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Inexistance · 01-07-2004, 09:39 AM

How much are you willing to pay for a gym membership?

CandleInTheDark · 01-07-2004, 09:55 AM

Less than CDN$ 30 a month, for a membership over six months.

yournamehere · 01-07-2004, 10:25 AM

I pay $35 / mo. (well - actually $37.80, with tax)
It's a "Sport" 24 Hour membership - includes cardio equipment, weight machines, free weights, pool, basketball courts, etc. And it's good wherever I'm at - any city.

If I go 3 times a week, it's only about $3 per vistit - a bargain, IMO.

And the best thing is - where I usually go, even at 5:30 p.m., there's hardly ever a wait for any of the facilities.

Plan9Senior · 01-07-2004, 11:13 AM

I'd pay around 30 if I didn't already get a membership for free.

I figure, i'd be there at around 20 times a month. Use their weight equipment, pool, bball court, racquetball court, steam room, even get the opportunity to meet women of a higher caliber then those outside of the gym and to top it off I will look better by going consistantly... hell, all of that is worth the $1ish/day that it averages being

Sparhawk · 01-07-2004, 11:44 AM

42 bucks a month. And I go there almost every day, so lets say $1.50-$2 bucks per visit? Worth it when I look at the results.

bookerV · 01-07-2004, 12:26 PM

i pay $45 CAD / month. i go 4 - 6 times a week. its about the max that i would pay. definitely worth it though, the gym is very nice. lots of free weights and hammer strength equipment. tons of attractive ladies to keep my eyes busy. there is also a pool, co-ed hottub, and co-ed saunabut i have yet to use any of that. its just nice to have around.

Antagony · 01-08-2004, 09:32 AM

University gym, so I have no idea how much I pay for it as it is hidden somewhere deep within my student fees.

Nazggul · 01-08-2004, 10:00 AM

I have an old membership from 1989 at 24 Hour Fitness that I pay $14 a month for. I just can't let that rate go I've had it so long, and ya never know when it will come in handy again.

However, the gym I frequent is Sports Club LA, mostly for their pool facilities. That's about $100 a month.

cliv · 01-09-2004, 03:34 PM

I pay $49 / month and it includes weights, cardio, and most classes. That's the average price in my area. I could probably find someplace that is lower cost, but this gym is 1/4 mile from my house.

Rodney · 01-09-2004, 04:35 PM

I pay about $350 for the year. I get a discount because I pay in a lump sum. It's a quality basic gym, with "cardio theatre" (switchable TVs and CD players that play audio through to jacks in the cardio machines) but no classes. Fine by me, I'm mostly lifting. I'd pay a little more if need be, but I'd only pay substantially more if the gym included something extra I could use, like a pool or free yoga/tai chi classes.

forseti-6 · 01-10-2004, 10:49 AM

I pay about $100 a month for New York Sports club. There are other clubs around here that are slightly cheaper, but none of them have the diversity of equipment that NYSC has. Plus NYSC constantly upgrades equipment, which I like.

thingstodo · 01-11-2004, 12:13 PM

I pay $85/month for my wife and me at Lifetime Fitness. It has everything and includes towels, locks on lockers, etc.

Jadey · 01-11-2004, 09:08 PM

I pay $37 per month for full membership (that inlcudes pool access and a permanent locker so I can leave stuff overnite) Also, it allows me full access to Ultimate Fitness' both Quad City locations in Bettendorf, Iowa and Rock Island, Illinois. This used to come in real handy becuase the Iowa location is just a couple miles from work and on the other side of the Mississippi River, the Illinois locale was close to home.

quadro2000 · 01-12-2004, 12:27 PM

NYC is unreal. The cheapest I've seen gym rates has been around $70 a month.

magua · 01-12-2004, 07:35 PM

I pay $17 / month for a Bally's Sports Club pass -- just about any Bally's, anywhere in the country. That's pretty cheap, considering I'm in the big city -- most other gyms are $70 / mo easy.

