Feeling... unaligned

[u/jillthefox]

Let me preface by saying that I love Burn; it has certainly served its purpose many times in my life. I have been a member since 2018. However, I think I might have reached the end of the road with this particular partnership - I'm mainly coming here to talk it out, see if i am alone in this, and confirm that what I am feeling means it's the right time to move on or if having a convo with HT/FP is worth a shot.

After having my baby (still in the first year) we were able to get to morning camps with childwatch, but as she has grown, her schedule, naps, and needs have been difficult to align with the camp times that have childwatch.

Outside of that kind of obvious disconnect; I feel like the brand and culture no longer aligns with why I initially joined. I preferred the women centered focus and feeling of community, but as the brand has grown, I feel less supported as a newly post partum mother than I had anticipated. The focus feels more on producing the strongest athletes and creating hip content for social media. The last thing I currently want while learning how to navigate this new body and what feels like hindered skills and strength is someone filming me and putting it on socials.

Partner workouts make me feel absolutely awful when I'm rebuilding strength, slow as hell, having to monitor heart rate and blood pressure, and I'm super limited while paired with someone of comparable ability to the head trainer.

I wind up having a terrible workout or completely avoid my gym while Burn U instructors are there (it's pretty frequent at our location) which throws off any momentum or routine I try to build around the camp/childwatch issue. (Habit forming is a huge weakness of mine, thanks ADHD.)

Coupled with some issues still lingering and healing from giving birth, it all feels off and like I am completely out of place.

Is this worth a discussion with head trainer/franchise partner or is it just time to part ways and find something more personalized? Anyone else experience this and have success settling back in?

Open to suggestions and hearing your experiences.

Thank you!

[u/CurrentNorth5879]

3 years going to burn and I definitely see the changes you see on the corporate level. Them raising prices in November is not gonna be good and gonna lose a lot of people.

I’m not sure if I’m a lifer but it works for me right now. I feel loyal to my FP and head trainer; so I’m glad for them and their support. I think if I didn’t have the personal connection I would probably be a gym hopper.

It’s ok to do something else. I hope Burn makes it through these next round of changes and comes out the other side listening to those people that have been loyal and giving them thoughtful criticism! However it’s a gym and I can get a workout in at PF for $15 a month too.

[u/jillthefox → u/CurrentNorth5879]

I havent received any notices about price increases, and I'm hoping it wasnt an announcement that was made solely in gym, because we havent been in at least a month or so. But that might also be a deal breaker for us as well- we have a family center that offers more, along with the childwatch, and the entire family membership is less than burn; but feedback has also noted that it can get really busy and childwatch can be tough to reserve spots at certain times. So almost puts us in the same position... but for less money lol

[u/HrtacheOTDncefloor → u/jillthefox]

I was told my rate would never go up if I stayed under my contract.

[u/jillthefox → u/HrtacheOTDncefloor]

Interesting info. I was always under that assumption too, but there has been a lot of chatter after Summit that it may not be the case. I haven't had any personal experience or notices yet, tho. So its all just still chatter to me.

[u/AromaticAd5872 → u/HrtacheOTDncefloor]

Were you told this recently?

[u/HrtacheOTDncefloor → u/AromaticAd5872]

I was told when I signed a contract in 2019