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Gym Membership Tricks
Your Gym's Dirty Little Secrets
Before you re-up for another year, there's a thing or two you should know about health clubs
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What Your Gym Doesn't Want You to Know
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They'll Fight to Keep You
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Monthly Contracts Can Be a Rip-Off
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The Place Is Crawling with Germs
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They Hire Some Dud Trainers
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You Can't Trust Them With Your Life
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They May Keep Charging You After You've Canceled
Monthly Contracts Can Be a Rip-Off
They're fine for gym rats. But if you're more of a gym mouse--i.e., you hit the place less than twice a week--don't sign on the dotted line just yet. Gym users with monthly memberships can end up paying 70 percent more than those on pay-per-visit plans (often in the form of a 10-visit pass), says Stefano DellaVigna, Ph.D., an associate professor of economics at the University of California at Berkeley, who studied gym users for three years. In fact, over six months, the average member would have saved more than $150 by paying a drop-in rate. (Working out at home? Try this quick living room workout.)
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