Who here has a gym membership?

No, I use my home gym. I used to go to the gym but hated it.

We recently joined Planet Fitness and it was pretty much just to get my husband and teenage son more active. I am content to work out at home with the elliptical, treadmill, gazillion workout videos/Fitness Blender, light weights/resistance bands and run.

We like it there and I count any workout I do there as extra since we generally go in the evenings, but I work out every morning at 5am. I will also occasionally go to meet with a couple friends to work out with them.

$10 a month...the price is great and we aren't looking to become body builders or heavy lifters, just toning up and getting cardio in, so it is perfect.

My only complaint would be regarding the bikes. The seats are a hard foam and I have discovered that they trap some nasty odors...none of which belong to me. :sick: No bike workouts there for this gal. :indifferent:

I have a gym membership. I live in a small town so it's not one of those chain fitness places. It's ok I guess, lots of equipment, weight machines, Sauna, heated swimming pool, hot tubs & aerobic classes available, but way over priced for what you get. I only workout there during my lunch hour. I have a treadmill at home so I run on that at night or on the weekends when I don't run into town.

Once I reach my goal weight I plan on dropping the gym membership and maintain my weight using the treadmill at home. I like cardio.

I go to Anytime Fitness but I'm probably done in a few months. I like it but I have to go really early in the morining or really late at night to avoid people and that wears me out. I'll continue my workouts at home.

Oh what really sucks about my gym are the hours. Mon-Fri they close at 9:00PM, Saturday they close at 2:00PM and Sunday their closed!! Total bull**** and they have the nerve to charge almost $50 a month!!

I work at a gym (local chain) but as strange as it sounds, I hate working out there and rarely do so. I much prefer my home gym.

I LOVE my gym... I am a member of Retro Fitness. It is $20 a month and has everything I need to lift heavy. Also, it is open 24 hours M-F...

I goto Golds gym and I love it! I go to different classes4-5 days a week. Helps with accountability and they always change it up!

I left 24 Hour, and went to In Shape. Has all the weights I could need, a sauna for both the men and women in each restroom. and reasonably priced. I paid $25 down, my first three months are $10 and the rest is $24.99 a month with a year contract. I go every day, and I love it!!!

Planet Fitness is great from what I hear, depending on what your goals are. I prefer to lift and want to get to where I lift heavy, so that was not an option.

It is all a matter of personal preference, finances and what you have available to you.

Best of luck!

I have a membership at the YMCA, which is 1.5 miles down the road from me, vs fancier gyms that are across town... would have been too easy to make excuses not to drive all the way over. My Y has a couple fantastic pools, which I did for awhile, but now that it's summer I'm just using the treadmill. I have a knee injury so am limited on what I can do. I have also hired a personal trainer who has his own studio and is not only working with me to lose weight , but to improve functional movement. and I work with him twice a week.

I have a gym membership (local chain). It costs me 25$ /month (they had a sale). I do my cardio at the gym 4 times a week.
I do the strengh training at home twice a week with videos from fitnessblender. I have dumbells at home.
I get there as soon as they open at 5am. When i get board i workout at home home 3/week and 2/week at the gym.

They have a sauna, no pool. But i'm an in and out girl. When i walk in the door i have my work out outfit on, my bottle of water and my towel, my cell phone in my hands for emergency only ( my family has been warned) . Plus my car keys and my iPod shuffle.
I don't even go to the locker room.

ETA: they have various classes that i don't attend. I like the freedom of listening to my music and do whatever i want!

Gold's Gym. I like it. $25 a month with a year contract (I'm not moving anywhere and I have no reason to NOT go to the gym for the next year so I didn't mind) including the cost of childcare so I can drop my son off. Free classes, sauna and tanning rooms, and I can bring in a friend for free whenever I want.

I signed up for a 24 hour fitness about a month ago, $25 a month. It's simple, no pool, offers a few group classes, estc. And best of all, no fees to cancel. I even dragged my brother along (He is halfway to his UGW of 180 from 380).

I like that I can use the cardio equipment and weights, especially when it's raining and I can't really use the track near my house.

Worth it. And I'd rather spend $25 a month on the gym, than on a WoW subscription, or fastfood, or all the other things I woudl have before.

Besides, having to pay for something, (hopefully) means you'll make time to use it.

We have a family membership of our gym (Health & Fitness World Launceston) - its not part of a chain.
My wife and I go to the RPM classes and I supplement my classes with additional cardio workouts. My son also uses the gym lifting weights. As far as a gym goes - its ok. As a family we are certainly getting our money's worth from the membership.
kind regards,

Ben