How much do you pay for your gym membership?

[joshcowin]

£18 pound a month

Lifestyle fitness, I go at 6am every weekday the same 5-6 people in there.

Its great value, that includes classes, no pool or sauna.

[Scuba_steve]

£5 - We have a company gym on site. Saved me a fortune compared to Bannatynes which was £44.

I go 4-5 times a week now too, win-win!

[davek_964]

PureGym, same as a previous poster - think it's something like £22 a month. Years ago I belonged to another local gym (with squash courts, pool etc.) - obviously cost more but the "gym" part was very poor by comparison - much smaller, with far fewer machines. Pure Gym is pretty good for the money - the only thing it really lacks is wi-fi - would be nice to be able to stream radio when I get bored of my music collection.

[trowelhead]

944fan said:

I used to belong to one of those. Good value and well stocked. Unfortunately the low price attracts some undesirables. The weights area can be like the wild west at times. I knew I was in a classy joint when I had to take a can of special brew off the bench press bench before I could use it. :-)

Same, great at first, but then it became absolutely rammed at all times, and the weights room could easily make it into the "a bit council" thread

Now at virgin active, £62 a month

[V8mate]

I used to be a member of 'The Gym' for £15, but weights were too light and too few, and it attracted too many innits.

Now a member of an Anytime Fitness gym. Their standard rate is £34.95, but I got a £5 discount for joining before they'd even opened, plus another £5 discount because I was invited by one of the PTs there. (He'd been my PT at The Gym). So £24.95.

A lot of people can secure at least a 10% discount through working for a local major employer etc.

No pool or other sports facilities. Quite weights focused, but has a couple of Watt bikes which are good, a dedicated spinning room (with virtual instructor as well as classes), and lots of other free classes for all sorts. Really good franchisee too, which goes a long way.

[Hoofy]

I've concluded gym life is not for me. It's back day today and I could use the trial membership, but I can't be arsed to go. I'd rather just train at home. Ironically, I have zero motivation to go to the gym, which is one of the things the salesman said the gym is good for.



(And before you ask, I will finish my training unable to do a single further rep and wake up tomorrow with back and lat pump.)

[hashtag]

£0.00

I used to work for a couple of the bigger chains. Both fitness Managers held the same opinion that a 2 hour dog walk was better than a similar time spent in the gym!

[Hoofy]

hashtag said:

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I used to work for a couple of the bigger chains. Both fitness Managers held the same opinion that a 2 hour dog walk was better than a similar time spent in the gym!

Depends on your goals. And if you walked the dog up Everest or not.

[numtumfutunch]

Council gym

Big pool & sauna cplex
New equipment - and loads of it
Free classes

£300 per year all in

[R8VXF]

£0

I built a gym at home

[Captain Answer]

Virgin Active membership which is £60 a month (I needed life insurance too so took out Vitality who are a partner with them, so you get both in for that sorta price)

Its pricey but right across the street from work so I can wonder over on lunch break

[anonymous-user]

Used to pay £65 until they closed it down.

Now pay £15.99 for pure gym. Which is a big step down, stinks and loads of meat heads, but cheaper than council.

[Hoofy]

None of you belong to DLL then?

[MiggyA]

£11/month at a 'The Gym'. Not only the cheapest place I've ever trained at but also the only one to have a serious lifting platform with bumper plates

[GT03ROB]

Hoofy said:

None of you belong to DLL then?

Yip, thats my 150/month

[TurboHatchback]

I pay yearly, last time it was £299 I think so ~£25 a month. That's a council leisure centre (but a nice one) and includes pool, morning squash courts, golf course, classes (if one was into that sort of thing) and various other stuff, pretty good value IMO.

Hoofy said:

hashtag said:

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I used to work for a couple of the bigger chains. Both fitness Managers held the same opinion that a 2 hour dog walk was better than a similar time spent in the gym!

Depends on your goals. And if you walked the dog up Everest or not.

And what you do while you're in the gym. I intend to get bigger and stronger so neither dog walking nor treadmills are going to be of much use to me.

[BoRED S2upid]

£15 pm off peak or before 4:30 weekdays and weekends council facilities a choice of 3 pools and 4 gyms have to pay extra for weekly squash as the council courts are poor.

[Hoofy]

GT03ROB said:

Hoofy said:

None of you belong to DLL then?

Yip, thats my 150/month

Ah, £75 each didn't seem as bad. I was quoted £109pm including court use.

[Hoofy]

TurboHatchback said:

I pay yearly, last time it was £299 I think so ~£25 a month. That's a council leisure centre (but a nice one) and includes pool, morning squash courts, golf course, classes (if one was into that sort of thing) and various other stuff, pretty good value IMO.

Hoofy said:

hashtag said:

£0.00

I used to work for a couple of the bigger chains. Both fitness Managers held the same opinion that a 2 hour dog walk was better than a similar time spent in the gym!

Depends on your goals. And if you walked the dog up Everest or not.

And what you do while you're in the gym. I intend to get bigger and stronger so neither dog walking nor treadmills are going to be of much use to me.

Exactly. I can only think the fitness managers quoted above are only thinking about weight loss and probably food avoidance.

[GT03ROB]

Hoofy said:

GT03ROB said:

Hoofy said:

None of you belong to DLL then?

Yip, thats my 150/month

Ah, £75 each didn't seem as bad. I was quoted £109pm including court use.

I seem to recall you pay a lot more for the 1st membership, so a single may well be around what you quote, but do it as a couple & it works out better.