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"It's hard to be depressed or be sad or be worried about shit when I'm helping someone change their life." ~Ryan Thomson

Ryan Thomson is a Milwaukee-based fitness coach who specializes in boxing, strength, bodybuilding, fat loss, endurance, and HIIT training. He is the owner of multiple 9Round franchises and the General Manager at social performance club KOLLECTIVE.

A college dropout, Ryan suffered a career ending injury playing football during his freshman year, causing him to fall into a deep depression for a couple of years. The thing that eventually turned his life around? Fitness. It was his original passion and continued to be that driving force behind his success in life and in business. Fitness truly did save Ryan's life.

Ryan opened his first gym in 2013, and his second in 2014. He loved the process of putting together these "communities" of people who were united in their quest for continuous growth in both their physical and mental wellbeing.

Things weren't always smooth sailing for Ryan. He went through a rough divorce five years later, which led him to sell his two gyms and recalibrate his direction. In April 2019, he ended up in Austin where he and partner Otto Ohlsson launched SWAY Boxing Studio.

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Key Highlights

• Ryan shares how he was able to run an extremely profitable gym franchise in Milwaukee.
• Ryan's divorce flipped his world upside down. He talks about the lessons he learned from that experience and how he is coping today.
• Adam and Ryan discuss the art of pricing and programming for gym clients.
• The path towards success and significance is paved with risk—and with risk come failures, distractions, and setbacks. Ryan encourages listeners to persevere in the face of hardship, because on the other side of the obstacle is the reward.

Powerful Quotes by Ryan

• Most coaches or trainers struggle to make money, and it's either because the gym is taking everything or they're just not charging enough.
• Everybody has their shit. The million dollar question is: How do you operate with your shit?
• If you're still here, you're not done yet.