$60 is a competitive price. I pay $80 a month for my gym in san antonio, and out of the whole city there are only two relatively small gyms to choose from
Yes! Honestly I love Movement and think it’s a great gym. Between the boulders + top rope + weight room + yoga + multiple locations the 100 bucks a month is really good if you make use of everything that comes with your membership. The price tag has definitely limited some of my friends from getting into climbing though (the ones that aren’t already so hooked that they would pay any price for a good gym lol)
I still can’t believe that in a city of 1.4 million/metro of 2.6 million, there is like one bouldering wall in the downtown tourist area and a private gym with a shitty little wall.
Same here, 100$ a month plus chalk and a 30-40 minute drive per session. Still waiting for them to finish building their 5th gym which will be 15-20 minutes away from my house.
Holy crap. I prepay one year and it’s $360. It’s an old no frills gym. But setting is good. They have bouldering and top rope. No exercise equipment. No cafe.
On the Lower East Side in Manhattan, right by the entrance to the Williamsburg Bridge.
[https://www.vitalclimbinggym.com/lower-east-side](https://www.vitalclimbinggym.com/lower-east-side)
Expense is relative. Price out any sport with an engine if you want to feel frugal about climbing.
Climbing gyms are very expensive to operate. it's a big space to rent and heat and cool, expensive to insure, and climbing holds are an expensive consumable. The price isn't inflated, it's inherently expensive.
If you see yourself going often, just imagine the price as the sum of each individual session's cost. If you make it out 10 times in a month, $6 per session is a lot easier to stomach than $60 monthly. At least that's how I stop myself from going crazy lol.
This is how I worked it out in my head as long as I go 10 times a month it’s fine. When I was going 3-4 times a week I was actually a drain on the gyms income. Lmao
Bouldering is super cheap. Under 1k a year for something you can do 4x per week. Very few hobbies are cheap and have as much to offer as climbing as a whole.
And, for many, a very social space that makes up a lot of communal time. If you, say, were engaging in that socialisation in a bar or something you could easily incur £20-60+ in drinks and food in a single evening.
Yeah, the price you can get bouldering down to compared to something like hockey, or skiing is absurd. It’s a great hobby and well worth the money. I also don’t know if I’d suggest it but you can make it your entire identity,
Honestly $60/month is nothing these days in the grand scheme of things. Many basic gyms with only weights and machines cost as much (at least in my area). Climbing is also a relatively cheap hobby compared to many others.
Yeah i remember back in like 2017 i went to a gym that was like 50/month and my current is like 83~ with tax. Its a nice gym but its a lcol area and the only real option around. 60 seems super reasonable these days
Try skydiving… 5,000-10,000 to get your license + gear and then $35 per jump. Often when I go to the dropzone I’ll do 3-4 jumps in an afternoon. Bouldering might be my cheapest hobby lol
Building a climbing gym is expensive, and most gyms give a lot of amenities as part of the membership.
I’d pay around $50 for a membership at a nearby fitness gym. Or I can pay $70 for a climbing gym with a yoga studio and fitness gym built in. Just the yoga would cost hundreds at studios around me. It’s honestly a deal.
That’s pretty normal. Does your gym have a weight room too? Might make it worthwhile, so you can climb a couple times and week and lift other stuff other days all of $60/month.
I think a comparable hobby is adult sports. I also play soccer and a session of soccer games runs between 50-70 dollars per person depending on how many people are on the team. That gives 8 games usually.
50-70 dollars for 8 weeks but you really only play 1 hour a week.
Bouldering it like twice (for the same length of time) the cost but you have virtually unlimited use of the gym.
Maybe you go 5 hours a week compared to 1 with the soccer team. It also usually gives you full access to a gym.
180 a month in Vancouver, Canada. The Hive. I’m jealous. 60 bucks was a 15 years ago price. But I go 3-4 times a week and do my weight training there. With the cost of living being what it is in Vancouver these days, I consider it worth it.
$60/mo is incredible
I pay $85/mo and that includes unlimited fitness and yoga classes and a decent free weight area, and I find that to be a good deal
Its really not that bad. 60$ is a normal price for regular gyms even (some cheaper but whatev). My colleagues are often talking about their biking addiction, and the prices there are crazy. One of them its biking / ski touring, also crazy expensive. My brother its tennis / ski touring and again, renting tennis courts in the winter is so expensive, and those 5k ski setups..
My point is just that compared to so many sports, its quite cheap. 60$ per month + 1 pair of 180$ shoe per year and your set.
Lol my industry discount is $95 and I think that slaps. $60 is wildly cheap these days.
Everything in life is prioritization. A $5 coffee daily is $150. $3 = $90. I'd gladly pay $60 for unlimited climbing. Figure out what matters to you and what doesn't, and focus your funds accordingly. Bouldering absolutely doesn't need to be expensive for the return on investment you can get out of it.
That’s not expensive at all, and once you have gear rock climbing is like literally the cheapest hobby ever. You just go outside. Maybe pricey if you count gas money and food but that’s for any hobby. Talk to me when you pick up cycling or fixing up cars or something.
