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[SaratheSlytherin]

This doesn't have anything to do with teaching, but it's about something important. I'm serious about teaching but it's very important to take care of your health and I'm very concerned about mine.

I would like to know about the options there are regarding exercise and fitness... really important to me!!

I'm planning on teaching EFL in Mexico and I've researched and prepared (please don't try to talk me out of that... that's another thread), and I haven't found any posts on this topic. I'm in the States right now and go to the gym almost every day, and I'm in a bind.

When I studied abroad in Mexico, I just went to the gym at the school. I know that they have some nice gyms in Mexico (friends tell me so), at least in Cuernavaca, but I'm not sure if it's affordable for an EFL teacher.
I know that teaching means long hours but I always find time for the gym...

If you join, do they do drafts from your bank account? Or do they have something similar to Fitness First, where you just pay every time you attend?

What are some good options?

[Samantha]

Mexicans are also concerned about fitness. There are gyms everywhere (you could check the yellow pages online for listings in the place you are thinking of living). For one example, Curves has many locations in Mexico.

http://www.curves.com/locations/results.php?country=MX&searchType=country

Gyms aren't my thing, so I bought a treadmill. Many days are just too hot to walk outside, even on the beach. Combined with swimming, it solves my fitness concerns. There are plenty of health clubs around, too, with lap pools.

[Professor]

You can find gyms that look like the ones that were in the original rock movie for around 500 or 600 a month. I can't remember if there is a one time payment.
I talked with Sport City here in the DF and it's a little over 1,000 pesos a month for one person, plus you have to pay the one time initiation fee of 6,000 pesos.

[Guy Courchesne]

Gyms can be pricey in DF, especially in Condesa, Polanco, Coyoacan...the swankier neighborhoods. Spinning, taebo and a few other fit fads are still all the rage here but again, pricey.

If running is your thing, there are plenty of places to do that, from public parks to the old Olympic facilities scattered around town, but mostly in the south at the UNAM campus. Cycling is big here too.

[notamiss]

I never went to a gym in Canada, but I joined one here, well it's more than a gym, it's a family-centred club with a gym, pool, sports fields, picnic area, etc. When they started offering Body Systems� classes, I started going. The Body Systems franchise is very big here; lots of gyms and clubs offer them. I didn't think classes were my thing until I tried them, now I really like them; good for both fitness and making friends.

Also, for anybody near Tasque�a, I can recommend you the gym where my daugher sometimes works. All they have are classes, not a weight room. The classes are Zumba, Hawaiian dance, martial arts (varies; currently karate) and Body Systems. Small place but nice. The prices are: $500 per month for all the classes you want, or a 12-class card good for one year for $480, or $50 per class, after paying a one-time registration of $250.

[SaratheSlytherin]

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