The downside (and if I'd been wiser years ago) was the _huge_ ($2000? Probably more) signup costs. I've been at it four years now, so it's really paid for itself, but I can only imagine how screwed some of the New Year Resolution Regulars feel come February.

saru · 01-16-2004, 11:46 AM

about $65 /month, which is pretty much average for where I live. From responses above I would guess this is pretty usual in big cities.

Parker · 01-23-2004, 10:26 AM

I paid $270 for a year for Gold's Gym. The nice thing about Gold's Gym is that you can get a free travel pass and work out anywhere in the world where they have a Gold's Gym, which is pretty much everywhere.

seizei · 01-25-2004, 01:32 AM

$25 CAD for 4 months

although it's a university facility and it sucks big time... /shrug... at least I'm amused by the Computer Science students doing lat pulldowns while wearing jeans and a sweater!!

Finchie · 01-31-2004, 12:17 PM

I'm currently paying $54/month for my gym. It includes classes, showers, jacuzzi, etc. The only thing that sucks is that it's a student membership, so there are certain busy hours when I can't go. The full membership is about $70, which I would never pay.

Bowlcut · 01-31-2004, 05:37 PM

im paying 35 a month for golds. 3 gyms in this town all i can go to. pretty much everything you need. ive only been to one tho. but with their "ambassidors" membership you can make it cheaper for everyone you referre. so it could go down to 19.99 but i doubt ill get that. got 2 friends going so its going to be down to 30. but golds isnt bad, love the cardio theater, dvd player and projector to a huge screen where you do your cardio, makes it go alot faster thats for sure

StephenSa · 02-05-2004, 02:02 PM

I pay 35.00 a month and they waived the $150 membership fee plus no contracts. Its a great gym a lot of competitive bodybuilders work out there, not too crowded and plenty of iron and steel. Its near my work so I can work out at lunch or at the end of the day. I'd like to join another gym near my home but they have a $200 membership fee plus a mandatory contract and I just can't wrap my head around paying the membership fee. I don't mind the montly fee of $45.00 and I can deal with the contract but $200 so they can punch my name into their computer? Can't do it.

ForgottenKnight · 02-07-2004, 03:23 PM

None, as far as extra money that I have to spend. Membership to the rec center on campus is included in my tuition and fees. That's the only gym I need

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gorilla · 02-10-2004, 08:12 PM

I pay $19 a month. Includes weight lifting, gymnasium, pool facility, and classes.

EVIDENT · 05-03-2004, 10:13 PM

I was gonna be a smart ass and say I get it for free...

Then I thought well I have an athletics fee of about 150 every five months... ah crap that's $30 a month like everyone else

EVIDENT · 05-03-2004, 10:14 PM

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Originally posted by NiceGuy
None, as far as extra money that I have to spend. Membership to the rec center on campus is included in my tuition and fees. That's the only gym I need .

Yeah, but how much is your athletic fee? See my post above.

Bobaphat · 05-03-2004, 11:28 PM

I used to pay $40 US, but I think that is boarderline unreasonable unless you area complete gym rat. I have a nice set up at home so right now I don't go to a gym. I think that if a good gym offered me a membership at $20 per month, I might go back. There are some things you just can't do at home and I miss doing them

miko · 05-04-2004, 06:00 AM

I pay $65 at a private gym, it's brand new, all the best equipment, tons of classes included in the price... it's awesome. But that is with an early sign-up discount. I think the normal price is around $75.

www.fitathletic.com

Cowman · 05-04-2004, 12:16 PM

25 Canadian a month..
Includes weight gym, pool, 2 basketball gyms, an indoor and outdoor track...a football field if you want to play football I guess..

