athletic club with pools

[renaissancewoman101]

Is $40 or $50 monthly membership fees to join an athletic/workout club place that offers yoga classes and such and has a pool, expensive?

 

For those of you who have gym memberships, how much do you pay?

 

Just curious.

[alli]

I think it's not a bad deal. I have a membership to a gym without anything like a pool or yoga classes. It's like $30 or $35 a month, just for weight equipment, treadmills, elipticals. Not even a running track! I would definitely pay $40 for a gym membership with a pool.

[WickedSunrise]

I think that's pretty reasonable. I pay $30 a month for mine, but I have a limited membership (meaning I can't go to the club during peak hours of 4pm-7:30pm during the week and 8am-11am on Saturdays). Mine has group fitness classes (like Yoga, and Kickboxing) cardio rooms, weight rooms, shower, sauna, etc. but no pool. I think the full membership to by club is more like $45/50, but I get the cheaper one because it's not too hard for me to work around those hours.

[guynextdoor]

I pay $7 per month and have access to much all of the 24hr fitness with the expection of some of the bigger ones. Its not what you know but who you know..

[renaissancewoman101]

Thing is, I do have a pool and small workout room in my apt building, but the pool is FREEZING (not heated). I do swim downstairs in our pool during the summer, but it gets crowded with kids.

 

I mainly am looking for a place to be able to swim (I swim with a kickboard, I know kinda lame). They also offer swim classes (with membership it is 30% off).

 

I dunno. I probably should be trying to save money, not spend it.

[annie24]

I was going to say, it's a lot of money if you are unemployed!!!!

[newwave]

I pay about $100 for a six month membership to a gym that has a pool, classes (I take aerobics and yoga), a fitness room, a gym and a racquetball couty). Why so cheap? Because it's at my the school where I received my Masters and I get an alumni discount.

[renaissancewoman101]

I was going to say, it's a lot of money if you are unemployed!!!!

 

true. I was just asking around.

 

I hope I can find a job soon. It seems when I have too much free time on my hands, I find more ways to WANT to spend money.

[jul-els]

Thing is, I do have a pool and small workout room in my apt building, but the pool is FREEZING (not heated). I do swim downstairs in our pool during the summer, but it gets crowded with kids.

 

I mainly am looking for a place to be able to swim (I swim with a kickboard, I know kinda lame). They also offer swim classes (with membership it is 30% off).

 

I dunno. I probably should be trying to save money, not spend it.

 

I would go with the freebies if it were me. Last time I had a gym membership, about 4 yrs. ago, I paid $40 a month for it.

[Momake]

That's about the standard price for memberships nowadays.

 

Although my membership is currently on hold (at no fee) when I do pay I pay $30 monthly for access to all facilities at Goodlife in Canada. However, I should mention I have been a member since 2001 and they have since increased my fee slightly once or twice.

[Cheeks18]

20$ a month without a pool....Just cardio and wightlifting area....i wish I could afford the one with the pool!!!

[annie24]

I would REALLY put off getting a gym membership until you get a new job. until then, i would utilize the free one in your apartment complex.

[renaissancewoman101]

I would REALLY put off getting a gym membership until you get a new job. until then, i would utilize the free one in your apartment complex.

 

true. I was just curious at how much people spent on gym memberships.

[OntheWire]

$40/month is cheap. The only decent gym around here is about $130/month.

[renaissancewoman101]

$40/month is cheap. The only decent gym around here is about $130/month.

 

ouch!!!!

 

I guess I will think more about joining a gym after I find a job. I just was curious at how much people paid for gym memberships.

 

For those of you who have a gym membership, if you lost your job, would you cancel your gym membership?

[OntheWire]

 

For those of you who have a gym membership, if you lost your job, would you cancel your gym membership?

 

It's easier to find a new job than it is to quit the gym. Haven't you seen that Friends episode?

[renaissancewoman101]

It's easier to find a new job than it is to quit the gym. Haven't you seen that Friends episode?

 

No, what was the episode about?

[OntheWire]

Not sure...never tried.

[Jd1983]

that episode is funny.

 

Is it that hard to quit a gym membership?

 

Yeah, it is pretty difficult to quit the gym. My mom transferred her Bally's membership to me several years ago (she's been a member since 1987, so I got a pretty good rate, about $230 a year). Of all the years I've been a member, I barely ever went to the gym.

 

In fact, I tried to cancel my membership last year, and they gave me the whole runaround - conversation verbatim - "You can never cancel your membership with us. You just can't step into another Bally's again. If you do decide to come back to us, i.e. within 3 years from now, you will owe us the fee for the 3 years that you didn't go". What the hell? I renewed it just to save the hassle.

 

However, the whole year that I renewed it, I did not go to the gym ONCE. Therefore, I called again recently (membership was up), and I argued with the customer service guy and told him that there is no sense for me to renew if they check my history, I did not go once so it's pointless. They tried to get me not to cancel, but I was persistent, so I guess they finally gave in and told me that I had to send a letter to let them know that I wished to cancel.

[WickedSunrise]

I've never had a problem quitting my gym, but I guess I've always quit when I was leaving to go back to where I go to college accross the country. So I wouldn't be in town anymore...

[ghost69]

i pay $25 a month. i know 24 hr fitness is like $19.

[sidehop]

If your friend or someone with a gym membership ask them if you can piggy back on the account, usually family/friends membership get a discount. That's what I did with 24hr Fitness before I moved. Instead of $45 a month it was $99 deposit and came to $17 a month after tax.

 

One thing you might want to check into is saltwater pool vs. traditional chlorine filled pool. Some people find the chlorine bothers their skin, eyes, etc.

[metrogirl]

Hey Renny, if someone in your family or even T has a membership with Bally's maybe they can add you as part of the friends and family discount. I pay 30.00 dollars but because I added my son, he only pays 20.00 a month.

[BobbyC]

I think the price has to do a lot with where you live. I've paid as little as $35 to as much as $150 per month for a gym/athletic club that had a pool and classes. The cheaper membership was in a much smaller city than the more expensive one.

[renaissancewoman101]

I've decided NOT to join a health club right now.

 

But I signed up for swim classes (one half hour in the evening) on a weeknight. That way I can still swim (in my pool downstairs) but take swim lessons elsewhere since I don't swim really well. I don't know how to tread water.