Escape Your Limits & LIFTS

Former US Marine, Jim Rowley, set up New Evolution Ventures with Mark Mastrov to act as an umbrella for brands including Crunch Fitness, UFC GYMS, Madonna's Hardcandy Fitness, YogaWorks and more.  Even after initial accomplishment, reaching his professional goals and working with some of the biggest names in fitness, Jim was responsible for evolving a business that was doing $90 million and took i...

Facing physical battles or business challenges, few fighters have more impressive UFC news headlines than featherweight legend, "Killer" Cub Swanson. Watch the full episode on YouTube –  https://youtu.be/KPI66yyeQOU One of the most exciting fighters in UFC history, Cub Swanson has 25 wins to his name, but has also been awarded fight of the night, knockout of the night, fight of the year and more o...

Three-time Mr Olympia, Frank Zane, is not only known as the bodybuilding champion to beat Arnold Schwarzenegger, but many believe him to have had the best-looking physique ever. Today, he's passing on his tips for physical perfection and a lot more to benefit others in every way. Watch the full episode on YouTube –  https://youtu.be/QLMJqQQZTNA Frank started out as a bit of a scrapper by circumsta...

Business partners Brian Blacher and Brian Blacher , co-founders of Brian Blacher , San Diego, have a combined experience that's perfect to instill an ethos of not only a welcome atmosphere, but enabling people to make friends through fitness in their club. Inviting anyone to experience the next step in fitness culture, Workout Bar is disrupting the industry through detail, whether it's lighting, t...

With a pro fight career of 19 wins including 11 KO/TKO victories, Rob McCullough, senior MMA director at UFC GYM, is no stranger to overcoming a challenge. Hear how he made a career of punching people in the face to win a championship before going for gold in business, too. Watch the full episode on YouTube –  https://youtu.be/2RkwvZdGeAM The dedication of making weight and facing a different comp...

Having acquired business after business, seamlessly integrating staff and suitable skillsets, DW Sports now has over 3000 employees and a dual brand platform that's getting stronger nationwide. Escape Your Limits talks to DW Sports director, Scott Best, about managing growth, momentum and more. Watch the full episode on YouTube –  https://youtu.be/LMt44nK3EnQ Starting out as a contractor working o...

Building the biggest organisations on a mission to save the world, CEO of dotFIT Neal Spruce has few people that can match his passion. From a tough background, his journey has led him to success through huge names such as 24 Hour Fitness, Gold's Gym, NASM and more, all in a bid to bring fitness to every household. Watch the full episode on YouTube –  https://youtu.be/gsNjTYfIskY Sports and fitnes...

In this special episode of the Escape Your Limits podcast, we hear from nine industry experts on what they think of the future of fitness and how you can make a difference. Watch the full episode on YouTube –  https://youtu.be/UEsOvz5BtI4 Our expert panel for this entrepreneur leadership quotes compilation covers every aspect of fitness, with secrets to success for now and the future. The panel in...

In this episode of the Escape Your Limits podcast, we meet David Weck, creator of the BOSU ball and his eponymous training methodology, WeckMethod, to learn everything there is to know about the importance of movement and money. Founder of WeckMethod, inventor of BOSU Balance Trainer, patent expert, trainer and entrepreneur, for 25 years David Weck been helping people reach their potential at the...

Meet the Hollywood trio that has found the groundbreaking formula to help bring the chaga mushroom's powerful benefits to the masses. They're all about making the best product possible, through education and understanding and doing it because they care. Friends for over a decade, the Shroomsmen – Tulsy Ball, his brother Prema and their business partner Doug Kraft, never thought they'd be in busine...

Best selling author, CEO of futurethink and keynote speaker of IHRSA, Lisa Bodell has transformed thousands of organisations to make more of their time, and inspired even more people to innovate in strategy, ideas, process and climate. IHRSA's keynote speaker for 2018, Lisa is CEO of futurethink, internationally recognised innovation, research and training gurus. Her background of working in corpo...

From NFL Hall of Famers to Hollywood superstars, Todd Durkin has improved and inspired them all to be the best that they can be physically, mentally and spiritually. This episode of the Escape Your Limits podcast is more than just workout motivation or business advice, it will change your life for the better. Todd started out from humble beginnings with no money, no clients and no business plan, s...

