Future of Fitness

When just beginning his career as a fitness trainer over fifteen years ago, Eric had the opportunity to develop fitness programs for teens on the autism spectrum and undergo high-level ABA training both clinically and academically. As he became increasingly dedicated to working with this unique population, Eric found a near-total lack of information concerning best practices and approaches when cr...

Avital has been helping hundreds of people around the world discover truth and happiness for over 13 years through yoga, healing, and dance. It is her wish to help others see the light of their soul and feel the love that already exists in this universe. That light and love can help us find inner freedom. After double majoring in Engineering and Dance at Washington University in St. Louis, she lan...

Josh Hillis is the Chief People Officer for One by One Nutrition , Author of Fat Loss Happens on Monday , and Nutrition Habits Coaching Expert for Strength Matters Magazine

Stuart is the CEO/Founder of WTF Gym Talk . He has worked with hundreds of micro gym owners starting, fixing or growing their business. Empowering them to forge their own path and achieve their business aspirations, because remember… passion isn't enough to run your business... there needs to be profit, too.

Khaled Elmasri, Founder, and CEO of Rise Elite and host of the RISE Fitness Business Conference .   He spent over 12 years in corporate America as a Fitness Manager, Regional Fitness Manager, running all aspects of a personal training dept. for companies such as 24 Hour Fitness, The Bay Club, Life Time Fitness and many others.   Khaled has advised, built many fitness training departments and lead...

Pat Rigsby is a business coach who has built over twenty businesses in the fitness industry, with 6 becoming million dollar or multi-million dollar ventures. Two have been multiple time winners on the Entrepreneur Franchise 500 with another being a multiple time honoree on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing businesses in the U.S. Pat now coaches entrepreneurs who want to build their own Ideal B...

Do you want to wake up happy, excited and motivated to help more people and live a fun life full of freedom and travel? Then the Remote Revolution Show was created just for you. Your hosts George Crawshaw and James Moody both had this vision for their lives from their early 20s, now they live their life with absolute freedom, travel and work from anywhere in the world, whilst still making a living...

Andy is Co-Founder of the Whole Life Challenge and former owner of CrossFit LA (CFLA), one of the most successful CrossFit training centers in the world. Established in 2004, CFLA was the ninth licensed CrossFit affiliate in the world (out of 10,000+), and the first to be featured in national media. A former professional adventure racer, extreme athlete, and master white-water kayaker and mountain...

Marcus Filly is the owner of Revival Strength and creator of Functional Bodybuilding .  Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, he played multiple sports as a child including soccer, baseball, and golf, which eventually led to a collegiate career in soccer at the University of California, Berkeley. There he earned his degree in Molecular and Cell Biology with an emphasis in Nutrition and Physiol...

Biography: Holistic Health Practitioner for 30+ years. Published Author: Author of Better Living With Whole Foods, which is currently sold on Amazon. Proprietary Programs: Creator of the 21 Day Reset & the A.W.O.L. (A Way of Life) programs. Athletic Background Competitive Powerlifter: 1st place in CA State Championships, 2014 2 - 1st place USPA National Championships in 2013 & 2014 1st Place in US...

Tony Gentilcore , CSCS, is a co-founder of Cressey Sports Performance where he served as strength coach from 2007-2015. He now owns and operates is own small studio, CORE, located in Boston. He's a regular contributor to publications such as Men's Health, Women's Health, T-Nation.com, BodyBuilding.com, and STACK.

Annick is the Author of CLEAR, Motivational Speaker, Lifestyle Coach, and an award-winning Designer. She helps people simplify their lives, live more fearlessly and curate a life they love filled with wellness and beauty. She often travels for work or pleasure; spending a lot of time in airplanes, cars, and on motorcycles. Annick has always been a huge supporter of empowering women to get involved...

Julie Starr is a Boston-based, internationally known wellness and nutrition expert with more than 12 years of experience in the industry. Julie's strong credentials, which include an M.S. in nutrition from Boston University, Nutrition Specialist Certification, training as both a doula and midwife, yoga and barre master teacher, coupled with her unique counseling technique have led to the creation...

