Opening up my own Gym

Clipsey · 12 Jul 2012 at 13:54

Fellas,

I figured some of you may be interested in this. Basically over the past 8 months or so I have been busy working on the foundations of territories/leases/negotiations/meetings/financing etc (boring stuff essentially) which has led to now, we have a lease offer that we are about to sign and open up our very own Anytime Fitness in Louisville.
I have just finalized the layout of the gym, met with the contractors yesterday and we are aiming to be open in mid-to-late October.

I still have loads of decisions to be made (design & input), equipment (now and in the future) and the general feel/look of the club. Next month I go to headquarters for a week to meet the Franchise owners, training, meet with vendors etc, all good stuff.

To say it has been stressful is an understatement and we haven't even got the keys yet

but myself and wife are extremely excited (and ****** nervous!). It has been bit of a roller coaster to get where we are, the deal was off and dead in the water, several times :eek:

but in the end perseverance as always, paid off.

So, if anyone is interested I will keep you guys up to date on the happenings and as always I'd be happy for peoples valued input (just remember this is not an air raid shelter with Rocky style weights

)

Here is something to get you guys excited, I am going with the 2013 Hammer Strength HD Power Rack w/ land mine and rotating chin up (will be getting 2)

Morba · 12 Jul 2012 at 13:56

Good luck fella

Syla5 · 12 Jul 2012 at 14:05

that rack looks awesome!

icecold · 12 Jul 2012 at 14:08

Good luck!

That rack is a thing of beauty.

Clipsey · 12 Jul 2012 at 14:19

Dat rack!! lol They are incredibly solid and very well made, and not that expensive either!
Cheers guys, this is like making it Facebook official

MoNkeE · 12 Jul 2012 at 14:30

I knew I'd seen that rack somewhere before.....
http://orionrobots.co.uk/image252

Best of luck with this man! =)

Clipsey · 13 Jul 2012 at 03:55

lol does look like some kind of Transformer. Maybe I should get one yellow and one blue, place them opposite each other then watch the security cameras?

Delvis · 13 Jul 2012 at 08:44

that's from Aliens, not transformers

Well, Aliens, Alien, or one of them films

Best of luck mate! Would love to do something like that, would be pretty cool

Paul11 · 13 Jul 2012 at 08:49

are you going to take photos of before, during and after the kit out ?

would be interesting to see

tom_e · 13 Jul 2012 at 08:55

Nice! Good luck with it all mate.

rG-tom · 13 Jul 2012 at 08:59

man i wish my gym had a power rack!

OcUK meet at the gym when it opens? **** Muscleworks

MoNkeE · 13 Jul 2012 at 09:06

*Looks at OP's location*

You paying, Tom?

Delvis · 13 Jul 2012 at 09:16

rG-tom said:
OcUK meet at the gym when it opens? **** Muscleworks

You're just Jelly because you've copped out!

<3

scottomus0 · 13 Jul 2012 at 12:25

im really interested in following this as me and my brother plan on opening a gym in the future!!

what budget have you got for this? what is actually required to open a gym?

look forward to more updates!!!

Clipsey · 13 Jul 2012 at 15:48

Paul11 said:
are you going to take photos of before, during and after the kit out ?

would be interesting to see

Yes, I have taken quite a few pics in it's initial stage. I am currently stressing out about the ceiling. It currently has acoustic tile (drop ceiling), but I want an exposed ceiling (sprayed duct work etc, all white). Proving to be a little more challenging and expensive than hoped. I'll certainly be taking lots of pics throughout the process.

scottomus0 said:
im really interested in following this as me and my brother plan on opening a gym in the future!!

what budget have you got for this? what is actually required to open a gym?

look forward to more updates!!!

Budget is a lot I'm not going to lie (well for me it is!), but it's more important for cash flow than anything else. Most of the stuff is done through leasing etc which takes away a lot of the upfront costs, but you still have deposits to make. What is actually required to open a gym is all dependent on what type of gym you'll be opening. Ours has 24-hour access and an extremely impressive security system, cardio, strength, free weights and fitness on demand (classes 24/7).
It's a risk and an adventure, but I'm very excited about it all!

sigma · 13 Jul 2012 at 16:14

So probs about 100k?

I would love to do something like this!

craarc · 13 Jul 2012 at 16:26

not a fan of all in ones but that rack does look good tbh

Clipsey · 13 Jul 2012 at 16:35

sigma said:
So probs about 100k?

I would love to do something like this!

Literally all depends tbh, how it is financed, who is running it, what you need to take out of the business etc. So many factors are involved. Then you have your rent (main cost) to weigh up, these change considerably where you are located.

craarc said:
not a fan of all in ones but that rack does look good tbh

Some things you can and can't have. We'll be having 2 of the above, smith machine, 5-100lb DB's, Oly bars, barbells etc

Chris1712 · 13 Jul 2012 at 16:39

Mirin rotating chin up handles. Assuming there's room the landmine attachments might be good for T-Bar rows aswell?

Clipsey · 13 Jul 2012 at 16:44

Yep! Benefit from that, is sometimes users just put them against the wall, scratch it all up and even create a hole.
None of that with this.