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Re: How Gyms Make Money (2015)

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Post by YZF »

Larrikin wrote: post #109
dgfitz wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To make light of the comment: what the hell does someone need to take a 30m shower for?

I personally don't understand the people who wouldn't want to take a 30 minute shower. So long as the water stays hot and you have the time, it's one of the more relaxing things you can do at home. Baths use way more water, and if you don't live somewhere like Japan, they aren't deep and cool off quickly without a bath warmer. Its also kind of gross to sit in a bath without already showering and getting clean before…

Only on HN someone wonders what's the cost of a shower, another person actually attempts to calculate that, and then we get into a discussion whether 30 minute showers are a good thing or not. IMO 30 minutes is a bit excessive but I do enjoy longer showers myself ;)

Re: How Gyms Make Money (2015)

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Post by resolutebat »

I went for my usual early morning run on January 1st and was pleased to see quite a few visibly out of shape people puffing their way around the lake. (Usually, there are zero of them.)

Today, all of 5 days later, I went for another run on the same course at the same time, and things are back to normal: not a single one. Looks like Sweaty January didn't last even a week for them, and this despite running not even costing anything.

Re: How Gyms Make Money (2015)

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Post by crazygringo »

Larrikin wrote: post #109
dgfitz wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To make light of the comment: what the hell does someone need to take a 30m shower for?

I personally don't understand the people who wouldn't want to take a 30 minute shower. So long as the water stays hot and you have the time, it's one of the more relaxing things you can do at home. Baths use way more water, and if you don't live somewhere like Japan, they aren't deep and cool off quickly without a bath warmer. Its also kind of gross to sit in a bath without already showering and getting clean before…

A 30 minute shower uses more water than a bath.

If you don't believe me, try plugging the drain on just a 5 minute shower to see how much it fills up, then extrapolate...

(The shower crosses into more water generally somewhere between 10 and 20 minutes depending on the shower flow and desired bath depth...)

Re: How Gyms Make Money (2015)

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Post by kylebenzle »

legerdemain wrote: post #61
nelblu wrote: post #25

I've been a gym rat for almost 20 years now, and I'm probably the worst customer for gyms. I only workout at 24*7 gyms and being an early bird I get there at 430 and I have pretty much the whole gym for myself. I am there 6 days a week and I always shower at the gym. Further, I use the corporate discounts available to join the memberships. With all that, it comes down to approx. $50 a month for membership and I used…

> Finally I must add, all the friends (more like acquaintances) you make > at the gym are absolutely crucial to motivate oneself and also just have > a positive social interaction. Eh, been going to a gym weight room for 10 years and it's damn lonely and demoralizing. I'm sure it's different in tiny one-room Olympic weightlifting gyms or whatever. I'm not in my 20s anymore and I'm not actually that athletic, so 10 ye…

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Re: How Gyms Make Money (2015)

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Post by [deleted] »

resolutebat wrote: post #112

I went for my usual early morning run on January 1st and was pleased to see quite a few visibly out of shape people puffing their way around the lake. (Usually, there are zero of them.) Today, all of 5 days later, I went for another run on the same course at the same time, and things are back to normal: not a single one. Looks like Sweaty January didn't last even a week for them, and this despite running not even cos…

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Re: How Gyms Make Money (2015)

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Post by todd8 »

YZF wrote: post #111
Larrikin wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I personally don't understand the people who wouldn't want to take a 30 minute shower. So long as the water stays hot and you have the time, it's one of the more relaxing things you can do at home. Baths use way more water, and if you don't live somewhere like Japan, they aren't deep and cool off quickly without a bath warmer. Its also kind of gross to sit in a bath without already showering and getting clean before…

Only on HN someone wonders what's the cost of a shower, another person actually attempts to calculate that, and then we get into a discussion whether 30 minute showers are a good thing or not. IMO 30 minutes is a bit excessive but I do enjoy longer showers myself ;)

In grad school, many years ago, I would plug the drain and let the tub fill while I showered. I would pull the plug and let the tub drain once the water had cooled. This way my bathroom would warm up a bit. I suppose this might have saved a few cents.

Re: How Gyms Make Money (2015)

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Post by illnewsthat »

> Usually about 75 per cent of all gym memberships are taken out in the month of January.

That's a pretty wild claim to include without a source...

I googled it and found a source that said 12% of signups in January compared to average 8% the rest of the year which sounds a lot more realistic. [1]

[1] https://www.ihrsa.org/improve-your-club/how-to-keep-resoluti...

Re: How Gyms Make Money (2015)

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Post by BLKNSLVR »

illnewsthat wrote: post #117

> Usually about 75 per cent of all gym memberships are taken out in the month of January. That's a pretty wild claim to include without a source... I googled it and found a source that said 12% of signups in January compared to average 8% the rest of the year which sounds a lot more realistic. [1] [1] https://www.ihrsa.org/improve-your-club/how-to-keep-resoluti...

If one was to be loose with the application of statistics, one could say that January has 50% more signups than the average for other months.

This could reasonably be Chinese-whispered to become that 75% statistic.

Re: How Gyms Make Money (2015)

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Post by 6510 »

illnewsthat wrote: post #117

> Usually about 75 per cent of all gym memberships are taken out in the month of January. That's a pretty wild claim to include without a source... I googled it and found a source that said 12% of signups in January compared to average 8% the rest of the year which sounds a lot more realistic. [1] [1] https://www.ihrsa.org/improve-your-club/how-to-keep-resoluti...

While every year comes with a January 75% sounds like a fish story.

Re: How Gyms Make Money (2015)

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Post by intrasight »

el_benhameen wrote: post #97
intrasight wrote: post #95

I use Healthways. I pay $50 a month and I can go to almost any gym. One of the gyms that I used to go to all the time before I moved stopped excepting Healthways when they had a reorganization during the pandemic. My friend who works there thinks it's because it didn't make economic sense since too many of their members were using Healthways. Those people now have to spend $150 a month to go to that gym. And they may…

I’m googling around and not finding much about Healthways. How do you get access to it?

Through your health insurance company

https://fitnessyourway.tivityhealth.com

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