Gym membership cost cutting

Boudica

Hi All

How about your local authority leisure centres instead of private gyms? I don't know if this is available countrywide but this is how I do it.

As I have long term health problems I can get a referral from the GP to go to a council run gym for 12 weeks. I pay £7.50 for induction and I go twice a week and can do the gym, swim and sauna for free. After the 12 weeks is up I go back to my GP with a letter from the instructor saying that my movement has improved and recommend my continuing with the programme. I then get another 12 weeks and pay another £7.50. So far, 6 months gym costing me £14 in total.

I also have a concessions card because i'm on CTC so pay £3.50 once a week for the same thing.

ulster_exile

Good point and one that I'd considered personally. The major downside to council gyms is that they're chocca at the times you really want to go and you're fighting for the equipment and/or attention of the instructors.

If you're not someone who works the standard 9-5 day, then great, use these and save yourselves a fortune (in most cases). But otherwise...:rolleyes:

ulster_exile

EDIT: Double post

ulster_exile

EDIT: Double, Double post! :rolleyes:

friedfrog

the magazine promotion says that you get one months free at LA fitness. I stopped going to the gymn after the kids but now wanted to see if I can hack it. Does anyone know if this works? It asks me for direct debit details.

tapilicious

I don't bother with private gym's anymore.My local Leisure Centre has all the facilities I need and more .It costs me less £20/mth.

pavlovs_dog

ive been using our local council gyms facilities since the start of the year and am having a whale of a time. the annual student card cost me £15, which gets me half price entry for the rest of the year. each activity ow costs around £1.50, which is more than half of what the univeristy gym costs :money:

Geebsie

Council gym in Edinburgh is £40 a month or £6.60 a visit - a scandal!

NiceGirl_2

friedfrog wrote:

the magazine promotion says that you get one months free at LA fitness. I stopped going to the gymn after the kids but now wanted to see if I can hack it. Does anyone know if this works? It asks me for direct debit details.

Yes I did it in January. You do have to give your direct debit details and await a confirmation email once you get that email cancel the direct debit immediately so that you do not forget (because if you don;t cancel by a certain date you are bound to a years contract after the 1 month offer.)

You then take the voucher to the chosen gym, in my case it was Edgware, LA fitness and they take down your personal details, show you around the gym, then free access for a month. Completely trouble free.

The website https://www.thegymwebsite.co.uk is the main link for this promotion. It may be worth your while waiting for march as february is nearly over.

rachyroo_2

To anyone thinking of joining LA fitness my advice is just DON'T!!! I have just finished paying £360 in fees for a gym i couldn't use as i moved town and where i moved to the LA fitness required me to walk at night in a multi storey car park and down an alley which as a single female i wasn't prepared to do.

There was no negotiation, no get out no nothing - just a 12 month contract which i was sold under the impression i could 'freeze' the membership (by this so i understood it to mean i could suspend payments as long as i fulfilled 12 months worth of membership but actually meant I could pay now, use later not a great deal of use!!)

This is not the first time i have been stung by the LA chain and I know so many people who have had problems. They are also very very rude!!