Escape Your Limits & LIFTS

On this week's episode of the Escape Your Limits Podcast, Emma Barry & Matthew Januszek attend BOLD 2022, MindBody's annual conference. It is three days to meet and mingle with wellness, fitness, and beauty industry professionals, share the latest trends, preview what's next, and learn how to maximize every minute of every business day.              Over the next couple of weeks, we will be releas...

On this week's episode of the Escape Your Limits Podcast, we introduce to you a special partnership with the FitTech Summit: Holy Health and Emma Barry. In this special series, we explore the role that tech plays in fitness with prominent founders who have changed the fitness space with their technology. In today's episode, we interview Greg Zinone. He is the is the founder of Pro vs GI Joe, now J...

On this week's episode of the Escape Your Limits Podcast, our guest today was introduced to wrestling at a young age, and during his senior year, he finished the season 33-15 and was one match from qualifying for the D-I Ohio High School State Wrestling Championships. Alongside this title, he also holds the Guinness World Record for walking on his hands. Despite his tough upbringing in the foster...

On week's episode of the Escape Your Limits Podcast, our guest today is the winner of IDEA World Convention for 2022's Personal Trainer of the Year. Dr. Rick Richey co-founded reCOVER, where he helps individuals through treatments that revolve around two dimensions of recovery: restoring your body & rebooting your mind. His team's purpose is to be personal, intentional, and educated to facilitate...

On this week's Escape Your Limits Podcast episode, our guest today co-founded a gym which went on to become the 15 th largest global fitness club chain with more than 150 clubs. He took this company public on the Saudi Stock Exchange in 2018.   Soon after, Fahad Alhagbani and his family sold the business, and they went on to create a Saudi-based trio of fitness brands. He had a vision for it to be...

On this weeks episode of the Escape Your Limits podcast, we continue interviewing fitness founders and winners from the IDEA® World Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada where both fitness and wellness sectors come together to provide incomparable guidance for all fit-pros at all career stages. We sat down with: 1). Mental Health Therapist & NASM Strong Mind, Strong Body Podcast Host, Angie Miller 2). T...

On this weeks episode of the Escape Your Limits podcast, we had the opportunity to attend the IDEA® World Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada where both fitness and wellness sectors come together to provide incomparable guidance for all fit-pros at all career stages. Within the coming weeks we will be releasing episodes where we interview various fitness founders and winners from the IDEA Convention,...

Welcome to this week's episode of the Escape Your Limits Podcast, our guest is well known for leveraging evidence-based medicine and cutting-edge science to restore metabolism, balance hormones, and optimize body composition with the end goal of helping others discover lifelong vitality. Dr. Gabrielle Lyon's specialty of Muscle Centric Medicine has led her to be featured in Muscle and Fitness, Wom...

On this week's episode of the Escape Your Limits Podcast, our guest today is the founder & CEO of Sweatworks, a global fitness agency that provides digital solutions to a range of clients that include: Nike, Bose, Spartan, Equinox, SoulCycle, Strava, and Samsung. Innovation sits at the heart of the brand and is the key ingredient that attributes to its success. Back in 2010 Mohammed Iqbal started...

On this week's episode of the Escape Your Limits Podcast, we have a special guest today who retells the story of one of the most prolific bodybuilders in history, Reg Park, through his own eyes. His son, Jon Jon Park followed in his father's footsteps by becoming an Olympic athlete and former Mr. South Africa. Born in Leeds, England, Reg Park became Mr. Universe, and a well-known actor. Apart from...

On this weeks episode of The Escape Your Limits Podcast, we sit down with an ex- U.S. Navy Flight Surgeon for Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268, Dr. Erik Won. He became CTO of Medical at Boeing, a Fortune 50 company, for nearly a decade. Holding an MBA from USC Marshall School of Business and an MPH from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, he has been published in numerous peer-reviewed...

On this week's episode of the Escape Your Limits Podcast x On the Edge, Emma Barry & Matthew Januszek continue their journey at IHRSA 2022 where they grateful to take part in the inaugural FitTech Club member event. There were over 90 members and special guests in attendance, and they had the opportunity to network and share their innovations at the convergence of health, fitness, and tech. The Fi...

