How much do you pay for your gym membership?

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  • daryls
    daryls Posts: 260
    I think it depends on where you live and the competition. We belong to the local YMCA because it is a community organization and gives discounted rates to those who can't afford it. I'm okay with spending $82 (for a family) a month, because I know that the organization gives back to my community. It includes two weight rooms, all classes (including spinning and boot camp). There is also a pool or maybe two - but I don't use them.
  • vs1023
    vs1023 Posts: 417 Member
    I pay $55 for a single membership. My gym also offers childcare, but I forget the additional cost for that. The fee covers all things offered at the gym in regards to equipment, pools, classes. Sometimes they have additional classes that run like kettlebell, battling ropes, bootcamps, etc and those are a little extra at times.

    I didn't have to pay an enrollment fee since they were running a special. I have a 1 year contract. Mine is a mom and pop gym, not a chain. I'm in NC.
  • Kassielin13
    Kassielin13 Posts: 263
    $37.23 at Curves. It is nothing "fancy" but it is wonderful to only be around women while working out. I just love the circuit!!!
  • kcgslp
    kcgslp Posts: 203 Member
    I pay $31 a month but my gym has just been bought out by a large chain that charges 50-75 a month...YUCK!

    NEVER pay an enrollment fee. They always have 0 enrollment sales and if they won't give that to you then tell them to call you during their next free enrollement special.
  • jenny95662
    jenny95662 Posts: 997 Member
    i go to the ymca and because my husband does not use that gym he has one at work i get the single parent membership so my kids can go to the daycare. i was paying 60 a month then i found out i can file for financial aid (everyone gets some sort of discount they said) and now i only pay 27 a month, I have a friend who gets to pay only 40 a year it all based on your money you make and how much family you have and stuff. my gym has a pool sauna weights cardio room spin room, child care, a gymnasium. I can travel to any of the 3 near my house and i can go to any in CT MA and RI too
  • carolinedb
    carolinedb Posts: 236 Member
    I pay $15 month to month for a basic gym (cardio equipment, weight machines, and free weights).
  • Footpower
    Footpower Posts: 5
    10 bucks a month...Planet Fitness.
  • 1WorkoutAtATime
    1WorkoutAtATime Posts: 719
    I pay $9.99 a month and my gym is open 24hours...
  • pammbroo
    pammbroo Posts: 550 Member
    $30/month for LA Fitness. Has a pool, racquetball courts and classes are free. I also belong to local community center for some different classes and use of their pool. That averages out to cost about $6/visit.
  • cdbravo
    cdbravo Posts: 41 Member
    I also have LA Fitness. I pay 31 dollars a month with no sign up fee.
  • ShazMc73
    ShazMc73 Posts: 106 Member
    I currently pay the equivalent of US$130 per month, but I go to a gym and a spin studio as well.... when I used to have a trainer it was $370 per month. Life in the tropics gets expensive but it's a worthwhile investment for my health!
  • laurastrait21
    laurastrait21 Posts: 307 Member
    $19.99 a month at Gold's .. I think they advertise starting rate at 40-50 but often they have weeks where you can get referred by members and get their rate! (that's how I got mine.)
  • ajourney2far
    ajourney2far Posts: 60 Member
    The gym where I was going closed. I live very rurally so the closes one to me is about 20 miles (40 round trip). After work I'm too tired to make the drive. My hubby's insurance will pay for him to got to the gym and he won't join - he's retired and has all day! Today I asked him to get a membership so we could ride together in the evenings. It's not going to happen though. I really miss working out - and my body shows the difference.
  • Lozze
    Lozze Posts: 1,917 Member
    Anytime fitness: $42.00 a month. I had to pay $40 one time fee for a key chip (nation wide). I can go 24/7 holidays,weekends. All classes free except spin is $5. No pool or tanning

    Where's this? I'm with Anytime in Western Australia and I pay $48 p/m (and that was a special opening deal) and classes are extra!
  • Ashlea82
    Ashlea82 Posts: 191
    I got a corporate membership through my DF's work
    we paid $200 joining fee (would have only been $100 but I wanted access to the women's only gym)
    and $10 a week
    it gives me 4 free crèche visits a month, free parking, free locker and hand towel every visit, free solarium (that i've never used) access to the all the pools in the aquatic centre and the spa and sauna, the huge 2 levelled male/female gym and classes there, the women's only gym and classes there 6 weekly check ins with a PT breakfast bar
    there's also about 6-8 other locations around the city i live in that i can go to (but I never have)
  • mammafrog
    mammafrog Posts: 176
    I paid $39 enrollment $10 card (for after hours) and I pay $21.50 a month. Access to 7 gyms, childcare, pool. hotub. sauna, tanning, and classes
  • amyamillia9
    amyamillia9 Posts: 1
    I pay $70/month. This includes gym, pool and classes. It is awesome!
  • Crystal817
    Crystal817 Posts: 2,021 Member
    I pay 10 bucks a month.

    I would gladly pay more for a gym with classes and a pool though!
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,968 Member
    I sent an email to the gym near me because they have an indoor track. I wanted to know how much a month to use it. All I want to use is the track during the snowy winter month because I feel that is will be dangerous to run on the roads when they are messy with snow and ice.

    The lady called and said that membership is only for the whole gym.

    Ok well how much a month?

    It a one-time fee of $75, and then $65 a month...

    I laughed and said Sorry but that is too much a month for me to just run on your track..