It's a small gym, but Im in a small town..during the winter it can get pretty backed, but from may to october it's almost empty at the right time of day (early morning, after supper)...

perth1 · 05-05-2004, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by quadro2000
NYC is unreal. The cheapest I've seen gym rates has been around $70 a month.

try London: £60-£75 per month... (USD: $107 - £134)

I'm just about to join up, its a bloody rip off, but then do I really want to go running in freezing cold weather?

argh

digby · 05-11-2004, 12:33 PM

Alumni pass to my school runs me about $22 per month. Not bad when I consider that I'm there playing racquetball more nights than not.

raymondstereo · 05-18-2004, 12:07 PM

I pay $30 a month for full ammenities (pool, basketball courts, raquetball/squash courts, personal training, etc.) I also have access to two other gyms around town, but I don't ever need to use them. It's a really good deal, considering it's never busy in the slightest at the times I go.

Cowman · 05-18-2004, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by miko
I pay $65 at a private gym, it's brand new, all the best equipment, tons of classes included in the price... it's awesome. But that is with an early sign-up discount. I think the normal price is around $75.

www.fitathletic.com

Closes at 6 PM on saturday and sunday?
thats disgusting
If I was playing 75 american per month for a gym it better be fucking stayin open till at least 10 :P

01-07-2004, 09:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
Inexistance Tilted Location: Rochester, NY	What would you pay for a gym membership? How much are you willing to pay for a gym membership?

01-07-2004, 09:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
CandleInTheDark Addict Location: Where the music's loudest	Less than CDN$ 30 a month, for a membership over six months. __________________ Where there is doubt there is freedom.

01-07-2004, 10:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
yournamehere Invisible Location: tentative, at best	I pay $35 / mo. (well - actually $37.80, with tax) It's a "Sport" 24 Hour membership - includes cardio equipment, weight machines, free weights, pool, basketball courts, etc. And it's good wherever I'm at - any city. If I go 3 times a week, it's only about $3 per vistit - a bargain, IMO. And the best thing is - where I usually go, even at 5:30 p.m., there's hardly ever a wait for any of the facilities. __________________ If you want to avoid 95% of internet spelling errors: "If your ridiculous pants are too loose, you're definitely going to lose them. Tell your two loser friends over there that they're going to lose theirs, too." It won't hurt your fashion sense, either.

01-07-2004, 11:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
Plan9Senior Banned Location: Orange County, California	I'd pay around 30 if I didn't already get a membership for free. I figure, i'd be there at around 20 times a month. Use their weight equipment, pool, bball court, racquetball court, steam room, even get the opportunity to meet women of a higher caliber then those outside of the gym and to top it off I will look better by going consistantly... hell, all of that is worth the $1ish/day that it averages being Last edited by Plan9Senior; 01-07-2004 at 11:16 AM..

01-07-2004, 11:44 AM	#5 (permalink)
Sparhawk Dubya Location: VA	42 bucks a month. And I go there almost every day, so lets say $1.50-$2 bucks per visit? Worth it when I look at the results. __________________ "In Iraq, no doubt about it, it's tough. It's hard work. It's incredibly hard. It's - and it's hard work. I understand how hard it is. I get the casualty reports every day. I see on the TV screens how hard it is. But it's necessary work. We're making progress. It is hard work."

01-07-2004, 12:26 PM	#6 (permalink)
bookerV Addict Location: Ontario, Canada	i pay $45 CAD / month. i go 4 - 6 times a week. its about the max that i would pay. definitely worth it though, the gym is very nice. lots of free weights and hammer strength equipment. tons of attractive ladies to keep my eyes busy. there is also a pool, co-ed hottub, and co-ed saunabut i have yet to use any of that. its just nice to have around. __________________ "That's why you're the judge and I'm the law-talking guy." Lionel Hutz

01-08-2004, 09:32 AM	#7 (permalink)
Antagony Psychopathic Akimbo Action Pirate Location: ...between Christ and Belial.	University gym, so I have no idea how much I pay for it as it is hidden somewhere deep within my student fees. __________________ On the outside I'm jazz, but my soul is rock and roll. Sleep is a waste of time. Join the Insomniac Club. "GYOH GWAH-DAH GREH BLAAA! SROH WIH DIH FLIH RYOHH!!" - The Locust

01-08-2004, 10:00 AM	#8 (permalink)
Nazggul Psycho Location: San Francisco	I have an old membership from 1989 at 24 Hour Fitness that I pay $14 a month for. I just can't let that rate go I've had it so long, and ya never know when it will come in handy again. However, the gym I frequent is Sports Club LA, mostly for their pool facilities. That's about $100 a month. __________________ "If something has to give then it always will." -- Editors

01-09-2004, 03:34 PM	#9 (permalink)
cliv Insane Location: New Jersey, USA	I pay $49 / month and it includes weights, cardio, and most classes. That's the average price in my area. I could probably find someplace that is lower cost, but this gym is 1/4 mile from my house.

