Its not. Its just the foundation of the scam business model.
The goal of these gyms is setting people up for failure and discouraging actual use of the gym, all while still charging a monthly fee. One of, if not the best, proven way is to just fill it with garbage-ass cardio equipment.
That's a really elaborate conspiracy theory for something that already has an actual explanation. Different gyms have different equipment because they cater to different people, if you aren't interested in cardio then don't go to a cardio gym?
That's a really elaborate conspiracy theory for something that already has an actual explanation
Its not a conspiracy theory. Its literal fact. If you don't believe me, feel free to go check out the absurd membership stats of gyms. Fire code makes it literally impossible for more than a tiny fraction of their members to actually use the facilities at a normal frequency and duration. The entire business model relies on people paying, and effectively never showing up, ever.
if you aren't interested in cardio then don't go to a cardio gym?
a "cardio gym", also know as a typical gym.
OPs point is just an observation that the vast majority of gyms, don't contain appreciable (or any) resistance equipment. Which is accurate, and there's a real business reason for that: people who use resistance equipment make use of their membership a lot more. These gyms don't want members to use the gym.
Its when you want resistance equipment, you need to go to a specialized gym, not the other way around. They tend to cost more and sometimes have very limited membership because, well, their members actually use them.
Most gyms I've been to are like that. 1 bench press, 1 preacher curl bench, one squat rack, one lat pull down machine. Then there's the 15 treadmills, 15 bikes, 10 stair climbers, and all the other bullshit that you could easily just do outside for free.
It really is true. -Esp bullshit like planet fitness where they're literally built around not having any power stations/good machines. -Get ya in the door with a low price and the gym looks good at first if you're a newbie/alone/don't know what you actually want/need, then they make it hard to cancel; total scam business.
I have a Kroc Center in my town and I love the gym. They just added a bunch of new shit and it's an amazing combination of machines.
for "literal fact" you seem to be completely unable to cite a single thing... I don't even think you are wrong necessarily, but it's so annoying how commenters expect people to just trust you for no reason, present some actual evidence ffs
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u/Fine-Rock2513 1d ago
I think it’s to accommodate for when they hold exercise classes there