Fitness Business Asia Podcast

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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Tom Dowd is the president and CEO of F45 Training. We discuss the work Tom has have been doing to help F45 bounce back from a difficult start to 2023 and their plans for the future, as well as what to expect in Asia.

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After listening to a recent LIFTs podcast with Dr Paul Bedford, he outlined two essential rules for providing great sales and service. It resonated so deeply with our host Jack Thomas, he did a deep dive on today’s episode into what these crucial rules are, and how to win at them.

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We welcome returning guest Matthew Januszek to the show - founder and CEO of leading fitness equipment brand Escape and host of the Escape Your Limits podcast - to talk all things strength training in the fitness industry and how the space has developed from a business perspective since Escape was founded in 1998.

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Gym owners and personal trainers aren’t good at increasing prices. They either don’t do it at all or often enough, or they communicate poorly. It needn’t be that way - this episode will talk you through how best to do it and why it’s so important to do it, and do it right.

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We welcome Dan Uyemura who shares his incredible story of being at rock bottom and facing jail to building one of the fitness industry’s most exciting and fast-growing gym software companies.

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Many gym owners write off December as a lost month. Here’s how you can make December strong and profitable, and set yourself up for a great 2025!

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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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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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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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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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