Anyone joined Fitness First recently?

**Don** · 29th April 2012 12:50

Am looking for an idea of how much I can expect to pay, and how much I need to haggle.

**Bruno** · 5th May 2012 20:08

I just enquired last week; 2,200 baht per month. That was based on a years membership.

He wouldn't move on the price. Simply stated how much better they were than california wow and if I wanted to pay less than the asking price, then I should nip across the road and train on the inferior machines in california.

I took his advice, turned my nose up at his 2,200 baht, and walked.

I now wish I wasn't such a tight ass

**Leland Palmer** · 5th May 2012 21:29

Any decent gym in Thailand will cost you 3000 baht and up. Look for the groupon type promos as there are plenty. I am sorry, but where is Fitness First located? Do not go to California Wow if you are serious about working out.

**Cthulhu** · 6th May 2012 08:39

Cool name, Cool avatar, by the way.

**cluezo** · 6th May 2012 08:44

I hear Russ is opening a Canadian chapter

**fred flintstone** · 6th May 2012 08:48

Originally Posted by Leland Palmer

Any decent gym in Thailand will cost you 3000 baht and up

i wouldn't pay that much in the US.
And the 2200 they need to come down on unless they have A1 facilities and a very nice swimming pool.
i never paid more then 1500/month.

**Bangkok Phil** · 6th May 2012 14:19

The missis and I have just joined a swanky new gym by where I live, and we haggled them down to 36,000 baht for a year's membership (for two of us)
So it's about 1,500 baht a month each. And for that we can join in any of the classes for free as well - dance step, combat, gym ball, yoga, etc. and they run about four classes a day.

We went this morning for our first session and they also gave us a private trainer each for the first three sessions. There's a spa, beauty salon, restaurant - even a saltwater swimming pool (but you have to pay a good bit extra for that)