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How much to spend on monthly fees?

burrocfh Posts: 200 Joined: 2004/01/09	2004/05/20, 11:02 AM Hi everyone, I just had this doubt concerning your monthly fees for your local gyms. A friend of mine just got into Bally Fitness, and they charge him around 120 usd per month... he says it's worth it because all the machines are new and he gets to watch a lot of pretty girls... I go to a local gym near my house and I pay 30 usd per month, the equipment is "ok" as in it has everything you need but its kind of old, and not that many pretty girls around.... I tell him that the main reason for working out its not flirting, its working out! So, how much do you spend on monthly fees? I guess Mexico would be cheaper than the US on that right?
howdiekat Posts: 1,345 Joined: 2003/05/22	2004/05/20, 11:44 AM 120 a month for a gym is insane...for that he'd better getting a personal trainer, a private locker room, and enough pretty girls to give him a lifetime supply of eye candy. i pay $55 a month to use any 24hour fitness in north america and all of them have great equipment in their facilities. i also get to see women doing bicycle crunches in front of mirrors in really short skirts...i bet that's not included in your friend's monthly fees. -------------- success comes before work only in the dictionary. that's right.
princesslodgey Posts: 1,748 Joined: 2004/02/21	2004/05/20, 12:52 PM 20 GB pounds for a set of dumbells, and 60 pounds for a workbench = total 80 pound one off payment. I only get to see me in the mirror, but the reflection is slowly getting better. If I really want to push the boat out I go to my local gym which is 3 pounds a time. Used to pay 50 pounds a month for a gym with shiny equipment, but poor instruction, even from the gym manager (like do HIIT session, then 30 minute standard cardio session THEN do squats, lunges and leg presses, EVERY day six days a week) I reckon I'm better off at home with a workout from FT and advice from the guys on the board :)
david_s81 Posts: 543 Joined: 2004/04/09	2004/05/20, 02:21 PM True. That's some pretty random advice to get from someone. Ummm...pounds are less or more than a dollar. I dunno, I only know italian and swiss exchange rates (:laugh:) j/k. Howdie, that sounds like a bargain at any price. I only pay $40, but it's a local franchise of gyms. There is like 20 locations in and around here, but nothing nationally. But they have pools, climbing walls, new equip, and since there is not a national presence here, they have all the eye candy going there. I did mention that I go there too, right. :laugh: -------------- \"If you do not understand, this is your fault, not ours.\"
I_Am-aZon Posts: 893 Joined: 2003/02/18	2004/05/20, 02:30 PM Wow that is $$$$$. Mine is $41 (CDN) per month and they just got all new equipment. That sounds really steep burroch. :surprised:
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2004/05/20, 02:32 PM Holy S%$T! 120 usd per month??? Thats really ripp off! Your friend is being burned! I am paying 42.00cdn$$ and find that high. And If I want to see pretty girls, I look at my wife, or just go into the city and sit at a terrace with a Heinikin. That's eye candy for me. 120.00 wow! -------------- "A will finds a way, failure is not an option" Ivan carivan@freetrainers.com Montreal Canada
WAnglais1 Posts: 329 Joined: 2003/10/23	2004/05/20, 03:08 PM Wow...50 pounds is close to $100! With the exchange rate lately, anyway. Mine is right at $40/month, and I think that's a little much. Considering I have only gotten instruction from a couple of friends who go with me, and the instructors seem to spend more time chatting up members of the opposite sex than anything else.
burrocfh Posts: 200 Joined: 2004/01/09	2004/05/20, 03:57 PM Did I mention he had to pay an initial membership fee of 500 usd? :surprised::( Yes carivan, it is a total rip off, I guess that with those 120 usd per month he could workout at the gym I go, and then get the remaining 90 usd spent on supplements :laugh:
R_Mitty Posts: 54 Joined: 2003/08/29	2004/05/20, 05:00 PM i only pay $18(cdn)a month and its easily the biggest gym in the area. The have some deal where after 1.5 years, your fee's drop in half.
