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How will the Recession Affect the Fitness Industry and on your fitness lifestyle II - Bodybuilding.com Forums

I started this thread a couple of months ago, but it was closed because it was not posted in the Miscellaneous forum: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=111681941 Anyway, I want to re open it here if anyone wants to add their thoughts. I was speaking to a personal trainer a couple of weeks ago and this person is definitely being affected.

Clients are not renewing contracts for financial reasons and membership levels in the gym and interested new prospective PTclient numbers are down.

It will be interesting to see if the " New Year's Resolution" season at least temporarily reverses that trend.

We could see a shake out in the personal training industry overall as many people got certifications the last few years when times were good and it could be a lot harder to make a living in that business going forward.

It'll be the same as any other industry.

If you're good, then people will pay. There's been too many people out there making a buck they don't deserve.

Sorry, it does sound harsh, but I don't imagine Charles Glass being too upset....

Do not know about personal trainers but overall my gym seems less crowded this JAN.

Could be becuase of some new gyms in the area or could be from the recession.

Anyways for me personally I was planning on maybe purchasing some extra supplemnts for the spring, but will cxl or put off.

A friend of mine used to be able to support himself through his personal training business.

He now has a full time job and trains clients at night.

He even lowered his rates to help retain some clients.

My community-type gym has been _crowded_ this month.

Parking lots at other gyms are full. My local gym is operated by a hospital chain.

This community is small and those who can afford to hire a trainer here probably have the trainer come to their home.

(there's a very upscale gated community of large homes here).

There aren't many trainers at the gym, although some of the employees have certifications (I believe - I've never asked them).

The employees will briefly instruct new clients on the use of the equipment.

I think there's a trainer on staff at all hours the gym is open - there are at least three people who I believe are trainers. Since it's a hospital-managed facility, I don't think the staff members are allowed to sell training - I've never seen them do that.

Most people work out on their own and occasionally with a partner.

I haven't really seen outside trainers there - I don't think they're really allowed.

(I never asked because I w/o by my self and don't want a trainer).

It's pretty easy to tell the difference between w/o partners spotting each other versus a trainer who is helping a client but not working out themselves. I think with the economy, more people will train themselves and learn from sites like this one and from watching others in the gym.

Working out is an activity that easily substitutes for time spent shopping, and costs less money, even when gym membership, food and supplement costs are counted. A couple of months ago, I asked an employee at a Vitamin Shoppe location (suburban area near shopping mall) how his business was, and he said it's good. Self-improvement, whether education or self-help books or gym memberships seems to do well during a bad economy.

Remember the recession of the early 1980s, when BB'ing was really big, and self-help books flooded the bookstores?

The thing is, the cost needs to be moderate, which is why people are probably going toward training themselves. People around here seem to be buying more basic foods at the supermarket and less brand-name junk food, although some are still shopping the way they always have.

Restaurant traffic is down on weekdays. The recession hasn't really affected my fitness lifestyle, although I've changed gym locations as a result of a work-related situation.

My main costs are food and gym membership.

I use a lot of pretty basic food like oatmeal, chicken, eggs.

I use a few supplements but that cost is relatively minor. However, about four years ago I used to do a lot of walking/hiking out of town.

I cut way back on that as gas prices rose.

That was a big disappointment for me.

I didn't lift weights then.

Quote: : However, about four years ago I used to do a lot of walking/hiking out of town.

I cut way back on that as gas prices rose.

That was a big disappointment for me.

I didn't lift weights then. Wow - just how much gas do you burn when you're walking/hiking?

Now that the price has gone back down, can you walk again?

I don't expect it to effec tme personally much at all.

I work out at home and already use discount vitimans etc.

I might be able to score a couple of deals on some equipment as people dump the unneeded for ready cash. I hope the better trainers do manage to stay in business along with the good gyms I might need them some day.

Unfortunatly it so often seems that the best marketers win out over the best product in bad times as well as good.

It hasn't affected me so far and hopefully, it won't. Even now I am searching on craigslist.org for a perfect rack, bench, and Oly set, in between reading the workout equipment forum that has many useful tips from members such as Wildtim above me. Step 1: make room for equipment.

(check) Step 2: buy equipment. Step 3: profit, a.k.a.

Start lifting and start a journal in the O35 area

Quote: : A friend of mine used to be able to support himself through his personal training business.

He now has a full time job and trains clients at night.

He even lowered his rates to help retain some clients.

I definitely see where it will effect personal training business.

I have a couple of friends who are personal trainers and both have said it is effecting their business. I don't see myself hiring a personal trainer any time in the near future because times are tough and I can train myself.

For me personally, I don't buy supps anymore (except for some protein powder bought 2 days ago).

Money is tight and time are too uncertain to spend too much money. I can definitely see how personal trainers would be loosing customers. As a side note, I think the media has a big part in making it look worse than it really is, thus making people freak out and spend less.

*_out of town_*. I used to enjoy something called volkssporting, which is logged 10km walks in different scenic and historic locations.

Http://www.ava.org/ I don't know if you've ever heard of Geocaching, but it's a little bit like that, except that Geocaching uses a GPS. Gas prices killed my enthusiasm for the driving that was involved in collecting the event stamps for volkssporting, but didn't kill my enthusiasm for the walking.

Did it locally while gas was high-priced. I just might do some AVA walks this year now that gas expenses are low, and I had the intelligence and foresight to purchase a vehicle that gets good mileage back in 2006.

;-) By the way, I'm rather glad this recession is shaking out some of the inflated real estate values, and, even, inflated prices that people pay for personal training. Did that answer your question.

S.a.??!! Quote: : Wow - just how much gas do you burn when you're walking/hiking?

Now that the price has gone back down, can you walk again?

Quote: : I don't expect it to effec tme personally much at all.

I work out at home and already use discount vitimans etc.

I might be able to score a couple of deals on some equipment as people dump the unneeded for ready cash.

Dude, CL is jammed these days.

No better time to score good equipment. Wait...you hang at the equipment forum too.

Nevermind.

Right now it is helping.

One result is that the US $ is getting stronger against the pound and Canadian $.

My European aventure this summer got about 30% less expensive since I first decided to go.

Seems to be levelling off though....

Theres not really going to be a change for me.

I only buy creatine and whey protein every other month, my grocery bill had a slight increase but no big deal.

And my club is still in business, So, so far i feel the same.




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