How $15 Gym Chains Actually Make Money

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• HE

  @herbertshoopman2036 · 1 month ago

  I love having a PF membership. It's a great value because I use it.

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• SK

  @skapunkoialternativeliving6522 · 5 days ago

  People gotta realize businesses like these are not there to serve you. They're there to profit from you just like politicians claim they work for the people they don't

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• GE

  @georgefeldman4408 · 1 month ago

  As a former owner of a small gym 1 million years ago, there’s also a huge mark up in energy drinks and gym clothing. Don’t forget that you’re gonna sell the suit sell the socks and the shoes along with it.

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• DU

  @dudeBjacked · 3 weeks ago

  Calling Planet Fitness a gym is like calling McDonald's a restaurant.

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• CT

  @Ctimewiz · 1 month ago (edited)

  This guy clearly hasn’t used his Planet Fitness membership in a while! <br>They don’t even have the Lunk Alarm anymore, and after COVID, they stopped doing the pizza too. 🍕🚨<br><br>And honestly, to everyone who has a Planet Fitness membership but doesn’t use it,thank you! 😂 You’re helping make it possible for me to work out five days a week in a very clean, air-conditioned gym with TVs, plus they keep getting new treadmills every 2½ years.<br><br>I’m not complaining! 💪

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• DO

  @donaldsutton4350 · 1 month ago

  A gym membership is a great way to keep a resolution to stay in shape but never actually break a sweat!

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• BA

  @BassPlayerSusan · 3 weeks ago

  I&apos;m reminded of the &quot;Friends&quot; episode in which Chandler tries to cancel his gym membership, but is too weak-willed. &nbsp;So he has Ross go with him and Ross too gets roped in. &nbsp;When Monica suggests, &quot;Or you can go to the gym&quot; they both laugh at her.

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• VS

  @vskane · 1 month ago

  Ha! &nbsp;PureGym in the UK must hate my family. Six times a week every week for three years. No wonder they cancel us every year and we have to renew online.

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• LE

  @Lean.is.law54 · 1 month ago

  I belong to a PF that is behind a Walgreens. Although it is visible from the street, it is out of the way enough not many ppl see it. Some days there are only 2 or 3 ppl in the gym. I&apos;ve never had to wait to use a machine.

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• TH

  @TheWalletReports · 4 days ago

  A very insightful breakdown of the gym’s business model.

• DC

  @dca3092 · 4 weeks ago

  The PF I go to is always pretty busy tbh. I go 5-6 times a week for a couple of hours after work to get that stress out. I also see people of all ages and activity levels. From young kids training with their parents to elderly seniors and the casual lince in a whole person to the people who take working out seriously and show up consistently. Every once in a while they reach out for feedback and actually take the suggestions into consideration. I have no complaints tbh.

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• RO

  @robindhood9125 · 4 weeks ago

  Planet Fitness no longer does pizza and bagels

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