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5 Stories: Fitness Businesses That Struggled Without a Custom Fitness App 1. The Gym That Couldn’t Keep Up A popular gym relied solely on in-person classes, ignoring the rising trend of virtual fitness sessions. When lockdowns hit, they scrambled to adapt. Competitors with custom apps offering live workouts and fitness tracking retained clients, while this gym’s membership base rapidly shrank. 2. The Personal Trainer Who Got Left Behind A successful personal trainer refused to implement a fitness app for remote coaching. As her clients started moving to digital platforms for ease and flexibility, she saw her clientele drop, struggling to replace them with in-person-only offerings. 3. The Studio That Overloaded Staff A boutique fitness studio rejected the idea of a branded app for booking and payments. Their front desk staff was overwhelmed by constant phone calls and manual booking entries. Errors in scheduling frustrated customers, and eventually, the studio saw a dip in class attendance and client retention. 4. The Fitness Franchise That Missed the Trend A large fitness franchise dismissed the rise of digital wellness apps. Competitors used personalized apps for diet tracking, progress monitoring, and video workouts. The franchise lost its edge as customers flocked to more tech-friendly gyms offering a holistic fitness experience. 5. The Bootcamp That Couldn’t Scale A fitness bootcamp with growing popularity didn’t invest in an app to handle online classes or client interaction. Word of mouth alone couldn’t keep up, and without a digital presence, they missed out on clients looking for hybrid workout solutions that blend in-person and online options. In the ever-evolving fitness industry, going digital is no longer optional. Offering a branded fitness app helps you engage clients, expand your services, and keep up with the competition. Let Anthony Hitch and DoctorPocket.ca guide you in creating the perfect solution for your fitness business to thrive in today’s market. #FitnessTech #FitBiz #VirtualWorkouts #FitnessApps #TrainerLife #GymInnovation #DigitalFitness #FitnessSolutions #AnthonyHitch #DoctorPocket

🔊Really excited to announce this feature on the GeneralPractice.AI platform - The Exercise Prescriber. The health benefits of exercise are undeniable. However, efficiently recommending suitable exercises and directing patients to reliable information during the limited time of consultations pose significant challenges in modern medical practice. The Exercise Prescriber aims to assist both clinicians and patients by facilitating the swift creation of tailored fitness assessments and plans with remarkable precision and ease. I'm excited to share how it can help enhance patient care. ✅ Instantaneous Fitness Assessments: The Exercise Prescriber enables healthcare professionals to conduct immediate fitness assessments, setting the stage for personalised care plans. 🏃♂️ Instantaneous Fitness Plans at Your Fingertips: Dive into the process of crafting individualised fitness plans, meticulously designed to meet the unique needs and goals of each patient. 📩 Seamless Plan Export and Distribution: Instantly convert these detailed fitness plans into PDF format within moments, ready to be shared directly with patients. 📱 My Lifestyle Hub: A Resource Trove for Patients: Explore the extensive resources available on 'My Lifestyle Hub', empowering patients to actively engage with and execute their fitness plans, supported by a wealth of information. 📈 Progress Tracking and Reassessment: Learn about the built-in reassessment feature, which allows for a comprehensive evaluation of progress after 6-8 weeks, enabling adjustments and fostering patient improvement. More information to come! #ExercisePrescriber #DigitalHealthRevolution #PersonalisedFitness #HealthcareInnovation #PatientEmpowerment #FitnessAssessmentTool #MyLifestyleHub #generalpractice #EfficientHealthcare

Happy FriYAH folks! Summer is a great time to take a step back, review and refine how your service interacts with healthcare professionals (when you're not on leave yourself of course!) Checkout ReferAll's 5 top tips for building strong relationships with health partners ⬇ Access the full guide now: https://lnkd.in/eATmBtZD #unitinghealthandleisure #pivot #prevention

One month until the IDEA Health & Fitness Association & American College of Sports Medicine Health and Fitness Summit! Learn more about the event and register at the link below. Read more about my lectures ⬇️ The Fitness Value Proposition for Healthcare Systems & Providers (2/23 1:10pm) - Fitness professionals often approach healthcare providers with a referral-focused mindset, hindering potential partnerships. Shifting this approach is crucial. Emphasizing a value-driven perspective, rather than being referral-centric, is essential for success. Understanding contemporary healthcare economics and policy is vital. Crafting an appealing value proposition tailored to healthcare's needs is foundational. This lecture offers a framework, developed through real-world engagement with healthcare executives and providers, to effectively establish and expand collaborations between fitness professionals and healthcare providers; ensuring mutual benefit and sustainability. The framework merges healthcare economics, policy theories, and practical experience, serving as a roadmap for forging successful partnerships. The Power of Collaboration: How the Fitness Industry is Strengthened (panel, 2/22 5:30pm) - Collectively making great things happen by working together just as ACSM and IDEA have done for the 2024 Summit. Collaboration is working together to level up, innovate, and strengthen business presence and practices. Listen, learn, and engage with collaborators who have proven fitness business success because of smart and impactful collaboration. #health #fitness #wellness #exercise #obesity #healthandfitness #fitnesssummit #acsm #idea

🔄 Time to Share! Hi again, fitness folk! We’ve reached the final post in our 5 Key Tips series on successful partnerships between health and leisure. 💡Tip 5 Report Outcomes to Drive Data-Driven Decisions: Track the outcomes of your joint initiatives and use this data to refine your programmes and make improvements. Data-driven insights can significantly improve the effectiveness of your partnership initiatives, which will help you demonstrate the value of your partnership with healthcare professionals / hospital trusts / CCG's and the wider community. Don't hesitate to share your experiences of the topic... In conclusion; partnerships between fitness & leisure and healthcare can be highly beneficial for both parties, and ultimately lead to better health outcomes for the community. ReferAll's customers know that collaborating with healthcare professionals results in impactful services that enhance the wellbeing of their local communities, elevate quality of life, and ultimately reduce the frequency of visits to the surgery or hospital. By working together, you can create a lasting impact on the health of the community and encourage more people to engage in physical activity and wellbeing programmes. Want all 5 top tips in one place? Access the link in the comments below ⬇️ #HealthReferrals #Partnerships #ExerciseReferral

