Future of Fitness

Shane Rogers is Co-Founder and CEO of RPM Training Co. An entrepreneur at heart, Shane’s background in Engineering, along with his love of training and the outdoors, took him from leading engineering teams at Gore Medical to the creator of the RPM speed rope, adding to his running list of patents. Even as CEO, Shane still leads all manufacturing initiatives and does most of the technical design for RPM.  Josh Rogers is Co-Founder and CCO of RPM Training Co. As the owner of one of the earliest CrossFit affiliate gyms, Josh used his love of design and training to create the RPM brand along with his brother, Shane. He now drives the long-term vision and strategy for the brand, breaking daily at noon of course to train with the rest of the RPM team.    connect with us: www.futureoffitness.co 

With over 20 years of qualified experience in the health and fitness industry, Curtis Christopherson is the founder & CEO of WRKOUT, the first connected fitness brand to deliver live, face-to-face personal training optimized for the virtual experience. He is also the owner of Innovative Fitness, North America's largest network of premium personal training studios. Based out of Vancouver, Canada, Curtis leads over 300 virtual and in-person trainers and was recognized as “Canada’s Top Trainer” in 2020 by Impact Magazine. He has also been featured in notable publications such as Forbes, The Globe and Mail, and SGB Magazine – and was also a former Ernst and Young Canadian Entrepreneur of the Year finalist! While leading the businesses, Curtis has completed extreme adventures and some incredible physical feats. As examples, Curtis has competed in a 100km Del Sahara desert run, several Half Ironmans, over 15 marathons, been on the podium for multiple adventures, and knocked off some international hikes such as the West Coast Trail (in 21 hrs), Machu Picchu, and Kilimanjaro. He has also been a part of a team that cycled across Canada (which set a Guinness Book of World Records) and Australia to raise over a million dollars for Juvenile Diabetes. Beyond his years, Curtis will undoubtedly leave an indelible mark on the health and fitness industry and he has no qualms about bringing others along for the journey.   https://www.wrkout.com/   Connect with us: https://www.futureoffitness.co/

In this week's episode, we have Natalia Karbasova & Stefan Tilk from FitTech Company.   Natalia Karbasova is the Founder of the FitTech Summit, the leading conference in Europe devoted to fitness technology and future of wellbeing and active lifestyle (www.fittechsummit.com) attracting 1000+ high-ranking industry executives, investors and startups and featuring Europe’s most promising startups. Stefan Tilk is Chief Advisor New Business of FitTech Company.   Links:   https://www.fittechsummit.com/ https://www.futureoffitness.co/   

Tony Gentilcore is one of the co-founders of Cressey Sports Performance, which really should have been called “Cressilcore Sports Performance” because that sounds like an awesome castle where a wizard lives (and plays sports). When he’s not picking things up and putting them down, he trains top-level athletes and clients in Boston, MA, contributes to the top fitness magazines and websites around, and sets up a camera in his garage to record his lightsaber skills.   Share and subscribe: www.futureoffitness.co

Julian Barnes is a fitness industry veteran whose 40 year career includes being a competitive junior tennis player and certified professional tennis instructor; serving on the Investment Committee for the U.S. Tennis Assn; being a sponsorship sales consultant to Madison Square Garden; serving as the Director of Marketing for Velocity Sports Performance; teaching the Fitness Marketing and Management class in the Swedish Institute’s Advanced Personal Training department; and, most recently, being the Co-Founder and CEO of Boutique Fitness Solutions (BFS), a digital media company that educates, connects and supports boutique fitness business owners to enable them to grow profitable businesses that serve the needs of their evolving fitness clients. Barnes was also the creator and Director of the inaugural NYU Institute for Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management. He earned his bachelor of arts from Tufts University and he is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law.   Links:   www.futureoffitness.co https://boutiquefitnesssolutions.com/ 

Garrett Marshall has nearly 20 years of experience working on the growth side of the fitness industry. His experience has included developing strategy and innovation, executive leadership, business development, strategic partnerships, and driving technology. He has contributed to several successful businesses resulting in two IPO's, four Inc. 1000 FGC awards, IHRSA's Rising Star award, and $5m in ARR in under three years in each of his last three endeavors.   Links:   www.futureoffitness.com xponential.com

Avrum Elmakis is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and sold a number of successful businesses. Elmakis is currently the founder and CEO of CLMBR, where he leads a team of design, fitness, and tech visionaries in creating the world’s most advanced climbing machine. It is a superior full-body resistance strength and high intensity cardio machine with connected technology in a thoughtfully crafted, space-saving design.   https://clmbr.com/ www.futureoffitness.co

Trent Ward is the co-founder and CEO of FORME Life. He realized first-hand that a busy lifestyle makes it challenging to get to the gym, and so in the middle of a successful finance career, he shifted focus to develop the most complete at-home fitness studio he could conceive. He was also aware that he did not have the experience to do that alone, so Trent sought to surround himself with virtuosos in every aspect of product and brand development. He partnered with renowned designer, Yves Béhar, to ensure an exceptional aesthetic and user experience. He teamed up with legendary personal trainer, Harley Pasternak, to establish a best-in-class content model for optimal physical results. He tapped the minds of NASA engineers to generate gravity-free resistance solutions for strength training. After more than four years, countless prototypes and a lot of hard work from a world-class team, Trent is thrilled to bring FORME Life to market. He looks forward to fitting his workouts into his schedule now that there’s no longer a good excuse for skipping the gym. Trent holds a BS in Economics (Wharton) and a BS in Engineering (Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology) from the University of Pennsylvania.   Connect with us: www.futureoffitness.co

Jim Adams is the host of the Masters in Fitness Business Podcast. A native of St. Louis, Jim is a fitness expert, entrepreneur, and popular speaker who knows what it takes to overcome adversity and follow your passion. Years ago shortly after high school, a near-death experience changed the trajectory of Jim’s life forever. He became weak and frail. Doctors told him he should accept this new reality. But Jim refused. Instead, he fought back with strength and determination. And, he started doing something he’d never done before: he began to work out. He continued working out in college while pursuing his degree in social work. Each semester, as he supplemented his core classes with electives, his destiny seemed to shift into focus as he found he was naturally gravitating toward classes like kinesiology, nutrition, and body building. After college, he began his career in social work. But when a friend opened a training studio and asked if he wanted to work with him, Jim couldn’t resist. As much as he loved the field of social work, he realized his true passion was fitness and training. LINKS: https://trainerjim.net/ https://www.facebook.com/mifbpodcast  @mifb_podcast https://catalyststl.com/ 

Vincent Miceli founded Verb in 2018 and has been helping people with accountability, goal setting, improving their lives for close to 6 years. Vincent has been involved in the health and wellness industry, founding and operating The Body Blueprint, for nearly a decade. He is inspired by getting people feeling better and accomplishing whatever goals they have. Vincent attributes his nearly 100LB weight loss to clear goals he accomplishes in short sprints. His mission is to help people understand their habits and daily behaviors by identifying what they do repeatedly. By using the successes of the thousands of clients he has worked with, he can help people recognize what is and isn't working very early on in their journey.