How will Body20 franchisees receive access to the Body20 Manuals?
Body20 Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
nd living expenses (including meals, transportation, and accommodations), wages, and other expenses incurred by your trainees. In addition to paying any applicable training or consulting fees, you are responsible for reimbursing us for any travel and living expenses incurred by our and our affiliates'
employees or agents related to providing any additional training, remedial training, or consulting services at your Studio.
Section 6 Studio Operation and System Standards
6.1 Manuals.
- (a) Compliance with the Manuals. We will furnish you with electronic access to our Manuals, on loan for as long as this Agreement or a successor franchise agreement remains in effect. We reserve the right to furnish all or part of the Manuals to you in electronic form and to establish terms of use for access to any restricted portion of our website. You must comply with and abide by each required System Standard contained in the Manuals, as they may be amended, modified, or supplemented periodically and such other written or electronically transmitted System Standards that we may issue periodically. You acknowledge that we may amend, modify, or supplement the Manuals at any time, so long as such amendments, modifications, or supplements will, in our good faith opinion, benefit us and our existing and future franchisees or will otherwise improve the System. You must comply with revised mandatory System Standards within 30 days after we transmit the updates, unless otherwise specified.
- (b) Use of the Manuals. You agree to keep your copy of the Manuals up-to-date. If there is any dispute as to the current contents of the Manuals, the terms of our master copy maintained at our headquarters will control. You acknowledge that we own the copyright in the Manuals and that your copy of the Manuals remains our property and will be returned to us immediately upon expiration or termination of this Agreement.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 74–251)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Body20 Franchise Disclosure Document, Body20 will provide franchisees with electronic access to its manuals. This access is granted on loan, and it remains in effect as long as the Franchise Agreement or any successor agreement is active. Body20 retains the right to provide all or parts of the manuals in electronic form and set the terms of use for accessing any restricted portions of its website.
As a Body20 franchisee, you are obligated to comply with all System Standards outlined in the manuals, including any amendments, modifications, or supplements issued periodically. Body20 reserves the right to modify the manuals at any time, provided that such changes are made in good faith and benefit Body20 and its franchisees or improve the overall System. Franchisees must implement these revisions to mandatory System Standards within 30 days of receiving the updated information, unless otherwise specified.
The Body20 Franchise Agreement states that franchisees must keep their copy of the manuals up-to-date. In case of any discrepancies, the master copy maintained at Body20 headquarters will be considered the definitive version. The franchisee acknowledges that Body20 owns the copyright to the manuals, and the copy provided to the franchisee remains the property of Body20. Upon termination or expiration of the Franchise Agreement, the franchisee must return the manuals to Body20 immediately and treat the information within as confidential, refraining from unauthorized duplication or disclosure, except as provided in Section 10 (Proprietary Information).