Paying for the gym but not going? Hot savings tip.

I have a fortnightly membership with Fitness First, a membership that I got for bargain as discussed here. However since joining up, I have found myself only going occasionally – often not going for months on end. I am truly the ideal member for Fitness First – I pay on time but never show up.

As someone who is aspiring to losing weight and getting fit, I struggle to cancel my membership as I know I really should be going. However, I have looked back at my calendar and realised that particular months are more busy for me than normal – meaning my ability to even remotely attend the gym are hindered. This is where I got my great idea!

Freezing your gym membership temporarily

I always knew you could pause your membership indefinitely for a small fee, though never looked into it. Why is it that I know I am frantically busy in April and May yet still keep paying fortnightly payments to Fitness First? Bit silly of me honestly.

Freeze your gym membership in Winter (pardon the pun)

I have opted to freeze my membership in the middle of Winter when I know I won’t be going. That’s a good 3 months of savings by been realistic with myself. Rough calculations show that I will save $210 by freezing my membership.

The only catch when freezing your membership

Often gyms will charge you a fee to pause your membership. I haven’t asked Fitness First yet what the cost of freezing is, though will be asking asap and hopefully updating this post. Either way, I am certain it won’t outweigh the savings of $210.

Oh by the way – these calculations are just for my memberships costs, this excludes the fact we also have another person in the family in the same boat, so it could actually be a saving of $420.

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