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Hosted by John Franklin · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 186 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 186 episodes published.
Centr CEO Andrew Sugerman joins Mateo Lopez to talk about his jump from running Marvel comics and Disney's social channels to building the equipment behind Hyrox, why 92% of Hyrox finishers are already gym members, and w
Kilo co-founder Mateo Lopez and Kilo Chris, take listeners behind the scenes of Kilo while at the Two-Brain Business Summit, the customer-care culture that keeps gym owners coming back, and the people on the team who mak
Mark Fisher, former owner of Mark Fisher Fitness, now a gym business coach and partner at Business for Unicorns, joins Mateo to break down what separates today's top-performing gym owners from everyone else; covering vis
Chris McMahon, Kilo's Content and Partnerships Specialist, joins Mateo for a rapid-fire tier-list episode ranking 15 of the most common gym growth strategies from S-tier to F-tier; covering everything from referral progr
🌎 Greg Morrone , owner of The FIT Lab in Hoboken, NJ, joins Mateo to break down the "PT-first" onboarding model that converts 90-95% of leads, and the hospitality lessons from his years in nightlife that shaped a gym wi
🌎 Erik Zeyher , owner of Warlock CrossFit in Poughkeepsie, NY, joins Mateo to break down how his semi-private program grew into a $20-25K/month revenue stream and the story behind Help First Fitness, the personal traini
🌎 Josh Maranian , owner of Regen Fitness Club in Fort Collins, Colorado, joins Mateo to break down how he built a semi-private training gym out of his garage and grew it into a 40-member facility in just one year. They
🌎 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
Matt Becker
Spring Hill Assistant · Zambian Carnivore Programme
1 appearance on this show
John Franklin
Comedian and The Circle's · Franklin Watkins Financial Group
5 appearances on this show
Andy Smith
founder and CEO of StrategiQ · Fort Collins Urban Renewal Authority
1 appearance on this show
Mark Fisher
previous Electoral Area A (Smithers Rural) Director · Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
1 appearance on this show
Mike Doehla
Stronger U Nutrition
1 appearance on this show
Andy McCloy
elite performance coach · BCI Sports Performance & Fitness
1 appearance on this show
Ben Bergeron
1 appearance on this show
Chris Cooper
Bronze Trainer, Movember Ambassador, Hip Hop Artist · Ohio Employee Ownership Center
1 appearance on this show
Erik Zeyher
Warlock CrossFit
1 appearance on this show
Rich Thaw
EMPWR Fitness
1 appearance on this show
Kaleda Connell
Kilo
2 appearances on this show
Michael Ranfone
Ranfone Training Systems
1 appearance on this show
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