Fitness Business Asia Podcast

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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Physique 57 Bangkok

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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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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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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.

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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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Enlites

The Fit Guide

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The Fit Guide helps fitness lovers find and experience the world’s best fitness clubs and studios; and helps fitness clubs create incredible, five star client experiences every time.

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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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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.

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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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Hamza Gherara on LinkedIn

GHM Consultancy

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The Fit Guide helps fitness lovers find and experience the world’s best fitness clubs and studios; and helps fitness clubs create incredible, five star client experiences every time.

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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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Hamza Gherara on LinkedIn

GHM Consultancy

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The Fit Guide helps fitness lovers find and experience the world’s best fitness clubs and studios; and helps fitness clubs create incredible, five star client experiences every time.

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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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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.

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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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Raph Freedman LinkedIn

Lockeroom Gym

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The Fit Guide helps fitness lovers find and experience the world’s best fitness clubs and studios; and helps fitness clubs create incredible, five star client experiences every time.

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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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Richard Cowley on LinkedIn

HYROX

Find A HYROX Race in Asia

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The Fit Guide helps fitness lovers find and experience the world’s best fitness clubs and studios; and helps fitness clubs create incredible, five star client experiences every time.

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Jack Thomas on LinkedIn

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