Men with beer bellies are more attractive to women

[Kburjr]

I know gyms. Gyms aren't exactly "retail"

That is another thing you are wrong about.

 

[temptresstoo]

@Flavortown Tebow likes shoulders too

he likes girls that can give him a piggy back ride

Wouldn't be me, I can barely bench the bar.

 

[ill]

That is another thing you are wrong about.

ok so what do they sell in a gym? What are the people in the gym buying?

 

[Kburjr]

ok so what do they sell in a gym? What are the people in the gym buying?

Access to the equipment.

 

[Dolemite censored]

I'm wondering about the sample of women used in the studies. I'm betting there would be different results whether the study was done with women in a Florida trailer park or women on Fifth Ave. in NYC.

 

[ill]

Access to the equipment.

that's included in a membership

do they charge extra for each use when you are in there?

 

[Dolemite censored]

You don't really understand retail, do you?

Crowds attract crowds. They want their gyms full

Disagree, they don't give a shit if their gym is crowded, they just want the membership money

sure it's nice if their equipment gets used, but they aren't making any additional money just because someone is in the gym

also, most people dislike full gyms

Not arguable, so I won't. You stay in your lane, I'll stay in mine.

the fuck does that even mean?

I am just going to say I won because you aren't even making sense.

I know retail, you know nuke plants. I refuse to argue the point.

I know gyms. Gyms aren't exactly "retail"

That is another thing you are wrong about.

ok so what do they sell in a gym? What are the people in the gym buying?

Access to the equipment.

An exercise in futility...

 

[Dolemite censored]

They don't know squat.

 

[ill]

An exercise in futility...

I do my futility exercises at the gym

included in my membership

 

[Dolemite censored]

This is not working out.

 

[ill]

This is not working out.

I'm doing all the heavy lifting...you could help some

 

[Kburjr]

that's included in a membership

do they charge extra for each use when you are in there?

No, but they want you as a repeat customer. Selling you a membership is getting you to go there. The experience they provide is what gets you to keep coming back. No retail business makes it on one time customers.*

* except funeral homes

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

You don't really understand retail, do you?

Crowds attract crowds. They want their gyms full

That's a negative.

 

[Kburjr]

That's a negative.

If the gym is full, they can build a second

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

If the gym is full, they can build a second

They've built 2,000.

Look, I understand what you're saying, but I had access to a conversation with an extremely high-level executive at PF. The actively try to figure out how to get people who won't use the gym to sign up. It's a large part of their business plan.

 

[ill]

No, but they want you as a repeat customer. Selling you a membership is getting you to go there. The experience they provide is what gets you to keep coming back. No retail business makes it on one time customers.*

* except funeral homes

but you don't need to go there in order to give them business.



Your New Year's Resolution was to workout three days a week. It's halfway through the year and you've only been to the gym three times, total. Don't worry. Gyms like it this way. They're one of a few businesses that actually benefit from low attendance.

A mix of consumer psychology, architectural design, economics, and tons of free food (Pizza Night, anyone?) explains how gyms purposefully attract the right kind of customer: Someone who will get excited enough to buy a new membership, but not so excited that they actually workout all that often.

 

[ill]

If the gym is full, they can build a second

if they sell memberships they can build a new gym...they don't actually need people to workout to get money from them

 

[ill]

That's a negative.

I agree with Slink

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

I agree with Slink

Does that make us BFFs?!

 

[ill]

Does that make us BFFs?!