Anyone else feel those $50 a month gym memberships are a little too much?

[Markymark92]

Really been thinking of just getting some equipment for home and cancel my membership… save some cheddar

[Red_Arrow]

I had little interest in gyms when I got a partially torn tendon at my rotator cuff. Doctor sent me to physical fitness. That tightened the nearby muscles to hold things close together to keep it together and allow me full range of motion again. Paying for physical fitness was expensive. Once I learned all the exercises that held things together, I left physical fitness and got a membership in 24 Hour Fitness. They had the equipment that I needed to use to keep my rotator cuff working properly. When their prices became worse, I left there and found other places that offered the same equipment for much less. One example close to me is Planet Fitness which is only 10 dollars a month, and there are others.

The exercises I need are to strengthen the muscles that hold the rotator cuff in place. Using weights would make it much worse by tearing the tendon free,

[Iron_Man]

It used to be $10 now they’ve gone up

[Red_Arrow]

@Iron_Man Still 10 dollars if you only yse one of their gyms. Costs more if go to more than one of them.

[Iron_Man]

Oh ok I saw a commercial lately that they were charging like $29 but I guess if you still go there you would know

[patois]

Is that what they charge these days? When they were $15 a month I thought people were stupid to pay them. A decent bench and some weights is all you really need. If you don't like running outside, you can get a treadmill as well. The time you spend driving to and from the gym and parking you could have probably done your entire workout at home. At $50 a month you could pay for your bench in a couple months. If you hit up a garage sale or a used sports gear store you could probably pay for your equipment in a single month.

[patois]

I purchased 300 LB of weights for my home gym for something like $35 at play it again sports years ago.

[Markymark92]

Yeah 24 hour fitness is $50 out here in Hawaii and I work full time for the post office so sometimes after I finish work I’m already beat due to what I have to do at work ya know

[patois]

I just checked craigslist in Hawaii and saw 100 LB of free weights with an asking price of $40. You could probably offer them $20 to take them away. They don't even list weight size, it just says various sizes. It's a low effort post so they don't expect to get much for them.

[patois]

[Markymark92]

Oh nice, yeah going to slowly buy some things from home, I’m over the gym I feel I can still get strong without having full access to a gym

[electromagnetic]

They’re outrageously stupid expensive. $50 monthly isn't even bad compared to what GoodLife (Canadian) is charging people $40 biweekly! with an enrolment charge. If your account has a negative balance, you can slapped with a $25 fine.
I’m thankful I have a home gym and most condo building have gyms as well but when I found out, I was floored.
With those prices, might as well go with a private specialty gym like CrossFit, MMA, or boxing.

[Markymark92]

Geez that’s way too much, I would definitely join a club like boxing or something if I was paying that much

[bobalife]

Very much so… I loved it but it was so expensive… I decided to cancelled a gym membership such as that one. But it’s hard when there’s really great gyms and you gotta see if it’s worth the investment with the expenses. I do think a gym at home and outside in nature is more ideal/refreshing~

[SomothErgai]

Good lord. 50 a month? That's 600 dollars a year man. I just got a planet fitness membership for 10 a month and I still took a while weighing my options of it was worth it. But 50? Ain't no fuckin way

[coachTanthony]

Mine was 85 a month but I enjoyed the sauna for my allergies... I cancelled and will probably just buy a sauna for my house.

[Markymark92]

I’ve always wanted a sauna

[coachTanthony]

You either get planet fitness for 10 bucks a month or go all out and get some bells and whistles like a heated pool, steam, sauna etc

[JustinTheGreat]

I think it depends what they offer. I have a gym membership that I haven’t used in a while. I tried to go in to cancel it and I’m not able to until August… which I find so stupid. Just let me cancel the damn thing

[pascal_climbs]

It depends what extras you get. Free drinks, sauna, advice, group lessons, ... And whether you use those extras.

[Nikki1989]

Gym memberships are for idiots that have money to waste. I lost half of my body weight without EVER going to a gym.

[Markymark92]

Yeah I feel like an idiot for paying all this time, I’m so done

[Nikki1989]

You can easily work out for free. No one needs a fancy building with lots of mirrors to look and feel better.

[exitseven]

I pay almost that much. If you go a few times a week and take showers there just rhe money you save on hot water makes it worth it

[LaurenM1997]

I have equipment at home it’s expensive here in the UK

[XXblack88]

If you're not going 5 to 7 days a week then yes

[Markymark92]

I go about 3 sometimes 5 days a week, sometimes my job gives me a decent work out already

[SotiCoto]

Definitely. Gyms should be like public libraries: free for anyone to use.

[laly520]

gym memberships r unecessary

[Markymark92]

Yeah I’ve wasted too much, I learned tho

[goebenbreslau]

do you really consider $50 "much"

[Iron_Man]

That’s too much go to a gym that’s cheaper

[Anonymous]

Spent less than that on my whole set up