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It depends on what you need a gym for that you can't do at home. Some people are really motivated and fine with doing DVDs and home workouts. I'm not one of those people. Having that membership and fee that I pay monthly motivates me to get into the gym. There are too many benefits I couldn't pass up: childcare included with membership for a max of 2 hours a day, open pool time with a toddler wading area and tons of pool toys, in the summer time there is a huge splash pad, fitness classes ranging from yoga to turbo kick to boot camp classes, discount on children's swimming lessons, and then of course all the extra equipment.

So for us - it pays for itself. It's totally worth it and we go there a lot because of all the options available.

I can never truly keep up with an at-home program. I need the gym to keep me motivated.

I genuinely enjoy workout classes at the gym. I do not enjoy working out at home. Doing something enjoyable is a lot easier to maintain long term for me.

I currently have a gym membership because DH has one (he doesn't like to work out at home) and it wasn't that much more to add me his membership.

Personally, I have no trouble working out at home and would go back to it if DH ever drops his membership (I have an elliptical and a decent amount of weight lifting equipment at home).

But it is nice to use all the different equipment at the gym. And since I work from home, going to the gym gets me out of the house for awhile.

I cannot work out regularly at home. I can't stomach the price of personal training because I have no problem lifting weights by myself but I think they are very beneficial for many. For me, I joined a gym, got as far as I could go, am now bored with my routine, and am meeting with a trainer tomorrow to go over my exercise and diet logs. It's my ace in the hole I suppose. My gym is $30/month and I like the variety. I could never amass enough of a home gym to do everything from small weights to heavy weighted dead lifts to pull ups. I also really like the cable machines for resistance both ways

When I was a regular gym go-er, a trainer worked for me, but is pretty pricey. Then I went to group classes.

Now, I do nothing. I need to get back to the gym.

I cannot stay motivated to work out regularly at home. I have belonged to regular gyms in the past and now i do crossfit. It keeps me motivated but it is definitely really expensive. My husband goes to a regular gym (equinox) and he loves the classes and nice amenities there.

I prefer to work out at home! Time is an issue for me so driving to and from the gym just adds extra time that I don't have and the work outs just don't get done. I totally get that group classes provide motivation and I definitely agree with that but for me, if I want it to get done, I have to just do it at home. 45 minutes of working out and then I can be playing with DS immediately after rather than having to drive 20 min to and from the gym adding another 40 minutes away from DS. Also, a huge factor for me was that the gyms in my area don't provide childcare during the timeframe when I'd be there!

The only gym membership that was ever worth it for me was to belong to the one at my office. No excuses about commuting to the gym, because I was already there, working. Granted, I couldn't work out there on the weekends, but I did enough during the week to be able to do either outdoor activity or skip working out officially on the weekend.

I agree about my son not going near a gym daycare. Unless it was the same care giver everytime and really strucutred, he'd have no interest.