CrossFit is so expensive! I hear this one all too often in my office and online. Does CrossFit cost more than a regular gym membership? It may appear that way at first. Most gym memberships average out to about $40.00 per month for an individual. CrossFit memberships run, depending what region of the country you live in can go anywhere from $99.00 to $150.00 per month for an individual. To the uneducated $40.00 a month is a no-brainer. However, when you consider that for every CrossFit workout you participate in, you get a certified CrossFit instructor-trainer-coach at every workout. Add to that, a group of highly motivated individuals there to motivate and cheer you on at each workout. Lets not forget the faster and better results with your health gains that two hours in a regular gym four to five days a week won't even come close to matching the results you will be achieving from doing CrossFit three times a week. Not only that, most CrossFit (WOD) workouts range from seven to twenty minutes per workout. How can you beat that?
Still not convinced? How about that daily $4.00 latte or energy drink; 4x30=$120.00 a month in drinks alone. Now factor in what the average person spends a month eating out; $200.00. Give that up and now you have an extra $320.00 per month that will be more than enough to pay for CrossFit.
Still not convinced? How about these numbers:
$44,820.00: Average cost for heart bypass surgery (American Heart Asso. 1995).
$$10,000: Average cost per year per person for treating complications related to diabetes. (WebMD. Healthnews)
$$1,500.00: Average cost more per year obese patients pay for health care (ABC News/Health)
$$147 Billion: Direct and Indirect costs America spends each year on obesity (CDC 2006).
So you still think CrossFit is too expensive? If you still do. Then maybe you're just not really serious about your overall health and wellness.
Love, Light & Laughter
Dr. Corey
Hey Dr Corey!
ReplyDeleteI love this! Great cost comparisons! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Dr. Corey,
ReplyDeleteI'm not usually inclined to post on blogs I am unfamiliar with, but I was pretty offended by the end of this particular post. I appreciate your comparisons, but I feel that your view may be a little narrow.
While I agree that CrossFit may work for a lot of people, I feel that it is unfair to suggest that individuals who choose to follow other routes to their fitness goals are not serious about being healthy.
For instance, as a current graduate student, I do NOT spend $200 a month on prepared foods. Nor do I spend $4 on a latte/ coffee every day of the month. In fact, most of the money that I do have goes to paying my rent and purchasing fresh vegetables and lean meats.
Additionally, there are other resources for short, intense workouts, Bodyrock.tv being a FREE one.
I'd love to try CrossFit out at some time, but because I really *can't* afford it, I'm not any less proud of my work in the gym 4-6 times a week.
-Kay
wasting your time. wasting your time. wasting your time. you are not reaching ANY type of fitness working out in a regular gym 4-6 times a week. you aren't training for real life. The true meaning of fitness is to be ready for anything at anytime and in different variable settings. Running on the treadmill, or doing the eliptical three times a week with some slight muscle strength training is not doing that. You are training routinely and you are waisting your time.
DeleteIt is better than sitting on the couch with a box of chocolate....but time is money and you are waisting yours.
Sarah CrossFit Level One Trainer
you cant say he's wasting his time. I mean you have not even the slightest idea what kind of work outs hes doing. You just sound ignorant and opinionated. I love crossfit and am currently opening my own affiliate, so I am in no way biased. But he could be getting a great work out in at his gym. Also, crossfit doesn't train someone for "real life" I've been in "real life" for 35 years now and I've never encountered a real life situation that required me to clean and jerk. But yeah, good arguement that he's "wasting his time"
DeleteYeah... "Great" post. Sounds like you are tired of hearing people complain about CrossFit prices, not actually promoting your practice. Might want to "work" on your PR skills to promote your discipline versus coming off like a raging ass - because that gives CrossFit a great image. Wonder why people feel like CrossFit is "crossing" into the realm of a cult!
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