After 14 years in business, personal trainer Catherine D'Aoust looked around, realized the Vancouver fitness landscape was shifting once again and this time, she was being squeezed out.
Groupon-style group buying programs were lowering the value of fitness classes as customers followed the deals, competition had increased (the number of British Columbia Recreation and Parks registered fitness leaders, which includes trainers and instructors, had increased 24 per cent over the past year to about 2,000,) in a tight economy personal training was a luxury item, and on top of all that, and in the past year civic community centres had become rigorous in preventing private trainers from working on their property.
"Things have changed dramatically in the fitness world," said D'Aoust, 54.
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Personal+trainer+gets+online+presence+shape/4872661/story.html#ixzz1O2cgRZ5e
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