5 Tips for Keeping Your Health Club Clean

From locker rooms to treadmills and everywhere in between, keeping a health club clean is difficult. Cleanliness is not only important for keeping your facility looking and smelling clean, but also for attracting and retaining members. In fact, according to IHRSA’s “Guide to Health Club Cleanliness”, fifty-six percent of gym club members expect their gyms to be germ-free. The report also finds a direct correlation between a club’s performance and the percentage of the club’s total revenue that is dedicated to cleanliness. The more a club focuses on being clean, the better its growth, member retention, and overall profitability.

Gym GermsAs the New Year takes hold and more people decide to finally act on their resolutions, one of the top points of scrutiny a club’s cleanliness. It doesn’t require an arduous session of research to find the “shocking truth” articles and news clips about MRSA and other diseases lurking in gyms. Potential gym members are looking for a place that best facilitates a healthy new lifestyle, not MRSA. 

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