How much do you pay for masters workouts?

RE: How much do you pay for masters workouts?

Former Member — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 17:08:42 GMT

Boise Y has two locations, I use both. Downtown is a 6 lane 25 yard pool. It's probably close to 20 years old, 3-1/2-5' deep, and not used for meets any more. The West Y pool, less than 5 years old, is 50 meters by 25 yards, most workouts are the 25 yard direction. The 10 25 yard lanes are at least 6' deep, when swimming the 50 meter direction the shallow end is about 4' deep. Both facilites have complete gyms and all the other workout options available. Pretty great setup actually. Oh, members can swim anytime the Y is open if the coached workouts aren't at a good time. We have about 100 Masters Swimmers.

RE: How much do you pay for masters workouts?

Former Member — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:22:05 GMT

Wow, looks like on my team we're getting things really cheap! $55 a month for unlimited access to 25 workouts a week! And a mandatory USMS membership, once a year $35 in my LMSC.

RE: How much do you pay for masters workouts?

Former Member — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:33:16 GMT

Originally posted by swimshark Thanks Dee. I'll let you know if we ever get transfered there. Right now I'm in Portland so it won't be too big of a move. Do you know if the Y has any discount for Fed. Employees? I don't know of any discounts specifically for Fed. emloyees. But quoting one of their recent mailings, "The Treasure Valley Family YMCA remains committed to never turning anyone away due to the inability to pay."

RE: How much do you pay for masters workouts?

swimshark — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:57:49 GMT

Originally posted by DeeT Boise Y has two locations, I use both. Downtown is a 6 lane 25 yard pool. It's probably close to 20 years old, 3-1/2-5' deep, and not used for meets any more. The West Y pool, less than 5 years old, is 50 meters by 25 yards, most workouts are the 25 yard direction. The 10 25 yard lanes are at least 6' deep, when swimming the 50 meter direction the shallow end is about 4' deep. Both facilites have complete gyms and all the other workout options available. Pretty great setup actually. Oh, members can swim anytime the Y is open if the coached workouts aren't at a good time. We have about 100 Masters Swimmers. Thanks Dee. I'll let you know if we ever get transfered there. Right now I'm in Portland so it won't be too big of a move. Do you know if the Y has any discount for Fed. Employees?

RE: How much do you pay for masters workouts?

Former Member — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 14:51:48 GMT

Originally posted by aquageek I suggest you go to Tallahassee, Chapel Hill or Athens in early April before you make such brash statements. Even my PSU friends say it doesn't hold a candle to some of the fairer college towns in the South, where the talent is vastly superior. I was just about to suggest the same thing Geek! I was going to grad school at UGA when REM and all the other Athens band were playing the clubs and just about to make it big. Athens is so cool they even made a movie about it, called what else but "Athens." I'd move back to Athens in a heartbeat if I could find a job there that paid as good and had working conditions as nice as the one here. Lainey

RE: How much do you pay for masters workouts?

Former Member — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 14:29:35 GMT

I pay $45 per month for membership to the Boise Y with no charge for Masters Swimming, family membership is $70. We have 14 coached workouts a week Monday thru Saturday.

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Former Member — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 14:05:38 GMT

Originally posted by Scansy And a better college town does not exist! Paul Scansaroli Penn State Class of '92 Roar, lions, roar! -LBJ (I got grad degrees in '85 & '86 and a wife (class of '82) from there.)

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Former Member — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 13:44:14 GMT

Originally posted by swimmieAvsFan .... just one more reason i dig living in a college town! And a better college town does not exist! Paul Scansaroli Penn State Class of '92

RE: How much do you pay for masters workouts?

Former Member — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 12:35:30 GMT

Oh, and my gym in Crystal City also has a master's team, for five 1.5 hour morning workouts and one night workout and that's $25 a month (or $250 a year) in addition to the $70 a month I already pay for my gym membership. Quite expensive, considering I go to the gym only to swim. Since their times also don't work with my work hours, I still swim on my own!

RE: How much do you pay for masters workouts?

Former Member — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 12:30:27 GMT

Originally posted by CCSR79 If I want to join the Alexandria Masters Team here it's $225 per season (this season runs from January 24 to May 25). Unfortunately their morning workout times end at the time I'm supposed to be getting at work (7am) and their evening practices end at 8:30pm. Being about 20 minutes from my house, and needing some sleep (hard to start at 7am without sleep!), so far I haven't been able to join them... Instead I pay $70 a month for a gym I get to use right after work, but no masters team... Just want to add that the fee here is for 3 weekday morning workouts, 3 night workouts and one weekend morning workout, you can attend all if you like and if you want to only participate once per week then you pay half the season fee.

RE: How much do you pay for masters workouts?

swimshark — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 10:51:33 GMT

Originally posted by DeeT I pay $45 per month for membership to the Boise Y with no charge for Masters Swimming, family membership is $70. We have 14 coached workouts a week Monday thru Saturday. Good to know, Dee. My husband's job is talking about transfering him there. Of course the first thing I looked up was where to swim in Boise. :D And Lainey, I had the pleasure of dancing with Michael Stipe about 12 years ago at an Athens bar. He was friends with one of my friends. I'll never forget that night! The other band members were drunk at the bar :p

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swimmieAvsFan — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 10:19:36 GMT

Originally posted by aquageek The talent comment had absolutely nothing to do with sports. What polls are you looking at, btw, where the Nittany Lions are climbing? Are you reading the paper upside down the past few years? obviously i'm not talking football here... which pains me to have to admit, but it's the truth. and honestly, i was talking about the lady lions, not so much the nittany lions. when i swam for PSU, being ranked at all was a big deal. now, we're consistenly (albeit slowly) climbing in the rankings. and when you take a look at the outdated facilities that the varsity teams are stuck with, it's a miracle that the coaching staff is able to recruit any decent swimmers at all- female or male... but that's a whole 'nother ball of wax. and i think we need to get back on topic of this post!!! IMHO at least.

