Since it’s in the same building as your workplace, perhaps your employer has a discount with them?
I’m sensing a tiny red flag when you said how empty the place was. In January? At a gym? Is it because it’s not open to the public, just the residents of the building?
A friend of mine started working at a gym at a golf community last year. She was brought in because despite the residents paying for the gym as part of their HOA fees, it was little used. She’s had to figure out why the gym wasn’t meeting the needs of the residents, why they were choosing to go elsewhere for their exercise. That may be something to consider.
Leaper, from what you’ve told me about yourself, exercise room in the office building is your best bet.
If you dislike being around a lot of people, being in the office building a big plus. (I disagree with **ivylass **that it’s a red flag; the exercise rooms in office buildings that I’ve been to are quite often empty, regardless of what time of day and time of the year I would go.)
What you said about cancelling being easier is a big plus (as long as it’s actually true – might want to verify). Many people prefer to work out outdoors in the summer, and you very well might want to do likewise.
As you said, the more convenient it is, the more likely you are to work out.
A few final notes:
If you live in a high class area, you need to disregard average gym memberships and what people in other locations pay for their memberships.
From what you’ve said about yourself and what you’re looking for, I don’t see a single benefit that a gym would provide to you, other than perhaps the hours that they’re open (and even that’s only a perhaps, since I don’t think you’ve said when the office exercise room would be open). Sure, you might get a sauna and classes at LA Gym, but would you use them? Do you really want to pay for that if you’re not going to use it? (And by pay for, I mean that the cost of it would be incorporated into the cost of your gym membership.)
P.S. I bought a bunch of exercise equipment for my house, and work out in my basement, so I freely admit that I may be biased towards convenience and isolation.
Yeah, that does sound it could be worth it based on what you’ve said. A public gym is certainly not quiet and desolate. The price seems a little high, but it sounds like it has a few important advantages that you won’t really be able to find someplace else.
Those kinds of on-site gyms should be easy to cancel. People come and go all the time. It doesn’t sound like it would be any trouble to try it out and then leave if you didn’t like it. But, as always, make sure to read the fine print.