Think your gym is expensive? Check out the $25,000 gym membership

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January is the month when gyms make all sorts of offers aimed at those who are newly committed to getting lean and mean. E at Equinox, however, has no such deal: Instead, this super-high-end gym is all about exclusivity — and the jaw-dropping price tag that goes along with it. For $25,000 a year, members of the clubs — there are locations in New York City and Greenwich, Conn. — enjoy all sorts of plush amenities, from “freshly laundered E workout attire” to “private showers and changing cabanas,” the club literature touts. Members also have their own very private entrance, replete with a retinal scanner to identify them when they arrive. (In other words, no more crowded locker rooms and no carrying around that membership card.)

But just as important, says Equinox vice president David Harris, the E annual membership comes with an extensive fitness evaluation and two training sessions a week with a “Tier 4” personal coach. (Equinox says Tier 4 is the gym’s most elite training program — an exercise “prescription” that takes into consideration body composition, metabolic rate, gait and ability to move.)  Click below for full story -