How much do you pay for a gym membership?

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  • samntha14
    samntha14 Posts: 2,084 Member
    LA FItness $45 for me AND husband. $20 for BOTH kids per month, and I get to use free weights LOL. Body weight is fine for a little resistance, but I need real weights to do real lifting with access to pool and lots of classes. By paying for it, the cheapskate in me makes sure I USE it so that I'm not wasting money.
  • kelseyhere
    kelseyhere Posts: 1,123 Member
    Whichever gym you choose, make sure to check out the cancellation policy first. LA Fitness will charge you $200 bucks if you try and cancel, I'm pretty sure it's a similar situation at Bally's. You should look into your local YMCA. The prices tend so look a little higher at first, but usually the child care is included or much cheaper, and you get a discount for a family membership.
  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
    $20 month retro fitness
  • javamama52
    javamama52 Posts: 1
    Planet Fitness is $10/month usually with no initiation fee no penilty for quitting but has no child care...I think children over 14 can join too open 24/5 @ one location only....to have black card membership(use any PF) it is like $29
  • jeffrodgers1
    jeffrodgers1 Posts: 991 Member
    We pay $75 per month for a family membership at the YMCA. Includes swimming lessons, and all other programming. Our neighborhood Y was rebuilt a couple of years ago and has all new weights and machines.
  • jennstevens21
    jennstevens21 Posts: 23 Member
    I pay almost 80 a month for myself and one kid, 2.00 drop in for each additional child. But really, the way i look at it is
    1) i could spend that money on much worse things
    2) I wont need diabetes medication some day which would cost a lot more than that - even in canada
    3) What is your health and happiness worth??
    That is how i justify.
  • muscravageur
    muscravageur Posts: 73
    Right now I go to planet fitness and they're supposed to draft 21.39 out of my card each month for the black card. It is still less than the previous gym I went to that was not open as often, did not have as many options. Plus I can take someone with me. Win-win.
  • muscravageur
    muscravageur Posts: 73
    Right now I go to planet fitness and they're supposed to draft 21.39 out of my card each month for the black card. It is still less than the previous gym I went to that was not open as often, did not have as many options. Plus I can take someone with me. Win-win.

    *black pass! black pass! I WISH I had a black card, hah!
  • 42kgirl
    42kgirl Posts: 692 Member
    $0. I work there!
  • tlruffino
    tlruffino Posts: 28
    try to find a ymca. Childcare is free, and a family membership is $52 at least at mine
  • xsabrinalynn
    xsabrinalynn Posts: 146 Member
    $30/month at LA Fitness! Worth every penny. When I signed up they had a special going so I didn't have to pay anything down.
  • RUNN3Rmom
    RUNN3Rmom Posts: 441
    Do you have a YMCA close by? We love ours :) $72. a month for our family of 4.
  • xsabrinalynn
    xsabrinalynn Posts: 146 Member
    Whichever gym you choose, make sure to check out the cancellation policy first. LA Fitness will charge you $200 bucks if you try and cancel, I'm pretty sure it's a similar situation at Bally's. You should look into your local YMCA. The prices tend so look a little higher at first, but usually the child care is included or much cheaper, and you get a discount for a family membership.

    This is my second time with LA Fitness. The first time when I cancelled all I had to do was turn in a form. No money.
  • ShizukaSamurai
    ShizukaSamurai Posts: 23 Member
    I have 24 Hour fitness All Club Sport access for $49/year.
  • venusevans
    venusevans Posts: 2
    $34/month @ SportsFit (local Maryland gym). Child care available. Swim hours for kids and adults. It includes some classes. Some free training sessions. Courts. I've been a member for a year and I plan to stay for at least another year.
  • LinR
    LinR Posts: 3
    I go to a local gym because I like the classes and Planet Fitness is too far to drive every day, although if I change jobs I might join there. I pay $48/month for myself.
  • msiamjan
    msiamjan Posts: 326 Member
    I have 24 Hour fitness All Club Sport access for $49/year.

