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What are gym operators doing about GLP-1s?

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Operators 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.

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“…a revenue opportunity for the gyms to sell personal training services…”
Jon Canarick
Jon CanarickNorth Castle PartnersCurves, Equinox, and GLP-1s in Fitness▶ 39:38
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“…opportunities to pull in products and services that are gonna be there for a long time.”
Jon Ward
Jon WardFounder, The AssemblyGLP-1s, Deal Flow and Fitness’s Future▶ 8:05
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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 Lanman
    Fritz LanmanCo-founder, Playlist (parent of Mindbody and ClassPass)
  • Philipp Roesch-Schlanderer
    Philipp Roesch-SchlandererCo-founder and CEO, EGYM

1 hr 7 min

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