Perks of a Private Gym
Private versus Franchise? Here's why you should pick Private
Looking for a new place to workout? A place to workout without being judged?
Private owned gyms might be the thing you need to elevate your workouts and body to the next level.
For most people, choosing between a private gym and a franchise is a hard decision. Franchised gyms are everywhere and are convenient for that reason but you lose that sense of community and privacy that most people enjoy. With private owned gyms, people are a lot more likely to build a sense of community. Many private gyms like to hold events for people to join them such as boot camp.
Private Gyms also have he perk of being quiet. As the name implies, privately owned gyms are private. There not franchised so there's not as many people who attend them. Most clients of personal trainers like the one on one feel that comes with personal training and private gyms are the perfect place for that.
That one on one feeling is an invaluable feeling to some clients. Private gyms thrive on that. Another benefit of privately owned gyms are the abundance of equipment. Since private gyms tend to have a small amount of people in them, they tend to have a lot of free equipment which is something that a franchised gym doesn't have. Not having to share equipment gives you the advantage of being able to focus on your workout without having to worry about the amount of time you've been on a machine.
Privately owned gyms tend to have very flexible sign ups. This stems from the personal connections that gym owners tend to make with there clients. When working in franchised gyms, you tend to miss the human element of the gym. You don't really get to see who owns the place and build a connection with them. Since everything in franchised gyms is standardized, people tend to get locked into sign ups that end up being a financial burden on them. That doesn't tend to happen with private gyms. gym owners try to make things as easy as they can for the client as they understand the many difficulties that life can have. Because they understand this, they'll be a lot more understanding and flexible about sign ups
One of the less talked about things that franchise gyms tend to not talk about is cleanliness. Franchise gyms tend to have hundreds/thousands of clients that come in on a daily basis and because of this, cleanliness is often an afterthought when it comes to the facilities. There tends to be tons of dust buildup that doesn't get noticed by the average gym goer. This isn't much of an issue in a privately owned gym. Less clients gives gym owners a lot more time and leeway to clean.
The image above is all the dust buildup of just 1 days worth of vacuuming in a privately owned gym. Imagine how much worse it would be at a franchised gym with the lack of cleaning that goes on in those places. Just food for thought.
