[kstylianos]

Try and see if your county (or a surrounding county) offers sports programs for its residents (i.e. tennis, b-ball, etc). I actually taught an advanced tennis class for the county a couple years ago. Good fun.

It's much cheaper and you'll probably find that you'll be in the same company. At least here, the county offers beginners and advanced boxing courses. My friend and his wife have been doing it for the past 2 years. Says 'coach' reminds him of the coach from Rocky. Yes, they call him Coach and used to be a boxing coach for YEARS and does this for fun in his retirement years. At least you can get an idea if you like it or not, w/o paying the bigger bucks through a private gym.