Acquiring a new fitness studio member costs significantly more than keeping an existing one. Most estimates put the ratio somewhere between five and seven to one. And yet the average boutique fitness studio in Australia spends far more on marketing and acquisition than it ever does on retention. The result is a leaky bucket. Studios
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Your members are showing up wanting to do strength training. Most of them have no idea how to do it properly for their goal. They pick a machine, do three sets of ten, scroll their phone during rest, and repeat. The rep range is arbitrary, the rest period is a guess, the tempo is an
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Written by Mish Wright When most people think of menopause, they picture hot flushes, night sweats, and maybe a few extra kilos around the middle. But what often gets left out of the conversation are the emotional and psychological shifts. Anxiety, irritability, low confidence, and mood swings are also a direct result of hormonal changes
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New research from boutique fitness management platform bsport surveyed more than 550 studio members globally to find out what drives discovery, loyalty and growth. The findings have significant implications for how Australian fitness businesses operate, market and grow. Running a boutique fitness studio in Australia has never been more competitive. New studios are opening constantly,
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More than 1.5 million people globally now compete in HYROX annually. In Australia, the race-style fitness format has moved well past early adopter status and into the mainstream, and the business of fitness is starting to reflect that shift in a serious way. Virgin Active Australia’s recently launched HYROX partnership gives the industry one of
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With around 7,595 gyms and fitness clubs operating across Australia in 2024 (Xplor Gym AU), and an industry generating an estimated AUD 2.9 billion in annual revenue (PerfectGym, 2025), the competitive pressure facing Australian operators has never been more acute. In that environment, the single most controllable lever for business performance is not acquisition. It
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What prospective franchisees need to know about Australia’s fastest-growing wellness brand and its game-changing new offering. The Australian wellness industry is crowded, competitive, and full of franchises making nearly identical promises. Community. Movement. Recovery. Belonging. The language is familiar because almost everyone uses it. So when a franchise finds a genuine point of difference, one
For Australian gym owners, the retention battle starts long before a member decides to cancel. Walk into almost any gym in Australia right now and you’ll find an operator who’s good at what they do. Great coaches, solid programming, a genuine community. What they’re often not as good at is the behind-the-scenes infrastructure that quietly
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When Athletic Gym & Recovery Centre launched in Winnellie earlier this year, the founders were not thinking about grand opening discounts or social media follower counts. Ed Vidal and Ari Tsirbas were thinking about doing every single thing correctly from the beginning, and that included sorting music licensing for their gym before a single member
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The Les Mills x HYROX partnership isn’t just big news for the fitness industry. For gym owners and fitness professionals across Australia, it’s a ready-made solution to one of the hardest problems in the business: keeping members engaged long enough to stay. Walk the floor of almost any commercial gym in Australia right now and
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For years, Peloton was the brand that gym owners quietly blamed for pulling members away. The gleaming bike in the spare room. The “I cancelled my membership… I’ve got Peloton now” conversation at the school gate. The pandemic-era darling that turned home fitness into a lifestyle identity. Now Peloton wants to put its equipment on
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XtraClubs is bringing its sauna, ice bath and steam model to Manly this April, alongside a founder story that every fitness professional needs to hear and a business model that’s quietly reshaping how Australians think about recovery. The story of XtraClubs, and what their fourth Sydney location signals for the fitness and wellness industry, is
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