One of those industrial strength machines (threadmill, etc) costs RM20K++. Per machine.

You can get lower end ones, of course, but you put them in a gym with frequent use, they will last about 3 months, or less.

The rest, you can do the maths.

I am in the fitness industry

My view is that traditional gym and equipement will die out soon.

People are migrating towards exercising at home with those HIIT workout, or using resistance band to exercise, its cheap, high mobility, and you can do it anywhere, long gone the big, bulky, expensive home gym system. Works the same, produce the same results.

Not everyone wanna be a body builder, they just want to be not overweight, online personal training will be the future where trainer can train their client at home.

Or atleast a studio is still survival-able. Members pay the same fees to join classes, minus the need to pay for expensive equipments. But just the rent and instructor salary/ commission.

I heard anytime fitness franchise cost 1.6 to 2M. Not sure how long is the ROI.

Hi , i own my own gym center of KL . DO nudge me if you still interested in the industry .