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| 311. A Vision To Build Asia's Biggest Personal Training Company — with CJ Lee of MOVE Private Fitness | 03 Nov 2025 | 01:15:52 | |
Grab your tickets for CJ's upcoming Fitness & Wellness Business Virtual Summit happening on the 15th - 16th November 2025 Get Tickets Here: We welcome CJ Lee, co-founder of MOVE Private Fitness to the show to talk about how they've empowered coaches with ownership options to help fuel their vision of becoming Asia's biggest international personal training company.
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THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps clubs create incredible, five star client experiences every time. Visit The Fit Guide
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| 310. Taking on the US Fitness Market & Singapore's Boutique Scene, with Fitstop Founder Pete Hull | 20 Oct 2025 | 00:47:33 | |
We welcome back Pete Hull, founder of Australian fitness franchise Fitstop. Joined by Singapore franchisee Clarence Teo, we discuss Fitstop's global growth, their push into the US that started in the heart of LA's fitness scene and the current state of Singapore's boutique fitness market.
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THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps clubs create incredible, five star client experiences every time. Visit The Fit Guide
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| 309. My Gym Was 'Mystery Shopped'. Here's What It Revealed (The Whole Truth) | 13 Oct 2025 | 00:18:11 | |
Host Jack Thomas' gym went through a full, anonymous 'experience evaluation' by The Fit Guide. In this episode, Jack shares the full truth on what the report revealed and how it's helped him improve his gym's experience, training and systems.
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| 308. How To Find & Recruit Industry-Leading Talent — with Russell Harrison of EliteFit | 05 Oct 2025 | 00:48:27 | |
Russell Harrison, founder and CEO of EliteFit, has decades of experience in both recruitment and as a fitness leader. In this episode, he shares his insights into how to find the best executive talent, as well as how to land top roles in the fitness and wellness industry.
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THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps clubs create incredible, five star client experiences every time. Visit The Fit Guide
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| 307. The sales mistake that's destroying your business - and what to do instead | 28 Sep 2025 | 00:20:37 | |
The fitness industry is addicted to discounts and sales. In this episode host Jack Thomas tells you how this is damaging your business, and what to do instead.
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| 306. How I Built Vietnam's Biggest Gym Chain Over 18 Years with Dane Fort of California Fitness & Yoga | 21 Sep 2025 | 01:09:35 | |
Dane Fort, founder and CEO of Vietnam's biggest gym chain California Fitness and Yoga, has a powerful mission to make the country healthier and happier. With a fitness empire that expands beyond gyms into recovery and health, Dane's umbrella of companies have over 60 locations across Vietnam. This episode is a must-listen if you want to hear an inspiring and powerful story, or you'd like unique insights into Vietnam's fitness industry.
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THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps clubs create incredible, five star client experiences every time. Visit The Fit Guide
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| 305. Run A 'HYROX-Style' Fitness Competition At Your Gym: Lessons From Our First Event | 14 Sep 2025 | 00:23:40 | |
We ran a 'HYROX-style' event called BASE Games and sold out tickets in less than 6 hours. In today's episode we talk about how we did it.
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| 304. Designing a Five-Star Cycling Experience With All Five Senses, with Bridge Hudson of XYZ in Hong Kong | 07 Sep 2025 | 00:41:29 | |
We welcome Bridge Hudson, founding instructor of Hong Kong's leading cycling brand XYZ, to discuss how they create consistent five-star experiences, their recruitment tips and what makes the perfect member journey.
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| 303. My first HYROX race in Bangkok - an honest review | 31 Aug 2025 | 00:19:47 | |
Jack Thomas breaks down his — and Thailand's — first ever HYROX race, from the perspective of being a competitor, a spectator and also a HYROX Training Club owner.
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THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps clubs create incredible, five star client experiences every time. Visit The Fit Guide
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| 302. How to take your studio from breakeven to 20% profit with Julian Barnes of BFS Network | 24 Aug 2025 | 01:02:29 | |
We welcome Julian Barnes of boutique fitness specialists BFS Network to discuss the most effective lead sources and the common traits of studio with more than 20% margin.
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THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps clubs create incredible, five star client experiences every time. Visit The Fit Guide
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| 301. The Future of Fitness Business Asia Podcast | 18 Aug 2025 | 00:10:12 | |
As we hit our 300th episode, we were advised to discontinue this show. Here's what we decided to do.
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THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps clubs create incredible, five star client experiences every time. Visit The Fit Guide
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| 300. Industry Trends, Gen Z & Building A Badass Boutique in 2025! | 23 Mar 2025 | 00:58:28 | |
We welcome back Emma Barry for a very special episode—number 300—to talk about all things fitness in 2025!
