Escape Your Limits & LIFTS

Meet the man at Gold's Gym making the tough choices to grow stronger. President and CEO of Gold's Gym, Adam Zeitsiff, gives a sincere and open account of what's behind the brand that recently filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. Having closed multiple locations for good as part of the restructure, and with some of the first gyms to reopen in locations after coronavirus closures, Gold's is now at the f...

How to be adaptable to new market conditions in fitness after the pandemic. On this episode of the Escape Your Limits podcast, we meet Herman Rutgers, co-founder and ambassador of EuropeActive. With a who's who of the fitness industry on his job experience list, including positions at FIBO, IHRSA, Life Fitness and SATS (part of Health and Fitness Nordic), there's nobody better suited to preparing...

Simple strategies to save money and inspire sales. Even if your physical business is on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic, you should be doubling down on your digital presence. Dennis Yu, founder and CEO of BlitzMetrics, is offering valuable content strategies, sales techniques and an unmissable offer for the Escape Your Limits community – a free processes playbook from years of experience. For...

What is the data on coronavirus telling us? Nothing. This episode will tell you why. Ian Mullane, CEO of Keepme.ai, leads us on a comprehensive conversation around pandemic data, its reliability depending on how it's gathered, and the widespread misinformation that's a result of changing metrics around the world. Through his years of insight identifying trends and quantifying risk, Ian tells us wh...

Teach yourself to live by an 11 out of 10 mindset, in under an hour. This episode of the Escape Your Limits podcast is a lesson in how to max out your productivity and create community after coronavirus from a high performance business coach – the world's most disciplined man, Craig Ballantyne. For more information on the Escape Your Limits podcast visit https://escapefitness.com/podcast   Video –...

How can your business get stronger after the coronavirus? This episode reveals how to embrace transparency and customer support, deal with coronavirus timeline predictions and prepare to come out stronger together post-pandemic, as a business and a community. With UFC GYM facilities around the world in countries affected by the coronavirus such as China, USA, the UK, president Adam Sedlack has fol...

What's the difference between the coronavirus and other, widely-accepted opportunistic diseases? Paul Chek returns to the Escape Your Limits podcast with positivity to bring changes in improving health at a global level. Hear about what you can do to get the best sleep, nutrition, breathing patterns and mindset to overcome as many challenges and threats as possible, and why we should use technolog...

A message of positivity and constructive advice from the creator of the Tae Bo workout, this is one of the most important episodes of the Escape Your Limits podcast for helping people during this time. Billy Blanks has the faith to overcome a global challenge. His experience has given him the power of motivating through fitness as a one-on-one session, group exercise class or home workout, as well...

This is a special episode of the Escape Your Limits podcast in response to the impact that the coronavirus is having on the fitness industry. Both consumer and commercial audiences are searching out gym advice during closures from COVID-19. We hear important advice from Al Noshirvani, founder of Motionsoft, about remodeling your business, ensuring member retention wherever possible, staff and pay...

As CEO of Gymbox, Marc Diaper knows what it takes to keep evolving and staying ahead of the curve in fitness, whether that's through stats breakdown, sticking to brand values or simply staying patient. A series of boutiques under one roof, Gymbox plays host to everything from DJs and music created specifically for the brand, or partnerships and tie-ins with icons such as Gymshark or Brazilian jiu-...

Pete Holman is an inventor and entrepreneur, and the brains behind the Nautilus Glute Drive and the TRX Rip Trainer. But this episode is more than just about innovation. Pete gives us a deep dive into the spiritual, mental and physical influences that benefit short and long term strategies in business to set your intention while still keeping your health and relationships in check. Through Pete's...

OK Boomer… Time to get fit! The Baby Boomers, ageing fitness, over 55s, the grey pound… Call it what you like, there's a sector of the fitness industry full of people that are underappreciated and underserviced. In this special episode of the Escape Your Limits, live from ukactive's Sweat 2020, we explore how to grow the industry, grow our engagement and grow old healthily. With so many opportunit...

Sarah Anne Stewart has started a movement of meditation and mindfulness. Empowering clients with the responsibility to change their behaviour, Sarah is holistically bringing self-love, self-worth, and self-confidence to a whole community. Overcoming everything from eating disorders and body shaming to breast implant illness and mental health concerns, this episode of the Escape Your Limits podcast...

