How Much Does It Cost U??

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Former Member — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 09:08:40 GMT

I pay about $350 a year for my club. It has a decent weight room, good cardio stuff, and the facilities are just OK.... but the pool itself is worth the fee. It is a nice 8 lane 25 yd. pool. But the best part about it is there is also a heated therapy pool in there for all of the noodlers to enjoy. Most times I am the only one in the lap pool, every once in a while there will be several others, but I have never had to share a lane - even when age group swimming is practicing - there is 2-3 open lanes. I coach a team a highschool team and we have free practice in an old university pool (33 yds.) - It is 20 miles in the opposite direction as work, so instead of wasting gas driving home and back - I go there an hour early and get in a couple thousand yards. I also coach a summer youth team at a country club, and they give me free pool membership - however it there is no lap swimming going on there, but I do take my twins there often for some swims.

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norascats — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 02:39:44 GMT

I work where I swim. So I get full benefits. The pay for lifeguarding may not be much, but I get full benefits. And I get a tad more when I teach.

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swimshark — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 08:32:36 GMT

OMGoodness - what part of the country do you live in? We don't have a masters team per se in Tallahassee, so to train with an actual team, we (I) are forced to swim with the USAS team - and that is $65/mo for up to 11 practices a week if I am so inclined. Entry to our pools is $3.50 a shot, unless you get an "annual pass" and then it averages out to $22/mo and entrance is unlimited, and includes all city pools. I also swim for a USA-S team. It's a flat fee for the school year and additional for the long course season. We only get about 2 weeks off from swimming and/or dry land a year. That gets me 4 morning practices and Sat practice. There are afternoon practices but I have a little one so I can't go to them. Without kids, I could go to 12 practices a week. This team is worth every penny. Oh and this is in the DC area and with one of the highest ranking teams in the country. The facility we practice in the mornings is a joint public/private one. That one I can go in on my own if I wish ($8 per visit or $400+ a year).

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Celestial — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 08:27:46 GMT

Divided by a weekly fee, just the coaching is $54.50 a week. This gets me in to the pool before it opens to the public and an hour and 20 min practice on weekdays and 2 hours on Sat. We take a 6 week break during the summer and do about 90 min of dryland instead. If I want to swim on my own, it's $8 per entrance. OMGoodness - what part of the country do you live in? We don't have a masters team per se in Tallahassee, so to train with an actual team, we (I) are forced to swim with the USAS team - and that is $65/mo for up to 11 practices a week if I am so inclined. Entry to our pools is $3.50 a shot, unless you get an "annual pass" and then it averages out to $22/mo and entrance is unlimited, and includes all city pools.

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aquajock — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:02:24 GMT

$50 a month plus $40 annual application fee for our team. Swimming with a team motivates me to work harder and I consider the cost a worthwhile investment in my physical and emotional health.

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orca1946 — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:18:01 GMT

Swim on your own is cheap - but no team mates or coaching.

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swimshark — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:54:10 GMT

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Rykno — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:15:27 GMT

4 practices a week, driving to the pool, yearly membership = $14.22/wk But I train for free. Those that pay to swim assuming they drive the same distance as me it would be $21.30/wk. it sounds higher in dollar than in swedish kronor. Maybe that's because the dollar is so much weaker now than it was when I moved over in 2001. 10.51kr/$ then compared to 6.30kr/$ this week.

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Former Member — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:32:56 GMT

paying 23.50/week. Terribly and sadly prohibitive to many.

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Former Member — Mon, 17 Nov 2003 16:31:52 GMT

Free where I lifeguard and $10/ season at the City of Chicago pools (1 fee, go anywhere) totals about $30/ year ... summers are free. It's the suits that add up!

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Former Member — Mon, 17 Nov 2003 08:36:54 GMT

I go to a great full service Y for $46 per month family membership. The masters program is $10 per 7 week session for 5 sessions a year. It a bargin if you go regularly like I do.

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Former Member — Mon, 17 Nov 2003 08:17:56 GMT

Work lunch-time swimming: $36/month at the YMCA in Lancaster, PA along with a 1 time $80 fee. No cost for the masters swim group - we are self-coached, which can certainly be interesting, but chaotic. Closer to home swimming: I also swim at Elizabethtown College for $40/semester and at an outdoor pool in E-town for $115 for the summer.

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Former Member — Sat, 15 Nov 2003 12:42:52 GMT

I've just moved to Florida from NYC, where I was a member of the Central Queens YMHA. Their pool was nice, but the showers, sauna and locker room could have used a good cleaning.