🔊Introducing the Exercise Prescriber by GeneralPractice.AI The health benefits of exercise are undeniable. However, efficiently recommending suitable exercises and directing patients to reliable information during the limited time of consultations pose significant challenges in modern medical practice. The Exercise Prescriber aims to assist both clinicians and patients by facilitating the swift creation of tailored fitness assessments and plans with remarkable precision and ease. We're excited to share how it can help enhance patient care. ✅ Instantaneous Fitness Assessments: The Exercise Prescriber enables healthcare professionals to conduct immediate fitness assessments, setting the stage for personalised care plans. 🏃♂️ Instantaneous Fitness Plans at Your Fingertips: Dive into the process of crafting individualised fitness plans, meticulously designed to meet the unique needs and goals of each patient. 📩 Seamless Plan Export and Distribution: Instantly convert these detailed fitness plans into PDF format within moments, ready to be shared directly with patients. 📱 My Lifestyle Hub: A Resource Trove for Patients: Explore the extensive resources available on 'My Lifestyle Hub', empowering patients to actively engage with and execute their fitness plans, supported by a wealth of information. 📈 Progress Tracking and Reassessment: Learn about the built-in reassessment feature, which allows for a comprehensive evaluation of progress after 6-8 weeks, enabling adjustments and fostering patient improvement. More information to come! #ExercisePrescriber #DigitalHealthRevolution #PersonalisedFitness #HealthcareInnovation #PatientEmpowerment #FitnessAssessmentTool #MyLifestyleHub #generalpractice #EfficientHealthcare

GLP-1s Medical meets Fitness Let’s keep going. Since I started down this rabbit hole of sharing what I learned from the inside of a health system, let’s keep going for the good of the order. Keep in mind I worked directly with close to 300 medical providers of all kinds building medical meets fitness programs. And I had the very unique opportunity as a 30 year fitness person to ask all those really want to know questions and got back some very direct, unmitigated answers. And they rarely were what I was expecting. Let’s start with this. Because I hear this one from every angle and not just fitness. “Why don’t physicians take the time to discuss healthy lifestyle information”. Here’s the truth. Most I’ve worked with want to. They know the value. But they just simply do not have the time. In this age of healthcare being driven by a commitment from above to the bottom line, physicians are dictated what they can and cannot do. I lived through the aquisition of our health system by PE. It’s not pretty after that. But here’s where our opportunity really lies. Physicians would welcome with open arms a medically sound lifestyle modality support program where they could comfortably hand off those patients they know need lifestyle rehab (that’s the name I used. We’ll get to how to communicate later). When my activity management program was added to the EMR I was getting 5-10 referrals per day. So don’t buy the rap that physicians don’t want help. They desparately do. And done right will use it. But done right is the key. I’ll get deeper into that also. #glp-1s #medicalmeetsfitness #personaltrainers #heathclubs #dietdrugs

Integrating GLP-1 Medications in the Fitness Industry Fitness brands are increasingly incorporating GLP-1 medications to support weight loss. Life Time’s Miora clinics offer GLP-1 treatments alongside wellness services like IV therapy and cryotherapy, positioning themselves as comprehensive wellness centers. Equinox, leveraging its focus on metabolic health, has introduced personal training programs specifically designed for members on GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy. These programs address potential muscle loss, a common side effect of GLP-1s, ensuring members maintain muscle mass while losing weight. Noom has partnered with FitOn to launch the “Muscle Defense” program, which combines GLP-1 medication with targeted exercise routines to prevent muscle mass loss. This initiative underscores the importance of a holistic approach to weight loss, integrating medication with lifestyle changes. Personally, I am very interested in learning more about this innovative program. The Vitamin Shoppe has also entered the GLP-1 space by offering telehealth services that connect consumers with healthcare providers for GLP-1 prescriptions, highlighting the retail giant’s commitment to comprehensive health solutions. These adaptations highlight the fitness industry’s commitment to integrating medical advancements to enhance overall health outcomes, ensuring users of GLP-1 medications receive balanced, science backed support. #GLP1 #FitnessInnovation #WeightLoss #HealthTech #Wellness

Interesting move by Equinox. I actually think it’s really smart. The benefits of Semaglutide for weight loss are real, but so are the potential side effects like muscle mass loss. This program helps address these drawbacks. My prediction: not only will this program progress more, but Equinox will partner with a large scale telehealth provider like SteadyMD (the telehealth provider that powers Amazon Clinic) to provide an end-to-end semaglutide and training regimen combo. #glp1 #wegovy #ozempic #tirzepatide

In 2024, the #seniorcare tech landscape will be marked by significant advancements in #biowearables and health-tracking #technology. These devices are poised to play a pivotal role in proactive #health management, patient-centric healthcare, and improved medical records management. As the market continues to expand with a diverse range of products, users must prioritize accuracy and #reliability when selecting these devices. The future of senior care tech is about empowering individuals to take control of their health, and bio-wearables are leading the way toward a more informed and streamlined world of healthcare. Read the complete article on '5 Senior Care Technology Trends To Watch In 2024' published in #outlook https://lnkd.in/gtJV3PCd Dr Charu Dutt Arora Asian Institute of Medical Sciences AmeriHealth Home Health Care Association of Senior Living India (ASLI)