{"id":281130,"date":"2026-01-12T17:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/281130\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T17:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:07:07","slug":"why-gyms-have-become-so-fancy-and-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/281130\/","title":{"rendered":"Why gyms have become so fancy and expensive"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sweat and Tonic gym.Supplied<\/p>\n

Listen to this episode by clicking above or subscribe to The Decibel<\/a> on your favourite podcast app or platform: Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, Amazon Music<\/a>, iHeartRadio<\/a>, Pocket Casts<\/a> and YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new year is upon us and for some, that means New Year\u2019s resolutions. These goals often involve improving our fitness, or going to the gym more often. But that\u2019s not always cheap with gym membership and classes costing more and more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In today\u2019s episode, host Sherrill Sutherland<\/a> and The Globe\u2019s healthy living reporter, Graham Isador,<\/a> try a class at one of Toronto\u2019s luxury gyms, Sweat and Tonic. They share their experiences and Graham discusses why gym prices have risen so drastically and how you can make your fitness resolutions attainable. <\/p>\n

Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Sweat and Tonic gym.Supplied Listen to this episode by clicking above or subscribe…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[278],"tags":[4301,141766,141768,141760,141763,141764,18,525,135,19,17,141765,141762,27627,50001,25569,141769,141767,141761,141759],"class_list":{"0":"post-281130","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-canada-news","9":"tag-canadian-daily-news-podcast","10":"tag-daily-podcast-canada","11":"tag-decibel","12":"tag-decibel-globe-and-mail","13":"tag-decibel-podcast","14":"tag-eire","15":"tag-fitness","16":"tag-health","17":"tag-ie","18":"tag-ireland","19":"tag-listen-to-decibel-podcast","20":"tag-listen-to-the-decibel","21":"tag-nodelphi","22":"tag-nopolly","23":"tag-podcast","24":"tag-podcast-episode-id-7d44e73f-0931-4685-bfd2-34cad81fed6f","25":"tag-the-daily-for-canada","26":"tag-thedecibel","27":"tag-yespop"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115883228729425653","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}