Every month, a few ex-members message me about coming back.
Some had to stop due to unavoidable logistical situations which have since changed.
Others try to save money by doing it themselves.
They try to take what they learned here into a budget gym.
And carry on with the improvements to the eating that they’ve made with us.
Most of the time that doesn’t happen.
It’s not that people can’t – it’s that most don’t.
Without accountability and people around them, eating habits slip.
But the workouts especially, are unlikely to happen in the same way in a normal gym.
I’ve been told many times by returning members that “I couldn’t do a workout like we do here in a normal gym – I’d feel a right tw@t”.
The workouts that people love doing at RISE don’t really work in a normal gym.
Too much equipment needed, too much moving round and so on.
So people revert back to the “Ten minutes each on three cardio machines and 3 sets of 10 reps on some resistance machines” type workout that bored them to tears before.
Even when workouts can be done in a normal gym, they’re not the same.
Without someone there leading us through the workout and that group dynamic which always makes us work a bit harder, we don’t do anywhere near as much.
Gyms are, ultimately a warehouse full of exercise equipment that you rent access to.
Nothing wrong with that, but the low long-term success rate for most people suggests that, at the very least, it’s not the best model.
A private, members only facility where we feel comfortable and are coached through workouts that are much more enjoyable AND effective?
Coupled with support and accountability for the rest of the week outside of the workouts?
There’s a reason that has a much higher success rate!
Environment + Structure > Knowledge
Much love,
Jon ‘Twit’ Hall
P.S. If conventional gyms haven’t really been working out for you, you’re not alone. Most people who clicked on www.myrise.co.uk/apply and changed their life felt the same.