01-09-2004, 04:35 PM	#10 (permalink)
Rodney Observant Ruminant Location: Rich Wannabe Hippie Town	I pay about $350 for the year. I get a discount because I pay in a lump sum. It's a quality basic gym, with "cardio theatre" (switchable TVs and CD players that play audio through to jacks in the cardio machines) but no classes. Fine by me, I'm mostly lifting. I'd pay a little more if need be, but I'd only pay substantially more if the gym included something extra I could use, like a pool or free yoga/tai chi classes.

01-10-2004, 10:49 AM	#11 (permalink)
forseti-6 Existentialist Location: New York City	I pay about $100 a month for New York Sports club. There are other clubs around here that are slightly cheaper, but none of them have the diversity of equipment that NYSC has. Plus NYSC constantly upgrades equipment, which I like. __________________ "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." - Dr. Seuss

01-11-2004, 12:13 PM	#12 (permalink)
thingstodo A Storm Is Coming Location: The Great White North	I pay $85/month for my wife and me at Lifetime Fitness. It has everything and includes towels, locks on lockers, etc. __________________ If you're wringing your hands you can't roll up your shirt sleeves. Stangers have the best candy.

01-11-2004, 09:08 PM	#13 (permalink)
Jadey This Space For Rent Location: Davenport, Iowa	I pay $37 per month for full membership (that inlcudes pool access and a permanent locker so I can leave stuff overnite) Also, it allows me full access to Ultimate Fitness' both Quad City locations in Bettendorf, Iowa and Rock Island, Illinois. This used to come in real handy becuase the Iowa location is just a couple miles from work and on the other side of the Mississippi River, the Illinois locale was close to home.

01-12-2004, 12:27 PM	#14 (permalink)
quadro2000 All Possibility, Made Of Custard Location: New York, NY	NYC is unreal. The cheapest I've seen gym rates has been around $70 a month. __________________ You have to laugh at yourself...because you'd cry your eyes out if you didn't. - Emily Saliers

01-12-2004, 07:35 PM	#15 (permalink)
magua Tilted	I pay $17 / month for a Bally's Sports Club pass -- just about any Bally's, anywhere in the country. That's pretty cheap, considering I'm in the big city -- most other gyms are $70 / mo easy. The downside (and if I'd been wiser years ago) was the _huge_ ($2000? Probably more) signup costs. I've been at it four years now, so it's really paid for itself, but I can only imagine how screwed some of the New Year Resolution Regulars feel come February.

01-16-2004, 11:46 AM	#16 (permalink)
saru Tilted Location: Switzerland	about $65 /month, which is pretty much average for where I live. From responses above I would guess this is pretty usual in big cities.

01-23-2004, 10:26 AM	#17 (permalink)
Parker Crazy	I paid $270 for a year for Gold's Gym. The nice thing about Gold's Gym is that you can get a free travel pass and work out anywhere in the world where they have a Gold's Gym, which is pretty much everywhere.

01-25-2004, 01:32 AM	#18 (permalink)
seizei Purple Monkey Dishwasher Location: CFB Gagetown, NB, CANADA	$25 CAD for 4 months although it's a university facility and it sucks big time... /shrug... at least I'm amused by the Computer Science students doing lat pulldowns while wearing jeans and a sweater!! __________________ "If you're not weird, you're not interesting". I'm very interesting ... seizei; (adv - Japanese) at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much (far) as possible. (pronounced - say-zay)

01-31-2004, 12:17 PM	#19 (permalink)
Finchie Tilted	I'm currently paying $54/month for my gym. It includes classes, showers, jacuzzi, etc. The only thing that sucks is that it's a student membership, so there are certain busy hours when I can't go. The full membership is about $70, which I would never pay.

