How does Body20 furnish franchisees with access to the 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 Body20's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Body20 will provide franchisees with electronic access to its manuals. This access is granted on loan and 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 can establish terms of use for accessing restricted portions of its website.
Franchisees are required to comply with all System Standards outlined in the manuals, including any amendments, modifications, or supplements issued periodically by Body20. Franchisees must adhere to these revisions within 30 days of transmission, unless otherwise specified by Body20.
Franchisees must keep their copy of the manuals up-to-date, with the master copy maintained at Body20 headquarters serving as the definitive version in case of disputes. The manuals remain the property of Body20, and franchisees must return them upon the expiration or termination of the Franchise Agreement. Franchisees are also obligated to treat the manuals and their contents as confidential, preventing unauthorized copying, duplication, or disclosure to any unauthorized individuals, except as provided in Section 10 (Proprietary Information).