Gym owners. Some help would be great.

[Kcm3000]

hey guys I am opening a gym/ personal training studio. meaining mainly personal training, but an open gym policy for my clients. I was wondering if you guys had input on how you succeeded or didnot succeed. what I need to think about, that made you fail. I am looking for PMs here or emails after the first pm. some topics of discussion

liability
equipment....how you found the best prices.
sq footage.
how important is your location and could you do it in another location.
smoothie bars.
bulding layout.

thanks look forward to hearing from you.

 

[Unholy]

Any chance this could be an open discussion, I would love to hear about this as well, being that I plan on opening a gym within the next 2 years.

If not, I understand.

Paul.

 

[Kcm3000]

sure. information is good. what do you want to know?

 

[Kcm3000]

how big is your location? sq footage? Is that space to big or to small?

why did you choose that location?

has the economy slowed down your business?

what is main age goup of your clientel?

how much did you spend on equipment?

what type of equipment do you have?

do you offer any specific classes, or promotions?

is the town you are located in wealthy?

what was the biggest obstacle when you first started?

are you the only owner? do you have a silent partner? did you take out a loan?

do you have a web page?

do you have a smoothie bar?

do you have any major dead times?


thank you for the help any feedback on any of these questions is greatly appreciated, I am planning on opening up a kettlebell gym/ personal training studio. We will offer classes in the morning and evening and i would like to have a smoothie bar. at the gym i would like to have multiple pieces of resistance training equipment. but we are just in the works right now. so thanks again.

 

[mrshoulders]

how big is your location? sq footage? Is that space to big or to small?...Size is in relation to how much equipment you have and membership projection

why did you choose that location?..Visability

has the economy slowed down your business?...Yes

what is main age goup of your clientel?...Teen- low 40's

how much did you spend on equipment?...$60,000 +

what type of equipment do you have?...Wilder power plate loaded

do you offer any specific classes, or promotions?...Dicounts for LE and FD

is the town you are located in wealthy?...Mid

what was the biggest obstacle when you first started?...Advertising

are you the only owner? do you have a silent partner? did you take out a loan?...Only owner...Paid cash up front for equipment

do you have a web page?...No

do you have a smoothie bar?...No

do you have any major dead times?...Yes, every gym does

 

[Big Bapper]

how big is your location? sq footage? Is that space to big or to small? 2000sq foot. Need more.

why did you choose that location? easy access for traffic.

has the economy slowed down your business? Yes, but not much

what is main age goup of your clientel? 16-mid 60s

how much did you spend on equipment? $60000

what type of equipment do you have? Best I could find, used onecompany

do you offer any specific classes, or promotions? Yes

is the town you are located in wealthy? Yes

what was the biggest obstacle when you first started? Business parnter

are you the only owner? do you have a silent partner? did you take out a loan? Yes, one owner. I have about 5 years payments left.

do you have a web page? Yes

do you have a smoothie bar? Yes

do you have any major dead times? I dont open till 12pm


thank you for the help any feedback on any of these questions is greatly appreciated, I am planning on opening up a kettlebell gym/ personal training studio. We will offer classes in the morning and evening and i would like to have a smoothie bar. at the gym i would like to have multiple pieces of resistance training equipment. but we are just in the works right now. so thanks again.

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