Persuasive Speech: Why Gold's Gym

Assignment 8.1
• Description of the audience for your speech (you get to define your audience)
My audience will be directed towards people who want to choose a gym, but don’t know which one to choose from, why, or even how.
• Topic
Why Gold’s Gym (a gym I currently go to) is my preferred choice when it comes to all the other gyms that are currently in my area.
• Specific purpose.
To inform/persuade. To convince others to come to my gym instead of spending time and money at another one.
• Thesis
I am assuming that the reason I choose to go to this specific gym, will also be the reason many others will also choose to go to this gym as well.
• Question based on thesis
Why do I choose to go specifically to this gym? How does it benefit them?
Though it is not as popular as many other of the top “name brand” gyms, there are still many gold gym’s located across the U.S.
5. It may not have all the flashy classes and things like swimming, zumba, and ect. But it still has personal trainers willing to get you where you want to be, and that’s all that matters.

Attention step (e.g., ask a question, make reference to audience members, etc.) I. How many people in the audience go to the gym? How many of you go to a gym, but don’t like the gym that you are going to? And also, how many of you do not go to a gym at all?
Transition from attention to need [ Well, I do to a gym, I’ve been to many types of gyms, and this specific gym has kept me the happiest out of all them combined. ]
Need step (statement of the problem or the need) II. I go to gold’s gym. Why gold’s gym you might ask? You would think most people go to the gym to specifically do just that. To go to the gym and work out, however, that isn’t always the case. The more popular gyms have become nothing but hangout spots and social gatherings, and are usually very overcrowded. So much so, that the people who do come to work out? Aren’t even able too. You are paying more for less, when in reality, in this situation, less will equal out to
So, with that being said. You would think I would be paying more right? Wrong! Gold’s gym was not only cheaper to start off, it was cheaper monthly as well.
Transition from satisfaction to visualization [ So imagine this.]
Visualization step (statement that helps audience visualize their problem satisfied) IV. Going from being back to back, wall to wall, in a gym full of sweaty people, to actually having breathing space in a nice, quiet gym. Illustration of the benefits listeners will receive from this proposal A. Maybe some of you guys who currently go to a gym are not happy with your results. I’m sure going to a gym where you can actually be productive will change that. Further illustration of the negative effects listeners will experience if this proposal is not adopted B. Do you really want to be stuck in a gym that you’re paying more for, while not even being able to do what you paid to do?
Transition from visualization to action [So why not start now? What are you waiting for?]
Action step (statement of what you want the listeners to do) V. Head to your local Gold’s gym and sign up