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The ROI of Group Fitness Technology: Is It Worth the Investment?
The rep gave you the demo and quoted a price. The real question is whether it pays for itself. Here's how to run the math honestly for your facility. Start With What Churn Is Actually Costing You Most operators think about churn as a percentage. The dollar figure hits [...]Read more
How Universities Are Using Technology to Increase Campus Recreation Participation
Campus rec centers have better equipment than most commercial gyms within three miles of campus. The facilities exist. The problem is the student who walked past your group fitness studio a dozen times this semester and never went in. Better equipment doesn't fix that. What gets [...]Read more
Apple Watch vs. Heart Rate Straps: Which Is Better for Group Fitness?
Before the warm-up starts, take a quick look at the room. Apple Watches(opens in new tab) on half the wrists, sometimes more. It's been on since morning, and most members would use it in class without a second thought if the platform connected. Chest straps have been the standard [...]Read more
The Complete Guide to Fitness Technology for Boutique Studios
The boutique model runs on a different logic than any other part of the fitness industry. When someone pays $35 or $40 per class, they're not buying access to a facility. They're buying a specific experience, and that experience has to justify the price every single time. Fitness [...]Read more
How Gamification Increases Member Engagement in Group Fitness
Nobody ever tells a gym they're leaving. They just stop showing up. Three times a week becomes twice, twice becomes once, and then it's a lapsed membership that nobody flagged until the billing cycle ended. The class wasn't the problem. The instructor wasn't either. There was [...]Read more
How to Choose the Right Heart Rate Monitoring System
Heart rate monitoring isn't optional anymore, at least not at facilities that take group fitness seriously. Members show up expecting their data on screen, instructors coach off it mid-class, and on the operations side it's become one of the cleaner ways to justify membership [...]Read more
How to Increase Group Fitness Member Retention: 12 Proven Strategies That Actually Work
Acquiring a new gym member can cost five to seven times more than retaining an existing one, yet most fitness operators devote the bulk of their marketing budgets to new-member campaigns while retention quietly erodes in the background. Group fitness is one of the most effective [...]Read more
The Next Chapter: Transitioning to Spivi Go
At Spivi, we’re always looking for ways to create a better experience for both members and operators. Over the past several months, we’ve introduced Spivi Go, our completely redesigned mobile app built with a modern foundation, improved performance, and exciting new capabilities. [...]Read more
Spivi Go – The New Mobile App
Meet Spivi Go, the all-new mobile app built exclusively for Spivi-powered studios and gyms. Completely rebuilt from the ground up, Spivi Go gives your members a faster, more immersive experience that keeps them connected to your studio before, during, and after every workout. [...]Read more
Scheduled Maintenance Downtime – April 18, 2026
Dear Customers, To maintain service performance, we’re upgrading our core servers with new hardware and software. The scheduled downtime for this work is on April 18, 2026, at 3 pm Pacific Time and will last up to 4 hours. During maintenance, the Spivi platform will experience [...]Read more