RE: How much do you pay for masters workouts?

aquageek — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 09:58:17 GMT

RE: How much do you pay for masters workouts?

aquageek — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 09:26:57 GMT

Originally posted by Scansy And a better college town does not exist! I suggest you go to Tallahassee, Chapel Hill or Athens in early April before you make such brash statements. Even my PSU friends say it doesn't hold a candle to some of the fairer college towns in the South, where the talent is vastly superior.

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waves101 — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 08:34:30 GMT

My Y membership is $98/month for family of three. We have a master's team but no coached or organized workouts.

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mjtyson — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 07:44:58 GMT

I pay $100 for 27 workouts. Worth every penny.

RE: How much do you pay for masters workouts?

aquageek — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 07:20:51 GMT

The talent comment had absolutely nothing to do with sports. What polls are you looking at, btw, where the Nittany Lions are climbing? Are you reading the paper upside down the past few years?

RE: How much do you pay for masters workouts?

swimmieAvsFan — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 04:38:08 GMT

well, first off, it's good to see other "aqua lions" out there ;) but i had no idea it would get so feisty on this thread! don't get me wrong, i love living in state college, but in general, i just dig college towns. doesn't matter- north, south, new england, mountain west, pacific, northwest. it's just the atmosphere that a college town brings that i love. i've never been to athens (but i hear many good things about it!) and i like chapel hill; i'm just a cold weather girl at heart! hence the choice to stay in state college... but...I suggest you go to Tallahassee, Chapel Hill or Athens in early April before you make such brash statements. Even my PSU friends say it doesn't hold a candle to some of the fairer college towns in the South, where the talent is vastly superior. geek, that was a bit harsh! especially if the talent comment was related to football. and if it's related to collegiate swimming, give our nittany lions some time- they're moving up in the rankings every season... fight on state!

RE: How much do you pay for masters workouts?

Former Member — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 12:17:13 GMT

$65.00 per month or $650.00 annually for 11 available coached masters' workouts per week, unlimited access to lap swimming and access to weight room at aquatic center (two fifty meter pools available for training, one kept at 78 for serious training, the other warmer.

RE: How much do you pay for masters workouts?

Former Member — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 10:12:39 GMT

I pay $515 per year for a YMCA membership. A six-month membership on the masters swim team at the Y is $60 for one 1.5 hour coached practice per week or $110 for two 1.5 hour coached practices per week.

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dorothyrde — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 07:28:41 GMT

Originally posted by craiglll@yahoo.com This lets me swim at a Y in Champaign, IL. They have a small team that I can swim with for a nominal fee. they say they have a coach. I guess he's the guy who sits onthe ledge???? ! One reason I now swim on my own, it was not worth 100.00 per semester for this.

RE: How much do you pay for masters workouts?

swimmieAvsFan — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 04:53:22 GMT

never again will i complain about having to shell out $40/semester for our team! we've got 5 coached workouts a week, but (technically) we have to pay for a separate pass to swim at any time other than our scheduled practice time. most of us don't pay for the other pass- the money doesn't go to our age group or masters teams, it goes to the university. and we all feel like we've given them enough money as it is. once the outdoor pool opens to the public, however, we HAVE to buy a second pass- otherwise we don't even get through the gate! so in the summer, we end up paying $70 total (the $40 for masters and then $30 for a 15 swim punch card...) just one more reason i dig living in a college town!

RE: How much do you pay for masters workouts?

Former Member — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 17:08:16 GMT

Originally posted by laineybug Jean, is your group coached? This thread is perfect timing. Yes, it is coached. Most of the swimmers are triathletes, but she does throw in some IM stuff for those so inclined (sometimes the triathletes just do freestyle)>

RE: How much do you pay for masters workouts?

Former Member — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 16:40:45 GMT

Did you mean $4 or was that really $40 per workout in the Lap Swim? I can see the $4 -- but you'd go broke at $40 per workout!

RE: How much do you pay for masters workouts?

Former Member — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 15:45:52 GMT

Such good responses! It amazes me how different parts of the country charge for swimming! I swim at a Y in Galesburg, IL. about 34,000) that has no masters team and pay about $400 a year. This lets me swim at a Y in Champaign, IL. They have a small team that I can swim with for a nominal fee. they say they have a coach. I guess he's the guy who sits onthe ledge???? Then, I can swim at the IMPE (currently under renovation) at the University. they have no men's team. I pay a partial membership and then pay oer swim. This team has excellent coaches who are grad students. Many people on this team are not members. I remind them constantly that if they are not USMS members, theynulify the insurance. They say so. They think that the University's insurance covers them. However, I know it doesn't. the insurance is so important. Just wait for some one to get very hurt or somehting worse!