There are many different types of people in this world; there are worldly individuals, busy trendsetting cosmopolitans, local-yokels, and others who sort of drift through life; allowing the currents of life to happen to them. I and my wife used to be townies who thought they were metros. When September 11th happened, a strange thing happened; even though we moved into Manhattan, we became even more local than perhaps we’d ever been. We were all about anything that was going on in Manhattan but we weren’t worldly at all. We have since been to all 48 contiguous states and have lived in a variety of them. So we are traveled; still, we aren’t really anything at this moment; the fact that we are just a phone call or an email away from picking up and leaving everything we recognize as “ordinary” for us now, makes us far more susceptible to the winds of change. Businesses don’t like this; especially gyms. At a gym they want you to sign up for a year or even longer; they want you to come out when you will but the membership terms for gyms has kind of made fitness something of a challenge for me especially in the years since we’ve left our hometown. Still, there are ways for you to capitalize off the interest in a gym of reeling you in and keeping you hooked. It’s not dishonest; it’s just a part of the program.
How to Get Free Gym Memberships: Define Location: Before you get your gym memberships you need to define your location and the maximum amount of time you’re willing to travel. If you’re near a big city there are probably a lot of local gyms that want to win you out over say Gold’s. So do a Google search, find where they are in your area, and see what they offer.
How to Get Free Gym Memberships: Freebies: Many gyms will have “instant one week trial memberships” to reel you in. These are great but make sure you don’t print up these trials until you’re ready to start working out (the terms may be spelt out from the time you enter your info; if you’re not ready to start working out that day you could lose a day) but then you can get yourself to the gym!
How to Get Free Gym Memberships: Be Wary of Chains/Co-Ownerships: Just because you’re going to different locations of chains, your name will probably pop up in a database of past freebies. Make sure you also are wary of local co-ownerships; even if the gyms are totally different you may be duplicating yourself at the local places too.
How to Get Free Gym Memberships: Ask: Even if your searched gyms don’t offer the free trial memberships, if you’re willing to engage the gym marketing department in a skeptical tone, you could get that freebie you’ve been looking for.
How to Get Free Gym Memberships: Conclusion: The long and short of it is that you probably shouldn’t be traveling so much that you need to be going to a different gym in a different time zone every couple of months. However if this is you for a period of time, make sure you don’t commit yourself to an expensive membership in a place you can’t even use the services.
