Geronimo Unfiltered

*CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses drug and alcohol use, gambling, addiction and suicide.* If you or someone you love needs support go to beyondblue.org.au, butterfly.org.au or for 24-hour free counselling in Australia, the number for Lifeline is 13 11 14,   Today I’m joined by Travis Young who many of you may know as the founder of million-dollar studio Reborn, a successful dad, husband and...

What business are you ACTUALLY in? If you’re thinking I’ve lost my mind this week because of course, we’re in the fitness industry, right? WRONG …  Over the last month we we’ve been looking at how our million-dollar studio owners ran their businesses and noticed they had a VERY different way of running things … I don’t mean the structure of how they ran their business, it was how they thought abou...

The first thing we notice about studios that fly and exceed all of their targets, is they know what to aim for.  For some of you, you might already have some benchmarks that HQ or an industry report has given you, for others if I asked you your rollover % right now you’d have no clue what I was talking about.  I opened up an industry benchmark report the other day and the numbers SHOCKED ME, some...

For some of you, today’s topic is going to be hard to hear.  I read a statistic the other day and it shocked me, but looking at the businesses around me - felt about right …  80% of all small businesses will fail in the first five years and of those that survive, 80% of those will fail in their second five.  So in today’s ep, we wanted to unpack WHY? Why does this happen? And most importantly how...

Do your managers show up every day and treat your gym like it’s their own?  Do you feel like you’re more of a lighthouse to your team or a tug boat? When we spoke to our clients in The Geronimo Academy, 100% of them at some point in the last 3 months said that team alignment (and how to be a better leader) was their biggest challenge … so we’ve got OUR leadership Coach Rohan Dredge on to give you...

50% of the studio owners we spoke to don’t know one thing … and it's a thing that horrified me and will likely be the reason they fail.  This week Soph and I talk through what we’ve seen our clients do that we love, what’s actually made an impact and what we can learn from the lessons they’ve encountered. It’s a short episode, but if you grab your pen and paper (or the notes app in your phone) and...

Feel like you’re playing snakes and ladders with your growth?  The second you close out a solid growth month and have a healthy membership base, winter or summer hits and you’re back to where you started.  At this time of the year, two types of studios emerge. The ones who do nothing and accept high suspensions and churn throughout the toughest seasons. And therefore suffer, only really have a 10...

Are you sick of grinding away every single day at your fitness business, feeling like you’ve tried every tactic only to never really get there?  Feeling stuck and not sure how you can GROW? This week I’m joined by Senior Growth Coach, Sophie Montgomery and we’re sharing the REAL reason you’re not growing … and it’s not what you think.  We’ve seen this in hundreds of studios across the world with o...

After you’ve managed a $9 BILLION DOLLAR brand or worked across the world in top tier finance firms … What's the next logical step? Buying a gym of course.  Welcome to Geronimo Unfiltered, The Origin Story.  I’m Doza (Andrew Handosa when I’m in trouble) and I’m joined by my school mate, high school band member and Co-Founder Ben McLean to tell you the origin story - raw and unfiltered. Who are we?...

Put on your scuba gear … we’re about to get deep.   What’s been the biggest failure in your life? And what did you learn from it?  In the fitness industry we often see curated posts, filters and only a tiny glimpse into the reality of someone's life.  Joining us behind the mic today is Peter Day - He’s a 3 time champ and world record holder for the F45 playoffs, owner of 3 studios, head coach at A...

Here’s the thing… You probably started your health and fitness business to help more people. You’ve got a big heart, and we love you for that. But you and I both know, the reality is and what no one talks about is that running a successful 7 figure boutique fitness and wellness studio can be overwhelming, exhausting and lonely as f*ck… (At least that's how I felt). The heartbreaking part is most g...