On this week's episode of the Escape Your Limits x On the Edge Podcast, Emma Barry & Matthew Januszek take on IHRSA 2022 in Miami, Florida where they were fortunate to meet with many innovators, suppliers, and many more of the elite in the fitness industry. Emma Barry is a global fitness authority advising the innovative edge of fit-tech, fit-trends, and fit-talent. Emma is a co-founder of Good So...

On this week's Escape Your Limits Podcast, Matthew Januszek attended The Summit by BFS at the Westin in New York City, where the best and the brightest in the boutique fitness industry convene. It's the only conference where the entire boutique fitness gathers in person. Eli Walker pioneered a new genre of "yoga entertainment" in an otherwise individualist tradition, re-introducing yoga to the mas...

On this week's episode of the Escape Your Limits podcast, our guest today is on Inc.'s Female Founders 100 list and the MO100 Impact list, has been featured on NPR's How I Built This, and speaks regularly on the topics of mindful leadership and the movement to redefine what success in fitness means. Sadie Lincoln is the co-founder and CEO of barre3, a fitness company focused on teaching people to...

On this week's episode of the Escape Your Limits Podcast, our guest today was hustling hard for fast-growing Saas Software companies. She was soon sidelined by a severe lower back injury that led her searching for workouts that were low impact, yet super effective. This concept led her to find the most underused machine in the gym- the rowing machine. With this in mind, Helaine Knapp founded CITYR...

On this week's episode of the Escape Your Limits Podcast, our guest today,  Richard Earney, has over 20 years of international experience within the fitness & wellness industry. Holding National & International club & executive operation roles within North American & European markets, he designed award winning fitness environments and implemented innovative programming experiences throughout Europ...

On this weeks episode of the Escape Your Limits podcast, Escape Fitness continues their journey at Sibec in Coronado, California where Matthew Januszek meets with multiple founders and CEOs of various fitness studios across the United States. Sibec is an unparalleled way to do business.  A key component to a successful business is the ability to develop a network of industry partners – suppliers w...

On this weeks episode of the Escape Your Limits podcast, Escape Fitness was fortunate enough to attend Sibec in Coronado, California where we interview multiple founders and CEOs of various fitness studios across the United States. Sibec is an unparalleled way to do business.  A key component to a successful business is the ability to develop a network of industry partners – suppliers who can prov...

On this week's episode of the Escape Your Limits Podcast, Emma Barry & Matthew Januszek continue their interviews with various founders, CEOs, and much more of boutique fitness studios at The Summit hosted by Boutique Fitness Solutions. The Summit by BFS was created to bring like-minded individuals together to find solutions for their businesses, and to learn and create a better business for their...

On this week's episode of the Escape Your Limits Podcast, Emma Barry & Matthew Januszek continue their journey at The Summit hosted by Boutique Fitness Solutions where they interview various founders, CEOs, and much more of boutique fitness studios. The Summit by BFS was created to bring like minded individuals together to find solutions for their businesses, and to learn and create a better busin...

On this week's episode of the Escape Your Limits Podcast, we present to you the second episode of the On The Edge Podcast where Emma Barry & Matthew Januszek interview co-founders of Boutique Fitness Solutions, Julian Barnes & NT Etuk. The Boutique Fitness Solutions, a peer-to-peer network & business education provider that guides, connects and empowers boutique fitness owners. BFS' aim is to educ...

On this week's Escape Your Limits Podcast, we got to sit down with the founder & GM of the Nike+ Lab and the Nike+ Accelerator who oversaw business development and partnerships, has spent nearly two decades building and scaling companies in sport, fitness and wellness- Brian Kirkbride. He is the co-founder and co-CEO of FitLab, the first fitness platform to connect every aspect of fitness lifestyl...

On this week's Escape Your Limits podcast, our guest today is known as the "daddy of data-" David Minton. He has been collecting and analyzing data from the fitness sector for the past two decades and reporting it to the public. He is also the founder of The Leisure Database company which is a leading independent specialist in the leisure sector, providing key market intelligence and analysis acro...

On this weeks episode of the Escape Your Limits Podcast, Matthew Januszek & Emma Barry interview the first female CEO of IHRSA in its 40-year history, Liz Clark, at the Connected Health & Fitness Summit. Formerly a candy industry specialist, she previously lobbied government relations and advocacy at the National Confectioners Association (NCA). Serving as the industry's voice in DC since 2011, Cl...