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Gyms in Twin Cities

Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
edited November 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
I am trying to find a 24 hour (not needed but would be nice) gym that is in or near Minneapolis. I was a member of lifetime but I found out that you have to pay for parking there, and I can't find any free parking around the place so I am not pay an extra $30 or so a month to go to the gym, its already expensive enough. Are there any gyms at all? I can't find any, just boxing gyms, WYCAs, yoga places and small gyms without freeweights.

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  • JebusUDJebusUD Adventure! Candy IslandRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Fizban140 wrote: »
    I am trying to find a 24 hour (not needed but would be nice) gym that is in or near Minneapolis. I was a member of lifetime but I found out that you have to pay for parking there, and I can't find any free parking around the place so I am not pay an extra $30 or so a month to go to the gym, its already expensive enough. Are there any gyms at all? I can't find any, just boxing gyms, WYCAs, yoga places and small gyms without freeweights.

    do you go to college? colleges have nice gyms for very cheap.

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2010
    Not yet, it will be a few months before I start and I will be starting at a community college that I am not sure even has a gym.

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  • MNiceMNice Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    There are YMCAs all over Minneapolis. Downtown, Uptown, Northeast, apparently even Dinkytown though that may be a UMN affiliate - I've never noticed it myself. Downtown might not have free parking, but I'd bet the rest of these do. There are also a bunch in suburbs around the cities.

    Since I'm unsure what you're looking for in a gym besides free weights and more-than-boxing-related equipment, I can't really say whether these facilities are exactly right. But the 2 YMCAs I've been to were equipped with what I believe most people look for. Track, basketball courts, treadmills, free weights and machines, pool, naked old men. I wouldn't count on remotely fancier stuff like racquetball courts though.

    It'll be a cheap gym though. And don't take my word for it, but I believe if you have a buddy or family member who's a gym member there, you can get a good deal on membership yourself.

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  • CauldCauld Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    No free parking at the Uptown YMCA, and street parking near it is very hard to find.

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2010
    Really I just need somewhere to lift weights and maybe run, I was a member of lifetime but their hours suck and the parking is ridiculous downtown.

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  • badpoetbadpoet Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Cauld wrote: »
    No free parking at the Uptown YMCA, and street parking near it is very hard to find.

    It's actually really easy to get parking there, you just have to walk a short bit. Park on 28th by Humboldt or on Humboldt or on the opposite side of Hennepin on 28th. I went there for several years and if you just take a few minutes to learn the neighborhood, there's plenty of parking there, even in a snow emergency. Don't park in the senior housing parking lot, however.

    http://maps.google.com/maps?q=uptown,+minneapolis&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Uptown,+Minneapolis,+MN&gl=us&ei=kIvqTJL-KoWKlweuupCIDA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CCYQ8gEwAA

    But it looks like he wants something 24 hours. Your choices are basically Snap Fitness or Anytime Fitness.

    Snap's club locator is here http://www.snapfitness.com/corporate/club-locator

    At those you'll have to run on a treadmill (no track) and maybe use machines for weights.

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2010
    YMCAs have contracts don't they?

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  • badpoetbadpoet Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I know the YWCA doesn't. You can do month-to-month.

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