How much is your gym membership?

[38 returns]

prophecy is 40 a month and its second to none

[Never1AShow]

I work out at home so $0 but I'm reading American Psycho and Patrick Bateman paid $5000 a year at his gym in Manhattan in the 1980's.

Yeah, I remember the LA Sports Club (Sports Club LA?) was pretty pricey like that back in the 90s. Not sure if it’s even still around!

[Van_Bilderass]

I think the deciding factor for most people is what kind of people do you want to train with?

That's true, the mood and atmosphere is key for good lifting, equipment is a distant second. IMO at least.

[King Shizzo]

$28 bucks plus $20 for day care
But I'm a member of something called Active & Fit Direct through my bank USAA. With it you pay $28 per month and be able to go to any gym that participates. So while I go to EOS, I can go to about 10-12 other gyms in my area. Corporate gyms like LA Fitness. There's YMCAs and small gyms as well. Great deal.

It will be a great deal, once you start using it.

[Wiggs]

It will be a great deal, once you start using it.

Dude, it's 2025 getting close to 2026. I'm lean, financially set, married, have a child and working on my Doctorate.  I know you enjoy basking in the glory of my down years, but get over it. Operate in today's reality when referring to me and to yourself. 

I don't want to bully the less fortunate but you're sort of asking for it.

[King Shizzo]

Dude, it's 2025 getting close to 2026. I'm lean, financially set, married, have a child and working on my Doctorate.  I know you enjoy basking in the glory of my down years, but get over it. Operate in today's reality when referring to me and to yourself. 

I don't want to bully the less fortunate but you're sort of asking for it.

[MCWAY]

Now that Crunch just bought out 24-Hour Fitness (at least here in FL), I have to see what deal I can get after Thanksgiving. Back in 2023, I did the Black Friday sale and paid $280 for a two-year membership, after having my credit card charged indefinitely since I first joined in 2013. Back then, it was $30 a month. But, because 24-Hour Fitness changed nearly all their club to "Sports Clubs" (i.e. with basketball courts), the cost eventually went up to $50/month.

My membership got grandfathered into Crunch in May, almost exactly the same way back in 2013 after Crunch bought out Bally.

[BayGBM]

When I joined my local gym they asked for my debit card.  I told them no, but they could use my credit card. They told me that use of my debit card was required as that is their policy.  The clerk waved his hand toward the gym floor and said everyone here pays via debit.  I told them their policy was misguided and so were their members.  The manager was standing nearby and joined the conversation.  I told him that no one gets my debit card as I do not allow ANY merchant to reach into my bank account and withdraw funds—not even my mortgage lender; any funds that leave my account are initiated by me exclusively. If I don’t let my mortgage lender into my account why would I let some chain gym debit my account at will?  I told him if a debit card was required then I didn’t need to be a member and would go elsewhere.  And what about people who have no debit card? Guess what? Suddenly the policy changed mid sentence and they accepted my credit card.  Why other members put up with that policy I will never know. 

[snx]

When I joined my local gym they asked for my debit card.  I told them no, but they could use my credit card. They told me that use of my debit card was required as that is their policy.  The clerk waved his hand toward the gym floor and said everyone here pays via debit.  I told them their policy was misguided and so were their members.  The manager was standing nearby and joined the conversation.  I told him that no one gets my debit card as I do not allow ANY merchant to reach into my bank account and withdraw funds—not even my mortgage lender; any funds that leave my account are initiated by me exclusively. If I don’t let my mortgage lender into my account why would I let some chain gym debit my account at will?  I told him if a debit card was required then I didn’t need to be a member and would go elsewhere.  And what about people who have no debit card? Guess what? Suddenly the policy changed mid sentence and they accepted my credit card.  Why other members put up with that policy I will never know. 

Amen.


There is zero reason to turn over one’s debit card. I do the same as you’ve done Bay. No one gets it. I do train at home most days but planet fatness gets my money too when I venture into the public with the mouth breathers for a sojourn. The price is hard to beat and gives me an excuse to head out. But most days I train at home; I’ve got $10k into the home gym and the rules are what I make them.

[Donny]

When I joined my local gym they asked for my debit card.  I told them no, but they could use my credit card. They told me that use of my debit card was required as that is their policy.  The clerk waved his hand toward the gym floor and said everyone here pays via debit.  I told them their policy was misguided and so were their members.  The manager was standing nearby and joined the conversation.  I told him that no one gets my debit card as I do not allow ANY merchant to reach into my bank account and withdraw funds—not even my mortgage lender; any funds that leave my account are initiated by me exclusively. If I don’t let my mortgage lender into my account why would I let some chain gym debit my account at will?  I told him if a debit card was required then I didn’t need to be a member and would go elsewhere.  And what about people who have no debit card? Guess what? Suddenly the policy changed mid sentence and they accepted my credit card.  Why other members put up with that policy I will never know. 

Most people don't question anything & most Gym's have hidden costs. For example one Gym I knew offered an all inclusive deal..free drinks ..but suddenly the customers were charged for " service fees"
When people realised this some tried to leave the Gym only to be given a long hard fight with paper work & other means to mess them around.

[Humble Narcissist]

he also bought a pizza that cost $90

Only the best for Patrick.