The Fitness Business Podcast

Andrea Isabelle Lucas is the owner and CEO of Barre and Soul Boutique Studios in the New England Area, she's authored a book entitled Own It All and somehow she still finds time to be a voice for equality, diversity and positive self expression….talk about Girl Power!! Boutique owners, I have to tell you….this episode is for you! Andrea offers up her secrets to success, not only surviving while he...

Grant Gamble is a best-selling Mindful Leadership Author of "The Affinity Principle", Business Strategist and Speaker who has worked with hundreds of companies across the globe, ranging from Amazon to startups. He has worked in sectors as diverse as hospitality through to wellness and healthcare.

With its 30-year history, HydroMassage may be more impactful today than ever before! The latest HydroMassage model, the Lounge – offers a VIP, luxury experience to your facility. Learn how to implement the lounge into your facility – where to place it, how to sell it, how to educate your members about it! By listening to The Value Proposition for Promoting Recovery in Your Health Clubs you will he...

With over 20 years of experience in the fitness industry (UK, US), Dr. Frances H. Mikuriya is the founder of Body Machine Performance Studio™ and SpinAddikts™, the first private indoor cycling group in London. Frances holds 4 degrees in architecture - PhD, AA School of Architecture London; MSc, Columbia University New York; MSc, University College London, and a Bachelor of Architecture, University...

Derek turns task-driven managers and owners into people-focused leaders. More specifically, he helps busy managers discover who they are, decide where they're going, and design how they'll get there, so that they can more effectively lead others. Derek's core philosophy: Intentional Self-Leadership + Inspirational Team Leadership = An Invigorating Culture. After a career of working in basketball o...

Sherri McMillan, M.Sc. has been inspiring the world to adopt a fitness lifestyle for 30 years and has received numerous industry awards including 2010 CanFitPro International Fitness Presenter of the Year, 2006 IDEA Fitness Director of the Year, 1998 IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year & 1998 CanFitPro Fitness Presenter of the Year. She is an international fitness presenter, a personal trainer, fitn...

Sara Kooperman, CEO of SCW Fitness Education and WATERinMOTION®, is a visionary leader that has transformed the fitness education community. A successful business owner and advisor, she is a keynote speaker, published author, podcast presenter and sought-after industry trail-blazer. Sara has a unique ability to share her passion and devotion towards fitness education through her humor, enthusiasm...

The Value Proposition is where Sarah Pellegrino chats with an industry supplier to find out the value they bring to their customers and the industry.  You will not only hear about the features of the product or service - which you can read on their websites or brochures - you will hear about the deep value and return of investment for you! As the world leader in vibration technology, people of all...

Mark has owned Fitness businesses since 2004 and he loves all things fitness and all things business. Sure, he has made plenty of mistakes, but he also has had many successes. He is passionate about continued learning and development. His current business, Tribe Social Fitness is the culmination of everything Mark believes in: fun, teamwork, positive culture, and continued development. Mark, focus...

Joanna Rawbone is a lifelong learner filled with curiosity, the prospect of possibility, and gratitude. She is the founder of Scintillo Ltd., where her trainings and coaching enables people to set themselves free from their limiting beliefs, own their natural talents and optimize possibilities. More recently she established Flourishing Introverts to address the extraversion bias that exists in org...

What the new sales process should look like and what skills will salespeople need to adapt to this new process? Business operations: a) How to complete a needs analysis b) How to tour when social distancing c) How will we price present when social distancing Five actions to maximise sales

Shelley Melville, owner of Anytime Fitness in Australia, seems to have found the secret sauce to getting her members to engage in her social media posts. In this episode, she will share with you the ingredients to get your members to engage with what you are posting.  Shelley  explains that with consistency and a variety of posts, your club can use social media platforms as a strong tool for reten...

Jarron Aizen is the Founder and CEO of OneFitStop.  Jarron is an entrepreneur immersed in the health and fitness industry with a passion to leverage technology to create efficiencies and experiences.   OneFitStop – Frictionless membership management perfect for studios, gyms and multi-location operations. Their ecosystem enables core membership management, scheduling, payment facilitation and repo...

