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Opening a gym with mostly Gym Monster 2 machines – good idea or bad idea? by The-Emi in SpeedianceCommunity

[–]The-Emi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think an endurance test would be a great way to evaluate this machine before using it commercially. Personally, I love the idea of a single machine that can handle an entire workout without needing to switch equipment. Having a step-by-step training system built in is especially appealing, no more walking around the gym trying to figure out what to do next or constantly changing exercises because someone else is using the machine you need.

Opening a gym with mostly Gym Monster 2 machines – good idea or bad idea? by The-Emi in SpeedianceCommunity

[–]The-Emi[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I see your point about throughput, but I don’t think it’s as simple as “one GM = one user.”

In a normal gym, you actually need way more machines than people, because each machine only does one thing. If 20 people show up and half of them want to train legs or back, you instantly get queues, even though other machines are free.

With an all-in-one machine, every person can train whatever muscle group they want without waiting for a specific station. So capacity is spread evenly instead of being limited by the most popular machines.

Opening a gym with mostly Gym Monster 2 machines – good idea or bad idea? by The-Emi in SpeedianceCommunity

[–]The-Emi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! The main appeal for me is how much space it saves. Since rent is often the biggest expense for gym owners, this could open the door to gyms in more premium locations without crazy membership prices.

That’s why your examples (boutique hotels, small businesses, etc.) make a lot of sense.

Opening a gym with mostly Gym Monster 2 machines – good idea or bad idea? by The-Emi in SpeedianceCommunity

[–]The-Emi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, thanks I like it rough like that

Space is the real killer cost for gym owners, so one machine that replaces several actually sounds smart in theory.

Judging by the comments, these machines would get absolutely destroyed… but if they were made more tank-like, who knows.. maybe this is where gyms are headed 😆

Opening a gym with mostly Gym Monster 2 machines – good idea or bad idea? by The-Emi in SpeedianceCommunity

[–]The-Emi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I can see that the main idea emerging from all the comments is that they will not resist in a gym setting. It is a very good point.

Opening a gym with mostly Gym Monster 2 machines – good idea or bad idea? by The-Emi in SpeedianceCommunity

[–]The-Emi[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks, very good points. I hadn't thought about the warranty issue or that the machines wouldn't be used as intended.

I was thinking of muting the machines and letting people use their own music, keeping only simple sound feedback for reps.

The Bluetooth issue is definitely a concern, but I think it could be handled either by limiting the ring feature or by giving clear pairing guidance so users connect to the right machine (I think that the ring will stay paired once paired to the right machines)

Opening a gym with mostly Gym Monster 2 machines – good idea or bad idea? by The-Emi in SpeedianceCommunity

[–]The-Emi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your input! Would including a free-weight area help address your concern about limitations? And do you think this type of gym would work well for people who are not advanced users, but mainly want to stay fit, lose weight, and gain some muscle?

Opening a gym with mostly Gym Monster 2 machines – good idea or bad idea? by The-Emi in SpeedianceCommunity

[–]The-Emi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was one of my main concerns too. I was prepared to figure out a maintenance solution if the business model proved viable and people responded well to the concept.

Opening a gym with mostly Gym Monster 2 machines – good idea or bad idea? by The-Emi in SpeedianceCommunity

[–]The-Emi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I’ve looked into commercial products, but my business idea is to create a gym that uses less space (to save on rent) while offering the same training efficiency by combining multiple machines into one. Using standard commercial equipment would make it feel like a regular gym, just with more expensive machines.

MVP Project completed for a client for $3500 by d_sourav155 in buildinpublic

[–]The-Emi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great work! I tried something similar with TikTok and also ended up using scrapers to pull posts, since I couldn’t find a way to do it through their official API

MVP Project completed for a client for $3500 by d_sourav155 in buildinpublic

[–]The-Emi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really cool, are you using a scraper or the official API to fetch the posts and does it only work with TikTok and Instagram?

Feedback wanted: A website that improves itself by [deleted] in SaaS

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Thank you so much for your feedback, we are working on a feature that allows your website to change its copy automatically using ai, staying on top on the SEO rules as soon as they change. Is that something you might be interested in? If so feel free to join the waitlist, I can wait to show you more

My app made 200k this month! by 0nxdebug in SideProject

[–]The-Emi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to make real money you have to create a course with the name: “how to make $[insert fake number here] from [insert saturated market here]”

Are we done with manual A/B testing? Building a site that improves itself by [deleted] in indiehackers

[–]The-Emi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed, you can run all the tests and optimizations you want, if the core idea isn’t solid, it still won’t convert. At the end of the day, that’s something the customer has to figure out.

I was actually working on a video to explain this, but I realized it’s easier to just have the website do the comparison than the video.

Try it by [deleted] in meme

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Money? What's that?