    So to me this price even to use the whole gym seems outrageous so what do you pay a month for your membership?
    Lol, at my gym the fees for a family of 3 is about $189 a month. $50 is about average. Luckily for myself and family, gym is free. I dont' think I've paid gym fees in over 20 year now.


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  • Debbe2
    Debbe2 Posts: 2,071 Member
    $19.99 a month all included even towels and a full class schedule which I utilize generally six or more times per week. Sure there are nicer, fancier gyms but im very happy where I am. So convenient to my home too. I waited to sign for a good deal although I was very eager but it was worth the short wait. My home away from home :-)
  • alibreasy
    alibreasy Posts: 328 Member
    I go to 24hr fitness and pay $25 per month, got in on a special month to month, so i am not locked into a contract at all. Contracts are a pet peeve of mine. I paid first and last month when I joined, so if I ever want to ace my membership I have 30 days to do so. It is actually not a big expense. Even though I have not been in a week (been on vacation) being lazy and emotional... when I do go, I usually go 3 times a week (Mon, Thurs & Sat) so I get my monies worth.
  • wbgolden
    wbgolden Posts: 2,066 Member
    i go to the ymca and because my husband does not use that gym he has one at work i get the single parent membership so my kids can go to the daycare. i was paying 60 a month then i found out i can file for financial aid (everyone gets some sort of discount they said) and now i only pay 27 a month, I have a friend who gets to pay only 40 a year it all based on your money you make and how much family you have and stuff. my gym has a pool sauna weights cardio room spin room, child care, a gymnasium. I can travel to any of the 3 near my house and i can go to any in CT MA and RI too
    I pay $72 a month at the Y with no discounts for myself and two kiddos. I could save money by going somewhere else, or maybe applying for a discount. But I don't, because I hope by paying what I do it will help a less fortunate family maintain a membership at a discounted rate.

    I just hope I'm not helping that old weirdo that looks at all the girls and never cleans the equipment after use. That would piss me right off. :P
  • coffeemom3
    coffeemom3 Posts: 1
    24-hour fitness no contract you can pick either $15.00 or $25.00 a month the $25.00 is with unlimted Taning that with ATC Fitness
  • Elzecat
    Elzecat Posts: 2,916 Member
    wow, lots of variety on prices and facilities!

    I pay $20/month for Bally's, I've been a member for a long time (even though I didn't use it regularly for the past few years until last spring), I can use any Bally's in Colorado and there are 3 locations within 10-20 minutes drive, mostly use one particular location that's 10 minutes away because they have a pool and jacuzzi, in addition to cardio machines, weight room, strength machines, indoor track, lots of classes (some free, some an extra $2 per class), etc. I'm not quite fit enough to run the 5 miles or so to the gym...yet...now there's an idea ;)

    If the weather is too bad for me to get over to the gym there is a tiny fitness center at my apartment complex that is free so I sometimes use the treadmill or elliptical.
  • BRISAjustAltered
    BRISAjustAltered Posts: 260 Member
    I pay $58 per month. No contract. The gym has an Olympic size pool, sauna, steam room, whirl pool, track, tennis courts, basketball court, game room for kids, babysitting room for babies 2 and under for up to 2 hours, baseball and football fields for kids, full weight room with all the doodads and stuff, and they offer aerobics, step, zumba, and weight training group classes. Our membership is for me, fiancé, plus his 3 kids. I think it’s great!!
  • daffodilsoup
    daffodilsoup Posts: 1,972 Member
    I pay 300RMB/50USD per month for my gym in Beijing, China - includes cardio machines, free weights, weight machines, swimming pool and classes, but I only use the cardio stuff and free weights. I'm not really into "group fitness".

    Once I get back to the US, my boyfriend and I will be looking into joining the New York Sports Club near us.
  • Ant_M76
    Ant_M76 Posts: 534 Member
    I'm getting robbed blind. I pay £89 per month (that's Sterling, not USD) BUT the gym is 5 minutes away on my bike or 5 mins on the bus (if it's raining or I cba to cycle), busstop opposite my place and at the other end it is right outside the gym door. I am going around 5 or 6 times per week, so I believe I am getting my money's worth. There is one other local gym, which is a similar distance and that's £90, plus a 12 month contract (I am on a month-to-month contract at my gym). I get access to everything there, including all classes and a pool & jacuzzi :)
  • spottedlee
    spottedlee Posts: 372
    $39, no sign-up fee, no contract,, comes with full use of gym and UNLIMITED guest privelage, in which I can bring up to 2 guests anytime, so it's like 3 for 1 if I bring guests all the time. My gym has full sized swiming pool, basket ball court, raquent ball courts, many, many classes which are included in cost.. I think i got a bargin.

    Oh yeah,, I can "freeze" my membership at $10 a month if I can't use gym. This will avoid costs assocated with signing up as new member and any future price hike.
  • kouzzzz
    kouzzzz Posts: 540 Member
    I know there are lots of gyms like Planet Fitness, Retro Fitness, Club Metro USA, etc... that do offer 10$ or $20 a month. I don't think they would have an indoor track.

    I work out in my basement.
  • ToolRat
    ToolRat Posts: 42 Member
    I needed a 24-Hour Gym because I work 10-12 Hours a day and have about 2-1/2 Hours of drive time. I found a Power House that was $29 a month. Has a Pool, Hot tub, Basketball Cort,Racketball Courts and a great work out area with free weights and a good amount of machines. Love it so far. By paying for the year, they gave me 2 months free for a total of 14 months and locks in the fee. For 24 hours, I felt this was a great deal compared to most other gyms in the area.
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