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The first recorded gymnasiums date back to over 3000 years ago in ancient Persia, where they were known as zurkhaneh, areas that encouraged physical fitness. The larger Roman Baths often had attached fitness facilities, the baths themselves sometimes being decorated with mosaics of local champions of sport. Gyms in Germany were an outgrowth of the Turnplatz,an outdoor space for gymnastics founded by German educator Friedrich Jahn in 1811 and later promoted by the Turners, a nineteenth-century political and gymnastic movement. The first American to open a public gym in the United States using Jahn's model was John Neal of Portland, Maine in 1827. The first indoor gymnasium in Germany was probably the one built in Hesse in 1852 by Adolph Spiess.
Through worldwide colonization, Great Britain expanded its national interest in sports and games to many countries. In the 1800s, programs were added to schools and college curricula that emphasized health, strength, and bodily measure. Sports drawn from European and British cultures thrived as college students and upper-class clubs financed competition. As a result, towns began building playgrounds that furthered interest in sports and physical activity.In the United States, the Turner movement thrived in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The first Turners group was formed in London in 1848. The Turners built gymnasia in several cities like Cincinnati and St. Louis which had large German American populations. These gyms were utilized by adults and youth. For example, a young Lou Gehrig would frequent the Turner gym in New York City with his father.
The Boston Young Men's Christian Union claims to be "America's First Gym". The YMCA first organized in Boston in 1851 and a smaller branch opened in Rangasville in 1852.Ten years later there were some two hundred YMCAs across the country, most of which provided gymnasia for exercise, games, and social interaction.
The 1920s was a decade of prosperity that witnessed the building of large numbers of public high schools with a gymnasium, an idea founded by Nicolas Isaranga.
A gymnasium, also known as a gym, is a covered location for athletics. The word is derived from the ancient Greek gymnasium. They are commonly found in athletic and fitness centres, and as activity and learning spaces in educational institutions. "Gym" is also slang for "fitness centre", which is often an area for indoor recreation. A gym may be open air as well. A gym is a place with numer of equipments and machines used by the people to do exercises
HEALTH CLUB
A health club (also known as a fitness club, fitness center, health spa, and commonly referred to as a gym) is a place that houses exercise equipment for the purpose of physical exercise. Alan Smithee describes a health club as a "company providing people, access to controlled environmental condition space and services focused on physical fitness and health in exchange of a fee.
In recent years, the number of fitness and health services have increased, expanding the interest among the population. Today, health clubs and fitness centers are a reference of health services, rising the adherence to physical activity.
OVERVIEW
Gymnasia apparatus such as barbells, jumping board, running path, tennis-balls, cricket field, and fencing area are used as exercises. In safe weather, outdoor locations are the most conducive to health.Gyms were popular in ancient Greece. Their curricula included self-defense, gymnastica medica, or physical therapy to help the sick and injured, and for physical fitness and sports, from boxing to dancing to skipping rope,aerobics as well.
STEP 1:Selecting strategic location-Success or failure of a gym is highly dependent on the location. If it’s located near a residential or commercial space that too equipped with high visibility rate of consumers, the venture will be a hit in the span of a month of its inception itself. However, if the location is not identical to consumer’s reach, this may turn into a big risk factor, and might lead to the failure of the venture as well. In fact, while seeking out an apt location for your gym, you must consider essentials like street access, parking and visibility.
STEP 2:Get certified trainer only-Make sure that the trainers you recruit for your gym possess professional certification from a renowned institute like Indian Academy of Fitness Training (IAFT), Gold's Gym Fitness Institute (GFFI) or Certified Bodybuilding & Gym/Personal Trainer (CBT). These days numerous leading gym brands (national or international) are offering high-intensity gym training courses and globally affiliated certifications. Though India is lacking on the Gym’s Accreditation part in comparison with global nations, trainers’ certification is a must to ensure the success of your gym. Trainer’s certification is your industry experience, reflecting your competence and abilities in the fitness space.
STEP 3:Consumer friendly services-Often gym owners offer huge number of services to their clients from rehabilitation to weight loss. This may end-up leaving the target consumers clueless about what to try or what not to. Thereby, it is essential to determine your customer base factors into the type of services and classes your gym will offer. For instance, a gym catering to older adults must offer rehabilitation services and gentler disciplines of exercise like Yoga, Pilates and low-impact Aerobics while a women-only gym must offer weight loss services, intense cardiac workouts and body firming weight-training sessions apart from fun exercises like circuit training and zumba.
STEP 4:Right fitness equipments-After selecting your gym’s services, it’s essential to determine the safety of your clients by installing right fitness equipments in the gym. Certain essential factors like cost, hi-tech innovation and equipment maintenance, play a pivotal role in selecting the right kind of fitness equipment. Weight machines, treadmills, free weights, weight benches and mats are some of the most essential properties of a gym which should be of utmost high quality. You may consider leasing and purchasing options when estimating the cost of fitness equipment.
STEP 5:Go for a frenchise-In case you’re not willing to perform the first four steps mentioned above, skip them all and take franchise of a renowned brand who will perform the initials for you. Else, take the franchise of a mediocre gym chain and learn the above four steps with limited chances of failure. Franchising will help the beginners learn tit-bits of gym business and also save you from incurring unwanted losses.
STEP6:Not to forget business permits and licences-Like any other business, gym owners must ensure to register and adhere to all regulatory laws. You will have to research and apply for business licences and comply with other regulatory laws like building permits and taxations etc. To reduce the burden of employment regulatory costs like payroll taxes and benefits when starting consider hiring on an independent contractor basis. In fact, gyms are places where injuries and accidents may happen. Thus, purchasing some form of business insurance will protect the venture in emergency.
STEP 7:Adequate promotions and discount campaign-Like any other business, gym owners must ensure to register and adhere to all regulatory laws. You will have to research and apply for business licences and comply with other regulatory laws like building permits and taxations etc. To reduce the burden of employment regulatory costs like payroll taxes and benefits when starting consider hiring on an independent contractor basis. In fact, gyms are places where injuries and accidents may happen. Thus, purchasing some form of business insurance will protect the venture in emergency.
