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Old 05-12-2008, 02:07 PM   #1 (permalink)

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How much does your gym cost?

When I was away at school I was paying $20 a month at a boxing club which I thought was amazing for what I got. My trainer was a boxer in the commonwealth games and trains a few provincial champions.

The gym im interested in going to once I recover from an injury is $40 a month and this gym trains IBF Featherweight champion Steve Molitor and is a very good gym with a great reputation.

Oh and I was thinking of going to an MMA gym and had a free trial there and the boxing classes were horrible and it was $100 a month. No thanks.
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Old 05-12-2008, 03:14 PM   #2 (permalink)

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110 a month, which is a pretty solid deal.
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Old 05-12-2008, 03:17 PM   #3 (permalink)

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When I was away at school I was paying $20 a month at a boxing club which I thought was amazing for what I got. My trainer was a boxer in the commonwealth games and trains a few provincial champions.

The gym im interested in going to once I recover from an injury is $40 a month and this gym trains IBF Featherweight champion Steve Molitor and is a very good gym with a great reputation.

Oh and I was thinking of going to an MMA gym and had a free trial there and the boxing classes were horrible and it was $100 a month. No thanks.
Thems the breaks man.

Judo and Boxing are typically cheap and taught by people that have actually competed in the sports. BJJ is typically good but expensive.

Now that "MMA" is popular it is expensive. Some of the MMA gyms are good but many suck and are taught by people that never competed in anything and were calling their Muay Thai class "Cardio Kickboxing" last year.

$100 per month isn't that expensive for an MMA gym in most major metropolitan areas.

My advice...take Judo and Boxing, but hey, that's just me.
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Old 05-12-2008, 03:23 PM   #4 (permalink)

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100$ mth: Muay Thai, and submission wrestling, classes 6 days a week. I take a boxing class once a week (sometimes,) for a 10$ mat fee.
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Old 05-12-2008, 03:29 PM   #5 (permalink)

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That;s a steal man. Our gym is $90 for kickboxing and like $140 for MMA.
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Old 05-12-2008, 03:37 PM   #6 (permalink)

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Anything, outside of pure boxing and judo places, will run at least $100 bucks a month.

With MMA being the flavor of the decade, I won't expect to find much else.
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Old 05-12-2008, 03:39 PM   #7 (permalink)

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Keep in mind ALOT of boxing gyms are so cheap because in some cases they have programs that subsidize them. If you go to one not subsidized dont expect to get in and train for so cheap.

Rent costs money, plain and simple, and even TKD is 120/month for 2-3 classes a week.
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Old 05-12-2008, 03:40 PM   #8 (permalink)
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$150 with a trainer. A good one.
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Old 05-12-2008, 03:45 PM   #9 (permalink)

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Yeah see I was a little too negative.

The MMA gym offers everything. Boxing, MT, BJJ and wrestling for $100 so thats actually a really good deal.

My biggest problem was the instruction. I mean I attended the boxing class that was supposed to be for people who aspire to be amateur boxers and it was a glorified boxercise class. haha. If I didnt have an amateur background I wouldnt have any idea on how to throw a punch, footwork, defense etc. And the people there were terribly behind. Some of them have been there for 6-7 months and still couldnt throw a proper punch.
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Old 05-12-2008, 03:47 PM   #10 (permalink)

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100 something.
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