Fitness Business Asia Podcast

Sales are the lifeblood of your fitness business. Through both personal experiences and evaluations at The Fit Guide, Jack has seen common sales mistakes that need fixing! Jack Thomas highlights common gym sales errors and tips to fix them so your business can survive and thrive, and you can help more people.   THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness club...

We welcome Mark Fisher, founder of hugely successful New York studio Mark Fisher Fitness and mentorship platform Business for Unicorns. Mark discusses bringing in $4m USD revenue in a 4,500 square foot studio, standing out amongst the crowd and building a story and brand so powerful you don't need any PR out reach—the media are seeking you out!   GUEST RESOURCES Mark Fisher on LinkedIn Business Fo...

The step from trainer to fitness manager is a tough one. The jump to gym owner is even harder. In this episode, host Jack Thomas explains how to navigate these stages of growth for success.   THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps clubs create incredible, five star client experiences every time. Visit The Fit Guide The Fit Gu...

We welcome Richard Cowley, APAC Events Director for HYROX, to discuss the growth of HYROX in Asia, stats on HYROX in the region, how to get the most from HYROX affiliation and new opportunities with 'Performance Centers' and personal training.   GUEST RESOURCES Richard Cowley on LinkedIn HYROX HYROX365: Become an affiliate gym   THE FIT GUIDE Visit The Fit Guide The Fit Guide helps fitness lovers...

Sales are the lifeblood of your business, essential for survival and enable you to HELP more people become fitter, stronger and healthier. If you struggle to get sales over the finish line, this episode is for you.   THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps clubs create incredible, five star client experiences every time. Visit...

We welcome Cam Clayton, who is an expert in fitness sales and head of Sales Hero. We discuss mindset, getting more leads, how to talk to potential clients and much more! If you need more sales in your gym (and who doesn't?!) this one is for you.   GUEST RESOURCES Cam Clayton on LinkedIn Sales Hero   THE FIT GUIDE Visit The Fit Guide The Fit Guide helps fitness lovers find and experience the world'...

You cannot build a strong culture of success without effective one to one time with your team. Have every manager in your company listen to, and implement, these ten tips in their one to ones and appraisals with coaches, fitness managers and other gym staff.   THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps clubs create incredible, fi...

Get your pricing wrong, and your career in fitness will be an uphill battle. Get it right, and you have every chance of building a strong and fruitful career in the fitness industry. Whether you're a trainer, a fitness manager or a gym owner, this episode will help get your pricing right.   THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and he...

Host Jack Thomas draws on 20 years of business experience in Asia to offer 10 essential tips to being successful in business (and life!) in the region.   THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps clubs create incredible, five star client experiences every time. Visit The Fit Guide The Fit Guide on LinkedIn The Fit Guide on Insta...

We welcome Kathleen Ferguson of Coach360 to discuss the business skills coaches need for success in 2025. This is perfect for coaches, or managers of coaches to help recruit more clients, make more money and have more impact!   Interview Correction: Femtech is on track to hit 50 billion by 2025.   GUEST RESOURCES Kathleen Ferguson on LinkedIn Coach360 Coach360 Marketplace   THE FIT GUIDE Visit The...

Ross Campbell and Jack Thomas review the current state of Thailand's fitness industry, looking back at a tough few years but with heavy optimism for the future. View Video Interview On LinkedIn   GUEST RESOURCES Ross Campbell on LinkedIn Beyond Activ   THE FIT GUIDE Visit The Fit Guide The Fit Guide helps fitness lovers find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps fitn...

Ross Campbell of Beyond Activ and host Jack Thomas discuss Asia's fitness industry in 2024, with deeper worldwide insights and a look ahead at what to expect in 2025. View Video Interview On LinkedIn   GUEST RESOURCES Ross Campbell on LinkedIn Beyond Activ   THE FIT GUIDE Visit The Fit Guide The Fit Guide helps fitness lovers find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and help...

