Pandemic punches: Gym memberships hit the mat as indust...
Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. Global research from RunRepeat this year has found that about 71% of gym members are not using their subscriptions and that more than a quarter don’t plan to return, even after being vaccinated. Locally, gyms are hanging on, but are adapting. Nick Rizzo, fitness research director at RunRepeat, says he was expecting a more positive response. “What this shows us is that the fitness industry has changed permanently, and a return to ‘normal’ is impossible.” Of South African respondents, he says, 35% do not plan to return, regardless of whether they a...