Luke  Carlson is the founder and CEO of Discover Strength based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Discover Strength's five personal training studios are among the highest volume and revenue training facilities in North America.  Luke  speaks around the world on leadership, management, and evidence-based exercise.  Luke  is an American College of Sports Medicine Certified Exercise Physiologist and ha...

In 2007, having finished his Marketing Degree at the University of Hawaii, Peter Thew was moved to Bali to take on the regional Marketing Manager Role for Global Youth lifestyle brand, Billabong. Seemingly taking on the  dream job for any Australian brought up around Sun, Surf, and Sand, he was quickly schooled on the flavour and diversity of working in the most exciting region for growth on the p...

CEO of REX Roundtables , Eddie Tock joins host Sarah Pellegrino with 3 REX Members to discuss the value of this most unique business coaching program. A REX Roundtable is your personal, advisory board composed of 15-18 smart and successful CEOs who meet regularly to help each other improve the performance of their business and the quality of their personal lives. REX carefully crafts the chemistry...

Ingrid Knight-Cohee has over 25 years of experience in the fitness industry and is a sought-after presenter and consultant. She contributes to individual, business and community health by way of advisory committees, presenting fitness workshops and writing articles for various publications, and volunteering to speak/coach at schools and for sports associations. Ingrid specializes in inspiring clie...

Adrian Antigua is the GM and sales manager for Gainesville Health & Fitness, which includes a 75,000-square-foot club with more than 28,000 members. GHF was recently recognized as one of the best small companies in America by Forbes Magazine. After graduating from the University of Florida, he discovered his passion for fitness, the power of company culture and the customer experience.

Lisa Simone Richards is a publicist for fitness business owners who want to build their authority to grow their business. Lisa Simone helps her client get free exposure using PR to get in front of their ideal client, and build the awareness, buzz and credibility that gets clients running TO you. When she's not shooting national TV segments or working with editors on magazine features, you can find...

Simon Flint is CEO of Evolution Wellness , which owns and operates Asia's largest network of wholly-owned fitness clubs. A 27-year veteran in the Asia health and fitness industry, Simon oversees Evolution Wellness's growth strategy and expansion, and performance of its portfolio brands in six SEA markets. Simon holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree and is also a Certified Master Performance Coach...

Robbie Kellman Baxter is a bestselling author, speaker, and consultant with more than twenty years of experience providing strategic business advice to major organizations including Netflix, Consumer Reports and LinkedIn, as well as leaders in industries including Software-as-a-Service, Media, Retail, Consumer Products, Healthcare, Financial Services and Hardware.

David Meerman Scott spotted the real-time marketing revolution in its infancy and wrote five books about it including The New Rules of Marketing and PR, with more than 400,000 copies sold in English and available in 29 languages from Albanian to Vietnamese. Now David says the pendulum has swung too far in the direction of superficial online communications. Tech-weary and bot-wary people are hungry...

In January of 2014, David Vobora, a 5-year veteran of the NFL, met US Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills, a quadruple amputee. David opened up his personal gym to Travis, offering his training expertise. The pair started working out together, customizing and adapting to the unique challenges posed by Travis' injuries. Through working with Travis and engaging the veteran community, David developed a...

In part one of today's episode you will hear from Jose Teixeira, the Head of Customer Experience at SC Fitness in Portugal, then in part two, we speak with Kristen Davis, the co-owner and co-founder of Illuminate Sweat, a boutique fitness studio based in Houston, TX.

In part one of today's episode you will hear from Rich Hutson, the Business Development Manager for Evolution Wellness and Rich joins us to share 5 Tips for Leading through challenging times. Then in part two we speak with Christina Sjahli, On-Demand CFO and Cash Flow Catalyst, and Christina shares 3 financial tips that club owners can do during the COVID-19 crisis.