Franchise Times Magazine just released their top 200 franchises for 2009. I received the magazine yesterday and I made my way through the list in hopes of finding a plethora of fitness franchises. I passed by multiple pizza franchises…. burger franchises… ice cream franchises and then before I knew it the plump franchises of sugar and saturated fats started to congeal into one glob of unhealthy franchise opportunity.
Unfortunately, there wasn’t a fitness franchise to be found in the first 100. Then as I made my through the franchise opportunities I found that only one fitness franchise made their way onto the list. Curves made their way onto the list and that was it. The other franchise that could be viewed as a fitness franchise was GNC even though in my mind you can’t consider yourself a fitness franchise unless you actually provide an avenue to create health and fitness. GNC merely provides supplements to help with overall fitness even though these supplements need to be used in conjunction with other places and/or activities. Otherwise, you just dropped $100.00 on nothing but a powder drink that most likely tastes horrible and a bottle of pills the guy behind the desk says have worked wonders for him.
At illuminate gym I showed the Franchise Times Magazine to our personal trainers and to some perspective franchisees and I made it very clear that this needs to change in order for our country to change it’s unhealthy ways. As I said before if the franchise growth in America continues to grow toward ‘deep fried’ franchises then the obesity in America will follow right behind. We need to begin giving people more options when it comes to fitness and health because people are screaming for something new in their lives. At illuminate gym we are confident we can show people results with our ‘High Oxygen Training’ and get them to put down that cheeseburger before their health and body fat gets to a place where there is no return. Though we are disappointed in the list of the top 200 franchises in the country we are also confident at illuminate gym that their is a large opening in the fitness industry and franchise world that we can fill. If you have any interest in becoming a part of the next great fitness franchise please fill out our contact form or franchise application. Thanks for reading and have a healthy day!
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