I signed up for a gym membership a couple weeks ago. Upon choosing which Tier plan I wanted, Basic, Gold or Gold+, I weighed my options and compared the 3 plans. If you are curious which Gym this is to keep tract, it is Eos Fitness. The basic plan was exactly what you would expect, Entry to the gym at the cheapest monthly fee. You only get to use the equipment and nothing really else. However, Eos is a tricky little minx, the cheapest plan has the highest startup cost. The month-to-month cost is only about $10USD, but you pay a startup cost of $10 + $80 (membership fee) + $40 (annual fee) =$130USD for the cheap plan that lets you use their equipment. The Gold membership is the middle tier, this lets you use pretty much every aspect of the gym, and lets you go to any Non-Platinum Eos Facility. Pretty Sweet Deal, eh? But Wait a moment, you might be thinking, it must carry a high price tag!! Not actually. It only cost $20 per month, twice the cheap plan, a lot of benefits. So what about startup costs? It only has a $20 Membership fee, so the Gold membership's startup cost is only $80, a steep decline from the Basic plan. So Gold is pretty sweet, but what about Gold+? $5USD more per month, You can use Platinum Facilities, and you can bring anyone you want with you, but only one at a time. $5 more that Gold and you get a battle buddy. In my opinion, it was the best offer because, as I told the guys signing me up, "How hard can it be to get someone to go workout with?"
Turns out, harder than expected. It's a 24 hour facility, so I could go at any time, but no one I know ever wants to go. Since joining about 3 weeks ago, I've been going by myself because a 24 hour facility never seems to have a good time for anyone to go with me. I'm not complaining, okay, yes I am. But I find it as Curious as it is frustrating. All these people around me kept saying they wanted to start working out again, I created a system to enable that, and that system is now inconvenient to their schedule. I understand that nobody forced me to pay extra for the additional perk of bringing a battle buddy, but I didn't anticipate that I wouldn't be able to find a battle buddy.
I'm starting to repeat points, so I'll end it here. I'll still be going to the gym, because I want to lose weight and get fit. Fuck those lazy ass people who only ever say they want to do something because it helps their appearances and not because they will actually follow through.
Thanks for reading, until next time
