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Gyms: Weekend plans?
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May
5/1/2008:
A while back, a reader was wondering if any Hoboken fitness centers offered “weekends only” plans for members. Because he had a corporate membership to a gym near his office in the City, and often didn’t want to schlep to Manhattan just for a quick workout. Nor did he want to pay for two full memberships.
So I got on the phone (very rare) and rang all the gyms in town up to find some answers.
In a nutshell, no Hoboken gym offers an true discounted weekend plan at the current time. One gym did, but it was hardly worth it. Most facilities had daily rates, but that too, could add up if you go most weekends. Hey Hoboken gyms, maybe you might want to start offering something like this? It’ll give you an edge over your competition.
If I can read my chicken scratch right, here’s what I came up with:
Options for weekend workouts
(in no particular order – not including any applicable (and senseless) “enrollment fees” )
- Empire fitness: No weekend plan. Monthly membership is $69/month. Daily rate is $20.
- Hudson Athletic Club (HAC): No weekend plan. Monthly membership is $76/month. Daily rate $20.
- New York Sports Clubs (NYSC): No weekend plan. $80/monthly. $25 daily. They do offer a passport that lets you work out in any NYSC (good if you’re near one in the City) for $95/month.
- Sky Club Fitness: Weekend Plan: $85/month. Regular Membership: $95/month (Makes no sense?) Daily pass is $25.
- Supreme Fitness: No answer. Are they still open?
- Club KO: No weekend plans. $20/day. Forgot to ask the monthly membership dues.
- Club H: I believe I called them, but cannot find my notes. Anyone?
- YMCA: No weekend plan. Monthly is $100, or three months for $199. It’s $20/day or $5/day if you go with an existing member.
Is this a sensible option for gyms to offer?
Is there a strong desire for such a thing?
What would be a fair monthly fee for a plan like this?
May 1st 2008 - 11:38:18 |
Yes, Supreme Fitness is still open, but there usually aren’t employees there (members get a swipe thing that unlocks the door).
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May 1st 2008 - 11:44:42 |
YMCA is $100/month? That doesn’t seem right. After I paid the initiation fee it came out to be around $65-70/month.
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May 1st 2008 - 11:53:07 |
That’s a great idea, for me I am a consultant so I am frequently out Mon – Fri and in Hoboken only for the weekend.
I am currently a member of club KO, I’ve been a member for over 2 years and managed to ‘look in’ the nice monthly rate of $65 or so, I think it is higher now and requires first year commitment
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May 1st 2008 - 11:53:28 |
I’m not surprised; the whole business model of gym memberships is to maximize the number of paying customers with the minimal amount of time customers actually show up looking for a work out. The ideal customer for a gym is a customer who pays a monthly fee, and never shows up. Weekends at gyms are super busy, so it runs counter to their business model to have a reduced rate for people who only want to use the gym at peak periods. What I am actually surprised at is a lack of discount memberships for non-peak periods. In other words, encourage members to come exclusively at non-peak periods, like midnight to 5am.
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May 1st 2008 - 11:53:37 |
sorry, I meant ‘lock in’
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May 1st 2008 - 13:07:58 |
Supreme Fitness is still open and they’re rates are very cheap. We live above the gym – its 24 hours…however, they only have 1 or 2 employees and they’re not there until about 4:00pm or so and leave around 7-8pm. The Club KO 10 week kickboxing program is $399, but I’m not sure what they’re monthly rates are.
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May 1st 2008 - 13:15:08 |
rao611 wrote:
It’s like $30/month. You’d probably end up paying more for a weekend-only membership elsewhere (if they offered it) than you would for the full 24/7/365 membership here!
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May 1st 2008 - 14:52:50 |
Club H rates are $110-$115 a month to use just one location, $125 to use all of their locations, (they have 4 I think?) and they whack you with a $100-$200 initition (thanks for walking through the door sucka) fee
Weekend rates aren’t available and daily rates are $25, or $20 if you go with a member.
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May 1st 2008 - 14:59:34 |
i would love it if you could just pay for taking a class. say, maybe $5-10/class? I’d totally do that.
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May 1st 2008 - 15:04:24 |
tiffany2288 wrote:
You are a sucka if you pay the initiation fee. Just balk at it, and they will drop it or wait until July when they get desperate and do the “waiving initiation fee” dance they do every year.
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May 1st 2008 - 15:25:52 |
Speaking of gyms…I stll think Empire Fitness is the worst gym value in Hoboken. Even if it was $5 a month, it would still be the worst value.
Signing up for a membership there is like getting back together with an ex….they make all sorts of promises about how they are going to change and make things better. But once you agree and sign up – BAM! It’s just the same old shit day in and day out. Never changes
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May 1st 2008 - 15:28:41 |
How much is NY Sports club charging these days? Do they still have a $150 initiation fee?
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May 1st 2008 - 16:13:06 |
FAP, read the article: # New York Sports Clubs (NYSC): No weekend plan. $80/monthly. $25 daily. They do offer a passport that lets you work out in any NYSC (good if you’re near one in the City) for $95/month.
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May 1st 2008 - 16:42:34 |
NYSC is great if you like working out in a damp basement.
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May 1st 2008 - 22:21:04 |
Easy-E wrote:
or if you actually work outside of hoboken and have acces to all clubs in the Big Apple…duh. nobody goes to the one near the PATH. Or THAT is certainly not why they join NYSC..
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May 2nd 2008 - 09:02:42 |
In June/July Club H has their annual anniversary sale and charges $1-$5 for the initiation fee, depending on what year they are celebrating. NYSC does this in Jan of every year and charges $20.08 for inititian fees depending on the year. (IE-2007= $20.07 fee, etc) NYSC also offers roomate/family member deals (4-5 each) to all their sales staff twice a yr (June and December) where the rates are $35-$55 per month locked in. So if you’re friends with a staff member there, get your hands on one of these passes. Club H offers corporate deals fot tons of business in JC/Hobo, call your HR dept and see if they have any linked to your company or ask abotu how you can work a deal out. My company just signed a deal for $475 for the year = $39.58 per month with no fees.
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May 2nd 2008 - 12:52:06 |
If you Join CLUB H in the month of MAY, it’s ONLY $50 and Your Entire Fee goes to The American Cancer Society and the Hoboken Relay For Life.
You can also do their SPIN FOR LIFE on May 17, for $25 a call.
Check it all out at Events.Cancer.Org/RFLHobokenNJ
AND http://www.clubhhoboken.com/images/cancer-society.jpg
(click on pic to enlarge)
All part of Hoboken’s May For Relay
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May 2nd 2008 - 17:15:28 |
Horse n Buggy wrote:
and breaking up with an ex after you get back together with them is almost impossible….same as breaking up with empire!
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