13 Gyms With Family Memberships: Costs, Restrictions Detailed

Many gyms offer family discounts or joint memberships for two people. Typically, the discounts are a percentage or dollar amount off of the additional memberships or initiation fees. Some gyms require joint and family members to reside at the same address, while others don’t. Clubs will either offer access only to the club where you signed up or multiple locations. For details of the family memberships available at each gym (plus the list of gyms that don’t offer family memberships), see below.

What We Recommend

When considering a gym membership for your family, the cost will likely be a major factor. The best-priced options are Workout Anytime and the YMCA; Workout Anytime costs about $50 for a family of three, and the YMCA offers family memberships for about $70 per month.

The location, facilities, and amenities are also important to consider. Life Time offers many amenities (including child care and activities for children too young to use the gym), but at a higher membership cost; our related research explains whether Life Time is worth the cost.

The List

The following gyms offer family memberships or family discounts. To compile this information, we contacted the gyms’ customer service departments and viewed their fee schedules online.

1. Workout Anytime

• Cost: About $40 per month for two members; Premium members can add additional family members for about $10 per month and also have unlimited guest passes
• Same residence required? Varies by location
• Access: One-club
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2. YMCA

• Cost: About $70 per month for a family membership (one or two adults and their dependents)
• Same residence required? Varies by location
• Access: One-club or all-club memberships available
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3. Snap Fitness

• Cost: About $52 per month for a joint membership; a family membership (two adults and up to three minors) is about $62 per month
• Same residence required? Yes
• Access: One-club
• Find a location

4. Anytime Fitness

• Cost: About $60 per month (or about a $20 savings per month for two people)
• Same residence required? Varies by location
• Access: One-club
• Find a location

Note: See our related research for more details of Anytime Fitness’ family membership policies.

5. World Gym

• Cost: A one-person membership is about $20 to $35 per month; children under 18 can be added for about $45 each
• Same residence required? No
• Access: One-club
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6. 24 Hour Fitness

• Cost: About $80 per month for two (or $30 per additional family member)
• Same residence required? No
• Access: All-club
• Find a location

7. LA Fitness

• Cost: No discount on membership fees; initiation fees are discounted by about $75 for two, $150 for three, and $225 for four
• Same residence required? Varies by location
• Access: All-club
• Find a location

8. XSport Fitness

• Cost: About $90 for two per month (includes a discount of about $10 off second person’s monthly membership)
• Same residence required? Yes
• Access: One-club
• Find a location

9. Orangetheory Fitness

• Cost: About $110 for two adults (includes a $10 to $20 monthly discount per additional member; family discounts may differ by location, as previously reported)
• Same residence required? Varies by location
• Access: One-club
• Find a location

10. Life Time Fitness

• Cost: About $120 for two adults per month (includes $20 discount on monthly membership for the second person; for $20 per month, kids ages three months to eleven years can spend two to three hours per day at Kids Academy while you work out)
• Same residence required? Varies by location
• Access: One-club or all-club memberships
• Find a location

11. 9Round Fitness

• Cost: About $150 per month (about a $10 per month discount for two people)
• Same residence required? Varies by location
• Access: One-club
• Find a location

12. In-Shape Health Clubs

• Cost: Single with add-on membership allows up to four adult add-ons and eight children from the same household; contact your gym for pricing
• Same residence required? No
• Access: One-club or all-club memberships
• Find a location

13. Powerhouse Gym

• Cost: Couples and family memberships may be available at individual franchise locations; check with your local gym
• Same residence required? Varies by location
• Access: One-club
• Find a location

Interested in paying for your gym membership in cash? See our list of gyms that accept cash.

Gyms That Don’t Have Family Memberships

In the course of our research, we found that the following gyms do not offer family memberships. However, several do offer guest privileges, which may work well for your family if not every member is interested in working out regularly.

• Blink Fitness (Blue and Green members can bring one guest per visit.)
• CKO Kickboxing (There is about a $200 discount if two guests pre-pay annually.)
• Chuze Fitness (Premium and More memberships have unlimited guest privileges.)
• Club Fitness
• CorePower Yoga
• Crunch Fitness (Peak Results members can bring a guest.)
• Curves
• Equinox
• Fit Body Boot Camp
• Fitness 19
• Fitness Connection (A guest pass is $15; the same guest can only visit once every four months.)
• Gold’s Gym
• iLoveKickboxing
• Koko FitClub
• Maxx Fitness
• Planet Fitness (PF Black Card members have unlimited guest privileges.)
• Retro Fitness (Guests are $10 per day or $25 per week, as previously reported.)
• SoulCycle
• Youfit (Lime Card membership allows access to all clubs and unlimited guests.)

Note: According to our previous research, without a guest pass, gyms typically do not allow anyone but the member to use the membership.