Through his construction and real estate background, whether weightlifting or in business, Miguel Aguilar is someone who has never stopped building. Now, with what could be the largest training facility in the United States at 18,000 sq ft, Self Made Training is proof of how establishing concrete foundations can lead to huge creations.                      Miguel starts his story with three hard-h...

Scott Perry, co-founder of MOTION Fitness Group believes that it's time for familiar interval training to move aside, as high intensity resistance training is the way forward. Here's how he and his team have forged the new fashion in fitness that's here to stay. The day that Scott got into fitness professionally, after choosing a path through firefighting school, a friend introduced himself during...

Go behind the scenes of a Spartan race with Fitness On Fire   In a special bonus episode of the Escape Your Limits, the power couple, obstacle race specialists and co-founders of Fitness On Fire, Josh and Haydee Graves, take host Matthew Januszek behind the scenes of their California community fitness venture.   With a huge level of energy from people cheering you on or pushing through their limit...

With a huge level of energy from people cheering you on or pushing through their limits to reach the same finish line as you, sometimes literally, Fitness On Fire is an all-encompassing community. Here's how Josh and Haydee Graves have achieved a social hub of Spartan obstacle races, sweat and support to provide the "and then what" programme for forever fitness. There's more to the couple heading...

They only way you'll be judged by the folks at WORK is if you don't walk through the door. Dane Miklaus, WORK founder, is a hard worker, married to a hard worker, from a long line of hard workers, who created a boutique fitness studio to help people connect their effort with their outcome, and it's working. A California native, Dane received his Bachelor of Science in Applied Exercise Science at A...

Rob Moore brings the wisdom of entrepreneurs worldwide to his guests each week on The Disruptive Entrepreneur Podcast. Listen to the inspiring, interesting and at times counter-intuitive results when the disruptive entrepreneur interviews the Escape Your Limits host and Escape Fitness co-founder, Matthew Januszek. Sometimes falling is the best thing in the world that can happen to you. Just ask Es...

Coming from outside of an industry can give you certain advantages. There's cross-pollination of ideas and best practices for sure. And, it can unleash a creativity the competition may not anticipate to allow you improve their wheel without reinventing it. Cory Brightwell of Chuze Fitness did just that, bringing his experience in hospitality into creating a unique, high-value, low-price gym chain...

How does one person successfully and concurrently run businesses as diverse as a mortgage lending company, dance studio, juice bar and training facility? By applying the lesson in everything to everything else. For Brian, his ability to learn, implement quickly and adjust as necessary adds to his success as well as that of his contracted trainers at Reign Training Facility. Brian Sardarizadeh is a...

Finding sanctuary in something you love is important. For Zach, working out was his. Seeing the results of his effort enthused him for further physical gains before he turned the progress model from body to business. Texas-born Zach was bred on an activity diet of American football, baseball and other sports. Not only a highly ranked athlete, he was also academically impressive – with both scholar...

Not many people can complete a national record-breaking cycle ride for 23 hours and 22 minutes, climbing 12,000m, up and down a Norweigian mountain. Royal Personal Training CEO, Shahin, has surpassed every challenge he's set himself. Hear how he does it… Leaving Norway and coming to the US with nothing, Shahin Safae has chased his own version of the American dream through his constant motivation t...

Whether he's starting on a new business journey or fundraising for charities, Rob Moore is a money magnet. Through dedicated decisions to learn at every opportunity and a constant need to keep his interest levels up in every respect, Rob's take on entrepreneurship is exciting, unique, and something you can certainly learn from. "If you don't risk anything, you risk everything," is a mantra that Ro...

Despite struggling with his weight as a child, Gunnar Peterson has turned it around in the biggest way possible to not only improve his own body, but to go on and keep Hollywood's health in check With his gym based in Beverly Hills, Gunnar has trained and worked out with everyone from celebrities such as the Kardashians and J-Lo to movie stars like Sylvester Stallone and Matthew McConaughey. Gunna...

As founder and director of the Institute of Motion, and creator of the ViPR loaded movement training tool, it's no surprise that Michol is an industry leader when it comes to human movement. Influential, intelligent and enthusiastic, he's taught, trained and talked to audiences all over the world about the benefits of fulfilling performance potential. In this episode, listen to what it takes to be...