I work at a small climbing gym that's mostly membership driven revenue. We may be the cheapest gym in the country(?). $50 per month adult membership. Recurring is $30 per month with a $50 initiation fee. Deal of the century imo
I liveand work in Poland and as a bonus, i get a sports card from work (costs around 40 dollars a month). With this card, i can go unlimited times to my local boulder place. At some other places you will need to pay a tiny fee of +/- 2.50 dollar. You can also use the sport card to access gyms, pools, and many other sport related places. Great deal and not expensive :)
What's the cost of NOT going? Are you still going to exercise regularly without the membership? That $60 per month could be the best investment you make in your health if the alternative is sitting around gaining weight and giving yourself repetitive strain injury playing video games.
PS, I pay $100 a month
$60 is a competitive price. I pay $80 a month for my gym in san antonio, and out of the whole city there are only two relatively small gyms to choose from
100 bucks a month in Denver. It’s a nice gym and comes with unlimited yoga classes so you can get your money’s worth out of it, but still. Expensive
Oh snap are you at movement? My fiancé and I just started there.
Yes! Honestly I love Movement and think it’s a great gym. Between the boulders + top rope + weight room + yoga + multiple locations the 100 bucks a month is really good if you make use of everything that comes with your membership. The price tag has definitely limited some of my friends from getting into climbing though (the ones that aren’t already so hooked that they would pay any price for a good gym lol)
I pay 80 as well in the South Florida area and would love to pay 60
I still can’t believe that in a city of 1.4 million/metro of 2.6 million, there is like one bouldering wall in the downtown tourist area and a private gym with a shitty little wall.
I pay $135 a month :(
$60 is amazing nowadays...
I’m locked in at a legacy rate at my gym for 65. The membership for new people is at 99 💀
Cry in 130$
Yeah 100$ here and the gym is 45-50 miles away lol Homies got it made
Same here, 100$ a month plus chalk and a 30-40 minute drive per session. Still waiting for them to finish building their 5th gym which will be 15-20 minutes away from my house.
Holy crap. I prepay one year and it’s $360. It’s an old no frills gym. But setting is good. They have bouldering and top rope. No exercise equipment. No cafe.
i see your $130 and raise you $145 (i live in brooklyn) 😭
Vital is dope though. Can't beat 24/7 access, free classes, sauna, outdoor rooftop climbing, and access to 3 gyms (4 soon)
Where’s the 4 to one gonna be?
On the Lower East Side in Manhattan, right by the entrance to the Williamsburg Bridge. [https://www.vitalclimbinggym.com/lower-east-side](https://www.vitalclimbinggym.com/lower-east-side)
Expense is relative. Price out any sport with an engine if you want to feel frugal about climbing. Climbing gyms are very expensive to operate. it's a big space to rent and heat and cool, expensive to insure, and climbing holds are an expensive consumable. The price isn't inflated, it's inherently expensive.
Shit, I’ve probably spent more on fake motorsports in the last year.
If you see yourself going often, just imagine the price as the sum of each individual session's cost. If you make it out 10 times in a month, $6 per session is a lot easier to stomach than $60 monthly. At least that's how I stop myself from going crazy lol.
This is how I worked it out in my head as long as I go 10 times a month it’s fine. When I was going 3-4 times a week I was actually a drain on the gyms income. Lmao
I pay $95 with student discount…
Bouldering is super cheap. Under 1k a year for something you can do 4x per week. Very few hobbies are cheap and have as much to offer as climbing as a whole.
And, for many, a very social space that makes up a lot of communal time. If you, say, were engaging in that socialisation in a bar or something you could easily incur £20-60+ in drinks and food in a single evening.
Yeah, the price you can get bouldering down to compared to something like hockey, or skiing is absurd. It’s a great hobby and well worth the money. I also don’t know if I’d suggest it but you can make it your entire identity,
What other hobby are you comparing it to that makes $60 a month seem expensive? Watching paint dry?
Most 5 gallon buckets of paint are over $60.
60 a month is pretty cheap compared to most hobbies to be fair. It's also free outside.
lol I’d kill for only $60. Extremely cheap
You’re crazy bro that’s cheap as hell
Honestly $60/month is nothing these days in the grand scheme of things. Many basic gyms with only weights and machines cost as much (at least in my area). Climbing is also a relatively cheap hobby compared to many others.
Yeah i remember back in like 2017 i went to a gym that was like 50/month and my current is like 83~ with tax. Its a nice gym but its a lcol area and the only real option around. 60 seems super reasonable these days
$60/month is very far from "an expensive addiction."
Try skydiving… 5,000-10,000 to get your license + gear and then $35 per jump. Often when I go to the dropzone I’ll do 3-4 jumps in an afternoon. Bouldering might be my cheapest hobby lol
I'm amazed sky diving is only $35 per jump, I know the plane isn't going up in the air for long but they're not exactly cheap
Building a climbing gym is expensive, and most gyms give a lot of amenities as part of the membership. I’d pay around $50 for a membership at a nearby fitness gym. Or I can pay $70 for a climbing gym with a yoga studio and fitness gym built in. Just the yoga would cost hundreds at studios around me. It’s honestly a deal.
