subject: Four Ways To Get Yourself A Free Gym Pass [print this page] No one would argue with you if you were to say that going to a gym regularly is one of the best ways to get fit and healthy.
It might not be for everyone and you might not actually be attending regularly yourself at the moment, but having a gym membership and taking advantage of it several times during the week is a tried and tested method of losing weight and increasing your fitness levels.
However, the cost of gym pass is simply not within the reach of some, which means that no matter how much they want to go, they have to opt for other forms of exercises.
And most people are aware that the cost of the gym pass isn't something that can - or should - be lowered, as the price reflects the facilities that are on offer and how and when you can use them.
But this doesn't mean that they can attend or they want to attend any less.
Fortunately, there are various ways that you can get yourself a completely free gym pass and the following are just a handful of popular methods.
1. Ask for it for Christmas - it might cost a few hundred pounds for a full annual membership, but if you find that the value of your presents usually amounts to this figure, you could always ask for everyone to put their money together and buy you a gym membership.
It does mean that you won't have many presents to open on Christmas Day, but it also means that you have a completely free gym pass for you to use for the coming 12 months.
2. Take part in online competitions - something that have been steadily rising in popularity over the past four or five years, online competitions can be a great way to receive a free gym pass as they are very often one of the prizes that can be won by doing nothing more than answering a simple question or filling in a questionnaire.
3. Ask your employer - if you work for a relatively large organisation, it's always worthwhile asking your employer if they have any free or discounted gym memberships.
Assuming that they have some options, generally speaking it's going to be a discounted membership to a certain gym. However, depending on the size of the company, they may have a gym within an office at another site that all of their employees can take advantage of for free.
4. Speak to the gym - you're not likely to be able to secure a full annual gym membership by speaking to the gym directly, but it wouldn't be surprising if you were offered a week or weekend pass.
Often given out as promotional tools, there's no part of the free pass agreement that says you definitely have to sign up for a full membership afterwards - just make sure that if you've handed over your bank details and the gym pass was for 14 days, for example, you cancel the membership on the fourteenth day, as some gyms will automatically assume you want to continue with your membership if you don't.
