Adding HybridAF to Your Gym’s Offerings is a Breeze, Gym Owners Say


As a busy gym owner, sometimes the thought of making a big change is daunting, overwhelming, just one thing too many.

Or at the very least, the thought of big changes can cause you to drag your heels and procrastinate changing something you really want to change, but you’re fearful it will take up time that you just don’t have.

So we get it: The thought of adding unattended access via HybridAF for your members sounds like it might be a technical, complicated, overly time-consuming endeavor to tackle.


The truth: It’s not.


Read more here about our simple process and exactly what is involved for the gym owner to add HybridAF to their business: Considering Adding Unattended Access? Don’t Sweat the Setup: We Make It Easy.


The bottom line is we do all the heavy lifting for you, so you can focus on what you do best: Take care of your members.

Scott Panchik in Ohio


The nine-time CrossFit Games athlete Scott Panchik started using HybridAF more than eight years ago at his gym CrossFit Mentality in Mentor, Ohio, and even then it didn’t take much effort, he said.



  • “It wasn’t a difficult challenge. They send someone out so you’re not the one setting it up. They put the system in your door and link it to your Internet and now you can access your gym with the click of a button,” Panchik said.

 

And when Panchik switched his gym management platform to StreamFit, HybridAF didn’t integrate with StreamFit yet, as it was a new gym management platform at the time.

But the team at HybridAF didn’t waste any time creating an integration between StreamFit and HybridAF, so Panchik and his members didn’t need a second app just to access the facility.


“It was pretty quick. They made it happen and that just speaks volumes to their developers. They were able to collaborate with the StreamFit [team] and got the integration done right away,” Panchik said. “It’s a win-win for everyone.”

All in all, adding HybridAF “isn’t as scary or difficult as people think,” Panchik continued.


And it’s not time consuming.


“And time is probably the most valuable thing you can give to anyone,” he added.

Read more here about how HybridAF is helping Panchik today.
Dan Messinger in Colorado

Dan Messinger added HybridAF to his gym, CrossFit Breckenridge in Breckenridge, Colorado a few years ago, after experiencing unattended access when he dropped into a gym while traveling.


The implementation process was very simple, he remembers.


“They set everything up with a locksmith. It all happened in a day. We got the new equipment and app set up. All you have to do is make the decision to start and they do the rest,” he said.

The only thing he really needed to do was send an email out to his members and begin offering new membership options, he explained. 


Further, HybridAF offered him “helpful guidelines,” he said, in terms of how to best use and charge for unattended access.


Read more here about how Messinger has increased his revenue since adding HybridAF.

Christina Mazzullo in North Carolina


Christina Mazzullo is the owner of two CrossFit gyms—Tarheel CrossFit in Spring Lake, NC and Tarheel CrossFit South in Fayetteville, NC—and also a competitive athlete who won the 2023 CrossFit Games in the Upper Extremity division.


She is also a long-time HybridAF user, and said the implementation process couldn’t have been easier.


  • “When I set HybridAF up, all I had to do was download an app. The set-up was a breeze. HybridAF provides a true white glove experience. And If I ever have problems, HybridAF leaders communicate with me right away and work toward a speedy resolution.”


Joe Tepe in Nevada


Like Panchik, Joe Tepe, the owner of The Strip Barbell in Las Vegas, Nevada, added HybridAF before they were integrated with his gym management software, Acuity.


And like with Panchik, HybridAF quickly worked to create an integration between HybridAF and Acuity to accommodate Type, his members, and the countless drop-ins he gets (For the record, he has had more than 6,000 drop-ins pay $25 a head since adding HybridAF, revenue that is entirely hands off for Tepe).


  • “Over a year later, we do 60-plus day passes a week with very little work on my end,” Tepe said.


The Bottom Line

Change can be scary, but oftentimes it’s not as hard as we think it will be. And gym owners who have taken the plunge with HybridAF say that’s definitely the case with implementing unattended access at their gyms.


  • As Messinger put it: “I’d say to any gym owner thinking about going 24/7 with HybridAF, just do it. It seems like a big undertaking, but it really isn’t at all and once you do it, you’ll look back and wonder why you didn’t do it on day one.”