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Lifetime Fitness--free since I'm an employee, group fitness  

Their fees are higher than other gyms in the area but they offer more equipment than the others, about 200 classes a week and very highly rated free child care.  They have indoor and outdoor pools, all are free to use.  I think what they charge is fair for what you get with the membership.

husband and i each pay $10/month plus $29/year fee to belong to planet fitness and have access to weights and a treadmill on rainy days.

i pay $55/30 visits to the community center pool - 50mx25m beautiful pool with good enough facilities.

i was paying about $44/month for a gym with a 25m pool and had some classes i really liked, but i used the gym exactly 0 times from april through september.  i was tired of paying so much money for nothing, at least with planet fitness i am throwing away a lot less money and my pool i pay per use.  it's a HUGE savings ($353 a year for both of us, as opposed to $528 for just me at the old gym)  but i do miss the classes, and the fact that i changed jobs and now work a block from the old gym

Me, too : ) except I work in Kid's Activities/Youth Fitness Coach and Life Time Run!  Prior to working there I paid about $72 dollars a month for a single membership as my husband isn't on the membership ($12 of that was the add on to use the Child Center for 2 kids @$6/month per child)  They offer so much in their facilities, and when comparing to the nearby LA Fitness, the child care just didn't come close and that was really important to me as the kids come with, you just can't beat LTF's Child Center, IMO.  I was only going to save about $10 or so at LA Fitness with child care, and the step down in services offered in the child center was not worth my saving only about $10/month, nor did the super small pool compared to what I was getting at Life Time with multiple pools.   Everyone is looking for different things when choosing a gym, I don't feel one can compare cost from one to the next, as gyms aren't always apples to apples IMO, as they all have their differences.

Free membership at the local YMCA, I'm occasionally sub for spin classes there.

I was paying $44 monthly just for me prior to becoming a spin instructor.

I pay 25/month for the gym in the building I work in. It has weights, some treadmills, some spinning bikes. Nothing super fancy as it is more of a gym where trainers work at but offers memberships for others who don't want training.

I also have a family membership to the YMCA at 68/month. This is my family of 6.  Nice thing about the Y is we have 3 of them here in Spokane and if I got out of town I can use the Y there too without having to pay so it is a nice benefit I think.  The Y closest to our house is only 2 years old with nice weights, machines, and a 6 or 8 lane pool. The other 2 Y's are not as nice but I swim at the downtown one at lunch usually since it is close to my work. Don't ask me why I still keep the 25 dollar one other than I get free training help from the trainers so I guess that is an added benefit for the cost.

x2 on this. My Y has everything I need and more. Free weights, machines, tons of tready's, etc. And they do a tri coached class that I may take advantage of this year.

$90 for a regional YMCA membership per month so I can go to all the regional YMCAs with work travel around the area. 

The childcare (included) pays for the entire membership. Without it, it would be nearly impossible for me to do a 90 min masters or solo swim on the weekend and/or holidays. They have child hours in the evening as well, but I tend not to take the little one there then.

I pay a ridiculous amount for my gym membership, roughly $100 a month, which is more than most people's income in Vietnam. It's a very posh club by local standards--all imported equipment from Italy, personal trainers, etc. and wouldn't be out of place in a major US city. However, it's the only gym with the equipment I need within an easy walk/ride of my house. I'll have to admit I don't make full use of the membership. They don't have an "equipment and pool only" option, which is what I really want. It includes free access to all the classes, and I very rarely do them. Most are yoga or "sexy dance"; tried a few spinning classes but it was mostly in Vietnamese and made my achilles hurt. More of a solitary exerciser anyway. It's my only access to weight training equipment, my backup pool when the school one is closed for meets or holidays or if I want a quick recovery swim on Sundays; I use the stationaries (set up like road bikes in aero) for some of the Jorge workouts since it has a power meter that I've corollated to my road bike on a trainer, and I sometimes use the treadmill for bricks or when I need to run after dark. Not getting my $$ worth, but I don't have many choices here. I feel it's worth it as it allows my training to be much more consistent than it would otherwise, esp. during rainy season when the weather's very unreliable.

In the US, I can pay $6.50 (I think it's $5.50 or $5 with a punch card) a pop to get access to a pool at a community center which also has weights, treadmills, and lower-end stationaries; a similar fee gets my bike and me onto the computrainer at our tri club as a member. When I'm in the US, I use those facilities about 3X per week, so I'd then be paying about $60/ month for the same equipment in less posh surroundings.

$72 / month Family membership at our YMCA.  8 lane 25 yard indoor pool.  50 meter outdoor pool during the summer.  Great equipment.  Awesome indoor kid pool with slides and water toys.  Great spin class.

In fact, the Y is our Tri Clubs "Home Gym" and is very friendly to club organized events in the pool, treadmills, classes etc. 

Needless to say, I think $120 is a little steep.

Platinum Plan at Lifetime for the whole family, I think about $170 a month.  It has everything.  The irony is I joined a gym when I was a weightlifter, now that I'm a triathlete I use the gym only for the swimming pools and light weights.

Toying with saving the the $$$, but a good swimming pool is hard to come by around here, and its nice to know I can go in most US cities.

$350 per month.

Oh wait, that's that posh gym across town that's even higher end that Equinox, but that I haven't joined yet.

Looks nice though!

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My gym usually charges $50.00 a month with a olympic size pool but they have a worked out a deal with my local tri club and so i get it for $25.

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