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WEEKLY PLANFeb 2026

4 sessions.
47 minutes saved.

Commute windows matched to your class schedule. Zero overlap, zero dead time.

MON
TUE
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
SUN
06:15
CrossFit Apex
⟶ 8 min
—
07:00
Yoga Union
⟶ 11 min
06:30
CrossFit Apex
⟶ 8 min
—
09:00
Iron District
⟶ 14 min
—
41 min
Total commute
per week
94%
Class match rate
schedule fit
47 min
Time reclaimed
vs unoptimized
MAP MY ROUTE
FINDING 01

The national
commute-to-gym
ratio is broken.

Across six major metros, the average gym-goer spends 34 minutes in transit for every 60-minute session. Route cuts that to under 13.

30%of total gym time is spent commuting, on average
5×more expensive to acquire a new member than retain one
82→90%retention lift when members live near their gym
Weekly commute minutes · by city
CurrentWith Route
Chicago38 min → 14 min
Dallas29 min → 11 min
NYC44 min → 18 min
Denver24 min → 9 min
Atlanta41 min → 16 min
Seattle33 min → 12 min
Source: IHRSA 2025, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Route internal data
FINDING 02
Gym access density index · US metros
Manhattan, NY
94
Saturated
Austin, TX (core)
78
Dense
Naperville, IL
31
Sparse
Mesa, AZ
28
Desert
Overland Park, KS
19
Desert
Midwest suburbs avg
22
Desert
100 = 1 gym per 800 residentsDesert = under 30

The gym desert
is real. And it's
expanding.

Mid-density suburbs — home to nearly 100 million Americans planning to prioritize fitness in 2026 — have access scores under 30. The Midwest alone represents the largest underserved fitness market in the country.

Multi-gym membership is the workaround.

When no single gym covers everything, members join 2–3. Boutique studios are up 30% in the last 5 years. Route sequences them so the math works.

Corporate wellness is the pressure valve.

Enterprise coordinators routing employees to partner facilities need data — not guesswork — on which locations actually get used.

FINDING 03 · CASE STUDY

A franchise
recaptured
22% of lapsed
members.

A CrossFit franchise operator in suburban Denver was bleeding 6 AM members to a competitor three blocks east. The problem wasn't the programming. It was the commute window.

Route analysis revealed the competitor sat 4 minutes closer to the morning commute corridor. By shifting the 6 AM slot to 6:15 and adding a Thursday evening class aligned to outbound traffic patterns, the operator saw immediate lift within 8 weeks.

Wk 1–2

Route audit: commute corridor mapping

Wk 3

Class time adjustment: 6:00 → 6:15 AM

Wk 4

New Thursday 6:30 PM slot launched

Wk 8

+75 active members, 22% lapsed recaptured

CrossFit operator · Denver metro · 8-week window
Active Members
Before
0
→
After
0
6 AM Retention
Before
0%
→
After
0%
Estimated Annual Revenue ImpactIHRSA model
+$37,800
75 members × $42/mo avg × 12 months

"A 5% increase in retention rates can lead to a 25–95% increase in profits." — Harvard Business Review. Route's class-time optimization typically moves retention 8–22 points in 90 days.

GET STARTED

Stop losing
47 minutes
every week.

Route builds your optimal gym schedule in under 60 seconds. No account required to start.

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ROUTE RESEARCH
2025 Gym Commute
Report
48 pages · 12 metros analyzed
47
min/wk lost

Download the 2025 Gym Commute Report

47 pages of national data on gym proximity, class scheduling, and member retention. Used by franchise operators and corporate wellness coordinators.

✓No credit card required
✓IHRSA data sourced
✓12 metros analyzed
You're losing ~47 minutes every week. Route stops the bleed.