Topic: gym membership

Gym Costs—What’s Reasonable? A Guide To Pricing Gym Membership Fees

Gym Costsâ��What's Reasonable? A Guide To Pricing Gym Membership Fees

You can spend anywhere from $10 a month to more than $200 to get your daily sweat on. So how much money is reasonable to be putting toward a gym membership? More »

Beyond Gross: Woman Sues Personal Trainer After He Ejaculates On Her During A Massage

Today in scary and sketchy news: a woman is suing her personal trainer after he ejaculated ON HER last year during a massage at a Kansas Gold’s Gym. Ejaculated. ON HER. I’m shuddering just thinking about it. While this isn’t the only bad PR Gold’s has gotten recently, it certainly may be cause for the company to rethink its policy on massages. More »

UPDATE: Man Unfairly Kicked Out Of Gold’s Gym Because Of His Stinky B.O.

Something smells bad at Gold’s Gym and it’s not the towel hamper: it’s the gym’s policy. Shawn Morales, an actor and model, was recently ejected from an L.A.-area Gold’s Gym because of his apparently unbearably offensive body odor. He tweeted: “2day I was told by an employee at @GoldsGym that they are going to REVOKE my membership because “10 members have complained about my BO”…?” More »

Giveaway: Win A 3-Month Membership To Crunch Fitness Gyms Nationwide, Worth $350

It’s almost February – the time of the year when most people already start dropping their New Year’s resolutions. So…how can you stay motivated and continue to incorporate fitness and health into your lifestyle? Finding the right workout for you is key, but also finding the right place to work out is crucial. The founders of Crunch Fitness are aware of the need to create a place where people feel comfortable and aren’t solely worried about wearing the right outfit or having the perfect body. When they founded the national gym chain, they wanted to add a twist to traditional fitness and get people motivated to try out fun and effective workouts. Here at Blisstree, we want you embrace a healthy lifestyle and mostly, have fun while you do it, so we have the perfect treat for you: One lucky reader will win a complementary 3-month membership to Crunch worth $350. This 3-month membership is good for access to all 31 Crunch locations nationwide. More »

I Don’t Have a Gym Membership, and I’m Healthier Because of It

There’s a scene from an old Friends episode that encapsulates why I hate the gym – the one where Chandler and Ross try to cancel their unused gym memberships to avoid paying the high monthly fees. The trainers at their gym ask “Can you honestly say you’re happy with your body?” yet all Chandler can utter in desperation is “I wanna quit the gym!” Instead of quitting, both are guilted (read: bullied) into buying more gym services.

In that brief two-minute sitcom scenario lies manifold reasons why the gym sucks. More »

Savvy Gym Shopping – A gym membership might seem like a bum Christmas gift, but great holiday membership deals this time of year can make for a gift that you’ll enjoy all year long. (That’s Fit)

Manduka’s Giving Out 365 Days of Free Yoga

We’re usually game for spending a few extra dollars on a yoga class here and there, or splurging on a great gym membership if it means we’ll reap some health benefits. But if someone wants to give it to us for free? Great. If someone wants to give us an entire year of free yoga? Even better.

The folks over at Manduka are offering a full year of free yoga to one lucky winner of their #practice 365 sweepstakes — a pretty good deal, if you ask us. More »