Work Out for Cheap: Alumni Gym Memberships

Looking for an affordable way to work out in the winter when it’s too cold to jog outside? Unless you’re one of those lucky few employees that have an in-house gym in the building or a gym in your apartment building, you’ve probably considered forking over a hefty monthly fee for a gym membership. However, if you’re willing to forgo a few amenities, you could get a great deal for a whole lot less.

I got quite the shock a few months ago when I looked into a gym membership at the McBurney YMCA and found out that it costs a shocking $86 a month with a $125 initiation fee – all this coming from the Y! Considering the fact that I don’t have a grand a year to lay down on using the elliptical machine a couple of times a week, I started searching for other options.

What I found was a number of options available for alumni members of colleges – and their partners. For instance, my significant other is an alumni of Brooklyn College, and he pays just $150 a year to use their facilities, while I get to use it for free when I come with him. We split the annual fee and spend a whopping $6.25 per month on our gym membership. It’s not as fancy as NY Health and Racquet, and we don’t get fresh towels to use, but with our $80 monthly savings I can buy more than enough towels to wipe my brow.

Check out our listing below of schools in the NYC area that have alumni gym programs:

• NYU
• Brooklyn College
• Baruch College
  
• Bronx Community College
  
• College of Staten Island
  
• Laguardia Community College
• Lehman College
• New York City College of Technology
• Queens College
• Queensborough Community College
• York College
• Barnard College
• Mercy College
• The New School
• Pace University
• Pratt Institute
• Fashion Institute of Technology
• Wagner College

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