Anytime Fitness Tamworth user numbers 'back to normal' as COVID restrictions ease

The facility is "back to normal" according to club manager Mitchell Rolinson, but there were some times throughout the year when the gym resembled a ghost town compared to its busy periods.

Usually between 300 to 400 people will use it per day, but during the first week that vaccination passports were required to attend non-essential businesses, that number plummeted to around 130.

Mr Rolinson said members had remained loyal throughout the year though, which is something he was thankful for.

"Our numbers have kept pretty steady throughout the whole thing, it's mainly just the gym usage itself that we noticed a big difference in," he said.

"We were probably getting about 150 members less per day in that first week when the 70 per cent vaccination came in, but now we're pretty much back to normal."

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With the path forward looking much clearer now, he said the only major fluctuation in users or members he is expecting to see will be part of the normal pattern.

"We used to notice that the cooler months were a lot quieter, but in the past couple of years winter has actually been one of our busier times - winter and the new year," he said.

"We find numbers tend to back off a little bit around November and December at Christmas time, but then they ramp straight back up."

People don't seem to be counteracting the amount of new fast food restaurants in town by hitting the gym more though, with the last big spike in membership taking place back in 2017 according to Mr Rolison.

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