Author Topic: On average, how much money do you spend on 'bodybuilding' each year? (Read 8869 times)

Bigger Business · « **Reply #25 on:** October 13, 2006, 06:58:08 PM »

Quote from: CQ on October 13, 2006, 06:54:33 PM

Our cost of living is amongst the highest in the world [aarggh!]

Gym memberships start at about $120 p/month for a kinda crappy place, and go up. There are only 8, so the better ones have waiting lists because of these ghey fire laws about maximum occupancy......like everyone will come to the gym at the same time

I change gyms every year which leads to paying about $800-900 a year since i dont have a 'renewal rate' to take advantage of. I actually have free membership at 2 clubs but they 'teh suck'

Does your gym have a waiting list?

CQ · « **Reply #26 on:** October 13, 2006, 07:03:48 PM »

Quote from: Bigger Business on October 13, 2006, 06:58:08 PM

Does your gym have a waiting list?

Yes, to my great irritation. The limits are too low, it is not like my gym is overcrowded

Why the annual gym change? New scenery for motivation type of thing?

the choad · « **Reply #27 on:** October 13, 2006, 07:07:08 PM »

Bodybuilding Budget Fiscal 05

Steriods 2300
IGF/Human Growth Hormone 3000
Downers; Benzo'/opiates/GHB 6000
supplements 4500
gym membership 650
equipment, gloves, needles 300
food(filot minon) 8000

total est 25,000

Bast000 · « **Reply #28 on:** October 13, 2006, 07:10:33 PM »

38,000

Bigger Business · « **Reply #29 on:** October 13, 2006, 07:14:25 PM »

Quote from: CQ on October 13, 2006, 07:03:48 PM

Yes, to my great irritation. The limits are too low, it is not like my gym is overcrowded

Why the annual gym change? New scenery for motivation type of thing?

That would suck...do any other industries there have a similar protocol, is that new?

I change gyms because I dislike routine, the same faces, same music, same equipment, people start to bug you more the longer you train somewhere. I'll train at a gym appropriate to what my goals for the following year are. I enjoy looking for a new club, besides there are always new ones openning up and its a great way to keep up to date on what other athletes are doing. After 18 years of going to gyms all around the world Im getting pretty good at choosing good ones.

affy · « **Reply #30 on:** October 13, 2006, 07:17:44 PM »

Quote from: dav-bol on October 13, 2006, 06:42:32 PM

80 PER YEAR???

FFS, I pay 1600.00 per year for my wife and I, in Westchester NY(15 mins. from NYC) .
Second richest (next to Beverly Hills) county in the U.S.
Special Ed pays the same and Croatch used to pay that too, but he moved to Vegas.

Christ Almighty you guys would be in shock if we talked about living expenses.
I should move.

lol..university gyms are amazing...decent equipment...and its so damn cheap
only problem is the dumbells go up to 110lbs...ehh ill deal with it for the price

in highschool i used to go to some gay bally's ripoff called curzons...it was full of homos and fat moms...and it was like around 42/month...so i sorta feel ya, except i live in toronto and not some rich ass city in the states...lol

the choad · « **Reply #31 on:** October 13, 2006, 07:20:24 PM »

damn, i may have to start posing nude like rusty jeffers to help pay the bills..

Bigger Business · « **Reply #32 on:** October 13, 2006, 07:22:25 PM »

Join the queue

Quote from: Luke Wood on October 13, 2006, 08:18:01 AM

I am getting RUSTY!!!!

Vince G, CSN MFT · « **Reply #33 on:** October 13, 2006, 07:26:05 PM »

Gym Membership - 780.00 dollars a year
Food - 125.00 dollars a week
Supplements - 0 (Business)
NPC Card - 80.00 a year
INBF Card - 30.00 a year
Pre Competition Tanning - 30.00
Chiropractor - 30.00 a session, 4-8 a month
Hotel Expenses - $600.00+
Magazine Subscriptions- 96.00 a year
Posing Trunks - 0 (Business)
Clothing - 100.00

And much more....too much to list...

The True Adonis · « **Reply #34 on:** October 13, 2006, 07:29:31 PM »

Quote from: Vince G, CSN MFT on October 13, 2006, 07:26:05 PM

Gym Membership - 780.00 dollars a year
Food - 125.00 dollars a week
Supplements - 0 (Business)
NPC Card - 80.00 a year
INBF Card - 30.00 a year
Pre Competition Tanning - 30.00
Chiropractor - 30.00 a session, 4-8 a month
Hotel Expenses - $600.00+
Magazine Subscriptions- 96.00 a year
Posing Trunks - 0 (Business)
Clothing - 100.00

And much more....too much to list...

hahhah You go to the Chiropractor.

I bet you pretend you are Ronnie Coleman when you go in there.

