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robust_randy

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Is a luxury gym worth it?

Fellow soldiers - I am starting a new gig soon that will be fully remote and have been considering up leveling my gym membership to a more luxury style club (Equinox) to gain access to their amenities (office rooms, saunas, ect).


I have a pretty cheap gym membership now but think the larger investment would also help get me out of the house more.


Wanted to get some opinions here if the luxury gyms are really worth the price tag??

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CuriousFox
WR Officer
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It will either get you out of the house more or it will be a larger bill per month for something you rarely use.
justatopproducer
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VP OF SALES -US
True, plus if you’re not doing anytging more than running on a treadmill and stretching its a wasted expense. But, if you take classs, swim, sauna, pool, etc its so worth it.
Incognito
WR Officer
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Master of Disaster
@WCK would know about these things
Incognito
WR Officer
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Master of Disaster
Equinox is *okay* 

I go to a specialty gym with hands on semi private personal training. So you basically get new programs every month and someone keeping an eye on your for proper form/questions/support/etc. I really love it because there’s a sense of community and accountability. 

If I was doing my workouts solo, I don’t think I’d care about where it was. Unless a cheap place didn’t have the equipment I wanted and/or it was too crowded with assholes or something. 
JustGonnaSendIt
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Burn Towns, Get Money
smells like crossfit to me
Incognito
WR Officer
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Master of Disaster
Fuck you no
JustGonnaSendIt
Politicker
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Burn Towns, Get Money
Ah, well my apologies!

At least we agree crossfit sucks!

Next guess is something like OrangeTheory
CastleIsland
Tycoon
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Associate Account Director
I do something similar, and I agree. It's nice to go in and not have to think or wonder what you should do today. It's in the program and its lead by a coach. Foam roll, stretch, dynamic warm up, plyometrics, strength training, then conditioning. I would never do that stuff on my own. So yeah, I'll pay the extra money for my health.
paddy
WR Officer
6
Director of Business Development
Not worth it unless you're using it to network. The world is your gym in my opinion. Hell, I use my shower as my gym. 
Avon
Politicker
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Senior Account Executive
Equinox is a way to work out around no poor people. If that’s what you’re going for, go for it
poweredbycaffeine
WR Lieutenant
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What I need in a gym: chalk, barbells, people who STFU and know not to walk in front of me when lifting, and some hype squad folks to get me ready to go for a new PR.
funcoupons
WR Officer
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I need every bad bitch up in Equinox
I need to know right know if you a freak or not
SaaSguy
Tycoon
2
Account Executive
When I sell I build trust with my customers by letting them trial the software and executing on their test criteria flawlessly. Try and get Equinox to give you an extended free trial ha.
youngsmoky
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Senior Account Executive
It depends on what motivates you/ what kind of gym time you enjoy.

I love taking regular gym classes. I would pay good money to those gyms that have classes I like and are not during my work hours.

I wouldn't pay more for a gym that just teaches one kind of class, has huge classes where they can't pay attention to you, or has tons of features I won't use like tanning or an Olympic sized swimming pool.
Mobi85
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Regional Sales Manager
All depends upon if you will be using it regularly. If you are going to use it consistently and want the added amenities then go for it. If you can’t consistently use the membership then stay the less expensive route.
payton_pritchard
Executive
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RSM
Have an Equinox membership starting next Monday to try and figure out the same things myself lol.

Also a quick pro-tip for anyone considering joining Equinox - it's Q4 for them too and you can negotiate, I got my monthly rate down, annual fee waived, a whole bunch of extra guest passes and some other stuff. They'll also lock you into a 1 year contract but the way out if you want to cancel it is to buy something super cheap on amazon and have it shipped to someone you know who lives in another state and have them take a picture of the delivered package with your name on it and you get get out of your agreement early.
robust_randy
Valued Contributor
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Sr. Account Executive
what'd you get them down to out of curiosity? 
payton_pritchard
Executive
1
RSM
240 down to 215. Not huge but still progress
robust_randy
Valued Contributor
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Sr. Account Executive
stone cold killa
FattySnacks
Politicker
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Senior Account Executive
I worked at equinox for 4 years. The primary benefit is the networking aspect of it.
Avon
Politicker
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Senior Account Executive
Serious question but how do you network at the gym without being an asshole? I hate when people I don’t know talk to me at the gym and most women I’m close to hate it 10x as much.
ExtremeVibeChecker44
Arsonist
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Inside Sales
Kinda wondering this too. I'm sure if you go regular, you see the same people after a while. Becomes natural to be like "hey, sup"
JustGonnaSendIt
Politicker
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Burn Towns, Get Money
I used to be a Lifetime member. Similar to Equinox. Then I downgraded to 24. Definitely like the facilities and availability of equipment of the more luxury gyms.

But, by far, the best decision I've made during this pandemic was to invest in my own gym equipment at home.

If you have the space, I highly recommend it.
Diablo
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Sr. AE
Do they offer trial session 😅
That can be the best judge 
Rallier
Politicker
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SDR Manager and Consultant
It's only going to be worth it if your company will pay for it. I wouldn't recommend it
nomdeguerre
Executive
1
Account executive
Clearly, you have already made the emotional decision that you want to make this purchase, and now you are just going through the process of finding technical justifications for the purchase... in a second you are going to build a ROI in excel to calculate that this is financially a good decision. Dude just go ahead and make the purchase, as you clearly want to.
braintank
Politicker
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Enterprise Account Executive
Will the company pay for it?
robust_randy
Valued Contributor
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Sr. Account Executive
not fully, but they reimburse up to $100 I believe. My current company has a similar plan and right now I submit my low gym fee and use the rest on workout clothing, home equipment, ect. Trying to weigh the pros/cons of each approach
sketchysales
Politicker
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Sales Manager
How much do you use your current gym membership?  Do you think that after the hype of the cool facilities it will actually be worth it?
robust_randy
Valued Contributor
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Sr. Account Executive
I use it 5 days a week at the moment, and am leaning towards not going the luxury route after some of the savage input here. 
sketchysales
Politicker
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Sales Manager
I dunno then, if you are a constant user then maybe could be worth it?  Do whatever makes you feel good 
TheLaughingWolf
WR Officer
0
Business Development Manager
I am today years old that I found out Luxury Gyms existed. What would something like this cost? I'm looking into a gym membership that is 280.00 per month and I thought that was pretty expensive. I really need to know what a luxury gym would cost. lol
ColdCallShorts
Politicker
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Sr. Account Executive
That’s about right. Equinox Destination costs $315/mo for access to every location in the country.
TheLaughingWolf
WR Officer
1
Business Development Manager
Interesting. That's not too much more than the one I was looking at and you could only attend 3 classes per week. If you wanted more it was 320 per month. 
ColdCallShorts
Politicker
0
Sr. Account Executive
Good thing about equinox is unlimited access to the classes, so if you go 3-4x a week at the very least it’s worth it… kind of.
sellingsellssold
Politicker
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SDR
It depends on how often you are going to go to it and use the different amenities. For me it is 100% worth paying as I use it 5-6 times a week. 
Upper_Class_SaaS
Politicker
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Account Executive
EHHH NO. I bet the ROI isn't there unless you are already JACKED
godpull54
Praised Answer
0
PDR
From my experience not at all. 
godpull54
Praised Answer
0
PDR
I was paying 120$ a month and started going just for badass amenities and skipping my workouts. I am much happier now with a cheap 40$/month.

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