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What are gym operators doing about GLP-1s?
SummaryOperators are starting to treat people on GLP-1s as members to serve, not a threat. Jon Canarick calls GLP-1 fitness education the lowest-hanging fruit for gyms today, and Jon Ward sees room to pull in products and services around the medication. Neither points to measured results yet.
“…a revenue opportunity for the gyms to sell personal training services…”
“…opportunities to pull in products and services that are gonna be there for a long time.”
Inside the $7.5B Merger Behind Mindbody, ClassPass and EGYM with Fritz Lanman & Philipp Roesch-Schlanderer
Recorded live at Playlist Summit, a few months after the deal cleared regulators, the co-founders of the combined Mindbody, ClassPass and EGYM business explain what they will and won’t integrate. Their case: scale is what finally makes fitness investable.
Fritz LanmanCo-founder, Playlist (parent of Mindbody and ClassPass)
Philipp Roesch-SchlandererCo-founder and CEO, EGYM
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