Being a gym owner is tough! Host Jack Thomas talks about eight big mistakes that have cost him over his 13 years in the fitness industry - so you don't have to make the same costly moves.   THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps clubs create incredible, five star client experiences every time. Visit The Fit Guide The Fit Guid...

We welcome back Mohammed Iqbal - CEO of Sweatworks and co-host of LIFTs podcast - to discuss what's happened in fitness technology this year, and what he expects to see in 2025. We discuss the ups and downs of Web3, blockchain, AI, virtual reality and the metaverse, as well as companies doing big and exciting things.   GUEST RESOURCES Mohammed Iqbal on LinkedIn Sweatworks LIFTs Podcast   THE FIT G...

Our data at The Fit Guide shows that boutique fitness needs to seriously work on sales. Your business can't survive without sales, so if this is a problem that you need to work on, don't miss this solo episode with Jack Thomas.   THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps clubs create incredible, five star client experiences ever...

We welcome Natalie Dau back to the show to talk about Project 1000 - an incredible 12 day run through Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore which set a new world record and was featured as a homepage story on the BBC. We talk about the ups and downs of her incredible journey, how she prepared, what she's learned and how her story is impacting people across the region.   GUEST RESOURCES Natalie Dau on I...

For long term success and profit, invest in trends, not fads. In this episode, Jack Thomas explains why this is important, and how to spot the difference. He also looks at famous case studies in the industry such as Pilates, Crossfit and SoulCycle and gives his verdict - trend or fad?   THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps...

Tom Dowd is the president and CEO of F45 Training. We discuss the work Tom has have been doing to help F45 bounce back from a difficult start to 2023 and their plans for the future, as well as what to expect in Asia.   GUEST RESOURCES Tom Dowd on LinkedIn F45 Training   THE FIT GUIDE Visit The Fit Guide The Fit Guide helps fitness lovers find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studi...

After listening to a recent LIFTs podcast with Dr Paul Bedford, he outlined two essential rules for providing great sales and service. It resonated so deeply with our host Jack Thomas, he did a deep dive on today's episode into what these crucial rules are, and how to win at them.   THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps club...

We welcome returning guest Matthew Januszek to the show - founder and CEO of leading fitness equipment brand Escape and host of the Escape Your Limits podcast - to talk all things strength training in the fitness industry and how the space has developed from a business perspective since Escape was founded in 1998.   GUEST RESOURCES Matthew Januszek on LinkedIn Escape Fitness Escape Your Limits Pod...

Gym owners and personal trainers aren't good at increasing prices. They either don't do it at all or often enough, or they communicate poorly. It needn't be that way - this episode will talk you through how best to do it and why it's so important to do it, and do it right.   THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps clubs create...

We welcome Dan Uyemura who shares his incredible story of being at rock bottom and facing jail to building one of the fitness industry's most exciting and fast-growing gym software companies.   GUEST RESOURCES Dan Uyemura on LinkedIn PushPress   THE FIT GUIDE Visit The Fit Guide The Fit Guide helps fitness lovers find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps fitness clu...

Many gym owners write off December as a lost month. Here's how you can make December strong and profitable, and set yourself up for a great 2025!   THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps clubs create incredible, five star client experiences every time. Visit The Fit Guide The Fit Guide on LinkedIn The Fit Guide on Instagram T...

Jack Thomas welcomes good friend Khemika 'Lynn' Chivapornthip to the show to discuss bringing a US fitness franchise successfully to Bangkok. Lynn operates multiple locations and has been in business for over 10 years, with other health and wellness businesses in the city.6   GUEST RESOURCES Lynn Chivapronthip on LinkedIn Physique 57 Bangkok   THE FIT GUIDE Visit The Fit Guide The Fit Guide helps...

Host Jack Thomas was recently asked what was the quickest fix or first thing a club should look at to improve their experience. This service and hospitality essential was his answer - with six tips today to get it right in your club.   THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps clubs create incredible, five star client experience...