Comments on: 10 Ways to Cut Your Fitness Membership Costs

By: The Rat

The Rat — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:25:33 +0000

I just recently changed to another gym because they were offering a 3-month pass for under $50 and I jumped for it!

Nice post

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By: DC @ Dollar Commentary

DC @ Dollar Commentary — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:26:30 +0000

Here’s another one for y’all; Trial memberships. While you’re not actually a member, many gyms offer the first month free or at least a free trial period. Conceivably, if you’re really strapped for cash but are addicted to working out, you could just hop from gym to gym, never paying a membership fee of any kind. Not incredibly honest, but there it is.

By: guinness416

guinness416 — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:07:09 +0000

I’ve got a couple for you.

Friends of mine rent in an apartment building with an indoor pool. It’s a building with a lot of elderly people so the pool doesn’t get much use, we’ve had it more or less to ourselves the couple times we’ve used it. Cost: zip zero.

We’ve been playing tennis in a school gym for like $90 for ten weeks for the last couple winters (free summaer parks is a better deal, obviously, but hey). It’s not US Open quality surface but definitely beats the annual fee + monthly fee + court fee + dress code some of my friends have at their club.

And to your point 9, I found a squash club in a rec centre not far from where I live. It’s in an area some would call pretty dodgy (quite poor, run down, the centre is well hidden, etc) but has great facilities and is very very cheap!

By: Chiot's Run

Chiot's Run — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:05:19 +0000

I used to have a gym membership and loved we. We went every day. But we moved about 10 years ago and the closest gym in probalby 30 min – too far to drive. We have a treadmill & some weights in the basement that get used quite often. My favorite way to stay fit is running/walking outside and gardening. I grow my own food so I save on my grocery bill and my gym membership bill.

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By: Kingdom

Kingdom — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:56:52 +0000

I completely agree with the home gym concept! I have no excuses for not working out because my treadmill is in my living room! I never have to wait to use the equipment, I can listen to whatever music I want (or watch TV), and I don’t have to worry about all the crazy germs on the machines and in the locker rooms. It is incredibly convenient to jump into my own clean shower after a work-out. I bought some inexpensive free weights but recently got some resistence bands that are even more versitile. The cheap tradmill works great for only about $800. It has already paid for itself in about a year, considering how much I use it!

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By: a2

a2 — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:06:21 +0000

I joined the health club at a local hotel. It has everything I wanted for equipment and a nice, small pool. Costs about the same as a regular health club BUT because it is primarily for hotel guests, it is open every single day of the year with extended hours, the place is usually almost empty, and (best of all for me) the users are all shapes and sizes, so I don’t feel intimidated. I love my gym!

By: Lance

Lance — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:35:02 +0000

Hi Kerry,
Ah…that time of year…when everyone is thinking “gym”! I’ve setup a home gym with a set of free weights and a treadmill to get my workouts in. I like the flexibility of just being able to go to the basement when I want to workout. That said, there were upfront costs to make the room and buy the equipment. It’s all good now, though. And when it’s nice enough I get the bike outside, or run outside. For pool workouts, I use a local school that has open swim times (which reminds me…I should pick that one back up!).

Great thoughts here – there are definitely ways to save on gym memberships!