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| 299. Gym Sales: 11 Common Mistakes (and how to fix them) | 17 Mar 2025 | 00:15:54 | |
Sales are the lifeblood of your fitness business. Through both personal experiences and evaluations at The Fit Guide, Jack has seen common sales mistakes that need fixing! Jack Thomas highlights common gym sales errors and tips to fix them so your business can survive and thrive, and you can help more people.
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| 298. $4 million per year in a 4,500 square foot studio, with Mark Fisher of Business for Unicorns | 09 Mar 2025 | 01:05:49 | |
We welcome Mark Fisher, founder of hugely successful New York studio Mark Fisher Fitness and mentorship platform Business for Unicorns. Mark discusses bringing in $4m USD revenue in a 4,500 square foot studio, standing out amongst the crowd and building a story and brand so powerful you don't need any PR out reach—the media are seeking you out!
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| 297. Trainers make terrible fitness managers and gym owners (unless they do this) | 02 Mar 2025 | 00:17:22 | |
The step from trainer to fitness manager is a tough one. The jump to gym owner is even harder. In this episode, host Jack Thomas explains how to navigate these stages of growth for success.
THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps clubs create incredible, five star client experiences every time. Visit The Fit Guide
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| 296. Get in on the HYROX explosion in Asia, with Richard Cowley APAC Director | 23 Feb 2025 | 00:49:25 | |
We welcome Richard Cowley, APAC Events Director for HYROX, to discuss the growth of HYROX in Asia, stats on HYROX in the region, how to get the most from HYROX affiliation and new opportunities with 'Performance Centers' and personal training.
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| 295. A sale is NOT a sale until… (how to close) | 16 Feb 2025 | 00:14:56 | |
Sales are the lifeblood of your business, essential for survival and enable you to HELP more people become fitter, stronger and healthier. If you struggle to get sales over the finish line, this episode is for you.
THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps clubs create incredible, five star client experiences every time. Visit The Fit Guide
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| 294. Get More Gym Sales & Revenue, with Cam Clayton of Sales Hero | 09 Feb 2025 | 00:57:58 | |
We welcome Cam Clayton, who is an expert in fitness sales and head of Sales Hero. We discuss mindset, getting more leads, how to talk to potential clients and much more! If you need more sales in your gym (and who doesn't?!) this one is for you.
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| 293. Ten tips for effective one-to-ones with coaches and fitness managers | 02 Feb 2025 | 00:17:10 | |
You cannot build a strong culture of success without effective one to one time with your team. Have every manager in your company listen to, and implement, these ten tips in their one to ones and appraisals with coaches, fitness managers and other gym staff.
THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps clubs create incredible, five star client experiences every time. Visit The Fit Guide
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| 292. The biggest pricing mistakes gyms and trainers make (and how to avoid them) | 26 Jan 2025 | 00:14:25 | |
Get your pricing wrong, and your career in fitness will be an uphill battle. Get it right, and you have every chance of building a strong and fruitful career in the fitness industry. Whether you're a trainer, a fitness manager or a gym owner, this episode will help get your pricing right.
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| 291. Ten tips for doing business in Asia (from a 20 year expat) | 19 Jan 2025 | 00:16:43 | |
Host Jack Thomas draws on 20 years of business experience in Asia to offer 10 essential tips to being successful in business (and life!) in the region.
THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps clubs create incredible, five star client experiences every time. Visit The Fit Guide
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| 290. Business essentials for coaches and fitness managers, with Kathleen Ferguson of Coach360 (USA) | 12 Jan 2025 | 00:51:25 | |
We welcome Kathleen Ferguson of Coach360 to discuss the business skills coaches need for success in 2025. This is perfect for coaches, or managers of coaches to help recruit more clients, make more money and have more impact!
Interview Correction: Femtech is on track to hit 50 billion by 2025.
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| 289. Thailand Fitness Industry Review with Jack Thomas and Ross Campbell of Beyond Activ | 05 Jan 2025 | 00:51:53 | |
Ross Campbell and Jack Thomas review the current state of Thailand's fitness industry, looking back at a tough few years but with heavy optimism for the future. View Video Interview On LinkedIn
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| 288. Fitness Industry Year in Review 2024 with Ross Campbell of Beyond Activ and Jack Thomas | 29 Dec 2024 | 01:03:49 | |
Ross Campbell of Beyond Activ and host Jack Thomas discuss Asia's fitness industry in 2024, with deeper worldwide insights and a look ahead at what to expect in 2025. View Video Interview On LinkedIn
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| 287. Eight big mistakes I've made running gyms (so you don't have to) | 22 Dec 2024 | 00:16:15 | |
Being a gym owner is tough! Host Jack Thomas talks about eight big mistakes that have cost him over his 13 years in the fitness industry - so you don't have to make the same costly moves.
