A study conducted on fitness revealed that Europe is the largest fitness market in the entire world. A lot of money is spent on being fit with the latest fitness trends in town. Fitness facilities in the UK have started to grow on a great pace. You will find more gyms, a lot of gym members and amazing market value than there was ever before.
For the first time in history, there are more than 7000 gyms in UK. Due to this the membership is now approaching to 10 million while the market has almost touch 5 billion dollars. Therefore one out of every 7 people in the United Kingdom is a member of the gym.
The reports that came out in the year 2018 revealed that there has been a definite increase of 4.8 percent in fitness facilities, 2 percent increase in the members joining gym and an altogether of 3 percent increase in the market value.
Average cost of gym membership in the United Kingdom
Recently there has been a great trend of joining gyms in the United Kingdom. People of the United Kingdom have started taking gym memberships on an annual basis and their numbers are increasing gradually.
According to the statistics of the year 2019, a single gym member is worth an average of dollar 517 every year. According to the United Kingdom’s penetration rate which is almost 15 percent has remained same in the year 2019 same as that was in the year 2018.
These statistics reveal that there is a lot of growth potential among the people. The gym management needs to provide additional facilities and convince more and more people to join their gyms. This is because fitness and exercising will help in reducing the risk of many diseases including diabetes and chronic diseases.
Popular fitness trends for the year 2018
Let us have a look at the most popular fitness trends for the year which have also been carried forward in the year 2019:
- Body weight training
- Group exercise classes
- Exercising
- Strength training and lifting of weights
- High intensity interval training
It is not necessary to join the gyms for the entire year. This is due to the fact that for some people gym memberships may be quite costly. However, in such a case, what individuals can do is that they can join gyms on monthly basis.
Key facts about average gym memberships in the United Kingdom
With the fitness trend in United Kingdom in full flow, let us have a look at some of the key facts about average gym memberships in the United Kingdom:
- In the year 2019, the number of facilities in fitness programs have increased from 6728 to 7038.
- The membership of gym members has increased from 2 percent to 9.9 million.
- In the last few months 275 new and latest fitness facilities have been opened across most of the gyms in the United Kingdom
- The total market value has immensely increased
Conclusion
As per the results related to fitness and gym members in the year 2018 and 2019, it can be easily expected for the rate in gym memberships to grow in the future years. This is perhaps the biggest achievement as more and more people are getting the awareness about health and the need to stay fit.
The government of the United Kingdom should make the necessary arrangements required to provide facilities in gyms. Moreover, there is also the need for gym management to introduce deals so that more and more people can join gyms and become a member of their gyms.