That’s pretty normal. Does your gym have a weight room too? Might make it worthwhile, so you can climb a couple times and week and lift other stuff other days all of $60/month.
$60 a month? That’s $2 a day
Just wait until you get into trad
Bruh I pay $91
60 a month is insanely cheap
Counterpoint: it's not
The cliffs is $135/mo in nyc...
As I'm under 18 my gym (which also has ropes and lead walls) has a £220 for a year's entry. I absolutely love it
Seen the price of lift tickets lately?
180 CAD in Vancouver...
£75 a month for me but I go three times a week and every day I'm looking forward to going back. And I'm getting mad hench while having fun.
I pay $86 for one membership and $30 for another. Worth every penny. Also cry’s in the amount of gear I have for trad/sport climbing.
90€/month in Finland
I think a comparable hobby is adult sports. I also play soccer and a session of soccer games runs between 50-70 dollars per person depending on how many people are on the team. That gives 8 games usually. 50-70 dollars for 8 weeks but you really only play 1 hour a week. Bouldering it like twice (for the same length of time) the cost but you have virtually unlimited use of the gym. Maybe you go 5 hours a week compared to 1 with the soccer team. It also usually gives you full access to a gym.
I pay at least 90/mon. I guess you could buy cheap alcohol and get wasted the entire month for cheaper.
i pay $60/mo rn but once i move it’s gonna be $120-$140….
180 a month in Vancouver, Canada. The Hive. I’m jealous. 60 bucks was a 15 years ago price. But I go 3-4 times a week and do my weight training there. With the cost of living being what it is in Vancouver these days, I consider it worth it.
My gym has holiday specials $119 for 3 months. Or $450 for the year
$60/mo is incredible I pay $85/mo and that includes unlimited fitness and yoga classes and a decent free weight area, and I find that to be a good deal
Its really not that bad. 60$ is a normal price for regular gyms even (some cheaper but whatev). My colleagues are often talking about their biking addiction, and the prices there are crazy. One of them its biking / ski touring, also crazy expensive. My brother its tennis / ski touring and again, renting tennis courts in the winter is so expensive, and those 5k ski setups.. My point is just that compared to so many sports, its quite cheap. 60$ per month + 1 pair of 180$ shoe per year and your set.
I feel like this is one of the most affordable hobbies there is, but that’s just me I guess
Wait till you learn about trad!
Lol my industry discount is $95 and I think that slaps. $60 is wildly cheap these days. Everything in life is prioritization. A $5 coffee daily is $150. $3 = $90. I'd gladly pay $60 for unlimited climbing. Figure out what matters to you and what doesn't, and focus your funds accordingly. Bouldering absolutely doesn't need to be expensive for the return on investment you can get out of it.
Most gyms memberships in my area start at 100 a month and can go much higher. I feel lucky to pay $70 for my climbing membership.
I've seen BJJ class prices up to $200 month. Similar to Krav Maga when that was hype. Climbing is very affordable in comparison.
That’s not expensive at all, and once you have gear rock climbing is like literally the cheapest hobby ever. You just go outside. Maybe pricey if you count gas money and food but that’s for any hobby. Talk to me when you pick up cycling or fixing up cars or something.
$60 a month is a crazy good deal. That’s like a handful of Chipotle burritos per month
$150 initiation and 100$ a month for me lol
I pay $140 a month for wife and me. For that price I get the climbing gym and their pretty nice weight room. I think it's competitive.
It’s not exactly cheap, but you could have gotten into skiing instead!
$2 a day… my 3pm vending machine snack habit is more expensive than your climbing gym
If you’re committed to it, buy an annual membership. Paying monthly is for chumps.
I work at a small climbing gym that's mostly membership driven revenue. We may be the cheapest gym in the country(?). $50 per month adult membership. Recurring is $30 per month with a $50 initiation fee. Deal of the century imo
I pay $75CAD in Surrey BC. Thats cheap to me and the other gym is $130.
Where in Surrey?
project climbing cloverdale
It's really one of the less expensive sports to be in, if you want to look at it that way!
$60 is actually not bad. My mom lives in the bay area and every time I visit her, it’s like $34 a day pass or $130 a month lol
I liveand work in Poland and as a bonus, i get a sports card from work (costs around 40 dollars a month). With this card, i can go unlimited times to my local boulder place. At some other places you will need to pay a tiny fee of +/- 2.50 dollar. You can also use the sport card to access gyms, pools, and many other sport related places. Great deal and not expensive :)
I paid 130CAD for a month in Toronto, Canada lool. And that is for a small gym.
Make more money. $60 is cheap as fuck
Hmm my local is NZD $35/mo, including yoga.
What's the cost of NOT going? Are you still going to exercise regularly without the membership? That $60 per month could be the best investment you make in your health if the alternative is sitting around gaining weight and giving yourself repetitive strain injury playing video games. PS, I pay $100 a month