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NP. I agree with this and the one above who compared it to sudden commuting traffic. One or two new people at a time don't cause congestion because they learn the ropes and blend right in after a while. A sudden influx of tons of new people all at the same time causes chaos. If everyone who started back or started new in January kept it up all year, the gyms would expand or open new locations or buy more equipment or whatever they have to do to handle the quantity of people they're serving. The problem is that people drop back off and the gyms don't have any reason to change anything. So don't quit! Keep coming to the gym and we'll all benefit!
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Eh I don't know how much of that would be true.

I forgot where I read it, might have been a random post on another message board, but they mentioned specifically gyms like Planet Fitness makes their money from the people who do not go but keep paying their membership fees.

Maybe the more boutique gyms want actual volume because they sell other services.

But other gyms seem to have the goal to sell as many memberships as possible and getting people into the door.   Then when everyone does show up at the same time, the gyms can't really accommodate it.

Here are two links that describes what's mentioned above:
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/05/23/exorcise-your-ghosts-of-spending-past.aspx

http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/12/30/373996649/why-we-sign-up-for-gym-memberships-but-don-t-go-to-the-gym[/quote]

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