How much do you pay a month for fitness?

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  • hastinbe
    hastinbe Posts: 130 Member
    I pay $0/mo. I could care less to take the time to commute to a local gym, so I workout at home immediately after getting off work.
  • LadyBerlynn
    LadyBerlynn Posts: 18 Member
    I pay $10 a month for unlimited online workout videos and personal training advice through Dailyburn.com I love it, though some is really intense.
  • joslin2005
    joslin2005 Posts: 138
    $0. I use workout dvds, youtube videos, pinterest workouts, wii workout games, my treadmill, my stationary recumbent bike, and the good old fashioned outdoors. I have dumbells, kettlebells, resistance bands, and my own body weight.
  • mortyfit
    mortyfit Posts: 354 Member
    My wife and I both belong to LA Fitness. $30/month each, we love the group instructors there for Zumba and Yoga, and I do spin classes there 2x a week. She just started running and isn't comfortable out on the roads yet, and it also gives her a chance to get some relaxing time in the afternoons before the boys get home from school. Well worth it, in my opinion.
  • OnionMomma
    OnionMomma Posts: 938 Member
    We pay around $70 a month at the YMCA for a family membership. Well worth it since we have a 6 year old who can stay for 3 hours a day and we can leave the property and go run as well as attend all the classes for free and pools and such. We can also use all the location here locally as well as out of town too.
  • dont_give_up
    dont_give_up Posts: 312 Member
    I pay $0. The apartments I live in have a gym that I use, and before we moved here I used DVD's and You Tube, and going for walks.
    The way I see it, I didn't spend a fortune gaining all this weight, why would I spend a fortune losing it? :smile:
  • cheerupbrighteyes
    cheerupbrighteyes Posts: 37 Member
    I don't pay anything monthly. I am lucky enough that my family has accumulated several pieces of work out equipment over the years, and I do work out DVDs.
  • hungryhobbit1
    hungryhobbit1 Posts: 259 Member
    I pay $26 a month for a fitness center that is run by our local parks department. I would not pay for a personal trainer. Most of the time, the exercises I see them doing with women appear to be extremely inefficient. (Not sure why I'd want to wave a ball around for an hour if I can get all of my core work done in 2 compound lifts.) There are good trainers out there but there are also *many* who just took a quick certification course.

    As far as form goes, there are countless videos available online to show you what you should be doing from all angles. You really can check your form in a forward facing mirror. If you start with just the bar, you will not hurt yourself. Don't waste your money or your time.
  • Rockstar_JILL
    Rockstar_JILL Posts: 514 Member
    I pay nothing...I use the outdoor gym! I use my own body and my legs and use my own power...I also have an exercise bike that I use on rainy days and have weights...I don't pay a thing!
  • mccallp319
    mccallp319 Posts: 52 Member
    I work at a hospital that has it's own fitness facility. It costs me $18/month and they payroll deduct.
  • mcreber714
    mcreber714 Posts: 1 Member
    $30 per month for my gym
  • GracefulDancer4Christ
    GracefulDancer4Christ Posts: 419 Member
    $0 my daughter's school fitness room is free to parents
  • ryry_
    ryry_ Posts: 4,966 Member
    $10 bucks a month with an annual 40 dollar rate guarantee fee. Blue Moon Fitness (formerly Gold's)
  • tanetti
    tanetti Posts: 38 Member
    $88/month for family membership (2 adults/2 kids) at our Y, includes child care and all classes. We also get discounts on swim lessons and the like, and I took a driver safety course for free that lowered my car insurance by $20/month. We recently moved from KS to TX, so it has been an important source of friends for me, and the hubby goes every night as well. It's a lifesaver when the kids are home all summer--they love Child Watch and I work out. Membership is good at any Y, anywhere, and there are tons of them in our metro area.
  • Kaypix
    Kaypix Posts: 72 Member
    My husband and I pay a "Self+Spouse" rate of $104/month and that includes unlimited classes, access to the pool, therapy pool, sauna, steam room, hot tubs, locker rooms and all the equipment.

    I'm starting to look at Fitness Blender online for workout videos at home so I can supplement my gym time as well.
  • yamsteroo
    yamsteroo Posts: 480 Member
    Currently £0 if you ignore the cost of a dvd and a few dumbbells over the past few months.

