The Art of a Profitable Lifestyle Gym

In this episode we help you overcoming customer objections without being pushy. As well as the key differences in coming off as "salesy" and selling with purpose. This one shift has helped hundreds of clients enroll new members without every feeling like they're pressing their potential members but instead selling with service & integrity.  To apply to work with us, head to: www.factoryfo...

What is a lifestyle gym? In this episode, we define what it means to own a lifestyle gym and how to know if you have one. Or don't.  We talk about how to start building a gym that gives you the income you need to live the lifestyle you want.  To apply to work with us, head to: www.factoryforged.com/apply  We'll show you how to build a gym that gives you $5k in income & $5k in gy...

Chris chats with FF client Kyle Jack about the process he followed to earn the freedom and professional pay he deserves from his business.

Listen to Chris and Cheryl reflect on her time with Factory Forged - how she found her ideal client, overcame her business weaknesses, and is growing through the pandemic!

Chris and Kyle discuss the mindset shift that helps gym owners deal with overwhelm and get back to why they started their business in the first place.

Building off of last week's episode, Chris brings Kyle in to discuss how to adjust your strategy to keep up with a changing market.

It's time to accept that the gym industry has shifted completely. The old methods aren't going to work anymore. This week, Chris discusses how to adjust your strategy to stay profitable in a new market.

COVID shutdowns have turned the gym industry upside down over the past 5 months. This week, Chris discusses how you can restructure your gym to get your bottom line back on track, even in this market.

Finding your ideal client is key to keeping your gym running smoothly. Chris and Kyle discuss how to make sure you're attracting the right leads that will book - and show up for - calls by using the right messaging.

Chris answers questions from gym owners! On this week's episode: 1. How do I grow my gym, CONSISTENTLY? 2. What's the difference between revenue and profit? (Which should I focus on?) 3. There's too much to do outside of coaching... Where do I start?

Chris tackles questions from gym owners! On Ask Factory Forged this week: ❓ I'm not good at getting my coaches to do what I want. How do I become a better manager and team leader? ❓I feel like my schedule is all over the place. How do you manage your schedule around family and time off? ❓When is Factory Forged's next seminar?

Join Andrea and Chris as they reflect on Chris's career and discuss how he went from athlete to coach, and from coach to business owner.

Too many gym owners feel safe when they're covering their overhead, even if they can't bring home a good paycheck. Chris and Kyle discuss how to go from covering overhead to building a long-term career that gives you lifestyle freedom.

The gym industry has "gurus" everywhere telling you that they have the magic pill to solve all of your problems. The problem is that most of these programs are completely de-personalized and don't take into account your values or goals. Join Chris and Kyle as they talk about why cookie-cutter programs fail.

Chris sits down with Factory Forged clients, KD and Darin, to talk about how they increased their monthly recurring by over $6k in the worst month of the pandemic, and how they freed up time to spend with their kids.

Many gym owners feel off track from their dream business and the one they are running after years of trying on their own. 👉Join Kyle and Chris as they discuss one of the most costly business lessons learned from making it through the survival stage…

John Briggs, author of Profit First for Microgyms , joins Chris to talk about simple tweaks you can make to your business to increase your bandwidth. They discuss how to pay yourself a professional salary and what to work on between classes to maximize your ROI.

It's easy to look at different revenue streams and get drawn to them, but if you're only using supplements to close the gap between group training revenue and costs, you're distracted. Chris discusses how to recognize those distractions and make your gym profitable with group training.

On these week's episode of Ask Factory Forged, Chris answers 3 more questions from gym owners! 1. How can I add a revenue stream without the expenses killing all my profit? 2. What are my options if I don’t like PT, but want to make PT income...? 3. How do I enroll clients that stay longer?

Too many gym owners fall into the same financial bottleneck: where 80% of your costs are only producing 20% of your revenue. Chris talks about how to get out of this trap and back to a profitable model.

Are you struggling to gain or retain members because you can't let them in the gym anymore? This week, Chris and Kyle discuss how to keep people invested in your gym, even when they can't come in.

When COVID shutdowns exposed holes in gyms, owners had two paths: play the victim or make a new strategy. Chris and Kyle talk about the changes they made to their gyms when closing wasn't an option.

This week, Chris tackles questions from gym owners! The questions he discusses in this episode are: 1. How can I re-engage members that are not participating in my classes? 2. I think I'm starting to get burned out because my revenue has gone up, but I still can't pay myself more money? 3. I've told him 100 times what to do... How do I get my coach to give better coaching feedback?

Having trouble finding coaches that add value to your business? This week, Chris and Kyle discuss the red flags you should be looking for during the hiring process.

Andrew Frezza, owner and founder of Seven Figure Box, joins Chris this week to discuss how to manage your employees so that they love coming to work and want to make your business thrive.