Win a Free Ticket to the RISE Fitness Business Conference in San Jose
I am honored to be speaking on stage amongst some of the pioneers in the fitness and business space this October at RISE 2018 in San Jose, CA. Tony’s Coming to the Bay Area – Whoop, Whoop I’ve never been to the Bay area and am pumped for this opportunity. Yeah, yeah, I just Googled… Read more
Business Advice For Trainers From Trainers
When I first started in this industry my business competence was pretty low. If you asked me what the term “overhead” was or what it meant to itemize business expenses I would have been like “say what again?” I’m still not someone I’d consider to have a lot of business pedigree, but I think I’ve… Read more
On Running a Fitness Business: Part 2
Last week I commandeered a Facebook post on fitness business shenanigans from friend, and fellow gym owner, Mike Perry. I took his original, bulleted-point list and added my own two cents to each one. You can check out points 1-10 HERE. Today I want to highlight points 11-20. On Running a Fitness Business: Part 2 11…. Read more
On Running a Fitness Business
Yesterday a friend of mine and amazing coach, Mike Perry of Skill of Strength, posted a list or treatise, if you will, on his Facebook page of things to consider when running a fitness business. It was great. I wanted to share them here with my own thoughts and additions. On Running a Fitness Business…… Read more
Why an Online Training Business Might be Right For You (and 3 mistakes when building one)
I have a special treat for you today. Jon Goodman, the Godfather of online training, emailed me to ask if he could write a guest post for the site. I was like, “does Dolly Parton sleep on her back? Of course you can.” Jon knows online training and he’s painstakingly built one of the best… Read more
The Perfect Business Growth Plan: 6 Keys to Creating a Successful Personal Training Business
A common fallacy in the fitness industry is that if you don’t own a gym you don’t have to worry about “business stuff.” Another common fallacy are those who open a gym and automatically consider themselves businessmen (or women). The idea being because they open an impressive looking gym filled with all the bells and… Read more
What I Learned Listening to Unicorns About the Business of Fitness
Unicorns are real. I hung out with two of them this past weekend. Except, these weren’t unicorns in the fantastical sense, you know, with horns sticking out of their foreheads and the proclivity to shoot rainbows out of their ass. In fact, these unicorns didn’t even have four legs. Or a tail. No, these… Read more
“Real” Fitness Business Talk With Pete Dupuis
This past weekend I attended The Fitness Summit in Kansas City, MO. It was my third year in a row not only attending, but speaking as well. It’s easily one of my favorite events each year. Not only for the huge honor of being invited to speak, but also for the people. It’s truly more… Read more