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> While millennials like to workout, they're ditching gyms in favor of boutique, class-centric centers. "Millennials don't want to be tied down," Megan Smyth,
by Vendan 9y ago
> While millennials like to workout, they're ditching gyms in favor of boutique, class-centric centers.
"Millennials don't want to be tied down," Megan Smyth, the CEO of FitReserve, a service that lets members book boutique studio classes, told the New York Post. "It's a spontaneous demographic."
Ditching 24 hour gyms where you can go whenever you feel like in exchange for booking classes is "spontaneous"???
- falcolas 9y agoMy personal feelings tie it more to the enforced year long contracts than hour-to-hour flexibility. Signing up for a Gym is a major financial commitment.
- wil421 9y agoNot really you can find gyms as cheap as a monthly Netflix subscription or luxury gyms that cost more than my Internet and cable bill.
- falcolas 9y agoAnd no matter the monthly cost, they still try and get you into a year contract. That is the lack of flexibility. You can't go for a month and decide to switch gyms; you're tied to your choice for a year.
- cholantesh 9y agoLA Fitness is month to month. However, they try very hard to convince you to get personal training, which is contract-based. Very sneaky.
- tiggybear 9y agoThat's never been the case for any gym I've ever belonged to.
- jazzyk 9y agoIn the US, Planet Fitness' membership is $100/year (there are others, such as WOW). Hardly a major financial commitment.
- cholantesh 9y agoFor an inferior service such as PF's, it absolutely is a major commitment.
- humanrebar 9y agoMaybe it's about contracts? Do places like SoulCycle and CrossFit have annual fees or contracts?
- nkrisc 9y agoAt this point it feels like they're stretching to tie stereotypical Millennial traits to dying industries.