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The Fitness Business Podcast

The Fitness Business Podcast is the most unique podcast, as it dives deep into educational topics and action items to make a difference in your fitness business - no matter the size or role. Since 2015, there has been a weekly show, making it the longest running podcast to help fitness business owners, managers, career individuals and entrepreneurs lead, manage and run their businesses. There are 2 spin off shows: The Value Proposition, where you find out the value industry suppliers bring to your business; and Thinking Ahead, is a show to challenge how we should be doing things in the future. The show is supported by Active Management, MyZone, KeepMe, Hapana, REX Roundtables, ISSA, MX Metrics and Bodymapp
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May 25, 2016

Petra Kolber is the creator of Moving to Happiness. She is a speaker, fitness expert and a happiness coach who has presented at over 300 conventions in 30 countries.

During this weeks show we discuss:

  • The role that positive psychology plays in the business of fitness
  • The principles of goal setting and how we can use those principals with our team and our members
  • How positive psychology has the potential to become a new profit centre in a fitness business
  • And we talk about how you can ignite happiness in your workplace and Petra gives us 3 top tips to implement in our business!

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May 18, 2016

Jeb Blount is the best-selling author of seven books including "Fanatical Prospecting," "People Follow You," and "People Buy You." He is a Sales Acceleration specialist who helps organizations reach peak performance fast!

Through his companies – Sales Gravy, Channel EQ, and Innovate Knowledge - he advises many of the world’s leading organizations and their executives on the impact of emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills on sales, leadership, customer experience, channel development, and strategic account management.

During this week's show, Jeb talks about how to uncover a prospects underlying motivation, he answers the question – can anyone sell? and he shares his top 3 tips on selling services.

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May 11, 2016

Jeb Blount is the best-selling author of seven books including "Fanatical Prospecting," "People Follow You," and "People Buy You." He is a Sales Acceleration specialist who helps organizations reach peak performance fast!

Through his companies – Sales Gravy, Channel EQ, and Innovate Knowledge - he advises many of the world’s leading organizations and their executives on the impact of emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills on sales, leadership, customer experience, channel development, and strategic account management.

During this week's show, Jeb talks about the human element in connecting with customers, shares advice on retention in a 24/7 fitness center model and he gives us the 5 most important questions to ask in sales.

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May 5, 2016

This week we answer all your questions about starting, running and growing group training in a PT studio or fitness club with our special guest Adrian Antigua from Gainsville Health and Fitness, USA.

Adrian Antigua is the general manager and sales manager for Gainesville Health and Fitness in Florida, USA, which includes a 75,000 square foot club with over 28,000 members. After graduating from the University of Florida, he quickly discovered his passion for fitness, the power of company culture, and the customer experience, sharing his insights via blogs on sites such as clubsolutionsmagazine.com.

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Apr 27, 2016

Bill Moore is the new CEO of Fitness Australia, He has an extensive background in the fitness industry, which started with the ownership of a strong, independent fitness facility in the early 90’s and being involved in the foundation work and establishment of key principals that now underpin Fitness Australia.

More recently Bill was responsible for the development and successful running of the Michelle Bridges Group of Companies. Bill has a high level of experience and expertise in business development, operations and brand development.

During the interview we chatted about his goals for the business over the next 12 months, and he shares some great tips on branding and the importance of truly knowing your customer.

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Apr 20, 2016

Justin Tamsett is the Managing Director of Active Management. He has managed and owned fitness clubs since 1990 and now travels the globe speaking on topics from business skills to work-life balance.

During this show JT updates us on his visits to some U.S. gyms, he tells us all about SIP’s and we chat about how consumers have changed the qualities they look for in the brands that they support. Also in this week's show we hear from one of our wonderful listeners, and we announce the winner of our April prize – Jeb Blounts book, "People Buy You."

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Apr 12, 2016

A global ambassador on the benefits of exercise and living well, Maureen Hagan is vice president of program innovation for GoodLife Fitness and canfitpro – Canadian Fitness Professionals — the largest fitness education and certification organization in Canada.

Mo, as she is known in the fitness industry, is a licensed physiotherapist, a Physical Health Educator and has been recognized for her work in fitness that spans three decades, with numerous awards for innovation, passion and leadership and, was named as one of Canada ’s 20 Most Influential Women in Sport and Physical Activity in 2014.

Most recently, Mo was acknowledged by IHRSA with the ‘Woman Leader Award’ in honor of Julie Main. Mo is a published author and a regular contributor to consumer magazines and on-line publications including the Huffington Post.

In this week's show, the focus is on Group Fitness. We look at what group fitness might look like in 5 years time, what the instructor of 2021 should aim for and Mo gives us her top tips on preparing ourselves for group fitness in the future.

