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Today I’m joined by PJ Nestler. 

PJ is the Director of Performance at XPT Life — a performance lifestyle system developed by Laird Hamilton and Gabby Reece. 

In this episode, we discussed the breath, movement, and recovery methods used at XPT. The rise of the high-performance lifestyle. And how XPT has used retreats, coaching certifications, and its consumer app to grow the brand. 

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PJ is a human performance specialist with over 13 years of experience preparing top athletes from the UFC, NFL, and NHL for competition. Outside of training top athletes, Coach PJ is devoted to education, sharing his knowledge and experience with the purpose of elevating the fitness profession. He is currently the Director of Performance for XPT Life where his role entails researching & developing educational curriculums around XPT’s Breathe-Move-Recover pillars and teaching certification programs for health & fitness professionals around the world.

https://www.xptlife.com/

https://www.instagram.com/coachpjnestler

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Fitt Insider is a weekly newsletter and podcast about the business of fitness and wellness. 

From product launches and funding news to game-changing innovation, Fitt Insider provides listeners with insights and analysis on this ever-evolving industry. 

Join your peers and colleagues from companies like Equinox, lululemon, Peloton, Beyond Meat, Nike, and ClassPass by subscribing.  

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Today I'm joined by Mark Gainey.

Mark is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Strava, a global community of athletes with more than 50M members.

In this episode, we discussed Strava's business model, including freemium access and paid subscriptions, the company's focus on putting the athlete first, and Mark's plan to make Strava a multi-generational company.

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Mark has been building successful companies for 20+ years. He currently serves as the co-founder and executive chairman of Strava, a global community of athletes. Founded in 2009, millions of athletes have joined Strava for the competition and camaraderie found in tracking and sharing their fitness activities. Mark also co-founded Kana Communications, an enterprise CRM firm, in 1996 and served in various capacities, including CEO, president, and chairman. He has offered his expertise to a wide array of companies over the years, joining the boards of Alter-G, BoardVantage, Daum, Clari, and Coaching Corps. Mark holds an AB from Harvard University.

Today I’m joined by Mark Gainey. 

Mark is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Strava, a global community of athletes with more than 50M members. 

In this episode, we discussed Strava’s business model, including freemium access and paid subscriptions, the company’s focus on putting the athlete first, and Mark’s plan to make Strava a multi-generational company. 

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Mark has been building successful companies for 20+ years. He currently serves as the co-founder and executive chairman of Strava, a global community of athletes. Founded in 2009, millions of athletes have joined Strava for the competition and camaraderie found in tracking and sharing their fitness activities. Mark also co-founded Kana Communications, an enterprise CRM firm, in 1996 and served in various capacities, including CEO, president, and chairman. He has offered his expertise to a wide array of companies over the years, joining the boards of Alter-G, BoardVantage, Daum, Clari, and Coaching Corps. Mark holds an AB from Harvard University.

Today I'm joined by Fritz Lanman the CEO of ClassPass.

In this episode, we talk about why the company changed its business model and pricing over the years. The opportunity for growth in areas like corporate benefits, wellness experiences, and streaming workouts. What makes ClassPass worth $1B. And Fritz's plan to take the company public.

Let's get into it.

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Fritz Lanman is the CEO of ClassPass and previously served as Executive Chairman. He has been involved with the company since 2013 when he led both the Seed and Series A financing. In addition to his role at ClassPass, he is an active angel investor who backed Square, Pinterest, Wish and several other companies. Before ClassPass, Fritz founded Livestar, Verst and Doppler Labs and worked in Product Management and Corporate Strategy at Microsoft.

Website: https://classpass.com/

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Fitt Insider is a weekly newsletter and podcast about the business of fitness and wellness.

From product launches and funding news to game-changing innovation, Fitt Insider provides listeners with insights and analysis on this ever-evolving industry.

Join your peers and colleagues from companies like Equinox, lululemon, Peloton, Beyond Meat, Nike, and ClassPass by subscribing.

Website: http://insider.fitt.co

Today I’m joined by Fritz Lanman the CEO of ClassPass. 

In this episode, we talk about why the company changed its business model and pricing over the years. The opportunity for growth in areas like corporate benefits, wellness experiences, and streaming workouts. What makes ClassPass worth $1B. And Fritz’s plan to take the company public. 

Let’s get into it. 

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Fritz Lanman is the CEO of ClassPass and previously served as Executive Chairman. He has been involved with the company since 2013 when he led both the Seed and Series A financing. In addition to his role at ClassPass, he is an active angel investor who backed Square, Pinterest, Wish and several other companies. Before ClassPass, Fritz founded Livestar, Verst and Doppler Labs and worked in Product Management and Corporate Strategy at Microsoft.

Website: https://classpass.com/

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Fitt Insider is a weekly newsletter and podcast about the business of fitness and wellness. 

From product launches and funding news to game-changing innovation, Fitt Insider provides listeners with insights and analysis on this ever-evolving industry. 

Join your peers and colleagues from companies like Equinox, lululemon, Peloton, Beyond Meat, Nike, and ClassPass by subscribing.  

Website:  http://insider.fitt.co

Today I'm joined by Carl Daikeler, the co-founder and CEO of Beachbody,

In today's episode, we discussed the evolution of at-home fitness, transitioning from VHS tapes to streaming content, the role and criticism of multi-level marketing, and building a billion-dollar-a-year business.

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Carl Daikeler is co-founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Beachbody, LLC. In his pursuit to maintain his own health and fitness, and find a solution for the growing obesity epidemic, Daikeler and his co-founder Jon Congdon created Beachbody in 1998. Since then, the California-based company has redefined in-home fitness with top fitness and weight-loss solutions such as Beachbody® On-Demand, P90X®, 21 Day Fix®, Body Beast®, and INSANITY®, as well as the breakthrough health shake, Shakeology®.

