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Tell me how much you pay for gym memebership

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MrsMorgan · 17/01/2010 12:32

Please

I would like to join one, once I get a job but I am not sure if it will still be too pricey.

So, can you give me a rough idea ?

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katie10 · 24/03/2010 15:07

I have a personal trainer who comes to my house 2 times a week so I dont have to find a creche for my son. She also made me a diet plan which is really working and I have no expensive gym membership. If you buy in bulk the sessions are quite cheap and you can workout with a friend also which brings the cost down. Its good motivation and lots of fun. My ones website is www.nowfitness.co.uk

newpup · 18/01/2010 13:03

£150 a month for family membership. You can get cheaper deals but then you have restricted access such as only Mon-Fri 10am-4pm.

Our membership entitles us to use the lovely pool, huge modern gym and entry to any of the classes at any time we choose. The children can use the pool but we have to pay extra for their swimming class. Although the cost of the lessons is £55 a term which is the same as the leisure centre, there are only 8 children per class and no waiting list.

DH and I use the pool and the gym. I go about 3 times a week and DH twice. In the nicer weather we take the Dds to the pool every weekend. It was great in the Summer hols we went every other day for a dip! Only downside is that there are no racket sports facilities!

Sidge · 18/01/2010 12:58

£24 per month for basic independent gym. No pool but has steam room and classes are included.

Has everything I need ie CV equipment, fixed and free weights, floor area, balls, etc.

frakkinaround · 18/01/2010 12:45

158EUR for me and DH but it's a very nice gym with all classes included, 2 swimming pools with a hydrotherapy pool, sauna, steam room etc.

upahill · 18/01/2010 12:42

I pay £35 a month. It's open 6.00am - 10.00 pm Monday to Friday and 8.00 10.00 sat sunday.
For that there is a really good gym with loads of equipment about 40 classes a week, swimming, steam room. They have a nice lounge area and you can also use any of their gyms in the country.

The council that I work for although I am not a resident alllows me free swimming, gym at some of it's places, free exerises classes and use of athletics track. This is availabe to the residents,students and people who work in the town , so you can commute from 25 miles away and get free gym and swimming.

GetOrfMoiLand · 18/01/2010 12:34

£126 a month, joint membership for me and DP (and that's corporate rate). Esporta in Gloucester. SIL has got a family membership for which she can have 3 children, she only has 2 kids so has put dd on her membership. This works out well because dd can come with us and exercise, go to classes, use the pool etc.

Is worth it because we use it a lot, me generally 4 times a week. Go to classes, gym and the pool (outside and inside) is very good. Plus as it is more expensive than the other gyms in teh area it is less busy than the other gyms. Used to go to Fintness First and Virgin, both of those used to get very busy and were not as enjoyable to go to.

of Champneys.

Strix · 18/01/2010 12:27

Am very jealous of Champey's.

Cyb · 17/01/2010 19:30

£30 a month. I do 2 classes there, don;t use gym. HAir in drains. But cheap.

Ivykaty44 · 17/01/2010 19:29

I sppend a large part of the day on my own - so going to the gym gives me company and chat, that I like in my break from work. I enjoy the classes where I have meet people and made friends.

I can't get that in the converted garage or home gym.

There are a lot of people with dust on their home gyms and dust on their membership cards for gyms

SomeGuy · 17/01/2010 19:15

The gyms are so expensive when you get anything beyond 'grunt and pump' (which you can get for about £30/month).

The council gyms are better value, but even with that we weren't going enough (you need to go twice a week to get value), so we spent £700 on a treadmill at home. I can go off and do a 5km run at midnight if I so desire, and you don't need to do any silliness like driving to the gym, assemble clothes for everything, make sure you're there during the (limited or expensive, or both) childcare hours.

I think the treadmill is fully ammortised now, given that we haven't paid gym membership for a year.

Oh we did buy some bicycles (outside ones) too.

coolma · 17/01/2010 18:18

We are at David Lloyd in Cambridge - we're not posh or rich or anything though We pay £169 a month for me dh and the two children. This includes about ten things a week for the kids, including a Friday night 'club night' for an hour and a half, film club for ds on Sunday, football on saturday and sunday and two arty groups for dd4 at the weekends too. We also use the holiday clubs for ds which are about £30 a day from 8.30 - 5.30 and I feel very good value. I go about three times a week and generally use the swimming pool and spa area and dh goes roughly the same and uses the scary upstairs gym too. It does sound a lot on paper - actually just worked it out and it's £2028 a year but it's also a place I feel very secure at and can happily sit down with a coffee and a newspaper - not confident to do that in 'town' for various reasons.

Ivykaty44 · 17/01/2010 18:13

fags - sorry

maclover135 · 17/01/2010 18:12

£31 a month for me and I can go to any one of 3 of the municipal leisure centres. The one I use is really nice (as nice as the private ones I used pre DS) and has a normal, good-sized pool as well as a leisure pool. The creche and classes are included in the price, and I can take DS swimming for free. I wasn't keen on the thought of the municipal centres until I went in and saw it for myself! Serves me right for being a bit of a gym snob; I could have saved myself a fortune!

saggarmakersbottomknocker · 17/01/2010 18:09

£18.50 [cheapskate]

blametheparents · 17/01/2010 18:08

David Lloyd - £150 per month for me, DH, DS and DD (though we don't actually admit to the existence of DD so she is free at the moment [blush})

nymphadora · 17/01/2010 18:06

£44 a month for me & 2 dds.All classes/gym/pool etc all the time. Nuffield Health

I am finishing it at the end of my contract time because I have moved and go even less often than before!

Ivykaty44 · 17/01/2010 18:06

£68 per month and it is far cheaper than the ags I gave up at the same time as joining a gym and worth every penny.

I get a panaramic view of the golf course in the gym on the equipment and every peice of equipment has it's own tv, the time running wizzes past.

There are also classes inclued and with a range of classes in three studios around 25 classes per day to choose from.

I also get 3 par golf included - but I don't play.

There is a 20 m pool with part sectioned off for lane swimming - so if there is a class on or teaching you can still swim in the lanes.

There were two cheaper gyms - one was not much nicer than the loacl municipal gym and the other ok but didn't have the views

i picked it cos it is a nice place to be, and I go 5 times a week cos I like being in a nice place

weblette · 17/01/2010 18:03

Council gym off peak membership - Mon - Fri before 5 and all day at weekends, £299 for the year. Also use of the pool and exercise classes so a pretty good deal!

cornsilt · 17/01/2010 18:00

Laurie you must be minted

cornsilt · 17/01/2010 17:59

£33 a month

FrannyandZooey · 17/01/2010 17:58

£32 a month - gym, classes and swimming

LaurieFairyCake · 17/01/2010 17:56

plus members lounge with juices and water and fruit free.

LaurieFairyCake · 17/01/2010 17:56

£137 a month.

Champneys so all classes, steam, sauna, jacuzzi, pool included plus lots of very nice lounging areas to sit around in your bathrobe - given clean to you every time you visit. The small things like towels, shampoo, body wash, deodorant, facial toner, cleanser, cotton wool are good too as you don't need to take endless stuff with you - hairdryers too.

I haven't been there in 3 months as had too much to do.

BigTillyMint · 17/01/2010 17:55

Mine is just over £30 a month for any of the local authority gyms / pools / classes, etc, in my borough of inner London.

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