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waterdance · Joined: 18 Sep 2005 Posts: 54

any recommendation on a good gym. the megatlon is 24 hours, but at 150 pesos a month. it is expensive. super expensive by american standards.. i got the tour and the cardio machines aren{t that sophisted cross trainers and stairmaster almost non existent.

triptrap · Joined: 26 Sep 2005 Posts: 3 Location: Buenos Aires

or what is a pretty typical way of getting excercise here. like a good park to run around.

what do porte�os do?

sqwerl · Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 72 Location: Buenos Aires

depends where you live.
I like my gym (although the free weights suck)
It has an indoor pool, lots of cardio stuff, and a decent work out room for 68 pesos a month ... but it could be far from you.

Proximity is always important

guillebaires · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:11 pm Post subject:

150 pesos?????

I pay 90 pesos for my Megatlon "platinum" membership, and that allows me almost everything! Indoor pool, spinning, indoor cycling, all the cardio thing, weights, etc...

matttheboy · Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Posts: 854 Location: Valparaiso, Chile

Unless you sign up for months on end and often only with an argentine debit card/direct debit from an argentine bank account you have to pay the monthly charge.

At my gym, Sports Club in Congreso (there are a few around the city), there's a big pool, good weights, good CV equipment and, most importantly, a biiiiiiiig sun deck. If you pay monthly with a direct debit from your bank account it costs 55 pesos a month, if you pay in cash month on month it costs around 120 pesos. There's a minimum of 4 months i think.

If you're planning on staying awhile then get a bank account and sign up to a direct debit.

As for the lack of cross trainers-it's strange. In england it's the machine that is always being used and there's always a queue to use it. Same in Chile. Here, it seems that almost no one ever uses it. Which is fine by me...