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Apr 5, 2016

A global ambassador on the benefits of exercise and living well, Maureen Hagan is vice president of program innovation for GoodLife Fitness and canfitpro – Canadian Fitness Professionals — the largest fitness education and certification organization in Canada.

Mo, as she is known in the fitness industry, is a licensed physiotherapist, a Physical Health Educator and has been recognized for her work in fitness that spans three decades, with numerous awards for innovation, passion and leadership and, was named as one of Canada ’s 20 Most Influential Women in Sport and Physical Activity in 2014.

Most recently, Mo was acknowledged by IHRSA with the ‘Woman Leader Award’ in honor of Julie Main. Mo is a published author and a regular contributor to consumer magazines and on-line publications including the Huffington Post.

In this week's show, the focus is on Leadership. Mo talks about the evolution of leadership and culture in the fitness industry, she explains Leadership through serving others and gives us tips and examples on how to lead this way.

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Mar 29, 2016

An Coppens is the Chief Game Changer at Gamification Nation Ltd, which offers gamification design services, serious game design and an online gamification support community. During the show, An explains exactly what Gamification is all about, what it means for fitness business owners and professionals, how to get started, and how you can take advantage of 2016 – the Olympic year, to introduce gamification into your business!

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Mar 24, 2016

Lexie Griffiths is a world-renowned speaker, inspirational coach and creator of The Sizzle Box! During this week's show, Lexie talks about Leadership and Team Culture. She gives tips on developing love within your teams and shares how to increase retention within your fitness business.

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Mar 16, 2016

This week's show features Justin Tamsett from Active Management. JT talks about creating a customer experience, status within our businesses and the importance of personalisation for our members. He also gives us a 3 step action plan for getting started with rewarding status within your business.

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Mar 9, 2016

Mike Arce is the founder and CEO of Loud Rumor internet, marketing and advertising agency based in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mike shares advice about Facebook advertising, lead pages, sales funnels, lead quality versus quantity plus Mike shares his top 3 tips on where to start with your online marketing.

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Mar 2, 2016

Today's show is The Best of the Boys! It brings together the best bits of advice, information and entertainment from some of our amazing guests on the show over the past few months.

Show 22 – JT from Active Management tells us what we need to know about our customers and creating your Avatar.

Mike Michaelowitz from Show 24 tells us about the Profit First Formula and how we can work it out for our own businesses and Mike shares his top 3 pieces of advice for Fitness Business Owners.

In show 25 Tim Keightly gives us his top tips for keeping Personal Trainers motivated and what we should look for when recruiting personal trainers.

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Feb 24, 2016

Today's show brings together the best bits of advice, information and entertainment from some of the AMAZING Women in Fitness that we have had as guests on the show over the past few months.

Show 21 – Robbie Kellman Baxter, the author of The Membership Economy talks about why the first 30 days is so critical in building behaviors.

Show 27 - Christine Thalwitz from the ACAC with advice on how to go about planning a charity campaign.

Show 31 - We have the incredible Casey Conrad who talks about what areas fitness business owners need to focus on to improve their business.

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Feb 17, 2016

Lisa Maltman, recently launched a business called The Sleep Connection. With a professional background in Corporate and Sleep Health, as well as her personal experience, Lisa shares insights into the impact sleep has on all aspects of our lives, our business, our teams and our clients.

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Feb 10, 2016

Justin Tamsett is the Managing Director of Active Management. He has managed and owned fitness clubs since 1990 and now travels the globe speaking on topics from business skills to work-life balance.

During this show, JT updates us on some recent gym visits, customer experiences he has had and some great books he has read! Also during this week's show, we hear from Ryan Hogan, the CEO of Australian Fitness Network, who tells us all about FILEX 2016.


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Feb 3, 2016

Will Phillips is the founder and CEO of REX Roundtables. Over the past 45 years, Will Phillips has consulted with about 800 organizations in 34 industries. He is an avid reader of management/business books, magazines and specialized journals, and as you will hear in today's interview, Will has a knack for extracting significant information and observations and translating and applying it in the fitness industry.

During today's chat, Will updates us on his role with REX, talks about the latest changes in the fitness industry over the last 12 months, and shares some new strategies being introduced into REX, He also tells us about a heap of great business books to check out!

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Jan 27, 2016

Sean Bestor is an award-winning copywriter and marketer at LeadPages. He writes blog posts, emails, scripts, ads, webinars, landing pages ... the list goes on and on. He's one of the 69 Top List Building Experts in the nation, and he's written for prominent brands like Best Buy, Target and even the entire city of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

During this week's show, Sean shares his tips on copywriting, steps from opt-in to content delivery and keys for asking for the Sale.

