Barbell Business

This week on BARBELL BUSINESS, we discuss:

• The challenges that come with having a 200+ member gym
• Getting more revenue with fewer members
• How to increase your lifetime member value
• How to upsell your members the non-salesy way
• Things to consider when adding different sources of revenue

This week on BARBELL BUSINESS, we give our thoughts on

• Why so many successful people were bad students (including us)
• When we finally fell in love with learning
• Pros and cons of traditional education versus learning on your own
• The importance of teaching and discussing what you've learned to others
• Where gym owners can learn new skills online

Be sure to check out Barbell Business Academy, where gym owners learn new skills online. www.barbellbusiness.com/academy

This week on BARBELL BUSINESS, we discuss the state of the gym industry in 2016:

• Why the future is bright for the small box industry
• The evolution of box & business partnerships
• Dangers of over/underestimating the power of the CrossFit brand
• The seasons of the gym business owner
• The 9 foundational components that make up a well-rounded, truly healthy gym business
• The importance of balancing your stakeholders

Be sure to download the free Barbell Business Manifesto: The Anatomy of a Healthy Gym at www.barbellbusinessbook.com

To develop your skills in the 9 areas of a Healthy Gym, enroll in Barbell Business Academy here: www.barbellbusiness.com/academy

This week on BARBELL BUSINESS, we interview our friend Austin Felton. He's on his 3rd successful business venture at 22-years-old so say he's learned a lot in the last several years is a massive understatement. We decided to focus in on a few lessons he's learned recently like:

• hiring freelancers overseas
• managing a remote workforce
• firing employees
• navigating around toxic relationships

Enjoy the show! Remember to head on over to BarbellBusiness.com to sign up for the newsletter. We're going to be launching an awesome new online academy for gym owners (present and wannabes) very soon and our email list will be the first to know.

This week on BARBELL BUSINESS, we interview Pat Barber, a CrossFit Games Athlete (since 2008), Co-owner of Warmup & Workout, and Head of Coaches Development at NorCal CrossFit. In this show, we discuss:

• How Pat got his career start in the fitness industry
• Innovatively making people better through effective coaching
• Hiring and coach training tips and methods
• What he looks for in awesome coaches
• The importance of a collective mission

This week on BARBELL BUSINESS, we interview Charles Boyett, a recent graduate of the Barbell Business Workshop, Barbell Logic client, Barbell Masterminder, the new owner of Training Grounds Fitness and Orange Park CrossFit, and one of the most awesome guys you'll meet anywhere.

In this show, we'll discuss:

• Taking the leap from one career path to another
• Challenges that come with acquiring a failing gym
• Mending a broken and disconnected culture
• Charles' #1 piece of advice for others looking to purchase a gym

For more information on how Charles' growth strategy for Orange Park CrossFit came to be so dang effective, visit www.barbelllogic.com and schedule a discovery session.

In this week's episode of BARBELL BUSINESS, we interview Bryan Franklin. Bryan is Mike's business coach, a co-author of "The Last Safe Investment," and a top Silicon Valley coach for first-time CEOs who has helped 7 of his clients grow their start-ups past the $1 Billion mark.

We'll cover several topics in their new book "The Last Safe Investment," once of them being:

Myth: If you save for decades and invest in 401(k)s, IRAs, and a home, these investments will grow steadily, allowing twenty to thirty years of secure, peaceful retirement.

Reality: Though this might have been true at some point in the last century, it is not true any longer. If you want to get ahead and enjoy a life of prosperity, you must invest in the last safe investment: yourself, and your own skills, value to others, relationships, and overall happiness.

For a copy of "The Last Safe Investment," visit SafePlan.org

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This week on BARBELL BUSINESS, Mike, Ashley Bledsoe, Doug and AJ discuss some of their biggest relationship pitfalls, several of their favorite resources, lessons learned, and why love is really the key to success.

Be sure to check out http://www.barbellbusiness.com/love for additional resources mentioned in this show.

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This week on BARBELL BUSINESS, we interview Matt Reynolds of Reynolds Strong. In this show, Matt discusses:

• How he built one of the largest strength gyms in the US
• How he grew to over 1000 members
• The keys to their gym's on-going success
• Lessons learned from recently selling Strong Gym
• His top tips to operating as a high-performing entrepreneur

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This week on BARBELL BUSINESS, we discuss:

• Are you an amateur business owner? Or are you operating as a true entrepreneur?
• Incognito haters, false security, and other things holding you back from going all in.
• Old school marketing and sales tactics are dead. Evolve with the times and you might actually like it.
• The ratio for gym owner self education
• How to stop running from the stuff you've been ignoring

For more resources visit www.barbellbusiness.com

Enjoy the show!