Relique Posts: 187 Joined: 2004/03/17	2004/05/20, 05:42 PM Join the military :) Lots of prity girls runing around, decent equipment and no fee :big_smile: -------------- Sean "TBAR" Johnson -USAF-
wildbear617 Posts: 21 Joined: 2004/02/26	2004/05/21, 12:23 AM Holy S*&t!!!!!! I hope at least that gym your friend goes to has the good decency to make him a post workout meal and a limo ride back to his house:surprised:
burrocfh Posts: 200 Joined: 2004/01/09	2004/05/21, 08:58 AM LOL! no wildbear617, the fees do not include a post workout meal (not even a shake, those are sold separately) or the limo ride... :dumbbell:
Datdanigirl Posts: 452 Joined: 2004/02/11	2004/05/21, 11:20 AM My husband and I joined Bally's on a two for one.. We paid $800 USD upfront and have $25 monthly dues. We can use all related gyms in the country (have used several), and some are really great, some are stinky. I wanted spinning and yoga, thought I wanted a pool from past experience at a private health club but now know not to go in that thing. What's done is done, we're members now, though there's alot of crap to deal with there - not worth the scenery. All the gyms in my area are rather pricey and this was actually the cheapest in my 2 month search. If I went farther from home there were reasonable Powerhouse type places with no contract that I would have preferred. -------------- : ] ~Danielle The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
Datdanigirl Posts: 452 Joined: 2004/02/11	2004/05/21, 11:25 AM btw Burroch, I am guessing that the $120 a month includes financing of the membership purchase?? Unless he got taken for a ride by a salesman, usually the membership is around a grand, so he probably put $500 down and financed the remainder. $120 a month should drop to whatever dues rate he got once the membership price is paid off. -------------- : ] ~Danielle The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
Speeder Posts: 226 Joined: 2003/03/14	2004/05/21, 11:36 AM I pay 45/mnth CDN after Tax. This is at Florida Fitness in Ottawa. It has Squash Courts and all new equipment, plus it allows me to visit any one of the 4 Facilities throughout Ottawa. I use to go to Nautilus Plus (in Quebec) and if you signed a 1yr contract it was 25/mnth, and it was all new Equipment as well. But I have moved to Ontario, so the travel time isn't worth it.
hecdarec Posts: 2,457 Joined: 2003/12/16	2004/05/21, 11:48 AM I pay 75.00 a month for myself and my wife at Golds. I can use it at any Golds. I have no complaints. -------------- Would it be classified as overly competitive if I refused to let a 4 year old beat me at chutes and ladders?
mmaibohm Posts: 1,621 Joined: 2003/09/30	2004/05/21, 02:24 PM I pay 20 per month with a 100 down over 3 years at ballys. I can use any ballys in the us. -------------- I am that which must be feared, worshipped and adored. The world is mine now and forever.No one holds command over me. No man. No god. I am ANIMAL! and that is enough.
david_s81 Posts: 543 Joined: 2004/04/09	2004/05/21, 07:31 PM What's with the huge down payments. That is insane. 800 down?? I put about 60 down for reg. fees and I had to pay first and last month dues, but $800 is expensive. We don't have a bally's around here though. -------------- Listen to the Deftones
detox174 Posts: 115 Joined: 2003/10/28	2004/05/24, 09:57 PM i pay nothing....my college's gym is free to students :big_smile:
burrocfh Posts: 200 Joined: 2004/01/09	2004/05/25, 09:26 AM lol when I was in college the gym was also free and it was awesome, new equipment, all you needed for a great workout, cardio machines, etc. Its a pity those times are over now :(
Sidume Posts: 70 Joined: 2004/01/28	2004/05/26, 01:06 AM I don't recall exactly what mine is monthly. I paid about 425 USD to have it covered for a year. I like detox174's plan, but after 3 degrees, that gets old. One year I saved a lot of money by auditing a class. Sometimes registering for a 1 credit class will give you access to all the goodies students get, for less than what you would pay for a membership at a gym.