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Jan 20, 2016

Sean Bestor is an award-winning copywriter and marketer at LeadPages. He writes blog posts, emails, scripts, ads, webinars, landing pages ... the list goes on and on. He's one of the 69 Top List Building Experts in the nation, and he's written for prominent brands like Best Buy, Target and even the entire city of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

During this weeks show, Sean helps us define some common on-line jargon, 3 key steps for an online campaign, he gives us tips for engaging with our audience online, and we chat about the importance of blogging!

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Jan 13, 2016

Jim Worthington is the President and Owner of Newtown Athletic Club and Horsham Athletic Club. He has been in the fitness industry since 1978 and worked in all aspects of club management including sales, marketing, operations, programming and general management. Jim has overseen the growth and development of the Newtown Athletic Club from a 15,000 square foot racquet club on 3 acres to a 250,000 square foot health, wellness and recreation complex. Most recently, in 2015, Jim was inducted into the IHRSA Board of Directors.

During today's interview, we discuss the wellness business model, keys to having a great team, how Newtown Athletic Club is contributing to the community and Jim shares his top three tips for career success.


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Jan 6, 2016

Michelle Segar is a motivation scientist and author of "No Sweat! How the Simple Science of Motivation Can Bring You a Lifetime of Fitness.” She is Director of the Sport, Health, and Activity Research and Policy Center at the University of Michigan, and Chair of the U.S. National Physical Activity Plan’s Communications Committee. No Sweat was chosen as the #1 book in Diet/Exercise in 2015 by the USA Best Book Awards, and when released, it became the #1 Exercise & Fitness book on Amazon.

During the interview, Michelle talks about how our interactions from physical activity constructs our meaning for exercise, what she means by the depletion of will power, the self-determination theory, framing behavior, tips for helping clients stick to exercise, and how gamification can help clients fuel their desire for more exercise.

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Dec 23, 2015

Jodi Rumack is the President & CEO of Personal Training Mentors, and she is a guru when it comes to the power of people in your business. During her career, Jodi has been a trainer, club opening specialist, service manager and a senior manager for personal training. She spent 9 years opening clubs, from 10,000-150,000 square feet, as well as managing her own group of clubs.

Since 2005, she has interviewed, hired, trained and managed over 1000 Personal Trainers and Managers – so you can understand why we focus the interview on where to find great people and how to hire them, systems for choosing the right person plus her top tips for training and goal setting. If you have a team, or intend on building a great one, then this is a must listen interview for you.

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Dec 17, 2015

Casey Conrad is the President of Communication Consultants, WBS, Inc. They provide top quality sales and communication seminars for professionals in the health and fitness industry worldwide. She is the author of “Selling Fitness: The Complete Guide to Selling Health Club Memberships” and has created 20 other sales, marketing and management books for the industry. She has presented in over 23 countries and is a regularly featured columnist for countless publications.

During today's interview we talk Sales, Sales, Sales!! We ask Casey about key numbers and benchmarks for sales people in our facilities, and necessary skills all MC’s should have. We also talk to script or not to script referrals and Casey gives us her top tips for helping PTs close more sales.

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Dec 9, 2015

Molly Kemmer is the Regional Director of EXOS MediFit and the Chairperson of IHRSA. Molly has a wealth of experience in the fitness industry and has spent the past three and a half years working with EXOS Medifit, a business that provides fitness center management, design, innovation, and performance solutions. EXOS Medifit works with clients including leading corporations, academic institutions, health systems, elite athletes, sports teams, the U.S. military, community centers, residential communities, and specialty recreational facilities.

During the interview, we chat to Molly about women in leadership roles, the importance of working with a mentor or coach, the role experience plays in long term success, advice for new people starting in the industry, plus Molly shares advice on how to succeed in your company and career.

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Dec 2, 2015

Amy Dixon holds multiple fitness certifications and a Bachelor of Science degree in exercise physiology. She's a Master Trainer for FitnessGlo®, Gatorade®, Schwinn® Cycling, BOSU® and Shockwave®, and a spokesperson for Avon’s breast cancer walks and Reebok’s Global Walking Partner.

She’s a West Coast Cycling Master Trainer at Equinox and Director of THE Force at Vimmia. Her many television and media appearances include Oprah’s OWN Show, The Today Show, Women’s Health, Shape and The Los Angeles Times. And if all that’s not enough - she just got named the IDEA Fitness Instructor of the Year for 2015!!

During the interview we chat to Amy about her first big break, keys to building a great brand, the importance of social media and what advice she has for others who want to grow their profile and build a fitness empire.

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