[ajbrown]

To answer the OP question, I would not consider paying $110/month for my wife and I to use a facility like that. This is just my opinion of course. I would be hard pressed to imagine such a business would make it. From my experience, quality gyms make money by selling memberships at a reasonable rate relying on the fact that a large percentage of folks never show. I would never consider $110/month reasonable...... well maybe with weekly massages... and free mimosas after a tough workout...

We are spoiled in the suburbs of MA (apples and oranges to FL) to have many great fitness centers for less than $50/month per couple. To be honest, I have always been a bit disappointed with what the Villages offers for gyms at the cost it is offered, but it is what it is….and I do not have to partake if I choose not to….

[Halle]

Originally Posted by asianthree

Just wondering.. there are a few fitness places that could go close to campus that could build a fitness center with an indoor pool and separate swim lanes...open 24/7 with state of the art fitness classes and machines...Would you pay $60 a month for a single or $110 for a couple...I just got a mailing from a fitness center..if i were a frog i think i would pay the $110 for the use of a pool year round but not sure if its in everyones budget...I know you can vacation your membership but not clear on the vacation cost....No this is not a business i have investment in just wondering if my budget will allow the cost...and if others have wondered the same thing

If I understand your post correctly the cost would cover the regular gym membership including use of all the standard exercise equipment and the indoor pool. Basically equivalent to MVP with the added benefit of being open 24/7 and an indoor pool. It would be a private business not associated with The Villages. Yes I would pay $60 a month for a membership.

[KathieI]

No, would not pay extra for the use of an indoor pool.

[obxgal]

No, I wouldn't pay extra either for an indoor pool

[cbh1975]

Nope.

[DougB]

Nope, I wouldn't even use it if it was free.

[Baileysmom]

As a swimmer and total water enthusiast I would not pay extra for what you describe. Swimming laps in a heated pool can be very difficult at times with higher temperatures. I find cooler water increases my intensity and is easier to work out in.

[senior citizen]

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[SusanOfWoodbury]

Yes, I would pay for a indoor pool

[dotti105]

I personally think the prices quoted are a bit steep.

But I would love to have access to an indoor pool.

We are sold on the Villages, but I have wondered again and again about the lack of shade at the pools and with skin cancer so prevalent in FL, I must say I am surprised that TV does not have several indoor pools.

To me it is a no brainer, but the Morse family must think differently.

But could we get some real shade at some of the pools? The Pergola roof shade areas are not any protection from the sun at all.

[mickey100]

Originally Posted by dotti105

I personally think the prices quoted are a bit steep.

But I would love to have access to an indoor pool.

We are sold on the Villages, but I have wondered again and again about the lack of shade at the pools and with skin cancer so prevalent in FL, I must say I am surprised that TV does not have several indoor pools.

To me it is a no brainer, but the Morse family must think differently.

But could we get some real shade at some of the pools? The Pergola roof shade areas are not any protection from the sun at all.

Good points. If we had some shade covers erected at the sport pools, so you could finish a lap and be in the shade instead of out in the broiling sun, it would make a huge difference. I know many people with skin cancer that are trying to swim first thing in the morning before the sun is bright. Fine in the summer, but with temps in the 30's in the winter, not as easy to do. And in the summer the water temperatures in the sport pools have averaged in the low 90's. It is just awful to swim in hot bath water like that. Very tough to get an aerobic workout. That is when i think an indoor pool with a regulated temperature in the low to mid 80's would be wonderful.

[Missouri boy]

Yes, I'd use an indoor pool