# How far do you live from your gym? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 19, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-gym/521895 "2009-12-19T22:52:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Have_Hippos_In_My_Garden)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-gym/521895/41 "2009-12-25T11:46:41Z")
Around the corner and up the street and down another street! ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-gym/521895/42 "2009-12-26T21:29:55Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > I am between 5 and 10 miles. My club has 4 racketball courts, an indoor pool, a running track, free weights and all kinds of machines, whirlpool and saunas. It costs about 40 a month. Oh yeah, 4 indoor tennis courts. > How much do other dopers spend on their clubs? Ack. I’m embarassed - I’m in a midsized city (400k) and I pay $65/month. I pay $70/month for a couples membership with the SO, plus $30/month for all the exercise classes, whirlpool/sauna/steamroom/spa locker room access. I even pay extra for pilates and spinning. People are nicer, it’s FAR less crowded, and far far cleaner. Both Gold’s and my current gym have nearly identical equipment, less than 18 months old. I quit going to Gold’s 3 months ago, where I paid $30/month - which had everything my current gym has except for the whirlpool and steamroom and spa lockerroom - but it was terribly crowded, not cleaned well, and the clientele went downhill quickly due to membership specials (it was in the same building as the welfare office). Double the price, but 0 hassle - oh, and a commute of 5-7 minutes, down from 15-25. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Have_Hippos_In_My_Garden)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-gym/521895/43 "2009-12-27T10:17:56Z")
I pay £51 a month in a joint membership with my Mum. I think that is a lot higher than the English average, but then it is a much better, cleaner gym. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-gym/521895.md?page=2)