Why We Don’t Compete With Planet Fitness

Fitness has turned into a commodity. The world has figured out that high-intensity exercise and eating real food leads to great results.

A lot of gym franchises have jumped onto the scene to cash in on that simple prescription. They are much cheaper than us, have a fancier space and even have more classes on the schedule.

They have enormous marketing budgets, great branding and massive classes with low overhead.

So why aren’t I worried about them?

Because we sell individualized coaching and results, not group exercise.

YOU are NOT a Commodity

Planet Fitness, FitBody Boot Camp, Goodlife and Jazzercise all have one thing in common: They are models built on low-paid group leaders (I won’t call them coaches) and choreographed workouts set to music.

They don’t need (or care) to know about YOUR fitness background, what’s going on in YOUR life outside the gym or if the workout YOU’RE doing that day is a good fit for YOUR goals. They just need to know if you paid you membership dues that month.

Conversely, CrossFit Moncton designs workouts and nutritional habits that get members the results they wants. Our program offers the solution to our member’s particular set of circumstances.

Ideally, I would see everyone of you every day for one-on-one workouts and nutrition prescriptions. Unfortunately, most people don’t have the time or money to make that vision a reality. So instead, we have people work out with people who have similar goals. This allows us to provide guidance to a small group of people simultaneously, spreading the cost among the group.

We train individuals. Sometimes they work out together, but their overall wellness prescriptions are different.

Fitness Isn’t About Sweating

If it were as simple as going to the gym to work out a few times a week and eating right, we’d all look like Channing Tatum or Gal Gadot. The truth is most of us know what we’re supposed to be doing but don’t have anyone holding our feet to the fire.

We don’t sell hour-long choreographed sweat sessions, we sell results. And results depend on two things: knowledge and ACTION.

Knowledge is cheap. Spend five minutes on Google and you can find 1,000 different workouts and 50 diet plans, all for free.

But action—now that’s a different beast altogether. Most of us avoid action some days because we’re wired to do as little as possible to survive.  That’s no fault of our own; that’s millions of years of evolution at work.

Many of us want more than just survival, though. We want to achieve something now that will make our future selves better. That means taking action when we don’t feel like it.

That’s where coaches that know and care about you come into the picture. We’re here to remind you of your future self. We’re here to keep you on course when the seas get rough. We’re here to hold you accountable – to call you out on your own BS.

The Relationship Business, Not the Fitness Business

Coming up with an individualized plan, helping you implement that plan and holding you accountable to it when things get tough all require one thing: a trusting relationship.

When you have a tough day, we’re here to remind you that we care about you and your success. We’re here to tell you when you’ve done a great job and when you can do better.

We have your best interests in mind and we don’t want you to waste your time or money. Sometimes that even means telling you to take some time AWAY from the gym.
You might be shocked to hear this, but there’s been more than a handful of goal-review sessions where we’ve told people they need to do more workouts outside or read a book.

Did that cost us money in the short term? Of course, but it was the best thing for the member at the time. And telling them what’s best develops trust, which means when we tell them it’s time to come back, they’ll do that too.

So the question you need to ask yourself is: Do you want to sweat, or do you want a coach?

If you’re ready for a coach to help you on your health journey, click the link below to book a free intro.

NO-SWEAT INTRO

Inspiration provided by Jason Cohen at locomtionfit.com.