AI Fitness Studio Playbook 2026: Mindbody & ABC Ignite Retention
Discover why gyms lose 28-50% of members yearly and how AI for gyms and fitness studios plugs the leak using Mindbody and ABC Ignite retention playbooks.
Chapter 1: The Churn Math: Why 2026 Gyms Live or Die on Retention Here is the uncomfortable truth about the fitness business: you are not in the fitness business. You are in the subscription business. The workouts are the product wrapper; the recurring monthly draft is the actual asset. And in 2026, that asset is leaking faster than most owners are willing to look at directly. The industry's dirty secret is that the average health club still loses somewhere between 28% and 50% of its members every single year. Boutique studios — the ones with the good playlists and the...