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Former Member — Sat, 15 Nov 2003 06:51:15 GMT

It costs me more in time than anything. I live in Forest Hills, Queens. There is a pool at the YMHA down the road. Costs $500 a year. Travel time is 10 minutes. I opted not to join because it's hard to get your laps in. It's mostly crusty old men floating in the pool. So I was going to a community college pool with limited lap hours. Ditto the YMCA. These places are always too crowded. At the moment, I'm taking a break from swimming. I might do it once a month for cardio. That's it. And I'll pay $20 to swim at the Asphalt Green when I do get the itch to swim. I feel better now that I'm away from the pool. I'm jogging and doing stationary bike for cardio. One day a week I'm still doing the weights. I just put on a pair of sneakers and run. No schedule. No overcrowded lanes. NO KIDS!!!!!! I have more free time too. Today, I drove to the track, jogged 2.5 miles, and drove back home. I was home in an hour. A swim would've cost me 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Every so often, we need to change our workouts.

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Former Member — Sat, 15 Nov 2003 06:30:13 GMT

$45/month + $30/year for locker. Use of weight room and cardio machines room included. Excellent 10-lane pool, 25 yds/25 meters (depends on how the lanes are set up). Additional (warmer) pool for water aerobic "floaters" and kids which keeps them out of the lap pool. My only gripes are youth swim team practices that hog 90% of lap pool lanes from 4pm-8pm, making after-work swims impossible, and 25-minute commute from my house. Closer pools are crowded and poorly maintained.

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Former Member — Fri, 14 Nov 2003 12:15:01 GMT

The annual fee where I go is $35. The facility is 2 blocks from my house. There are no other costs. Nice place, too. Seems I am getting a good deal. I must be paying through the nose on my property taxes (it is a municipal facility).

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Former Member — Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:48:25 GMT

My YMCA, which I've whined about too much on here already, costs $85 per month and had a $100 joining fee. For that, I get to share a lane with three or four other people in a 6 lane 25m pool that smells like fried chicken. I was touring the business school at the University of Pennsylvania the other day and realized the building across the street from it looked suspiciously like it housed a pool. So I dropped in there to find out what to expect to shell out to keep my body on par with my mind, and it's only $206 per year. I don't know what their pool schedule is like or how crowded it gets, but it was a 50m pool with a movable bulkhead splitting it in half. What's more, there's another pool on campus that I didn't get a chance to see, which has a different schedule. Of course, the fee should be included in that crazy tuition payment, but at least it's not as high as the YMCA.

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Former Member — Fri, 14 Nov 2003 08:57:02 GMT

I swim at a Y and pay $485 for a membership that covers both my husband and me. I also pay an additional $10 a month for coached masters swim which meets three mornings a week at 6 AM. This Y has a 50 meter pool, which is almost always too warm. It also has a very nice fitness center with Nautilus stuff, weights, treadmills, and that sort of thing. There are also spin classes, aerobics (both water and land), yoga, and tai chi. The yoga and spin classes have an additional charge.

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Former Member — Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:45:56 GMT

ummm... let's see... it's $45.00/mo. masters team fee plus a one off team fee which was like 20.00 or so, plus yearly masters fee... I'm fortunate that there's three or four teams around, so I could comparison shop... (just for curiosity's sake, in London, I was paying 30 quid a month for a council-run membership, which included unlimited swims and gym before I moved here- I didn't belong to a team then, though...)

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Former Member — Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:41:50 GMT

$750 a year with a corporate discount...for a 25 meter pool in a health club. If you swim in the evening after work (7 -ish) there is rarely more than one other person per lane. Towel rental $1 for two towels. Commuting costs not figured in as it is on my way home from work (New Y ork East Side to New Jersey waterfront).

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Former Member — Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:27:30 GMT

We have a familiy membership at the local Y. It is about $75 per month for all of us. It is a good place to swim. Two 25 yard pools one indoor and one outdoor (summer only). They are planning to add a 50 meter pool outdoors and covering the second 25 yard pool by next fall. Hopefully a Masters team will follow! Although it is a Y, I can't say that I have any of the same problems Shaky has. Unless I go between 5:00 pm and 8:00 pm -it's a zoo then. I usually go at lunch and rarely have to share a lane or maybe split a lane with one other person.

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Former Member — Thu, 13 Nov 2003 15:46:02 GMT

It cost me a $300 joing fee, and about $75.00 to $80.00 a month for the place where I swim... It's a little bit of a heft price tag, but the lanes are hardly shared, and the steam room and jacuzzi are a terrific treat. Plus, Paul O'Neil goes there! Along with very experience triathletes, committed swimmers of all ages, exercisers, and nice folks in general who really care about being healthy.

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Former Member — Thu, 13 Nov 2003 10:15:54 GMT

I belong to a Y with membership dues of $250.00 a year. It is a well maintained facility with a 25 meter in-door pool with sliding glass doors to the outside for summer sun bathers. One just has to be careful of the time to swim as early morning and early evening are very busy. Other times it is usuallly possible to get a lane to ones self. Another thing that is great about this Y is that the locker room is clean, clean, clean!

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swim53 — Wed, 12 Nov 2003 07:16:20 GMT

see Discussion Forum thread starting 11-01 of last year entitled "Team/Club Fees Esp. YMCA/YWCA"