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**What’s it like running a gym? What are the fun moments? What are the most challenging aspects? Welcome to mPowered minis where we talk to gym owners who have done it all – literally, because running a gym is all about wearing multiple hats!
In this mPowered mini episode, we talk to Andy Tee about his experience running a multi-site business in the fitness industry.
You might know him as the Founding Director of Simply Gym. Before opening his own franchise, he grew the Simply Gym group from the ground up to 12 clubs.
Today Andy Tee’s the Owner and Director of Rise Fitness**, a gym franchise in the UK that's just opened its fifth site.
**What’s it like running a gym? What are the fun moments? What are the most challenging aspects? Welcome to mPowered minis where we talk to gym owners who have done it all – literally, because running a gym is all about wearing multiple hats!
In our first mPowered mini episode, we talk to Patrick Claffey, gym owner of RxGym and Crossfit Didsbury, about his experience growing a business in the fitness industry.**
**About 15 years ago Sukh Sidhu started his career in the fitness industry as a PT, driven by his desire to help people. From there he’s gone on to open gyms, work with clients online all over the world, and today he’s the CEO of Stridist, an online coaching platform that empowers personal trainers and coaches to run their entire business online.
What’s the secret to his success? It’s simple – a strong determination to succeed! If you’re an aspiring personal trainer or want to scale up your business, we think you’ll like this episode!**
With over 20 years of experience in the fitness industry, today Rob Handy combines his sales, management and people knowledge to support the independent fitness sector. He founded Independent Gyms as a “happy accident”. From a Facebook group to an empowering community, today Independent Gyms connects hundreds of gym owners across the UK & Ireland and helps their businesses grow.
He’s the Director of The Leisure Database Company. A data geek and an industry expert, David Minton is making data more accessible for fitness professionals. We invited him to mPowered to learn more about the upcoming 2022 State of the UK Fitness Industry Report. How have gyms bounced back from the COVID closures? What’s changed in customer behaviour? Has the gym penetration rate gone lower or higher?
Gym operators, gym suppliers and industry consultants will all benefit from the upcoming 2022 STATE OF THE UK FITNESS INDUSTRY REPORT – the largest leisure industry audit delivered by The Leisure Database for the first time since 2019. More than 30,000 hours of research have gone into the making of the audit, covering 7000+ fitness clubs in the UK.
Listen to the episode to find out how data can help your gym!
He’s the Co-Owner of Hatton Boxing, Co-Founder of Box12, pioneering in-club boxing solutions for fitness operators, and Founder of Move4Freedom. With previous experience spanning across 20+ years working with global manufacturers and solution led products, he’s spent over 10 years running his own gyms. Impressive, right?
As a former professional football player, he knows a thing or two about resilience. If that wasn’t enough, he decided to take on the challenge of SAS Who Dares Win, a TV series where recruits go to the edge of physical and mental boundaries during some of the toughest Special Air Services drills, and he survived it like a champion.
We introduce you to Jamie Cartwright, a fitness entrepreneur and industry leader whose name you’re likely to hear more often!
An award-winning futurist and international keynote speaker, Matthew Griffin is the Founder of 311 Institute, which helps organisations everywhere to envision, shape and lead the exponential future.
Certified as a personal trainer about 20 years ago, today Matthew Griffin spends his days predicting the future. We invited him to mPowered to learn how he envisions the future of the fitness industry!
Will AI forever change customer service in the gym? Can digital humans ever replace personal trainers? How much data do fitness professionals need to make the world a healthier place? Listen to this episode to find out!
What does behavioural science, business strategy and NPS score have to do with running a gym successfully? We spoke to Robert Sawhney, Director of Strategy & Key Accounts at Life Fitness, to learn how fitness clubs can attract and retain members in today's digital fitness climate!
In this episode, we go back to our biggest takeaways as to what it takes to add more value to your PT offerings. Whether you’re just starting as a PT or you’re a gym operator looking for a model change, our guests have the strategy for success. Join us for a recap of season 2 of mPowered!
**Joining us today is fitness entrepreneur and sales expert Mike Gelfgot, who is currently the Chief Operating Officer at Activate Brain & Body Inc.
We talk about his success with operating 21 Anytime Fitness locations in the United States, how to empower your PTs as a gym owner and what it takes to drive the revenue numbers up.**
With over 25 years experience in personal training, Carl Smith created Concept Fitness Consultancy to support PTs with their goals and aspirations. From a National Health and Fitness Manager at Xercise4Less to a Fitness Business Founder, Carl’s joining us to talk about choosing the right PT models for fitness clubs to drive revenue and build trust.
As the Research and Development Lead at Future Fit, Paul Swainson helps shape UK's most-recognised PT training courses. What qualifications do trainers need after COVID-19 and how can we prepare our PTs for the future, join our conversation with Paul to find out!
With over 30+ years combined as personal trainers, today they manage hundreds of PTs as the National PT Managers for PureGym. We welcome two absolute fitness legends, Nik Hanley and Ant Park, to talk about their own PT Mentor Academy and how trainers can begin to add more value to their offerings.
From the UK’s largest PT Management company operating in over 400 facilities, YOUR Personal Training, we welcome Aaron and James who both know a thing or two around being successful in the PT space. In this episode, we’ll be talking about the available resources for PTs and what the IR35 legislation means for the fitness industry.
From PT to a global fitness business owner, Jack Malin - Founder and CEO of Membr - knows digital is here to stay, whether the fitness industry is ready to catch up or not. In this episode, Jack looks back to his PT days, why the self-employed PT model is set up to fail trainers and how fitness clubs can help.
Are incentives the way to keep exercisers engaged with your brand? Apparently so! We welcome Will and Max from Athlete Perks, the community that rewards gym members for living a healthy, active lifestyle with access to some of the hottest perks and discounts in the UK.
Do gym members and professional athletes train differently? We asked Ric Moylan. With 20 year's experience working at the highest levels of human performance and elite sport, today he is one of the UK's leading athlete coaches and as Mancunian as it gets. His straight-talking, no-nonsense approach is certain to give you some useful takeaways!
He became a Guinness World Record holder in 2013 when he took part in the longest rugby game that lasted nearly 25 hours. Today Dominic is part of the digital movement that looks at how technology is reshaping the health and fitness industry.
He's one of the UK's leading experts in gym and health club pre-sales and a Managing Director at Uplift Fitness Marketing. Neil's the person you go to if you want to ramp up your gym's marketing! He knows it all, from prospecting systems and referral programs to SEO and social media.
In our first episode, we welcome Guy Griffiths from GG Fit, who talks about gym retention during the challenging unprecedented times we've all faced in 2020. Guy's a long-standing coach to independent gym owners, a proven member retention specialist, and the author of Stick Around.
You might know him as the Director of Digital Experience at Life Fitness. But did you know that Leon Rudge is also an adrenaline sports junkie? A digital fitness consultant and speaker, Leon's previous roles include programming for Microsoft, working in the banking sector, design and telecoms. In this episode, Leon shares his insights as to how digital is reshaping the fitness landscape.
Join us for conversations with global health and tech experts for groundbreaking leadership ideas and the latest fitness industry innovations. What are the challenges gym owners are facing after COVID-19? How do you keep exercisers engaged during a global pandemic? Did 2020 change the fitness industry for good? We are launching mPowered with the mission to answer those questions and more. Subscribe to be the first to listen!