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In the City that Always Sleeps, you can't get a taco at 3 a.m., but you can work off the calories you would have gained if you could
By adamg on Tue, 02/08/2022 - 11:51am
Planet Fitness manager testifies, but let's not judge their spelling of 'judgement.'
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved Planet Fitness's latest proposed 24-hour gym, in the former Boston Sports Club at 92-100 Massachusetts Ave., between Newbury Street and Commonwealth Avenue.
The chain already operates other 24-hour fitness facilities in the area, including on Winter Street downtown.
The Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay said it did not oppose the proposal, in part because the Winter Street Planet Fitness has not had any problems. NABB's Conrad Armstrong added that existing 24-hour operations in the Back Bay area - CVSes and 7-Elevens - have not had the sort of problems you might expect, so the group was further reassured about what would be the neighborhood's first 24-hour gym.
Board Chairwoman Christine Araujo said the location is close to Boston University and wondered how the club would handle "students or others who may be inebriated at odd hours."
Planet Fitness's Chase Villafana said the gym's front desk would be staffed 24 hours and that any drunken BU students would be sent on their way. Araujo did not bring up drunken students at Berklee, which is even closer to the location, or from nearby MIT frats.
He added that a 24-hour facility ties in with the Planet Fitness "corporate ethos" of "diversity and inclusion for all members of the community," in this case, people who want to work out while most other people are asleep.
The Boston Licensing Board recently rejected a 4 a.m. closing time for a taco place near BU, a couple years after it rejected a 2 a.m. closing time for a taco place at Emerson.
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I reckon they must be British
I reckon they must be British. I learned something new today!
Nope, based in NH
n/t
Gosh
Some days I wonder if this christine lady hits the sauce too much herself. Always concerned with 'drunks'.
ITS A GYM LADY. Like some drunk BU students are gonna walk into PF and start goofing off. REALLY DOUBT THIS WILL HAPPEN. I think the worst will be hungover students in the morning who wanna work out.
PF (as stated above) is manned anyways.. so this wouldn't happen.
Our city regulators clearly
Our city regulators clearly have everyone's best interests in mind, and have keen insight into potential problems that need to be anticipated.
Right
this is true and pigs will fly out of Michelle Wu's butt on the 29th of this month.
Why would students pay to work out at PF?
Students can use their campus fitness facilities for free. Why would they pay for a membership someplace else?
As a BU grad, I'll handle this one
Because they didn't want to walk that far and so they asked daddy to use his Gold Card to buy a membership.
not sure if things have
not sure if things have changed since i was at BU, but they had weird hours and honestly half the time the gym was open it was effectively closed because the D1 sports teams would hog all the equipment and prevent non-team members from using the lifting equipment.
that said, they opened the new student center the summer after I graduated, they let us tour it but never use it -- i think the old case gym is now dedicated to sports teams?
in any case, planet fitness is a terrible gym and nobody should go there. #DeadliftingIsNotACrime
yeah
Im a fattie who should exercise and would benefit from a 'no judgement zone' gym.
But I can't get past the whole pizza and bagel thing at a gym. And the few times I've tagged along with friends.. I just don't like the experience. All branded equipment, cold locker rooms (no one uses them!), bad music being played.. and the one near me (chelsea) has security issues.
I was a BSC Member before the pandemic, doubt I will go back to them. Not sure where ill go.
Best experience I had was at a meathead gym like Gold's . I don't know if it was the location(s) (both were like this) or the clientele. But everyone was so damn friendly. I never got the "ugly fat dude" vibe from people. All I got was lots of cheers, people asking me about my calves, and "happy to help you" people. All from guys who had thighs bigger than my head.
Sometimes people surprise you.
True gym guys tend to be very
True gym guys tend to be very chill and welcoming. They've internalized that the only competition is with themselves. A local small gym geared towards guys who do weights was the best gym I, a very out of shape lady, ever went to, because everybody else was there to focus on themselves.
Could look for a locally owned place or a Y?
gym bullies
gym bullies exist everywhere, including PF. they are terrible, but most gym rats are actually really friendly and want people to succeed in their fitness goals.
their entire business model is to be so cheap that people won't bother to cancel their memberships after they realize how bad of a gym it is. prohibiting some of the most effective strength exercises is baffling - they don't want people to get stronger, they just want to milk that $10/month forever.
Is the BU gym open 24/7?
If not, that's a pretty good reason on its own to want a membership to Planet Fitness.
The downtown PF had a lot of
The downtown PF had a lot of Suffolk and Emerson students pre covid. Dunno about now.
I don't know about BU but I
I don't know about BU but I went to Salem State and our gym was in the athletic center way far off from everything else. Not only that it was well within the middle of the huge facility and half the time any open stations were being used by a class or group.
It's ten bucks a month, people are acting like it's a mortgage payment.
I want whatever it is Christina is drinking
Because personally, I've never been a few drinks in and thought "gee I should really go lift some weights right now".
I have. But that's my god
I have. But that's my god given right as a human. Christina should mind her own business.
Magoo sez
Magoo will not be going there at 2:22 in the morning because Magoo is ascared of some pervs that may be flashing their junk. Magoo.
This is where I note
Roslindale has had a 24/7 gym for over 5 years now.
Note- that is not an endorsement. I am not a member, mainly because I don't see why one needs to spend money to work out. Just run or what have you. But, if I were to join a gym, I'd consider these folk.
Apples and oranges, though
That's a fairly small gym and as Spinal Tap would tell us, Roslindale's not a big college town.
Also, it's in Roslindale's 24/7 hub - right across the street from the all-hours Dunk's and down the hill from the all-night gas station. /s
My old (Minton) neighborhood!!
Really miss living there - I’d move back if I could afford it….
My point being
A 24/7 gym is not new to Boston.
Don’t tell me you are claiming the Boston doesn’t extend south of Mass Ave?
lol I’m pretty sure Adam
lol I’m pretty sure Adam lives in Rozzie and would never claim such a thing
That's what makes it worse
I was walking by the gym this morning. Adam once posted a story dismissive of two shops that were opening on the same block, basically next door to the gym. Perhaps he has some weird bias against that block.
I mean, the southern end of
I mean, the southern end of Mass Ave. is at Boston St. because that's where Boston starts
/s
It is nice to know back bay
It is nice to know back bay is a 24 hour neighborhood. I will head out there when bored at 3am.
I swear if a place that
I swear if a place that offered exercise machines and yoga for the homeless and addicted it would help. Exercise and workout facilities to help a human feel better mentally and physically as a motivation to want to stay off Methadone, fentanyl, heroin, and other opioids/narcotics.
Eh
This is giving off strong r/thanksimcured vibes.
Yes, those things are helpful in recovery, but not usually as a standalone offering.