RTP-area local music and culture

["Heather Russell" <heatherrussell AT nc.rr.com>]

Just FYI - that YMCA pays its fitness instructors wayyyyy below the going
rate for any other fitness facility in the area.  You're basically supposed
to do it for the "exposure".

I have a friend at Lifetime Fitness and she loves it.

- H



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From: ch-scene-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:ch-scene-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Lisa Bachelder
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 9:16 PM
To: RTP-area local music and culture
Subject: Re: OT: How much is your Triangle gym membership?

... and I quit Peak on Glenwood South at the end of November (dirty, 
equipment always broken and never fixed).  I joined Lifestyle on Wake 
Forest (old Lowe's space)  - $24.50 "initiation fee" + $20.00 "process 
fee" + $51.99 for "last month's dues" (quoting from my membership 
agreement).  I pay $51.99/month - which is high, yes, but they have tons 
of (clean, functional) equipment and a 3-4 lane pool that doesn't get 
used much.  They have 3 levels of membership ... think I took the middle 
option, which allows unlimited visits to this and other Lifestyle gyms, 
but no child care.

Like just about everything and everyone else right now, gyms are hard up 
for members.  You should be able to get a decent deal if you shop around 
a bit.  FWIW, I was warned away from Seaboard Fitness but have heard 
really good things about the new(ish) YMCA on Hillsborough, 
http://www.ymcatriangle.org/Membership.aspx.

lb

Katherine Carpenter wrote:
> Joined Peak in Glenwood South end of December, it was $223 for two years.
>
>   
>> From: tmorman AT nc.rr.com
>> To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
>> Subject: OT: How much is your Triangle gym membership?
>> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:08:48 -0500
>>
>> After two years, I want to get back into a gym. Getting prices out of
some 
>> of them over the phone (Peak Fitness, I'm looking at you) is ridiculously

>> difficult. So, if you don't mind helping out so I can avoid at least some
of 
>> the hard-sell bullshit they pull, I'd appreciate it. Obviously,
university 
>> gyms aren't relevant here, since I'm not affiliated with a university at 
>> all.
>>
>> 1. How much do you pay monthly for your gym membership? If you pay
yearly, 
>> how much for a year?
>> 2. Was there a joining fee?
>> 3. What's the minimal membership your gym offers? E.g., Peak's corporate 
>> site says they offer a three-day-a-week plan, but the manager at the 
>> downtown one told me it wasn't available. I'm not thinking of going to
Peak, 
>> believe me (I used to work at that location when it was Capital Fitness
and 
>> have heard only horrid things about Peak's business practices since they 
>> bought it), but was curious if other gyms offer something similar.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> todd once again realizing i get insanely neurotic when i don't work out 
>> morman 
>>
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