$100 for a fitness club? Really?

Brazil
March 31, 2012 1:28pm CST
I was trying to find a fitness club for me to do weight training, but with the prices that I'm seeing, I don't know what to do. I went in a 4 or 5 fitness clubs and the range of price went from $80 to $200 per month. It's too much!! Unless I start to do 4 hours of gym per day (which obviously I won't..), I just don't think it's worth the money. What you guys think? How much you pay monthly for your fitness club?
2 responses
lakantar
@lakantar (1573)
• Greece
31 Mar 12
Maybe you should think of starting a sport. It is less expensive to buy the equipment you'll need, than paying 100$ per month. Especially sports like basketball or football aren't expensive at all. All you need there is a pair of shoes and a ball :)
moneywinner
@moneywinner (1864)
• Brazil
1 Apr 12
That's a good idea! I'll try to convince my friends to play volleyball or handball, but it's going to be a tough task cause they are pretty lazy..lol!
lakantar
@lakantar (1573)
• Greece
5 Apr 12
Well the good thing about sports is that all you need to find is a good field to go to. Me as an example I am only convincing a friend most of the time (while my other friends are lazy too :P) to go for basketball, but we go in a field where lots of people are gathering to play for the same reason as us so most of the times we find teams there ;)
elementah
@elementah (106)
• United States
31 Mar 12
Wow, that is definitely too expensive for a fitness club. It depends though, maybe they have free yoga classes there everyday for as long as you want? Or a buffet or something? LOL. You should join LA Fitness. They have a first membership fee, and then you pay about $1 everyday you're a member of them which is like $30 a month and you can go in there for as long as you want. Plus, when you're a member of them, you can join their classes like yoga, Zumba, and all those relaxing classes for just $1 admission :) I know this because my mom's a member of them and she's addicted to their classes, lol. I want to join too, but not for the classes since they are mostly full of adults. Just for the running and stuff.
moneywinner
@moneywinner (1864)
• Brazil
1 Apr 12
Wow..this place that you talked seems amazing! Too bad that I don't have a place like that near to where I live! If at least they offer yoga classes or pilates for this price..but no! They only offer weight training and some classes, like bike and step classes.