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| 286. Mohammed Iqbal: The Most Exciting Fitness Tech Innovations in 2024 & 2025 | 15 Dec 2024 | 00:56:56 | |
We welcome back Mohammed Iqbal - CEO of Sweatworks and co-host of LIFTs podcast - to discuss what's happened in fitness technology this year, and what he expects to see in 2025. We discuss the ups and downs of Web3, blockchain, AI, virtual reality and the metaverse, as well as companies doing big and exciting things.
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| 285. Boutique fitness has a selling problem - here's how to fix it | 08 Dec 2024 | 00:15:01 | |
Our data at The Fit Guide shows that boutique fitness needs to seriously work on sales. Your business can't survive without sales, so if this is a problem that you need to work on, don't miss this solo episode with Jack Thomas.
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| 284. Natalie Dau: How I ran 1000km from Thailand to Singapore and set a new world record | 01 Dec 2024 | 00:42:12 | |
We welcome Natalie Dau back to the show to talk about Project 1000 - an incredible 12 day run through Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore which set a new world record and was featured as a homepage story on the BBC. We talk about the ups and downs of her incredible journey, how she prepared, what she's learned and how her story is impacting people across the region.
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| 283. Invest In Trends, Not Fads (and how to spot the difference) | 24 Nov 2024 | 00:15:28 | |
For long term success and profit, invest in trends, not fads. In this episode, Jack Thomas explains why this is important, and how to spot the difference. He also looks at famous case studies in the industry such as Pilates, Crossfit and SoulCycle and gives his verdict - trend or fad?
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| 282. Tom Dowd, CEO of F45 Training - Engineering The Comeback & Plans For Asia | 17 Nov 2024 | 00:57:09 | |
Tom Dowd is the president and CEO of F45 Training. We discuss the work Tom has have been doing to help F45 bounce back from a difficult start to 2023 and their plans for the future, as well as what to expect in Asia.
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| 281. Get this right before trying ANYTHING else | 10 Nov 2024 | 00:11:54 | |
After listening to a recent LIFTs podcast with Dr Paul Bedford, he outlined two essential rules for providing great sales and service. It resonated so deeply with our host Jack Thomas, he did a deep dive on today's episode into what these crucial rules are, and how to win at them.
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| 280. The business of strength training - 25 years of industry evolution | 03 Nov 2024 | 01:12:16 | |
We welcome returning guest Matthew Januszek to the show - founder and CEO of leading fitness equipment brand Escape and host of the Escape Your Limits podcast - to talk all things strength training in the fitness industry and how the space has developed from a business perspective since Escape was founded in 1998.
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| 279. How and why you MUST increase your prices in 2025 | 27 Oct 2024 | 00:18:13 | |
Gym owners and personal trainers aren't good at increasing prices. They either don't do it at all or often enough, or they communicate poorly. It needn't be that way - this episode will talk you through how best to do it and why it's so important to do it, and do it right.
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| 278. From Rock Bottom and Addicted to building a $100 million company: Dan Uyemura, founder and CEO of PushPress | 20 Oct 2024 | 00:53:42 | |
We welcome Dan Uyemura who shares his incredible story of being at rock bottom and facing jail to building one of the fitness industry's most exciting and fast-growing gym software companies.
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| 277. How to end 2024 profitable and strong (act now) | 13 Oct 2024 | 00:12:46 | |
Many gym owners write off December as a lost month. Here's how you can make December strong and profitable, and set yourself up for a great 2025!
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| 276. Bringing the New York fitness franchise Physique 57 to Bangkok, Thailand | 06 Oct 2024 | 00:42:02 | |
Jack Thomas welcomes good friend Khemika 'Lynn' Chivapornthip to the show to discuss bringing a US fitness franchise successfully to Bangkok. Lynn operates multiple locations and has been in business for over 10 years, with other health and wellness businesses in the city.6
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| 275. The most impactful 'quick fix' to improve your club's experience | 29 Sep 2024 | 00:13:22 | |
Host Jack Thomas was recently asked what was the quickest fix or first thing a club should look at to improve their experience. This service and hospitality essential was his answer - with six tips today to get it right in your club.
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| 274. What we can learn from the world's leading restaurants and hotels: Matt Lavender of The Fit Guide | 22 Sep 2024 | 00:50:13 | |
Host Jack Thomas welcomes good friend, business partner and veteran of the hospitality industry, Matt Lavender. Matt was global director of evaluations for Forbes Travel Guide before founding Enlites, a consultancy working with world's leading hotels, restaurants and spas. Together, Jack and Matt founded The Fit Guide. Today, Matt shares what the world's leading hospitality brands do, and how we can adopt some of these practices and techniques to become fitness industry leaders.