Tre · « **Reply #35 on:** October 13, 2006, 07:29:36 PM »

Quote from: Vince G, CSN MFT on October 13, 2006, 07:26:05 PM

Posing Trunks - 0 (Business)

*chuckle*

knny187 · « **Reply #36 on:** October 13, 2006, 07:29:48 PM »

Quote from: Vince G, CSN MFT on October 13, 2006, 07:26:05 PM

Pre Competition Tanning - 30.00

Aren't you as black as Wesley Snipes?

Bast000 · « **Reply #37 on:** October 13, 2006, 07:33:10 PM »

Quote from: The True Adonis on October 13, 2006, 07:29:31 PM

hahhah You go to the Chiropractor.

I bet you pretend you are Ronnie Coleman when you go in there.

he gets a happy ending

DEFCON · « **Reply #38 on:** October 13, 2006, 08:02:08 PM »

Quote from: sarcasm on October 13, 2006, 05:34:35 PM

spending 6 grand a year on bb'ing has to be a joke.

I guess it depends on how much you make. But in general it is pretty useless. I've come to the conclusion that being huge and jacked isn't even worth my time anymore. Especially when staying natural. I can eat and eat and train and train and maybe get to 220 at 5'10" with single digit bodyfat (this is after 14 years of training). But why bother? You stop for a few months and you're back where you started. like you said I'd rather spend my money on other shit and be 200 and ripped instead of 220. Althought I get the bug once in a while as I get older I just have other shit to do.

AlliedPowers · « **Reply #39 on:** October 13, 2006, 08:07:34 PM »

Probably $100 a week on food, maybe $30 on creatine every few months. Also energy drinks at the gym, that's probably the highest cost.

911 was an Inside Job

Dredlock Rasta · « **Reply #40 on:** October 13, 2006, 08:11:09 PM »

Quote from: Shawn Ray on October 13, 2006, 06:27:25 PM

Millions

UNHH, Whose grill is that? Your?

Disgusted · « **Reply #41 on:** October 13, 2006, 08:12:42 PM »

$1.79

ozman · « **Reply #42 on:** October 13, 2006, 08:16:03 PM »

Quote from: Bast000 on October 13, 2006, 07:10:33 PM

38,000

that's more than my gross income

LOL

Stavios · « **Reply #43 on:** October 13, 2006, 08:23:05 PM »

it will be better for my health if I don't think about all that money

HowieW · « **Reply #44 on:** October 13, 2006, 08:27:37 PM »

Quote from: Stavios on October 13, 2006, 08:23:05 PM

it will be better for my health if I don't think about all that money

I used to spend a lot more than I do now on supplements. Now at my present plumpness I just can't see spending all that much money on that when I end up eating donuts.
The $$$ issue is the big problem I have with a lot of extensive drug use as HGH and the effective stuff is pretty expensive. Makes more sense to me to eat at a nice resturant or go on a cruise with my wife and get pampered.

G o a t b o y · « **Reply #45 on:** October 13, 2006, 08:28:12 PM »

gym memberships $0

dvd's $0

extra food Who's to say I wouldn't spend this much on food if I didn't work out?

supps $0

'supps' This year? $0

magazines/books $0

clothes Specifically for "bodybuilding"? $0

going to shows/federation memberships etc. $0

web broadcasts/site memberships $0

anything vaguely related that you wouldnt spend if you wernt a fan of bodybuilding or a bodybuilder/aspiring bodybuilder. $0

the choad · « **Reply #46 on:** October 13, 2006, 08:37:59 PM »

Quote from: G o a t b o y on October 13, 2006, 08:28:12 PM

gym memberships $0

dvd's $0

extra food Who's to say I wouldn't spend this much on food if I didn't work out?

supps $0

'supps' This year? $0

magazines/books $0

clothes Specifically for "bodybuilding"? $0

going to shows/federation memberships etc. $0

web broadcasts/site memberships $0

anything vaguely related that you wouldnt spend if you wernt a fan of bodybuilding or a bodybuilder/aspiring bodybuilder. $0

Don't foget Nassar's soiled posing trunks? 105 dollars...

haider · « **Reply #47 on:** October 13, 2006, 08:46:14 PM »

Quote from: the choad on October 13, 2006, 08:37:59 PM

Don't foget Nassar's soiled posing trunks? 105 dollars...

that comes under the heading "anything vaguely related that you wouldnt spend if you wernt a fan of bodybuilding or a bodybuilder/aspiring bodybuilder"

G o a t b o y · « **Reply #48 on:** October 13, 2006, 08:47:56 PM »

Quote from: the choad on October 13, 2006, 08:37:59 PM

Don't foget Nassar's soiled posing trunks? 105 dollars...

I only ordered those as a favor for Ron... he was too embarrassed to order them himself. He paid me the $105 back!

tom joad · « **Reply #49 on:** October 13, 2006, 09:09:40 PM »

thank heavens real bodybuilders can buy a good reliable fanny pack without paying an arm and a leg.

Author Topic: On average, how much money do you spend on 'bodybuilding' each year? (Read 8869 times)

affy

Stavios