The readers were installed in order to improve access control in terms of ease of use and speed for members. The previous system required members to wait until a member of staff was available to register them. The gym also had problems of members losing their membership cards.
Members register their fingerprint when the sign up for membership. When they visit the gym they simply press their finger onto the reader and this opens the first door of the pod. They move into the pod where the door then closes. They then press their finger on the second reader, where the second door opens providing the member with access to the gym.
“The new system is great; we are thrilled with the results,” said Gordon Hall, managing director of Competition Line, the company behind Lifestyle Fitness.
“The system looks fantastic and our members have all expressed their positive feelings towards it. From my view the new system also eliminates non-members accessing our facilities through the passing about of gym cards from members to non-members. It is a much fairer system as it means everyone there has paid.”
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