01.04.23 Fitness Resolution: Gyms / Fraud Targets All Ages

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

A new year, and many have resolved to work out more. Clark answers the burning question: When do you sign a contract with a gym that obligates you for 1, 2 or 3 years? Get the lowdown on gym membership and the commitment to fitness. Also, hear why younger generations are now more likely to suffer fraud than seniors. Clark counts the ways, and shares how to protect yourself. Commit To Be Fit: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Fraud For All: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: Why Planet Fitness hasn’t raised its $10 monthly gym price in 30 years WSJ: How Old Do You Feel? The Answer Can Reveal a Lot About Your Health, Scientists Say WP - To live longer, pick up the pace just three minutes a day, study shows Follow the 'Minute Rule' to make exercise a daily habit How To Talk to Your Partner About Money Before Marriage Clark Howard's 5 Money Tips for Couples Fraud reports and losses: Not just a grandparent's story What Is a Fiduciary Financial Advisor and Do I Need One? NFCC - National Foundation for Credit Counseling - Home Should I Get an Umbrella Insurance Policy? Clark.com resources Episode transcripts Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.5	So, it's the new year.
0:47.0	That makes you a sitting duck at New Year's resolution time.
0:52.0	By one particular industry, the fitness industry.
0:58.0	You see those commercials and you see these people that they look so happy.
1:05.5	Let me tell you, that person on the stair climber
1:10.0	who's smiling happy as could be and looks incredible.
1:16.5	Okay.
1:18.0	1.1 million of people, I don't think you got to 1,000,000
1:23.0	can look that happy on a stair climber or any of that other stuff.
1:29.0	But we want to be them.
1:32.0	We want to look like them.
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