Entertaining Members

Music, television and other audio/visual systems are designed to keep your members entertained while exercising. Here, facility owners and managers share what systems they offer, and how they benefit business.

Music and exercise go hand-in-hand. Since the first fitness centers opened years ago, facility managers have played overhead music to help motivate members, and keep their minds off of the discomfort of exercise. While technology has opened up a whole new world of entertainment options since that time, fitness centers still offer music, and have added television and interactive products to keep members moving.

Entertainment systems that fitness centers now feature range from one overhead TV to a full set of TVs with individual controllers for sound and channel, customized overhead music systems, individual screens on cardio machines, interactive cardio machines with games and races, and customized rooms for group fitness (especially cycling) that feature their own TV and sound systems.

The system that you offer to your members should make sense for your market and your type of facility. What do other fitness centers in your area offer? What are your members asking for? What does your membership fee structure justify? These questions, plus the following tips from other facility owners and managers, can help you decide what you offer.

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