Fitness Business Podcast: Leadership, Innovation, and Profit

Corey Sterling is an attorney and the founder of Conscious Consul.  Corey brings a unique energy to his episode. He makes law fun and has a talent for making law easy to understand. Corey gives an unlimited amount of advice on how to make sure your legal agreements are current and up to date. Take a listen, as Corey explains how to re-evaluate your membership and service agreements as well as how to decipher between employer vs. contractor agreements and how they are different. This attorney doesn't just work for the industry, but he works in it!

Carl Smith is the owner, business coach and trainer for Concepts Fitness Consultancy. With over 25 years in the Fitness Business and more specifically the field of Personal Training, he has supported over 1000 Personal Trainers with their goals and aspirations. Looking for a way to set yourself apart from your fellow personal trainers? Carl Smith is here to give you tips and ideas to help you to differentiate yourself from the competition and to showcase yourself in a unique way to the members. Carl's first tip is to separate yourself on the gym floor by walking around with intent and purpose, but if you want to learn the other tips and ideas you will have to tune in to his episode. It's jammed pack with great ideas!

A virtual assistant can save you time and money, according to our special guest Scott Rammage. As a gym owner or manager spending time on duties that keep you away from day to day tasks can cost your club in the long run. Our industry expert, Scott Rammage, talks about the benefits of having a virtual assistant and how to implement the VA into your culture and your brand despite being outsourced professional.

Jessica H. Maurer is a fitness business consultant and strategist who has presented and consulted for many brands internationally. Today, Jessica is here as our industry expert to help you do the same! Get your pen ready as Jessica will take you through step by step process on how to get started. Plus, you won't want to miss her lather, rinse and repeat system. Don’t hit the pause button or you will miss the most valuable 30 mins of your day!

Join host, Sarah Pellegrino, as she speaks with NRG Lab’s Luther White and Camio’s Carter Maslan and Larissa Duzhansky on Camio, a long-awaited tailgating solution for the fitness industry! Learn how this global product can help you stop tailgating, while also providing a solution for mask detection, gym area usage, equipment theft/damage, and how it ultimately provides an archive for slip and fall/security claims!

Finding a personal training sales advisor amongst your pt staff is the key to success in increasing your pt revenue. Not all trainers are good at selling pt, but they don't have to be if you can put together a pt sales advisor to handle all the fitness sales. In this episode, Jeff explains how to create a pt sales advisor that focuses on selling fitness not memberships....watch your pt sales revenue sore!

Rick Morgin is from The Franchise Consulting Company. Rick's passion for Franchise consulting comes from helping clients through their journey toward entrepreneurship with a Franchise model – business ownership, the American Dream. This includes identifying the types of industries, types of franchise businesses, and the costs involved to help you make the right decision. A decision that is as individual as you. Rick guides you so that you can make a sound business decision that will give you the best chance for success.

On today’s show we welcome Sunjay Nath. Sunjay is a world renown motivational speaker and author of the 10-80-10 principal. In this show we dive into varying strategies in which owners and operators can empower their staffs through the achievement of small victories. Sunjay also shares why our leaders should spend more time focusing on developing the top ten percent of their staffs as opposed to losing time trying to manage the bottom ten percent.

In this episode, our industry experts Jon Nasta, Allison Flatley and Seth Hazen will discuss their views on how covid has affected the fitness industry. Struggling to find staff seems to be top on the list of how covid has effected and altered the industry and this all-star panel discusses many ideas on best practices to fill your "help wanted" positions. Jon, Allison and Seth have not only worked in the industry for most of their careers, but have been long time supporters and advocates for the industry. Their wisdom certainly has been a leading force during these challenging times. All three are here today to give ideas and to produce thought provoking ideas to rebuild your team. Stop what you are doing and take a listen...it just might save your business.

Dylan Webster is the Managing Director of the Fitness Sales Academy and the author of Fitness Sales: Logic, Seat, Emotion. Dylan is motivated to change the way members and guests are exposed to fitness by upgrading the sales skills of fitness professionals/ Dylan leverages his extensive knowledge of fitness, social psychology, and human behavior, to coach others to unlock their full potential