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How Much DO you pay?

Postby tigertron » Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:14 am


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hmmm just curious how much you guys are paying for ur gym memberships?
im in Toronto Canada and pay $28/month
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Re: How Much DO you pay?

Postby muddy » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:15 am

$25/mo for a one club 24 hr fitness in Berkeley, California. But this is my last month of paying it. I've got my bar, plates and bench, and a rack on order. I'm building a lifting platform in my new garage (just moved to a place with enough space) this weekend. The rack should arrive sometime in January, so I've already terminated the gym membership for Feb 1.
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Re: How Much DO you pay?

Postby Young Athlete » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:09 am

i would look into strongman training i have seen a lot of cool gyms up in canada... Lots of strongman willing to help you train and they are crazy strong
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Re: How Much DO you pay?

Postby Rob_M. » Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:39 pm

Gym memberships over here are a joke. I pay about £32 a month, that's $47. Some charge up to £45/$66 a month.
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Re: How Much DO you pay?

Postby Cleave » Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:03 pm

I pay $55 per month but that's a family membership.
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Re: How Much DO you pay?

Postby bluestreak » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:24 pm

Seems like most gyms charge between $15-20 NZD per week down here. I think my gym and others like it try to charge twice that amount but it has everything (creche, classes, etc).

Down here you can transfer your gym contract to another person, which is a cheap option as you avoid the up front fee and can pay the low rates people got years ago.
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Re: How Much DO you pay?

Postby SardusPater » Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:46 pm

I payed 35€ in my first gym, and 20€ in my second (which was a little farther than the first one, but money is money :D).
Now i don't pay cause i have a home gym :P
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Re: How Much DO you pay?

Postby shaun680 » Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:30 pm

Rob_M. wrote:Gym memberships over here are a joke. I pay about £32 a month, that's $47. Some charge up to £45/$66 a month.

Yeah, I was paying £36. I've cancelled it now and ordered some equipment to start from home.
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Re: How Much DO you pay?

Postby markg » Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:38 pm

My local gym is £3 per session, with the option to pay £24 monthly subscription. They discount further for annual payments.

There is no creche, no classes, just sunbeds, cardio stuff, machines and iron.
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Re: How Much DO you pay?

Postby TakeFive » Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:16 pm

$25 per month for LA Fitness. Includes large weight area, lots of machines, raquetball courts, basketball court, pool, large aerobics/cycling room with free classes, sauana, steam room, kid's Klub, etc.

Fee never increases either. I've paid the same since 1999. Meet an old guy that was paying $7 per month. Thought that was a great deal until a woman at work told me she bought a family membership when she was 17 (she's now about 35), and pays $99 a year for 4 people!

http://www.lafitness.com/Pages/default.aspx

24 Hour Fitness just put up a monster sized club down the street they need to fill. Memberships are going for $29.99 per month.

http://www.24hourfitness.com/non_member_home.html
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Re: How Much DO you pay?

Postby kimlin85 » Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:19 pm

$36 a month, 2 yr contract. meh.
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Re: How Much DO you pay?

Postby Rob_M. » Sat Jan 03, 2009 4:27 pm

shaun680 wrote:
Rob_M. wrote:Gym memberships over here are a joke. I pay about £32 a month, that's $47. Some charge up to £45/$66 a month.

Yeah, I was paying £36. I've cancelled it now and ordered some equipment to start from home.


I was going to do the same, but space is the issue. If it was my house, I'd probably have cleared out the garage and bought a power-rack, but seeing as I live with my parents-not my decision.
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Re: How Much DO you pay?

Postby Mehdi » Sat Jan 03, 2009 4:45 pm

First gym: 25€/month, then 30€/month (this was from 1999 to 2003 something)
2nd gym in 2004: 40€/month

Average price over here is 40€/month now, some gyms easily ask 50€/month and more.
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Re: How Much DO you pay?

Postby natew » Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:22 pm

$42 CAD - student fee. it's regular $48. it is a lot more expensive than their old prices, but they built a really nice, state of the art facility with a pool, saunas, 2 floors, like a 50 flat screen tvs, etc. imo still too much , but it's a nice place.
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Re: How Much DO you pay?

Postby guru » Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:29 am

Gyms here charge anything from about $20 to $40 /month. I am currently paying about $25/ month for an year membership which expires in June.

Would love to have a home gym, but space is a big issue right now.

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