cant decide which gym to join

Price is a definate factor, but don't get locked into a long term contract. Gyms go out of business all the time, and they WILL make you deals if you fight for them. Close to home, work, whatever is important. Chances are if you have to go out of your way you won't go when you're tired or not in the mood etc. Happy Shopping!

My fiancé and are both out of work and rely on his unemployment,we belong to our local y,and what I like about it is that any time we want to quit we can do so with out a contract,we pay 28.00 a month this includes our 1 year old oh and free 2 hr daycare well I exercise

Keep it close to you! If you have several around the house feel free to check them out. Go in ask questions, walk around and compare your choices. Also, depending on your job hours you may want to look into a 24hour gym.

Goodlife gyms are amazing!

I'm a Bally's guy but for the bang for the buck, I hear Planet Fitness is very good. All depends on what's around you.

Where are you located?

NYSC, BSC, PSC and WSC. are offering deep discounts to students (blast you just graduated!) and teachers (maybe you have an education degree?). First gym I've ever belonged to so I can't compare. Has lots of locations so there is 2 near home & 2 near work for me. I'd kinda like more yoga classes even with multiple locations schedules to pick from.

I hear CRUNCH is great with classes, but quite pricey.

I've heard that BALLY's is awful no matter how cheap the deal.

PLANET FITNESS advertise great prices, but haven't a clue as to the facilities.

I LOVE my Planet Fitness! Only $10 a month, no contracts and lots of cardio and weight machines to pick from. I know some people don't like the "no lunk" policy but being a smaller woman, it doesn't bother me,

Help me out here (I am pretty gym-ignorant)...what does no lunk policy mean?

woah... 10 dollars a month??? O-o

The "no lunk" thing is basically that you can't grunt when lifting weights, and I think the gym doesn't really like super buff people to be there (that's the people that are always grunting). But I don't go there so maybe someone can describe it better.

NYSC member here, since April! I'm a Lucille "transfer".

I use Planet Fitness because they are cheap - memberships are either $10 or $19 depending on if you want to only use 1 gym or use all of their gyms. I do the $19 membership because I have gym by my house and by my office so it is sometimes easier for me to use whichever is closer at the time ... anything to keep me motivated to actually work out!

They do have a no "lunk" rule to help keep their gyms a "judgement free zone". They really discourage the typical heavy weight lifters so they don't want the body builders going there so they have the no grunting and dropping weights alarm. It is mostly aimed to increase their profit by targeting the population of people that sign up for gyms and don't really go that frequently. They want to keep those people happy and comfortable and for some reason those people are intimidated by heavy lifters.

I dunno but either way it is the cheapest gym in my town and it has a ton of cardio machines with a good number and variety of tv shows playing. They also have simple easy to use weight machines for beginngers like me. They do not have all the group classes but you can sign up to meet with a trainer for free to get a workout plan tailored for you. It works for me but is definantly not for everyone!

I do the groupon/living social/ generic daily deal sites. You can get things like unlimited bootcamp for 30 days, or 20 yoga classes, and other 30 day passes to gyms for super cheap. There are even some Now Deals that have classes at a gym close to you that you can get for under $10 a lot of the time.

I go to Gold's and it's only $5 a week no contract. Cardio and weight classes, plenty of machines, free weights, and they know my name. Highly recommend.