IM Sports-West is expected to see an increase of 500 participants per day this upcoming semester, MSU Associate Director of Recreational Sports and Fitness Services Joel Eddy said.
Eddy said he expects up to 2,000 people a day to utilize the fitness center this upcoming January and February, compared to an average November day of approximately 1,500 people in the fitness center.
The first 10 days of the new semester are always the busiest as far as purchasing membership at IM Sports-West goes, Eddy said.
The increase in participants might come from those trying to fulfill New Year’s resolutions, but Eddy said there are also a number of runners who utilize treadmills or the indoor track to avoid cold temperatures.
Planet Fitness, located in Lansing at 5833 W. Saginaw Highway, is also preparing for an increase in membership.
Brittney Vachon, a general manager at Planet Fitness, said the gym has plans to “almost double” its staff and make sure equipment is even cleaner than normal.
“Everybody is kind of realizing that fitness and getting in better shape is becoming a really huge thing,” said Vachon. “They’re very aware that it’s going to be a busy season and a lot of them are excited about it.”
Krishna Govada, an information technologist at MSU, said he plans to use the busy season at the gym as motivation.
“If I don’t get the machine to work out then it’s a problem, but if I see the people working out, it pushes me to work out more,” Govada said.
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