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Re:Consistent Fitness – Get Six Pack Abs in 16 Weeks by torstenvl on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @01:47PM (#28447632)
A majority of your current users wouldn't be disappointed if you ceased to exist?

$200/month?!

"Non-compliant"?!?!

"Manually intervene"?!?!?!

That's a hard no for me, dawg.

Re:Consistent Fitness – Get Six Pack Abs in 16 Weeks by UncleMeat on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @01:56PM (#28447733)
Yeah jeez. 200/m for an app and a slack bot? Unless these curricula are awfully extraordinary, this is a ridiculous price.
Re:Consistent Fitness – Get Six Pack Abs in 16 Weeks by typon on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @02:04PM (#28447828)
I see this as a feature though. If I pay $2 for an app that helps me track fitness, I'm much more likely to lose interest. This is the same reasoning that Orange Theory uses...and seems like they're pretty successful.
Re:Consistent Fitness – Get Six Pack Abs in 16 Weeks by nezaj on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @02:03PM (#28447811)
We use the 200/m for two reasons

1) It's a strong commitment device. At this price point we hope people really will take this seriously and be committed. 2) Stopa and I are also providing personal coaching, we'll be giving you individual attention. In the future we may remove the personal coaching aspect, and in that case we will bring down the price.

Re:Consistent Fitness – Get Six Pack Abs in 16 Weeks by HalcyonicStorm on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @04:19PM (#28449364)
That price point is what I pay my coach. She inputs my plan on Final Surge. I'm getting lifting, running, and biking plans. I can schedule a call, email, whatever to get her feedback. She knows me on a personal level including who I am, my history, who my training partners are, what races I want to participate in, etc.

I'm not willing to pay the same price for that because I know that the service will only get more generic as there are more clients.

I'm sure its great for people who want to work from home and dont know where to start and dont have a support structure.