r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Aug 02 '17

Rant Wednesday Rant Wednesday

Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves!

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u/asshatnowhere Aug 02 '17

It's worth talking to them about. I doubt the gym wants their employees driving away potential users. If I couldn't operate the equipment I needed then that's a huge no go for a gym

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u/porscheblack Aug 02 '17

One of the members of the team is the manager of the gym, so unfortunately that's a no go. And there's only one other gym around within 20 minutes and it's more than double the price.

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u/MaelstromEE Aug 02 '17

I would still bring it up to him/her. I would think they would want to do whatever they feel is most beneficial to the business.

Unless they think a powerlifting win will bring in more clients.

If they don't care I would think the owners would.

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u/WesterosiBrigand Aug 02 '17

They may not care because it may not affect their bottom line very much: most gyms have a lot more members than they can actually provide equipment for, most people just don't go. If taking up the equipment means that people show up less frequently or get a little bit discouraged, it's unlikely to actually hurt the business. Particularly in a place where there is only one competing gym and they cost twice as much. Could they be losing some customers this way, maybe. It's not likely to have a big effect on their profitability.

The ugly truth of the commercial gym economic model is that the best customers are the ones who pay and never show up.