Walkability has been associated with urban development and political plans, contributing to more connected cities with improvements in communication, shopping, and pedestrian base. Among these services, fitness centers are becoming important elements for communities due to their impact on the health and welfare of citizens. The present study aims to examine how an area’s Walk Score^® affects fitness center services, specifically membership costs, opening hours, and aquatic services. Data from 193 fitness centers were retrieved, representing all the areas of the municipality of Madrid, Spain, including fitness centers in the 21 city districts. A nonlinear relationship between an area’s Walk Score^® and fitness centers’ monthly fees is observed. Only in premium fitness centers, a weak curvilinear model is observed, following a quadratic equation, showing that fitness centers with higher prices are in less walkable areas. Additionally, the association between Walk Score^® and a fitness center’s opening hours reveals that fitness centers with wider hours of operation tend to be in moderately to highly walkable locations. Lastly, the existence of a swimming pool is related to a lower Walk Score^®. Thus, fitness centers in less walkable areas try to offer additional services as differentiation from competitors, whereas centers in walkable locations use this advantage as a strength.

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步行和健身中心的价格，开放时间和其他服务：以西班牙马德里为例。

步行能力与城市发展和政治计划相关联，通过改善沟通，购物和步行者基础，为更多的互联城市做出了贡献。在这些服务中，健身中心由于对公民的健康和福祉产生影响，因此正成为社区的重要组成部分。本研究的目的是考察一个地区的步行分数如何^®影响健身中心的服务，特别是会员费，开放时间，水产服务。检索了来自193个健身中心的数据，这些数据代表了西班牙马德里市的所有地区，包括21个城区的健身中心。一个地区的步行分数之间的非线性关系^®并遵守健身中心的月租费用。仅在高档健身中心中，遵循二次方程式，才能观察到弱曲线模型，这表明价格较高的健身中心位于步行较少的区域。此外，步行分数之间的关联^®和健身中心的开放时间显示与更广泛的运营时间是健身中心往往适度在高度步行的位置。最后，游泳池的存在与更低的步行得分^®有关。因此，步行距离不远的健身中心试图提供与竞争对手不同的其他服务，而步行距离不远的健身中心则利用这种优势作为优势。