    That's what I have as well, but way back when I had to pay 3 years in advance. But, as long as I maintain my membership, it stays $49 a year.
  • TrailRunner61
    TrailRunner61 Posts: 2,505 Member
    $0.00 because I don't need one. I've walked, jogged, biked, hiked, swam, mowed, pulled weeds and cleaned my house to lose 41lbs since January. :)
  • SueMizZou
    SueMizZou Posts: 140 Member
    the city where I live has a gym. It's a great facility and costs $245/yr for my husband and myself. There is childcare available but I have no idea what it costs
  • kristinacottle
    kristinacottle Posts: 52
    $8 for myself, every month, at the local YMCA.
  • andreamkelly
    andreamkelly Posts: 169
    I think my husband and I pay about $130/month for Lifetime Family Fitness. Really nice club and never have to wait for any of the equipment. Indoor and outdoor pools with water aerobics classes almost every day (but not at times I can go). I think my husband has gone twice since we joined and I go as often as I can. Used to pay for my daughter and grandkids to go and I could drop grandkids off at kids club and workout. I can't afford that right now and I'd also need to pay for my son's family too, since I watch his son also.
  • jwaitman
    jwaitman Posts: 367 Member
    I belong to a local club, not a chain and I get a family membership for $71 per month. That is for a family of 4. I used to go to Curves, but like you I have kids and wanted them to be able to go. They can do their thing while I do mine.
  • kingkong247
    kingkong247 Posts: 55 Member
    I pay $35 @ 24 super sport!
  • BriaMc
    BriaMc Posts: 177 Member
    $19 mo which includes free child care :)
  • kristen_lynn
    kristen_lynn Posts: 75 Member
    my husband and i pay about 90 a month for unlimited clubs/access at 24 hour fitness. they have kid's club for $20 a month for unlimited use or $4 for each time. my son is in daycare full time so he doesn't go to kids club that often but it's worth it for the weekends, he and i will both go "work out." :) i worked out at home for the first 8 months of MFP-ing, found myself struggling with the addition of full-time job. now i go all the time, before work, late at night, whenever i can. it's been absolutely worth every penny. and most of them are month-to-month now so if after a couple months and you don't deem it worth the investment, then you can cancel fairly easily. (not the case for me a few years ago with Bally Fitness, but with the economy, they've relaxed the rules for cancelling due to financial hardships).

    my advice -- go for it. your health is worth it. cut corners somewhere else. fitness is worth it.
  • Losingweightforgood2019
    Losingweightforgood2019 Posts: 173 Member
    Live in a small town here and the local gym is only 34 bucks a year....oops it went up two bucks now 36 bucks a year :-)
  • FrugalMomsRock75
    FrugalMomsRock75 Posts: 698 Member
    I go to a ladies only gym, and I pay annually. I pay about 260 for the year. That includes childcare for the kids. They have a pool, sauna, steam room, hot tub, full weight room, strength machines, and cardio machines.


    My gym also has a pay 900 dollars, and renew annually for only 79.00 a year. I think this coming year, I may do that instead of the 260 a year...
  • 388gigi
    388gigi Posts: 485 Member
    WOAH!!! US is so cheap. I'm in Aus, I pay $35 a fortnight and that was a special deal, my previous gym was $90 a month.
  • noogie98
    noogie98 Posts: 451 Member
    I participate in a wellness program thru my insurance company which charges me $25 a month & I get to go to any gym I want to ~ I currently go to Curves and 24 Hour Fitness for no extra charge. The only reason I do both is 24 Hour Fitness has water aerobics. When I signed up a year ago, there were 65 facilities within 15 miles of my house where I could join, and there is no limit to how many gyms I join. I love it!
  • Josette89
    Josette89 Posts: 244
    Home= Free! haha. I wasted too much money on Memberships. Gold's Gym, Pure Fitness, Red Mountain Fitness.... I find that I save money by doing my stuff at home. Zumba, Walking, Running, Cleaning. I've been more successful at home then with any membership at a gym. But I do know that Pure Fitness had free daycare as long as you were a member, it was 40/ month.

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