RISE UP: The Show

Many run their own business thinking it could give them the freedom that a corporate job can’t afford. However, reality hits and running a business can even be a lot harder than what we thought it would be. How rewarding? It depends on whether what you have is a lifestyle business or a performance business. In this episode, Khaled Elmasri interviews fitness business owner, investor, and mentor,  J...

To what lengths would you go through in chasing your dream? While the more complacent among us are content with a perfunctory chase, what sets the extraordinary is their dedication and willingness to sacrifice what they think they want now to achieve what they really want further down the road. For former NFL player and fitness coach, Johnathan Haggerty, this dedication comes from a strong faith i...

It’s easy to let one bad appointment ruin your whole day. We need to learn how to cope and figure out strategies to survive in unpredictable spaces. In this episode,  Alex Povey  joins Khaled Elmasri to share some tips for effective meditation and breathwork exercises in the pursuit of achieving nothing. Alex talks about his journey in chasing contentment – from religion to quantum physics – and d...

When you think about the word “alpha,” it somehow conjures an image of a dominant person or their behavior, especially concerning socially aggressive, hyper-masculine men who pick on somebody weaker than them physically. However,  Zachary Babcock  has a different definition of it. For him, being an alpha means that you are committed to doing whatever it takes to level up to win and to dominate. Za...

We can only automate so much of our business’ marketing that the time will come where our audience and consumers will look for something authentic. In this day and age, being an authentic business has become very important because people are starting to crave more of that emotional connection. Admittedly, this can be a great challenge for some, especially those who rely on Facebook ads. For today’...

Any business should create a positive impact on the world. You need to create a vision for your business to deliver that impact. Vito La Fata, the owner of Fitness Profit Systems, shows us how we can create the vision for our business and our life that we want and find a way to monetize that. Vito is the go-to business and marketing educator, personal brand coach, and certified high-performance tr...

Becoming a coach is not the end all be all of the journeys. Many coaches often find themselves losing because of this mentality, thinking that receiving certifications is all there is to becoming a great coach. Martin Rooney, the Founder of Training for Warriors, talks about closing the gap in coaching between those who simply get certifications and those who continue attending coaching courses an...

How do you bring the boom into your fitness business and create the noise that gets you massive clients? Author of The One Hour Trainer and Menopause Success Triangle, Rahz Slaughter walks us through his success journey powered by the art of selling. Known as The Motivator, he drops a load of knowledge bombs for fitness trainers who are afraid to leap over the other side of grinding in a big box g...

The number one thing every salesperson is trying to figure out is the secret formula for that perfect sales pitch that would close more sales. Joe Arko, the owner of Learn To Earn, a consulting business developed to teach and mentor fitness professional to turn their passion into profits, gives us the phenomenal sales systems script that he uses with their coaching clients. He tells us why you nee...

Just as we plan with our fitness, we also need to plan for our finances. Billy Hofacker, the owner of Total Body Boot Camp and Performance Center, subscribes to this idea. Having gone through financial struggles that also affected his relationships, he has come to understand how we need financial plans in place in order not to fail. Billy talks about financial fitness, especially those who are at...

There are so many things to be thankful about in life, and understanding this impacts the way we live our lives across different aspects. Scott Colby knows this to be true. He is a fitness professional, the author behind The Grateful Entrepreneur, and the creator of Fit For Photos and The Abs Expert. Scott shares the journey that took him from a memorable trip in Guatemala to where he’s at today w...

As entrepreneurs, we are always faced with the challenges of getting in touch with the personal aspects of life. Phoebe Mroczek, personal coach and host of the Unbecoming Podcast, takes us back to that as she talks about connection and learning to love yourself amidst everything that is happening in the world. She lays down the reasons why connection is important for an entrepreneur and how you ca...

There are some points in our lives when we feel that we need to shift to see who we really are to follow our passion and get the best out of life. From growing up in the adoption system to playing in the NFL, Anthony Trucks – athlete, personal trainer, gym owner, Ninja Warrior competitor, father, serial entrepreneur, and international speaker – gives us an inside look at what has led to his succes...

Believing how 90% of life is just showing up, Rachael Takesaka, coach and LinkedIn Queen, shares to us her journey of being available to life, starting with losing 75 lbs and becoming a trainer herself. Leveraging on that experience, she went from being a fitness trainer to an online fitness coach, and now as a high performance coach for entrepreneurs. She takes us to that process while giving gre...

At only 21 years old, Lauren Tickner is already making six figures as a personal branding and online business expert with a huge social media following. Lauren shares how she transformed and rose up to become a success at such a young age – from the challenges and negativities she faced to the things that helped her pushed through towards being a business entrepreneur. She talks about building our...

Who is Khaled Elmasri? In this initial episode of Rise Up, Khaled brings on a special guest, Phoebe Mroczek, from the Unbecoming Podcast to interview him. Khaled tells the story of his entrepreneurial journey from coming to America at age five up to the present. He also reveals his rise up moment and the skills he developed at the young age of five that has helped him build his successful Rise eve...