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| 273. Eight Leadership Tips For Fitness Business Owners and Managers | 15 Sep 2024 | 00:15:45 | |
Today's episode is required listening for managers, business owners or coaches who aspire to be managers. The eight tips will help you be a strong, effective leader, get the most out of your team and retain your star players.
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| 272. Hamza Gherara on Dubai's Fitness Market: Experiences, Events, Influencers and Gymshark | 09 Sep 2024 | 00:59:35 | |
We welcome Hamza Gherara, founder of marketing company GHM Consultancy in Dubai to discuss the fitness scene in the Middle East, experience-based fitness and how he helped bring Gymshark into the UAE.
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| 271. My best but hardest year yet | 01 Sep 2024 | 00:12:16 | |
Host Jack Thomas talks about how this year has been a great one for him, but has also presented some of my toughest professional challenges.
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| 270. Know Your Client. Fill Your Gym: Lachlan Rowston and Raph Freedman of Lockeroom in Sydney | 18 Jun 2024 | 01:02:50 | |
We welcome back old guests and friends of the show, Lach and Raph from Lockeroom Gym in Sydney and Mind Muscle Project Podcast. We discuss how they've smashed their original 100 member target for their high end gym and opened another location in central Sydney, and how knowing their target market has helped them achieved this.
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| 269. How Hyrox Is Taking Asia By Storm, with Richard Cowley APAC Director | 13 May 2024 | 00:31:52 | |
We welcome Richard Cowley, APAC Director for Hyrox, to discuss the incredible Hyrox growth story, their plans in Asia and what it means to be a Hyrox affiliated gym.
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| 268. How to be an effective panel moderator or interviewer [Part 4/4] | 08 May 2024 | 00:21:08 | |
In the fourth and final part of our mini-series, we discuss how to be an effective and dynamic interviewer or podcast moderator. We look at what to do before, during and after your interview or panel to make the most of your opportunity and create value for the audience.
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| 267. You're Live! How to have maximum IMPACT as a podcast or panel guest [Part 3/4] | 05 May 2024 | 00:20:38 | |
In the third part of our mini-series, we discuss what to do on the day of the panel or interview, to ensure you have maximum impact.
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| 266. Preparation: How to have maximum IMPACT as a podcast or panel Guest [Part 2/4] | 29 Apr 2024 | 00:20:54 | |
In the second part of our mini-series, we discuss how to prepare for your interview or panel appearance once you've secured it. With good planning and preparation, you can have maximum impact for you and your brand.
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| 265. Impact & Inspiration: Excelling as a Podcast & Panel Guest [Part 1/4] | 08 Apr 2024 | 00:26:33 | |
This three-part series is for podcast guests, media interviewees, panelists and speakers and will help you find the right media outlets for your message and craft a memorable, powerful and inspiring brand story.
THE FIT GUIDE The Fit Guide helps you find and experience the world's best fitness clubs and studios; and helps clubs create incredible, five star client experiences every time. Visit The Fit Guide
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| 264. Creating one of the first brands in 'boutique fitness' and taking it worldwide, with Jennifer Vaughan Maanavi of Physique 57 (USA) | 18 Mar 2024 | 01:09:51 | |
When her favorite fitness studio closed, Jennifer Vaughan Maanavi went from fitness class client to business owner and created one of the world's first brands to be recognized as "boutique fitness" in the process. Physique 57 has since opened in countries around the world, has seen great success in online fitness and is still going strong as one of the industry's leading Barre brands. Their Soho location was also recognized as the world's leading Barre experience in The Fit Guide.
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| 263. Seven Gym Sales Essentials That Will Quickly Put You In The Top 5% | 04 Mar 2024 | 00:22:27 | |
Host Jack Thomas talks through seven gym sales essentials that will help you increase revenue and impact more people. Based on over 250 gym visits to clubs around the world, this list lays out the 'must-dos' which you can start implementing now.
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| 262. The Huge Potential and Opportunity in Saudi Arabia and the GCC Region, with Mohammed Iqbal of Sweatworks | 26 Feb 2024 | 00:25:06 | |
This episode is a must if you're looking to do business or grow your brand in GCC, or you want to learn more about the region. Taken on the sidelines of Beyond Activ in Riyadh, we welcome Mohammed Iqbal back to the show to discuss the huge potential in Saudi Arabia and the wider region. Beyond Activ showcased some incredible projects and brands, as well as the people making it happen behind the scenes!
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