The Ultimate Guide to Opening a Gym

The Ultimate Guide to Opening a Gym

Every personal trainer or fitness coach dreams of one day owning their own gym.

There are so many positives and negatives to opening and owning your own gym or training studio!

So let`s start with the benefits of opening a gym.

Benefits of Opening a Gym
1.Freedom in your schedule

2.Follow your dreams

3.Make as much income as you want

4.Set up the gym how you want and offer the services you want

Opening a Fitness Business
1.Get Certified

2.Register Your Business

3.Market Your Business

4.Start Training

Even before you open up your physical location, you need to establish the basics of your business-making sure you`re certified to offer the training you want, making sure your business is registered and legal, and establishing a marketing strategy (which includes identifying your training niche).

The next step to opening your gym is establishing what software you will need to run your business. You may think a simple spreadsheet can do it, but in reality, you`ll need at least a few tools to run your business.

Implementing Software for your Fitness Business

1.Automated Workout Programming

2.Efficient Appointment Scheduling

3.Confidential Private Messaging

4.Real-time Feedback, Data, and Analytics

Costs of Opening a Gym
1.Lease or Mortgage Costs

2.Facility Setup Costs

3.Administrative Costs

4.Marketing & Advertising Costs

If you don`t already have any equipment you will have to think about what you want to get in there to get started? You can also add more equipment as you go, but you will of course need some basic stuff to get started (squat racks, dumbbells, plates, barbells, dumbbells, etc. etc-). Then you have your flooring for the gym, do you want rubber? Turf installation? The cost for that will need to be added in as well. There will be an upfront cost to get some merchandise in the gym to sell and then of course if you price things properly you will get a profit off of that.