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Group Fitness Has A Shiny Object Syndrome Problem

And it's getting pretty bad.

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Fran Kilinski
Oct 27, 2025
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Men exercising outdoors with an ab roller wheel.
Photo by Yishen Ji on Unsplash

Let’s Get One Thing Straight:

More people exercising is generally a good thing.

It’s a net positive for the world when more people choose to exercise, and when people choose to exercise more.

And the group fitness industry has done a fantastic job of doing that since the turn of the century. Group fitness allows for a sense…

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