Hosted by John Franklin · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 178 episodes
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Gym World is a weekly show about making money in the fitness industry. Join the co-founders of Kilo, John Franklin and Mateo Lopez, as they interview some of the industry's most successful entrepreneurs.
John Franklin hosts Gym World Worldwide, a news show with 178 episodes published.
🌎 Corey Lewis , owner of Extra Mile Fitness in St. Louis, Missouri and Two-Brain mentor, joins Mateo to break down how he hires, develops, and retains great coaches. They get into his walking interview process, how he o
🌎 Karen Stephenson , owner of Hammock Coast CrossFit on Pawleys Island , South Carolina, joins Mateo at the Two-Brain Business Summit to share how she sold her first gym, moved to the beach, and opened a second one in t
Matt Becker, founder of Gym Lawyers and former 11-year CrossFit affiliate owner, joins Mateo to break down the legal gaps most gym owners don't know they have. They get into why compliance directly affects your gym's val
🌎 Rich Thaw , owner of EMPWR Fitness and Sports Performance Training in Montreal, joins Mateo to break down how he grew his gym's membership base by 40% in Q4, largely without paid ads. They get into his sell-by-chat st
🌎 Kaleda Connell, CEO of Kilo, joins Mateo to break down how the shift to AI-powered search is changing what gym owners need on their websites — and what to do about it. They get into Google's E-E-A-T framework, why the
🌎 Michael Ranfone and Dr. Marko Lujic from Ranfone Training Systems join Mateo to break down how they built a 20,000 sq ft facility that combines semi-private training, concierge medicine, and nutrition under one roof.
🌎 This week, Mateo sat down with Stu Brauer from WTF Gym Talk and the Gym Real Estate Company. Stu breaks down how he used gym cash flow to buy a 10,500 sq ft building with an SBA loan, filled the extra space with tenan
🌎 This week, Mateo sat down with Nathan, Kirsten, and Dana from BGB CrossFit, a CrossFit affiliate in Fayetteville, Georgia, that has been open for over 12 years. They break down how the gym shifted from a competitive C
🌎 This week, Mateo sat down with Harry Morris , owner of FS46 and Head of Client Success at Business for Unicorns. Harry runs a 500-square-foot small-group coaching gym in Birmingham, UK, and he breaks down the paid 30-
🌎 This week, Mateo sat down with Ben Supik, founder and CEO of Activate Body Personal Training, a small group training gym with three locations that caps at 280 members per facility and generates up to $1.4 million in t
🌎 This week, Mateo sat down with Tad Wooton & Andy Smith, co-founders of Numberwise, an accounting firm that's spent the last decade working exclusively with gym owners and fitness businesses. They break down the benchm
🌎 This week, Mateo sat down with Stan Skolfield of Skolfield Sports Performance. Stan breaks down how he built a youth athletic training program that charges $1,500 for onboarding and converts 95% of athletes into long-
🌎 This week, Mateo sat down to chat with Bobby Armock. Bobby breaks down how he transformed a traditional CrossFit gym into a multi-service performance facility where personal training drives 52% of revenue. We get into
🌎 This week on the podcast, Mateo checked in with Laura Gibson (Head of Customer Support at Kilo) to break down why most gyms don’t have a retention problem; they have a systems problem. She shares a simple framework fo
🌎 This week, John chatted with AJ Schrag about how a simple Canva flyer turned into HYROX camps with 70–80 athletes per session and nearly $100K in new revenue for Catalyst Movement. We also break down the training pod
🌎 Mateo sat down with Boris Kezic, founder of Metcon Creative, to break down what gym owners often get wrong about branding. Boris explains why your brand isn’t just your logo or website. Your brand is the feeling peopl
🌎John recently sat down with Joe Baglione of Catalyst Movement to break down how he turned HYROX into an extra $80K–$100K a year—without adding more memberships. From packing out Sunday camps to building a full HYROX se
🌎 This week, Mateo chatted with Isaac Morgado (@isaac.morgado), owner of MVMT Strength in London, Ontario. Most gym owners know they should be posting. Isaac explains how he does it consistently in about 30 minutes a we
🌎 In this episode, we sit down with the team behind One Academy to unpack how they scaled to multiple locations without losing the culture that made their gym work in the first place. Jesse and Eric share the decisions
The AI Playbook For Gym Owners - https://go.businessforunicorns.com/gym-owners-and-ai 🌎 This week, Mateo sits down with Mark Fisher of Business For Unicorns to break down AI for gym owners. AI is moving fast, but most g
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Nathan
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Kirsten
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Dana
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Jesse
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Eric
Pastor · Liberty Church
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Mark Fisher
previous Electoral Area A (Smithers Rural) Director · Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
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Mike Doehla
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