Just want to use an elliptical. But where?

[somergirl80.livejournal.com]

Good day everyone! I am trying to get more fit and healthy. I've been running a while on top of eating well but it's not helping. I cannot afford a cardio machine so I was looking at the local gym options but the cost is outrageous. Even the YMCA is $41 a month. I looked at "rock in fitness" which has the best price of $10 a month like Planet Fitness but it seems like canceling a membership with them is a huge hassle from what I've been reading. I don't want a hassle come time to cancel.
I don't drive and am trying to avoid the extra cost of MBTA. Does anybody know of anything in. Somerville or Cambridge Porter area that doesn't cost an arm and a leg where I could use a few cardio machines?
Thanks in advance :D

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[jadelennox]

if you like swimming at all, the community pool in the Kennedy school is wonderful. I can't remember how much it costs -- I feel like it was something like three dollars a pop for Somerville residents, and five dollars for non-Somerville residents, and they do monthly passes as well. And it's quite a nice pool.

the YMCA actually does promise sliding scale based on financial need, so it might be worth calling them and asking.

if you have any affiliation with any of the local colleges, a lot of them have gym membership policies for staff and alumni. I'm assuming you don't, or you would have mentioned it, but most of them have pretty good facilities so I figured it was worth mentioning. There are other affiliations that get discounts at local gyms -- being a municipal employee usually does, for example.

There's a bunch around Boston and in other places listed at http://www.wickedcheapboston.com/bostons-cheapest-gym-memberships/ which I found when I was looking for that thing about the YMCA and the discounts.

[somergirl80.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I don't know how to swim. When I was going to school here we never had a pool so a lot of us Sometville kids never learned.

Thank you so much for that link! It was definitely helpful. I didn't know that insure sometimes will help. I definitely want to look into that more!