Just out of curiosity what's the difference in monthly costs?
I still got my 24 hr fitness 49$/year membership although I mostly train at work gyms.
Cheap one 25 $
Expensive one 80$ + 20$ for free towels + 40$ 3 yearly for a bit personal coaching on training or nutrition which I only used once but it´s part of the fees. I just don´t feel like getting coached by the staff. They also like if you don´t make them work more. So it´s 110$ if you count the average.
Other cheap ones are sometimes 40$ but the 25$ is imo better. The 25$ is very decent, cause the equipement, it´s huge and got a functional area and a small room with a heavybag. And it´s got multiple gyms all over town and the country, cause it´s the biggest chain.
The expensive one got a swimming pool, sauna and class room with multiple classes daily. It got more expensive equipement. Lockers are a ton better and nice. It is spread out into different areas which look and feel different, some got like roof terrace depending on locations, it overal feels like a nice hotel. In one area you work and the walls are glass so people on the street walk by while you train, which is a nice hint. The m usic is also different in the areas. The cheap gym sometimes go the same sountrack for 5 years in a row. I also go to the class room a lot when it´s empty and conect my phone to the speakers, and jus have the room with my own music. It got flavored water, good coffee and a entrance lounge. It´s just overal better, nicer. You can train perfectly fine in both of the gyms. Just one feels better.
Contracts in Germany are 2 years, if you want em shorter the fees go up. However recently law is after 2 years the contract can´t prolongue on itself and you can cancel each month.
Theres multiple expensive gyms and some cost about the same but don´t got a swimming pool. They all got saunas. But I like this one for the pool, even though I rarely ever get in, just seeing water makes me feel something.
People are really clean and normal. No agressive vibes.
Opening hours the 25$ gym wins hands down cause it is open night and day every day yearly I think even on Christmas 24/7. Not sure about New Years Eve. However I actually don´t wanna train into the night anymore.
My gym is open 6 am to 11 pm. On the weekend 9 am to 9 pm. There´s also about 5 in the area if I wanted to switch it up but I go 97% to the same spot. I change it up if I need a hour extra as the central one is open a hour earlier and closes a hour later. Or for fun if I wanted a change. Coffee is not free, but it´s good quality coffee, good to have sometimes when you want one before. The protein shakes are in the machines, expensive, just like all pre packaged protein shakes are, and don´t taste good. The protein bars taste decent considering they are protein bars and those things don´t taste fresh. I rarely get any of it just if I need calories dduring a workout, I do get the coffee when I need it. In the MMA gym the protein shakes are fresh and taste apsolutely great, I get them almost everytime. They got some mashine to swirl it and make it feel and taste like a cloud.