Julian Rosen is a writer, speaker, and coach who specializes in helping stressed-out entrepreneurs to build thriving businesses. Through his revolutionary coaching platform, T he Fearless Life Project , Julian helps entrepreneurs to optimize their clarity and performance while counteracting effects of stress and anxiety so that they can grow and scale with confidence. As a business owner with anxi...

John possesses a unique set of experiences and skills in the fitness business. Over the past 25+ years, he has built, owned and managed his own gyms, consulted other club owners from the ground up and has been a consultant assisting others navigate their clubs through transitions or troubled times. As a busines sconsultant, through his business GymBuilders, John has assisted countless others in st...

Jessi Kneeland is a writer, speaker, teacher, and body image coach for women. She is an iPEC certified life coach and a NASM certified personal trainer, with 9 years of experience in the fitness industry in NYC, and 4 years of running an online coaching business. Jessi regularly runs workshops around the country on body image and women's empowerment and is the creator of Authentic Body Confidence...

Dr. ACE is a Board Certified, Licensed Naturopathic Medical Doctor who specializes in personalized natural medicine, including joint, gastrointestinal and hormonal health as well as regenerative and athletic performance medicine. She completed her medical education at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine (SCNM) in Tempe, Arizona where her clinical training encompassed a wide range of medical...

Leslie Trujillo, M.A., is a Kinesiology/Health Professor/Strength Coach at Los Angeles Harbor College (LAHC). She is also an Athletic Performance and Mindset Coach. Leslie has trained Heisman Trophy winners, All-Americans, and National Championship teams at LMU, Notre Dame, University of Southern California, and at The Yard Performance Center. She has her B.S. in Exercise Science from UNM, M.A. in...

After earning his Mechanical Engineering degree, working for two Fortune 100 companies in business development, starting a Green Building Design Firm from scratch and selling it, Patty decided to try his hand in the fitness industry. Patterson was a true pioneer in the early years of Crossfit - so early that when in Vancouver, Glassman slept in Patty's bed and Patty took the couch. Greg was Patty'...

Mike Kesthely has been involved in athletics his entire life, ranging from years playing box lacrosse, martial arts, rock climbing, mountain biking and CrossFit. He has worked as a Firefighter/Paramedic, for the Lethbridge Fire Department since 2000, and is the past Health & Fitness Coordinator for the department. His passion now lies in nutrition and functional lab analysis, and improving client...

Pixel Mobb formed in 2007 to continually push the limits of creativity in the fitness, combat sport, and entertainment arena. Chris Perilli and Pixel Mobb operate outside of the comfort zone, intentionally disregarding the rules. A tenacious creative team delivering raw emotional video. Some of Pixel Mobb's clientele - DeFranco Training Systems, Wu-Tang Clan, Tim Ferris, Diesel Strength and Condit...

Matt Walrath is the owner of Beyond Macros nutrition coaching, a company that helps clients get leaner, stronger, and perform better through sustainable habit changes rather than restrictive dieting. Beyond Macros provides both 1-on-1 and Group nutrition coaching, and recently released its first digital product. Matt has used a combination of SEO and email marketing to build a business model that...

Vito La Fata considers himself the NO BS business and marketing educator, personal brand coach, and certified high-performance trainer to the wellness and fitness professional who is looking to know how to grow a brand online so they can achieve success and income above the norms of the industry on a consistent basis. He's the owner of Fitness Profit Systems and The Fitnesspreneur's Life, co-creat...

Have you ever seen trainers wiping down equipment at your gym? Between clients, they're cleaning the treadmills, resetting the weights, and mopping the floor? That used to be me , hustling every minute of the day. I went from cleaning equipment and training to owning one of the most successful gyms in the nation. And on this journey, I always chose science over mainstream deceptions, gimmicks, and...

Mark Fisher is an in-demand international speaker, consultant, and entrepreneur. His core expertise is helping business owners achieve financial success and personal freedom through community building, leadership development, and creating healthy organizational cultures. He's also excellent at playing with puppies. Mark and his "non-sexual life partner" Michael created Business for Unicorns in 201...