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Nontraditional gym memberships for highly particular workout fiends.

      The Sports Center at Chelsea Piers  
      (Photo: Fred George/Courtesy of Chelsea Piers)

      • For Insomniacs

      • New York Sports Clubs
        125 Seventh Ave. S., at 10th St.; 212-206-1500
        One of the club’s two 24-hour locales; about $40 a month grants access from 11 p.m. until 5 a.m.

      • For Tight Budgets

      • Blink Fitness
        16 E. 4th St., at Broadway; 212-228-7000
        With only basic cardio and strength equipment, a stretching area, and a small locker room, Equinox’s David Rockwell–designed spinoff isn’t fancy. But it costs just $20 per month.

      • For Weekenders

      • The Sports Center at Chelsea Piers
        Pier 60, 23rd St. and West Side Hwy.; 212-336-6000
        About $105 a month (after a $100 initiation fee) grants full access to the swank facility, including its indoor track, 25-yard pool, Hudson River sundeck, and classes, starting Friday afternoons at 5 p.m. through Sunday.

      • For Twenty-Somethings

      • The Sports Club/LA
        330 E. 61st St., nr. First Ave.; 212-355-5100
        The Sports Club’s glossy uptown facility charges the under-30 crowd $145 per month (down from the full-price fee of $175).

      • For Thrice-a-Weekers

      • Dolphin Fitness Club
        94 E. 4th St., nr. Second Ave.; 212-387-9500
        For a crazily low $149 per year, cardio hounds and weightlifters can get full access to the club three days out of the week. Choose between the Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday or Wednesday-Friday-Sunday plans.

      • For the Committed

      • Ludlow Fitness
        100 Delancey St., nr. Ludlow St.; 212-260-9222
        A lump $450 payment buys twelve months of unlimited access to this full-service gym and substantial class schedule. (For the noncommittal, it’s $99 up front, then $49 per month.)

      • For Just a Pool

      • Asphalt Green
        555 E. 90th St., nr. York Ave.; 212-369-8890
        Swim-only memberships to the Olympic-size deepwater pool at Asphalt Green’s state-of-the-art sports complex cost $99 per month, which also includes classes taught in the adjacent warm-water exercise pool.

      • For Squash or Nighttime Tennis

      • CitiView Racquet Club
        43-34 32nd Pl., Skillman Ave., Long Island City; 718-389-6252
        This shiny LIC club offers a squash-specific membership for $140 per month (no court or initiation fees). Also available: limited-access tennis passes, effective 1 to 4 p.m. on weekdays or 9 p.m. to midnight daily, for $100 per month (plus court and guest fees).

      • For Indoor Basketball

      • Jackie Robinson Recreation Center
        85 Bradhurst Ave., nr. 146th St.; 212-234-9607
        A slim $25 gets you six months of access to the full-size indoor basketball court, as well as the center’s weight and fitness classes. But the hours are tricky: Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5:30 to 8:45 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

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