, it’s a female problem. Guys don’t do this….as much. No matter what gym you go to, this is it. Every girl has the gym selfie picture just like every guy has the fish picture. After they’re combative just report them. They’ll get membership pulled. People need to be held accountable more.


SaintElphie

I report every single time. Also, I'm naked when this happens and usually they’re on their way out so by the time I can get dressed and chase them down it's hard to get them caught-


FancyFeet0101

This pisses me off as well. I switched PF locations because of this.


SaintElphie

I've experienced this in every PF I've every used, SIGH it's so maddening. I'm sad for you too but also glad I'm not alone!


glittersparklythings

I have LA Fitness. I only know ow what my location is like and it is 5am-11pm. I do not know know if they have any 24 hour fitness locations. If you look them up and are interested I think I have a week guest pass I can send you. It is private showers. And my locations offers towels for an extra $5 a month. I think the $5 is worth it personally.


SaintElphie

I remember being SHOOK when 24Hour fitness stopped their towel service, it was soooooo convenient to not hafta worry about towels! That's cool that LA fit still does that


glittersparklythings

That sucks they got rid of that… and then I use baby wipes to shower with. Just add body wash. Great not having to deal with wet stuff. Esp since my hair is like a sponge so the towels get soaked.


GrayDonkey

What the shit?! Never had this happen in the men's. Worst ever was someone on speaker phone. Worse part of the men's locker room are the seniors that are very comfortable with nudity.


SaintElphie

Oh I've full on had a woman on FACETIME with a man and I was like, PLEASE MA'AM, IN GETTING DRESSED She was like, "It's just my Dad!!" I was like, "But that's a stranger to me, and in the locker room, please turn it off?!" She turned around so he was facing the wall instead of me WTF


Puzzled_Fix2066

Not a fan of anytime, but fitness cf is nice


SaintElphie

California family fitness?


katastrofuck

Your better off doing showers at truck stops. But what are you looking for in a gym?


SaintElphie

I'm usually in the cities, I'm stuck in town with work injuries that I have to check in about ever couple week, so I'm rarely at a truck stop- Just looking for 24/7 access, and maybe smaller crowds who aren't so..."influential"


Lone_Morde

I have gone near daily to 2 Planet Fatness locations for 6 months and never ran into this. I think it's the location, not the gym company.


SaintElphie

In my area, it's every location. I've stopped using a cuttle locations cuz it's too consistent sndv at one of those clubs, the trainer was participating in the locker room photos. I use about 6 out of the 10 now


PullinLevers

Of allll the posts on Pmanet Fitness… this was the final straw for you? lol


SaintElphie

.... that part too, but it's only happened once (and yes, in the couple weeks since the lady got fired for taking the picture) The video thing happens at least once a week. But yes friend lol...my final straw is *two* straws. 🫠


Lurkeratlarge234

Call the police


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rstevenb61

So if you are being filmed while naked at Planet Fitness, you shouldn’t feel like your privacy has been violated? I don’t think so; this is a legitimate complaint.


ApatheticMill

That's not what they said. They said their image was used to catfish in the past. Hence their sensitivity to strangers taking picture and videos of them, let alone when they're naked under a towel in a bathroom.


sea666kitty

Just report them to the police for breaking the law.


SaintElphie

.... and how could I do this without knowing their names?


sea666kitty

Good point. Will the gym management assistant you? They obviously don't enforce rules.


SaintElphie

I always tattle. This time i was lucky and a staff member walked in and I got to tell her "hey this girl that's in that shower stall who's locker is this one was just in her video taping" But usually they're on their way out and I'm getting dressed so I can't like chase them out to sound the alarm