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The Struggles of Staying Fit

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Eight Excuses for Not Exercising

Eight Excuses for Not Exercising

Many people would like to start an exercise program to have a well-toned body or feel fitter. A full-time job, projects on the side, a busy social ...
How Do You Cancel Your VASA Fitness Gym Membership?

How Do You Cancel Your VASA Fitness Gym Membership?

Gyms make it difficult to cancel, and VASA Fitness is no exception.

At first glance, VASA seems like it might actually be great with an easy way to cancel.

I thought OH Finally, I can cancel. 
Top 5 Excuses You Use to Avoid Exercising

Top 5 Excuses You Use to Avoid Exercising

  You probably already know you should get your body moving. You've read about the amazing benefits that regular exercise can have not only on you...
3 Essential Items Every Runner Should Have

3 Essential Items Every Runner Should Have

  There have been runners for as long as there have been humans. In fact, some biologists theorize that early man's ability to run for longer dist...
A Beginner's Guide to Working out with a Freestanding Pull-up bar

A Beginner's Guide to Working out with a Freestanding Pull-up bar

If you can't do a single pull-up, don't worry! You aren't alone. Pull-ups are one of the most challenging upper body exercises and most people struggle with them. Place a chair in front of your freestanding pull-up bar and stand on it. Grab onto the bar with your palms facing ...
5 Ways to Work Out Without a Gym Membership

5 Ways to Work Out Without a Gym Membership

  Staying active and living a healthy lifestyle doesn't mean that you have to join an expensive gym. There are plenty of ways to workout cheaply, o...
Can you work out without a gym?

Can you work out without a gym?

Parks are often a great place to find free classes around you. New York city isn't the only place that has these and there's more than just these exercises. Meetup.com and other websites offer a great way for people to get together for all sorts of fitness activities which can be very cheap or even free in many cases. Other than classes like this, jogging, power walking, and hitting the monkey bars at your local play ground are great ways to use your local environment.
How to cancel your gym membership (or not)

How to cancel your gym membership (or not)

This is yet another example of why it's so hard to cancel a gym membership. I was reading this person's story online here and wow this really hits the nail on the head. This person went through what many of us have at one point or another and the rest of us fear will happen. He went to cancel his gym membership and not...
This is why it can be so hard to quit the gym -- a funny side of it

This is why it can be so hard to quit the gym -- a funny side of it

Have you seen that Friend's episode where he talks about how he's paying a lot of money for his gym membership every month and then goes to try to cancel it? He just can't cancel it. They employ tactics to prevent it. This was filmed a long time ago but it's still the case today. It's a very funny episode, but also a real problem.
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Gyms Rely on Making It Hard to Cancel

It’s in their best interest to make it difficult to cancel a membership. In fact, when you think about how many memberships are sold at a given gym and the space that the gym has inside, you begin to realize that there is no way that all of those people could even fit inside the gym at the same time. Most gyms don’t allow users to cancel over the phone or through their website.