Gains are a given.
The biggest thing I’ve shown to those I train with at planet fitness has been getting them to realize that “heavy at pf” is not the same as “heavy”.
You may think 5p on a leg press is heavy when the bar only loads 9p, but when you’ve done a nine drop dropset starting at 18p stripping 2p per each drop of 20+ reps the one bar planet fitness model of leg press will never be heavy in your eyes.
It’s the same with the dumbbells.
75s don’t seem so heavy when you’re certain you’d press the 100s should you have access, and when you’ve had access to 150s before.
Everywhere you go people think 12, or 15, maybe 20 reps is high rep. They go something when you count for them and they find out they mentally tapped at 70 something reps and are physically capable of 100+.
As long as your mental is right planet fitness is just fine, “limits” and all.
I’m committed to making the place work. I’m not choosing to sign up to lift barbells for a much higher monthly payment right now.
I’m milking pf.
I’m milking it for every ounce of gains to be had!
I’ve got a long way to go on girevoy dumbbells. I’ve yet to hit 20 pullups, and my dips are not surpassed, nor even at my dip odyssey levels.
One could aim for sets of 100 on every stack. Do you know how strong that is. Sets of 100 on every stack.
Gotta get that farm boy strength double arm curling the 75s!
You can simulate stone lifting with a bear hugged stack of plates!
You’ll even be alright catching pumps, patiently waiting to get back to a barbell, making the most of what you have, where you are, in the moment!
Planet fitness is not limited when you’re walking in thinking “I’m making better gains here than everyone at the local hardcore place!”
Bring that mentality.
Persistence & Tenacity