{"id":691886,"date":"2026-01-12T21:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/691886\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T21:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:33:10","slug":"why-gyms-have-become-so-fancy-and-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/691886\/","title":{"rendered":"Why gyms have become so fancy and expensive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/Y3OBZRN3LNCOFASJH4C3WNHFMU.jpg?auth=ea3c41b7344bef17f28a9197fb787909446c1cf40e1b7c17d8521020ced8784f&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">Sweat and Tonic gym.Supplied<\/p>\n<p>Listen to this episode by clicking above or subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/podcasts\/the-decibel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/podcasts\/the-decibel\/\">The Decibel<\/a> on your favourite podcast app or platform: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-decibel\/id1565410296?utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=podcastepisodepage&amp;utm_campaign=decibel_mkt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-decibel\/id1565410296?utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=podcastepisodepage&amp;utm_campaign=decibel_mkt\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3qYDbRr9geEsFkkwkq3oeL?utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=podcastepisodepage&amp;utm_campaign=decibel_mkt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3qYDbRr9geEsFkkwkq3oeL?utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=podcastepisodepage&amp;utm_campaign=decibel_mkt\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/41787d0e-cbd2-4d33-96e5-506ca588241b\/the-decibel?utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=podcastepisodepage&amp;utm_campaign=decibel_mkt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/41787d0e-cbd2-4d33-96e5-506ca588241b\/the-decibel?utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=podcastepisodepage&amp;utm_campaign=decibel_mkt\">Amazon Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/269-the-decibel-81650306\/?utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=podcastepisodepage&amp;utm_campaign=decibel_mkt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/269-the-decibel-81650306\/?utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=podcastepisodepage&amp;utm_campaign=decibel_mkt\">iHeartRadio<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pca.st\/6yr6jcgb?utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=podcastepisodepage&amp;utm_campaign=decibel_mkt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/pca.st\/6yr6jcgb?utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=podcastepisodepage&amp;utm_campaign=decibel_mkt\">Pocket Casts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLjt27UiMlbQXaZvGPVS3iacAbBQrebVmS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLjt27UiMlbQXaZvGPVS3iacAbBQrebVmS\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/life\/wellness\/fitness\/article-gym-fitness-classes-expensive-are-they-worth-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/life\/wellness\/fitness\/article-gym-fitness-classes-expensive-are-they-worth-it\/\">gym membership and classes costing more and more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">In today\u2019s episode, host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/authors\/sherrill-sutherland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/authors\/sherrill-sutherland\/\">Sherrill Sutherland<\/a> and The Globe\u2019s healthy living reporter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/authors\/graham-isador\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/authors\/graham-isador\/\">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<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/podcasts\/the-decibel\/article-why-gyms-have-become-so-fancy-and-expensive\/mailto:thedecibel@globeandmail.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4322],"tags":[6917,24307,24309,24301,24304,24305,1630,105,24306,24303,24298,24299,3796,208964,24308,24302,16,15,24300],"class_list":{"0":"post-691886","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-fitness","15":"tag-health","16":"tag-listen-to-decibel-podcast","17":"tag-listen-to-the-decibel","18":"tag-nodelphi","19":"tag-nopolly","20":"tag-podcast","21":"tag-podcast-episode-id-7d44e73f-0931-4685-bfd2-34cad81fed6f","22":"tag-the-daily-for-canada","23":"tag-thedecibel","24":"tag-uk","25":"tag-united-kingdom","26":"tag-yespop"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115884274722370680","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}