The Jedburgh Podcast Jumping In with Jumptwist Ninja: Founder Christina Gambino, 12x Ninja Warrior Flip Rodriguez & Co-Host Jessie Graff (TYR Wodapalooza 2023 Series)
Entrepreneurs come in all shapes and sizes and from every background. Some of them are even ninjas! Fran Racioppi & Jessie Graff sit down with Christina Gambino, collegiate gymnast, turned ninja warrior, turned Founder and CEO of Jumptwist Ninja. 12x Ninja Warrior Flip Rodriguez and Jumptwist coach joins in too!
Christina shares the vision behind building an industry-leading ninja gym from the lessons in hard work, commitment, grind and willingness to get her hands dirty she learned as a ninja warrior. She started the gym by criss-crossing the country in a RV visiting the best ninja gyms to figure out her business model. In this conversation she tells Fran and Jessie (and the world) about her plan to franchise Jumptwist for the very first time.
Christina lives her motto “Be Strong and Courageous” every day. Listen to our conversation with Christina and Flip from the mats at Jumptwist Ninja in Boca Raton on your favorite podcast platforms. Watch the full video version with the newest obstacles in full effect on YouTube.
Watch Fran make it up the ninja wall while Jessie and Christina show him the gymnast championship pose.
Follow Christina on IG at christinagambino72 and learn more about her at christinagambino.com. Get involved with Jumptwist Ninja and train with the sport’s best at jumptwistninja.com and @jumptwistninja on IG.
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Highlights:
- 0:00 Welcome to Jumptwist Ninja
- 4:47 Christina becomes a Ninja Warrior
- 13:19 Transitioning from elite athlete to entrepreneur
- 14:48 Building a culture at Jumptwist
- 18:08 Franchising Jumptwist Ninja
- 23:58 Launching the “Levels” program
Quotes:
- “I bought an RV. I drove around the country. Went to every gym.” (6:46)
- “Building this gym was the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life.” (13:56)
- “What we’re really trying to do is create character, discipline, and where things get hard you push forward no matter what.” (15:27)
- “Being courageous is not having fear; but it’s having the fear and doing it anyway.” (16:20)
- “It’s been two years and I am going to be launching my franchise.” (18:22)
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