WTF Gym Talk

"Care about your members!" "Coach a great class and the rest will take care of itself!" "Marketing shouldn't be a focus for your gym, retention should be!" Let's please take a minute to audit the advice we are receiving on a daily basis from all sources - mine included. 

Yeah, I fucking said it. Disagree with my stance on this one?  Shoot me a DM on Instagram @wtfgymtalk and let's chat. 

When I encounter microgym owners who are constantly concerned with saving money on every professional service, product, etc - I know they are in immediate trouble. You opened a business.   Businesses need money. And you're trying to grow your business, which needs cash to grow, without spending any cash. This is backwards-as-fuck. 

One of the largest vulnerabilities of a CrossFit affiliate exists when a competitive/sports culture becomes toxic within the staff and/or membership.   The owners are left trying to encourage their members to pursue a better version of themselves, but a few of their coaching staff or members have decided to turn this commercial, group fitness business into their own athlete compound for their pursuit of sports greatness.   This podcast is to the coaches who are not helping the owners by pushing this competitive culture within the business.

Exploring the significance of consistently improving areas of the business rather than focusing on occasional greatness. The importance of consistently good business practices and setting goals for different areas. The value of consistent success and its benefits to finances and employee satisfaction.

Welcome back to another episode of Shoot The Shit, my long-form conversation podcast with awesome people in the fitness industry doing really cool things.  In this episode, I get to visit FitTown and BeachFit in Jupiter, FL with co-founder Andrew Frezza.  Andrew has created one hell of a business by providing two unique fitness offerings, inside of two unique buildings, located right next to each other.  In addition, he's taken an additional career path - creating content via his Care. Coach. Lead podcast and his Rockstar Coaching courses.   Ladies and Gentlemen, Andrew Frezza.  IG @andrewfrezza

If you've ever had the thought, "If I did this one thing, I'm sure I would be successful at it." But never pulled the trigger on that thing... This podcast is for you. 

MDV (Matt DellaValle) has been on the podcast before.  He's the Chief Fitness Officer for NCFit and has been the steward of their new fitness program NCFlex.  We jam on how our personal workouts today, look much different than they did in years past when we were both following CrossFit religiously, and what our personal beliefs are with some of the fuckery we see in the gym today. Check out MDV on IG @mdv_fit Full video version is available on YouTube and Spotify! 

Andrew Charlesworth is well known in the CrossFit world - he's an instructor for CrossFit home office, owns his own CrossFit affiliate, and has been a die-hard follower of the brand for years.  While we've never met in-person, I consider him a colleague and always love talking shop with this guy. He came on the podcast with a challenge - how would I open a CrossFit gym today, from scratch? Grab the full video version on YouTube and Spotify! 

Chris Howell has had an untraditional trajectory in the fitness industry, one that resulted in him opening up a boutique advisory shop for fitness companies.  While their scope of work was broad in the beginning, they've really narrowed down their approach to helping gyms design their space and get outfitted with the most unique equipment possible.  Check out their work and get in touch at https://www.spxfit.com/