Lift at home... buy what you will use and be done with the commercial gyms. My best guess is that most people could own a gym that would make a real man cry with joy for less than the cost of three years worth of gym memberships. I know that I have purchased several thousand worth of equipment for my home gym, and it is more expensive than a gym membership for 5 years, but... I own it, mine, forever... need I say more? No retards are going to constantly break my equipment unless that retard is me! Plus I have gone WAY overboard. I have multiple bars, set ups for strongman, Oly lifting (and I'm talking a REAL Oly bar and bumpers), kettle bells, and so many other fun gadgets I can't begin to talk about it all. But at the heart of my gym is the good old power rack, around 800lbs of plates. Total cost here with two bars, pull up bars and dip bars... MAYBE $1000. For 90% of everyone out there, this equipment would be enough to let you develop for years and years in a way that would be ultimately MORE productive than all the crap at the commercial gym, and for less money in the long run.