Planet Fitness offers gyms for free until Sunday following air quality alerts

Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, Louisville Courier Journal
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Planet Fitness is offering free access to all of its Louisville area gyms until Sunday to help the people that cannot exercise outside because of the bad air quality, a release from the company said.

The release said people can use any of the gyms in the area and people do not have to join Planet Fitness after using the facilities. Along with 10 gyms in Louisville, there are also Planet Fitness in Clarksville, Jeffersonville, New Albany, Madison, La Grange, Shelbyville, Bardstown, Shepherdsville, Frankfort, Radcliff, Elizabethtown, and Campbellsville.

“With 22 clubs in the Louisville Metro area, we want to make sure those who normally exercise outdoors havea safe option to avoid unhealthy air quality levels,” Rick Kueber, CEO of GlowBrands, who leads the Louisville area Planet Fitness franchisee group, said.

Here are the Planet Fitness locations in Louisville:

  • Central Station, 3182 S Second St.

  • Poplar Level Road, 4025 Poplar Level Road

  • Highlands, 3036 Bardstown Road

  • St. Matthews, 4301 Shelbyville Road

  • Dixie Highway, 5138 Dixie Highway

  • Jefferson Boulevard, 7450 Jefferson Blvd.

  • S. Hurstbourne, 3560 S Hurstbourne Parkway

  • Westport Road, 9244 Westport Road

  • Valley Station, 10713 Dixie Highway, Suite 102

  • Middletown, 100 Urton Lane

Some of the features Planet Fitness has and that people will be able to take advantage of are 100 cardio and strength equipment, circuit training areas, tanning, massage chairs and HydroMassage beds.

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Reach Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez at abrinez@gannett.com; follow her on Twitter at @SoyAnaAlvarez.

This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Planet Fitness offers free access to gyms due to bad air quality