20/08/2025
Money - the thing no one likes discussing…
I’ve always offered discounted block bookings within 48 hours of the last block finishing.
Why?
It’s always been really important to me that my classes are cheap and money is not a barrier to people coming.
By offering heavily discounted classes that payable within a certain time frame - it’s allows me to keep the price low for you, keep numbers high for me and budget for the cost of the classes. I also know when my classes are full or when I can offer spaces to other people.
Now, running fitness classes is expensive. None of us are in it for the wages.
We pay for music, childcare, rent, tax, licensing, insurance, travel, kit, equipment , CPDs meaning we can often run the risk of teaching at a loss. These costs increase year on year - week by week sometimes. Yet, I can only ever increase my charges minimally. I think I’ve raised my costs by £1 in 3 years.
We can’t just put up our prices to reflect every increased cost we incur, hour of experience or the price of the petrol at the pump that day so we carry on … simply earning less.
Remember, even if we earn a decent hourly wage - how many classes can we realistically teach in a day? It is a physically, mentally and emotionally exhausting job.
Paying for activities up front in a block (such as swimming) is normal. We do it all the time. My son’s swimming school issues an invoice sometimes 3 months before the lessons begin. They simply give your space away if you don’t pay.
My classes generally work out at £4.60 each - some as low as £3.60. That is less than having a takeaway coffee . I have been teaching for well over 15 years and have a wealth of experience when it comes to making people feel safe, secure and enjoy their fitness journey. It’s honestly a bargain.
it’s not uncommon for people to pay £12 for a single Pilates class locally.
I’m one of the lucky ones. My classes are successful. Busy. Popular. I’m always grateful and often pinch myself that in my twilight teaching days, I still get a massive buzz out of seeing you all each week.
But, a girls got to pay the (ever increasing) bills…
I’ve got no choice really to be stricter about block bookings and pay as you - you don’t want to be charged more and I don’t want to charge you more so if I’ve offered the discount- take it when it’s there 🤗
If you need to wait and pay on pay day - tell me. I’ll not kick you out of the pool I promise 😇