Ultimate Performance by name and nature, in this episode Nick Mitchell explains how his business is leading the field in not just traditional personal training, but app development, nutrition tracking, team management and growth plans that benefit clients by raising the standard of trainers in fitness. With worldwide coverage, Ultimate Performance is pioneering personal training based on results,...

This episode of the Escape Your Limits podcast is a branding and marketing special, with Amanda McVey of Upgrade Labs in partnership with ukactive and Sweat 2020. Sweat 2020 will reveal business tips and success stories – equally as applicable for start-ups and established brands alike – from entrepreneurs pioneering fitness in urban spaces around the world. Please join us on the 20th February at...

Sharran Srivatsaa has gone from fighting with a raccoon in a dumpster for food, to scaling a real estate business for 10x success and billions of dollars. This is the ultimate story of struggling against all odds and overcoming a lot of obstacles. Within this Escape Your Limits interview we break down some of the key business strategies, skills and habits that Sharran's used in several of his comp...

This episode of the Escape Your Limits podcast is an inspirational story for athletes, entrepreneurs and the public alike. With a never-say-quit attitude, Amanda McVey, VP of Upgrade Labs, is revealing the secrets of longevity and wellbeing through application of technology and pioneering research. Part of the Bulletproof family, Upgrade Labs at the Beverly Hilton is where you'll discover the worl...

The third and final part of our CES special from Las Vegas sees Matthew Januszek speaking to three icons bridging the gap between contemporary fitness and the technology of the future.   Hear how thought leader Emma Barry, Emmett Williams of Myzone, and David Shaw of Growth Fitness Design see the years to come. Discover what you'll be seeing more of, such as clothing sensors and even Bluetooth dig...

Part two of our CES special from Las Vegas sees Matthew Januszek speaking to some of the most innovative and exciting exhibitors that are leading change in the fitness tech space. The entrepreneurs in this episode explain all about the pioneering technology that's helping with measuring fat, monitoring bodily metrics, embracing sexual wellbeing, improving mindfulness, embracing mindfulness and bri...

In the first of our three-part Consumer Electronics Show technology special from Las Vegas, we speak to Julie Sylvester, producer of fitness and wearable tech summits for Living In Digital Times, official partner of CES. This episode is a who's who of fitness technology, from the start-ups that have evolved to the huge brands we know today and the people behind them. Learn what caused this growth...

Both controversial and cunning in the ways of behavioural science and sales, Benjamin Dennehy is an expert in challenging beliefs around money. These secrets of selling from the UK's most hated sales trainer will allow you to not only discover new predictors of success and recruit the right candidates for any sales roles, but battle against money concepts, subservience and tired belief systems in...

Larry Domingo and Gino Lombardo are leading the future of the wellbeing market with a gym and recovery studio in one business. 6th Sense Fitness + Recovery not only offers traditional functional fitness benefits, but they're leveraging technology such as cryotherapy, compression, and other parasympathetic treatments that allow you to rest and digest compared to when you're working hard the rest of...

Host of the Escape Your Limits podcast, Matthew Januszek, takes a look back on the 12 months of 2019, identifying trends from every episode and how they'll make a difference in fitness. Whether it's finding what areas of the market are set to explode in the coming years from our guests' insight, or what you need to do in order to grow your business in any industry as an entrepreneur or business, t...

Brendan Brazier and Mark McTavish are the game changers of alcohol. The two entrepreneurs are pioneering new growth in a market of drinks steeped in wellness and nutritional benefits. Through a vegan mindset and ethical stance, they're sharing the benefits of alcoholic elixirs, whether it's probiotics or the zero sugar, to prove there's new way of drinking for everyone. Watch the full episode on Y...

In these days of fake news, Facebook and Google monopolies and general misinformation, trust is hard to come by. Bryan O'Rourke knows how important trust is in any business, and why inspiring long-term confidence will shape the future of fitness, changing the leaders of internet activity as we know them. From a fitness futurist, board director, advisor, keynote speaker and president of the Fitness...