Should have been obvious

[avram]

Oh, right! I can join a gym that has monthly memberships! First step, check the one on Flatbush, just a few blocks farther than Eastern Athletic. Next step, ask redbird which gym she uses, and what plans it offers, and for how much. I’m sure I can find a place that charges less than $100/month (possibly much less), so even if I wind up not being able to get any use out of it after a couple of weeks, I haven’t risked a big wad of cash like I would if I had blown the $1000+ Eastern Athletic charges for a year.

Man, I’m actually eager to get back to working out! I miss it. Granted, I don’t expect that eagerness to last more than a few weeks, but I’d like to take advantage of it while it’s here.

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[redbird]

I'm using New York Sports Club. They're currently charging me $83.50/month for what they call a "passport" membership, meaning that I can use any branch of the gym; the regular pick-one-branch membership costs a couple of bucks a month less, I think. There's a sign-up fee, of course; I don't know what it is, but again it's significantly less for the one-branch membership. They seem to have "invite a friend at a discount" deals at least monthly; I also get a bonus if you go through one of those.

[avram]

I can't say their website inspires confidence. There's a graphic mentioning a holiday season promotion, running through December 30th, but clicking the graphic just brings up anohter copy of the graphic, no details. There's a page listing "85 locations in New York City" that lists seven locations in Connecticut, almost 20 in New Jersey, and others in places like Croton-on-Hudson. There do seem to be some actual NYC locations, including three in Brooklyn. And an offer of a free trial visit.

[redbird]

The NYSC Website is decidedly dubious--but they're much better at being a gym than at being Web designers. There are quite a few NYC locations, clustered in Manhattan.