A couple of months ago I walked into a local fitness facility (going to keep names out for respect) and asked if I could post a flyer for the October event in Lincoln with Tony Horton. They said "No, that's really not what were about here" and asked me to leave. My thoughts: *Really? You're not about helping people get fit and live healthier lives?* WTH?
It seems that many "facilities" are really against Beachbody, I suppose they must be afraid that our fitness programs will cause their clientelle to cancel their memberships and workout at home, leaving their facility empty and broke. REALLY? I guess if the people that run these places only want to look on the surface, then perhaps that's how they might think, but let's take a closer look and hopefully open some eyes to the POTENTIAL and GROWTH it could also bring to their facility!
When a fitness facility signs up to be a Independent Beachbody Coach (distributor), this is an EXCELLENT opportunity for them to add another stream of income to their business! Many people believe they will not stick with a workout unless they GO to some workout facility. So, those people are NEVER going to leave and they will be very good customers. Now, if you're facility is a "Coach", you have the ability to market or retail Beachbody's high-end supplements at your facility...hmmm, income stream. Now, considering Shakeology is the healthiest, most nutrient dense health shake on the market, why not offer it to your clientelle? If you're truely in business to HELP people with their health and fitness, then give them the BEST nutrition out there!
Online tools....does your facility offer ways for your clientelle to track their fitness progress, goals and teach them how and what to eat to maximize their results? If you do, how much time and $ do you spend on this? Is it individualized for each client? Beachbody has a free online supergym and fitness/nutrition tracking tools that YOU as the facility can offer to your clientelle as one more tool to help them with their health and fitness. They don't have to be using Beachbody fitness programs, it can be whatever they do at YOUR gym or bootcamp! You set them up, then they can use it whenever they want from their own computer! If they buy programs or supplements, YOU earn the commission!
Our common goal should simply be to help people live healthier lives...period. So it makes no sense to me why some facilities turn up their nose to Beachbody. To me that just makes you seem like selfish, money-hungry people who really don't care about the problem of obesity in our country. Quit looking at us as "competition" and take advantage of what we have to offer by implementing it into YOUR facility! I promise, your clientelle will keep coming to you, they like the social aspect, they may not keep up with a workout if it's left up to them and not based on a specific time they have to be at your facility! Why not keep your clientelle and build it by offering more options for them?
If you own or manage a fitness facility or boot camp, we would love to have 1 hour of your time to sit down and discuss the options and how implementing Beachbody programs and nutrition to your facility could BUILD your business! If you still don't see the potential after one hour, that's ok! We don't want to be working against you! Afterall, this is not about you, or me, or the $$, right? It's about the health and fitness of our country. It's about the 1/5 of children in the U.S. who are currently obese or overweight. It's about the 2/3 of adults in the U.S. who are currently obese or overweight. It's about the startling prediction that by the year 2030, 80% of adults in the U.S. will be obese or overweight!!! RIGHT? As people in the health and fitness industry, we should all be banning together to reverse the trend of obesity in our country, not putting up walls and fences to keep others out. I figure, if someone is working out and eating healthy, I don't care HOW or WHERE they're doing it, as long as they're doing it!
SO, is this still "not what you're all about???"
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