    My husband goes to a gym every week-day and he's keen for me to go and have some one on one personal weight training but I'm happy doing my own thing at the moment - maybe if I hit a plateau or get de-motivated I'll give it a go but it's a lot of money and I don't think I'd benefit from it just yet.
  • mssgeni
    mssgeni Posts: 83 Member
    $19.99 a month at Chuze Fitness, but that includes bringing a guest with me which I use to bring my family along.
  • Alissakae
    Alissakae Posts: 317 Member
    I pay $26/month for my Gold's Gym membership, which includes lots of classes (I currently usually do 4 Zumba classes per week). I signed up for 50 weeks with a personal trainer - I work with him weekly and do the workouts he gives me two times each week on my own - and the payment for that is $129 per month. I am at the gym for a class or workout almost every day, I'm losing weight and feeling stronger and more fit than ever before, so I think I'm getting a great return on my investment.
  • carolmcgov
    carolmcgov Posts: 175 Member
    Don't pay anything per month but we have built up a gym in our house over the past year that has a treadmill, cross trainer, multi gym, free weights, boxing bag and a pull up bar. Other things ive spent money on fitness related would be my heart rate monitor, running gear etc.
    We've put quite a bit of money in to it but not anymore money than people spend going out every weekend and atleast we have something to show for it!
  • Alexandra289
    Alexandra289 Posts: 330 Member
    I paid £100 (about $150) for 15 months membership - so less than £7 a month ($10). It's a budget gym but is pretty huge and has loads of free classes. Best gym I've ever been to and amazing value for money. Xercise4Less for anyone interested in the North of England!
  • Ritzbrit
    Ritzbrit Posts: 211 Member
    $29.99 but I get $20 back from my health insurance company for going 12 times or more a month :) so only $9.99! LOVE it!
  • iconrunner
    iconrunner Posts: 57 Member
    $0 if I use the very well-equipped condominium gym...
    But currently paying $140 a month to attend a boxing, muay thai gym
  • Jspkt2002
    Jspkt2002 Posts: 23
    33 dollars and i get access to all the 24 hour fitness gyms
  • watchhillgirl
    watchhillgirl Posts: 597 Member
    $67.00 a month for a family membership at my local YMCA. Best money spent all month!
  • watchhillgirl
    watchhillgirl Posts: 597 Member
    $88/month for family membership (2 adults/2 kids) at our Y, includes child care and all classes. We also get discounts on swim lessons and the like, and I took a driver safety course for free that lowered my car insurance by $20/month. We recently moved from KS to TX, so it has been an important source of friends for me, and the hubby goes every night as well. It's a lifesaver when the kids are home all summer--they love Child Watch and I work out. Membership is good at any Y, anywhere, and there are tons of them in our metro area.

    I love my Y too! They are awesome!
  • underwater77
    underwater77 Posts: 331 Member
    My spin/yoga studio is 149/month - unlimited classes. I pay 3.00 a pop each time I swim, which is about 3-4 times per week, so that adds up, but the pool is outdoors and has a ton of lanes, and also has a weight room, so I can use that there as well since my "gym" only offers spin and yoga.

    I would honestly pay double than I pay right now for the same classes and instructors.
  • schaapj2
    schaapj2 Posts: 320 Member
    $180/moth- $39.95 for gym and the rest for a personal trainer once a week.
  • jonisteenhoek
    jonisteenhoek Posts: 92 Member
    I pay $65 per month for Kosama (group fitness) and we have a family membership at a local gym which is $39 per month (we get a very good discount through my husband's employer, normally that runs $89/month). We also pay $39 a month there for daycare so we can go together.

    If it helps you, pushes you, and you can afford it, then do it.
  • OspreyVista
    OspreyVista Posts: 464 Member
    I pay whatever I want to pay. I don't have a gym membership, and I don't want to spend a monthly fee at a gym membership when I can easily get all the equipment I need/want for my home so that I don't spend 2 hours of drive time which is gas, plus the fee. Instead, I can work out at home. Currently I have a treadmill, and I use Youtube, or the dvd's and free weights I have. I will be soon buying a home gym. I have found quite a few for cheap on craigslist. It's more money now, but way less money to do it this way in the long run. Plus it saves me time and gas to buy one for my home and do all my working out at home.
  • cbaac03
    cbaac03 Posts: 152
    We pay about $90/month total for my husand, son, and I at the YMCA. My work pays every fourth month as long as I go at least 6 times per month, which is super easy. For that price we get full access to all the YMCAs in the area including each fitness center (machines, weights, etc...), unlimited fitness classses (they have a ton including Zumba, yoga, and Spinning), indoor tracks, open gyms (which I never use), indoor and outdoor pools, and Child Watch while we're working out.

    On a side note that price also covers any registration fees for other programs we decide to enroll in, like preschool or organized sports. So, for example, if we do their preschool in the fall the $25 registration fee is cancelled and we would just pay tuition because we have a facility membership.

    I enjoy our membership and think it's a good deal!

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