Run a Profitable Gym cover image

Run a Profitable Gym

Can Competitive Athletes Build Successful Gym Businesses?

Apr 6, 2023
51:46

You know the scenario: An athletic gym owner spends a lot of time training for fitness competitions.

So what happens to the business? Does it lumber along and eventually crumble because the owner's attention is elsewhere? Or can some owners divide their focus and achieve competition goals while building thriving businesses?

Chris Cooper digs into the question today with the help of two gym-owning athletes.

Two-Brain mentor Taryn Dubreuil runs CrossFit Function and says "competition" is her middle name. She narrowly missed qualifying for the CrossFit Games back in the day and still trains hard for other competitions.

Travis Mayer has competed in the CrossFit Games eight times, he owns CrossFit UNTD, and he's got four kids.

Taryn and Travis chat with Coop to give their perspective on building a great business and achieving personal athletic goals. As you can imagine, time management is critical.

What do you think? Can a gym owner compete and build a great business at the same time?

Links

Book a Call

Gym Owners United

1:27 - Stress

4:13 - Taryn Dubreuil's story

8:59- Time management

16:25 - Case study

21:20 - Travis Mayer's story

26:14 - Balance

34:47 - Advice: staff and systems

40:09 - Delegation and staffing

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode