Free Summer Gym Membership For Teens

What Is the High School Summer Pass®?

High School Summer Pass® is Planet Fitness’s yearly summer program that gives teenagers a no-cost membership for the months when school is out. Rather than paying the usual monthly dues that adult members pay under the Classic or PF Black Card® plans, eligible teens get full access to their local club at zero charge for the entire summer window.

The program runs at more than 2,800 participating clubs across the United States and Canada, which makes it one of the widest teen fitness initiatives any gym chain currently offers.

Who Can Join?

The pass is open to any teen between 14 and 19 years old. There’s no requirement to already be a Planet Fitness member or to have used a gym before — the program is designed for first-timers just as much as regulars.

Key Dates to Remember

The program follows a fixed yearly calendar, so it helps to know the important dates in advance rather than finding out after a window has already closed.

Signing up early doesn’t unlock club access early — even an early registration only becomes active once the summer window officially starts on June 1.

How to Register, Step by Step

There are two ways to sign up, and both lead to the same free membership.

1. Go to Planet Fitness’s summer pass sign-up page, or simply use the Register Now button at the top of this page.
2. Enter your details and pick the specific club you plan to work out at all summer — this choice matters, since you won’t be able to switch clubs later without re-registering.
3. If you’re under 18, a parent or guardian completes the electronic waiver during the same sign-up flow. If you’d rather do it in person, a staff member at the club can walk a parent through the paper waiver instead.
4. Use a personal email address rather than a school-issued .edu address when signing up — school email systems often block messages from outside senders, which can stop you from receiving your account emails.
5. Once submitted, your registration is complete, but access to the club won’t turn on until June 1.

Setting Up the Planet Fitness App

The app is what actually gets you into the club once the program starts, so this step isn’t optional.

1. Download the free Planet Fitness app from the App Store or Google Play.
2. Create your app account using the exact same email address you used to register for the summer pass. Mismatched emails are the most common reason participants get stuck later.
3. Verify your email when prompted — check your spam or junk folder if the verification message doesn’t show up right away.
4. From June 1 onward, your app account automatically links to your digital club pass. There’s no manual linking step to complete.

The Gymshark Welcome Offer

Planet Fitness partners with Gymshark, a well-known activewear brand, to give every registered participant a discount code as part of the summer program.

• Everyone who registers for the summer pass receives a 20% off code for Gymshark, sent by email roughly two to three days after sign-up.
• The code is valid in the U.S. and Canada through September 11, and only one code can be used per order.
• If a code isn’t working at checkout, the fastest fix is reaching out to Gymshark’s own support team directly at [email protected], since Planet Fitness doesn’t issue or troubleshoot the codes itself.

Free Fitness Classes for Participants

Summer pass members aren’t limited to just the gym floor. Every participant also gets access to Planet Fitness’s PE@PF program, a set of free, structured fitness classes offered in-club. You can check your local class schedule and sign up by asking at your home club’s front desk.

On top of that, the app itself includes a full library of guided workouts sorted by fitness level, which is a handy way to plan sessions even on days a class isn’t running.

Bring Your Parents Along Too

Planet Fitness sweetens the program for families by giving parents a way to join in without paying anything upfront. A parent or guardian of a registered teen can pick up a free day pass and try the same home club their teen is working out at.

If a parent enjoys the experience and wants to keep coming back after that single visit, they can sign up for a regular paid membership online or in-club — the Classic and PF Black Card® pricing guide breaks down what each of those regular plans costs and includes.

Rules Every Participant Should Know

• One club only: you can only use the specific location you registered at. The pass does not carry any-club access the way a paid PF Black Card® membership does.
• Picked the wrong club? You can re-register at the same sign-up page using the same email and choose the correct location — just know that doing so cancels your original registration automatically.
• Puerto Rico is excluded from this particular program, even though it’s otherwise offered across the U.S. and Canada.
• No cost, no billing details needed for the summer pass itself — since it’s free, there’s nothing to charge and nothing to cancel once it ends.

Fixing Common Account Problems

Email verification isn’t going through

Check the spam or junk folder of the email account you used for the app. If it’s still missing, confirm your inbox isn’t full, since some providers silently reject new mail once storage is maxed out.

Signed up for the app with the wrong email

Simply create a new app account using the same email address you originally used for the summer pass registration — that’s the one the system checks against.

Never got a verification or password reset email

Beyond spam folders, double-check that your mailbox has free storage space, and try requesting the email again after a few minutes.

What Happens After August 31

Once the summer window closes, your free digital club pass simply stops working — there’s no cancellation form to fill out and no charge to worry about, since the program never asks for payment details in the first place.

If you’d like to keep training past the summer, you can move onto a standard paid membership at your club. It’s worth reading through our membership pricing guide first so you know what Classic and PF Black Card® cost and include, and later, if you ever decide to stop that paid membership, our step-by-step cancellation guide walks through exactly how that works.

Frequently Asked Questions