01-31-2004, 05:37 PM	#20 (permalink)
Bowlcut Tilted Location: Nashville, TN USA	im paying 35 a month for golds. 3 gyms in this town all i can go to. pretty much everything you need. ive only been to one tho. but with their "ambassidors" membership you can make it cheaper for everyone you referre. so it could go down to 19.99 but i doubt ill get that. got 2 friends going so its going to be down to 30. but golds isnt bad, love the cardio theater, dvd player and projector to a huge screen where you do your cardio, makes it go alot faster thats for sure __________________ Remember, my opinion is as irrelevant as yours.....

02-05-2004, 02:02 PM	#21 (permalink)
StephenSa Psycho Location: Dallas, Texas	I pay 35.00 a month and they waived the $150 membership fee plus no contracts. Its a great gym a lot of competitive bodybuilders work out there, not too crowded and plenty of iron and steel. Its near my work so I can work out at lunch or at the end of the day. I'd like to join another gym near my home but they have a $200 membership fee plus a mandatory contract and I just can't wrap my head around paying the membership fee. I don't mind the montly fee of $45.00 and I can deal with the contract but $200 so they can punch my name into their computer? Can't do it. __________________ Thousands of Monkeys, all screaming at once. Pulling God's finger.

02-07-2004, 03:23 PM	#22 (permalink)
ForgottenKnight Jesus Freak Location: Following the light...	None, as far as extra money that I have to spend. Membership to the rec center on campus is included in my tuition and fees. That's the only gym I need . __________________ "People say I'm strange, does that make me a stranger?"

02-10-2004, 08:12 PM	#23 (permalink)
gorilla Insane Location: USA	I pay $19 a month. Includes weight lifting, gymnasium, pool facility, and classes. __________________ I'll bet you $5 that you read the previous word...

05-03-2004, 10:13 PM	#24 (permalink)
EVIDENT Tilted Location: DFW	I was gonna be a smart ass and say I get it for free... Then I thought well I have an athletics fee of about 150 every five months... ah crap that's $30 a month like everyone else __________________ " " - Silent Bob

05-03-2004, 11:28 PM	#26 (permalink)
Bobaphat whoopity doo Location: Seattle	I used to pay $40 US, but I think that is boarderline unreasonable unless you area complete gym rat. I have a nice set up at home so right now I don't go to a gym. I think that if a good gym offered me a membership at $20 per month, I might go back. There are some things you just can't do at home and I miss doing them __________________ --size matters not-- yoda

05-04-2004, 06:00 AM	#27 (permalink)
miko Insane	I pay $65 at a private gym, it's brand new, all the best equipment, tons of classes included in the price... it's awesome. But that is with an early sign-up discount. I think the normal price is around $75. www.fitathletic.com

05-04-2004, 12:16 PM	#28 (permalink)
Cowman Psycho	25 Canadian a month.. Includes weight gym, pool, 2 basketball gyms, an indoor and outdoor track...a football field if you want to play football I guess.. It's a small gym, but Im in a small town..during the winter it can get pretty backed, but from may to october it's almost empty at the right time of day (early morning, after supper)... __________________ You don't like my point of view..but im insane

05-11-2004, 12:33 PM	#30 (permalink)
digby Crazy Location: Ahh, the lovely South	Alumni pass to my school runs me about $22 per month. Not bad when I consider that I'm there playing racquetball more nights than not. __________________ mmmm.... pudding

05-18-2004, 12:07 PM	#31 (permalink)
raymondstereo Upright Location: San Jose	I pay $30 a month for full ammenities (pool, basketball courts, raquetball/squash courts, personal training, etc.) I also have access to two other gyms around town, but I don't ever need to use them. It's a really good deal, considering it's never busy in the slightest at the times I go.