Daikeler's focus is to help people achieve their goals and lead healthy, fulfilling lives. Through the Team Beachbody® Coach Network, his aspiration is to create the largest community of health and fitness-related peer support in the world.

So, in 2007, Beachbody became the first networking marketing business focused on a holistic approach to fitness and weight loss, turning customers into brand ambassadors. Offering the most innovative, results-oriented programs and skilled, motivational trainers, Beachbody's approach to fitness has not only gained the attention of millions of satisfied customers but also crossed $1 billion in annual sales in 2014. Daikeler has over 30 years of extensive product marketing experience, including every aspect of the direct response business, from creating products to advertising, media buying, operations, international distribution, and general management.

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Fitt Insider is a weekly newsletter and podcast about the business of fitness and wellness.

From product launches and funding news to game-changing innovation, Fitt Insider provides listeners with insights and analysis on this ever-evolving industry.

Join your peers and colleagues from companies like Equinox, lululemon, Peloton, Beyond Meat, Nike, and ClassPass by subscribing.

Website: http://insider.fitt.co

Today I’m joined by Carl Daikeler, the co-founder and CEO of Beachbody, 

In today’s episode, we discussed the evolution of at-home fitness, transitioning from VHS tapes to streaming content, the role and criticism of multi-level marketing, and building a billion-dollar-a-year business. 

More from Carl >> 

Carl Daikeler is co-founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Beachbody, LLC. In his pursuit to maintain his own health and fitness, and find a solution for the growing obesity epidemic, Daikeler and his co-founder Jon Congdon created Beachbody in 1998. Since then, the California-based company has redefined in-home fitness with top fitness and weight-loss solutions such as Beachbody® On-Demand, P90X®, 21 Day Fix®, Body Beast®, and INSANITY®, as well as the breakthrough health shake, Shakeology®. 

Daikeler's focus is to help people achieve their goals and lead healthy, fulfilling lives. Through the Team Beachbody® Coach Network, his aspiration is to create the largest community of health and fitness-related peer support in the world. 

So, in 2007, Beachbody became the first networking marketing business focused on a holistic approach to fitness and weight loss, turning customers into brand ambassadors. Offering the most innovative, results-oriented programs and skilled, motivational trainers, Beachbody's approach to fitness has not only gained the attention of millions of satisfied customers but also crossed $1 billion in annual sales in 2014. Daikeler has over 30 years of extensive product marketing experience, including every aspect of the direct response business, from creating products to advertising, media buying, operations, international distribution, and general management. 

More from Fitt Insider >> 

Fitt Insider is a weekly newsletter and podcast about the business of fitness and wellness. 

From product launches and funding news to game-changing innovation, Fitt Insider provides listeners with insights and analysis on this ever-evolving industry. 

Join your peers and colleagues from companies like Equinox, lululemon, Peloton, Beyond Meat, Nike, and ClassPass by subscribing.  

Website:  http://insider.fitt.co

Today I'm joined by Marc Zionts.

Marc is the Executive Chairman of Precision Nutrition — a leader in nutrition coaching and education.

In today's episode, we talk about the company's focus on behavior change, the decision to develop software tools to help nutrition and health coaches automate their business, and the importance of deep health to overall well-being.

Let's get into it.

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Marc Zionts, an executive, athlete, and environmentalist and has been successfully leading companies since 1987. Zionts is currently the Executive Chairman and Board Member of Precision Nutrition, a BV Investment Partners portfolio company.

Zionts earned his Bachelor's degree and Master's degree in Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Zionts is also an Independent Board Director for TEOCO and Friends of the Earth, a Washington D.C. based environmental group.

Zionts is happily married for 30 years and has 4 nice and kind adult children. Besides enjoying spending time with his family, Zionts is an environmentalist and avid outdoorsman and an accomplished criterium, cyclocross, and velodrome bicycle racer.

Precision Nutrition: https://www.precisionnutrition.com/

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Fitt Insider is a weekly newsletter and podcast about the business of fitness and wellness.

From product launches and funding news to game-changing innovation, Fitt Insider provides listeners with insights and analysis on this ever-evolving industry.

Join your peers and colleagues from companies like Equinox, lululemon, Peloton, Beyond Meat, Nike, and ClassPass by subscribing.

Website: http://insider.fitt.co

Today I’m joined by Marc Zionts. 

Marc is the Executive Chairman of Precision Nutrition — a leader in nutrition coaching and education. 

In today’s episode, we talk about the company’s focus on behavior change, the decision to develop software tools to help nutrition and health coaches automate their business, and the importance of deep health to overall well-being. 

Let’s get into it. 

More from Marc >> 

Marc Zionts, an executive, athlete, and environmentalist and has been successfully leading companies since 1987. Zionts is currently the Executive Chairman and Board Member of Precision Nutrition, a BV Investment Partners portfolio company.

Zionts earned his Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree in Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Zionts is also an Independent Board Director for TEOCO and Friends of the Earth, a Washington D.C. based environmental group.

Zionts is happily married for 30 years and has 4 nice and kind adult children. Besides enjoying spending time with his family, Zionts is an environmentalist and avid outdoorsman and an accomplished criterium, cyclocross, and velodrome bicycle racer.

Precision Nutrition: https://www.precisionnutrition.com/

More from Fitt Insider >> 

Fitt Insider is a weekly newsletter and podcast about the business of fitness and wellness. 

From product launches and funding news to game-changing innovation, Fitt Insider provides listeners with insights and analysis on this ever-evolving industry. 

Join your peers and colleagues from companies like Equinox, lululemon, Peloton, Beyond Meat, Nike, and ClassPass by subscribing.  

Website:  http://insider.fitt.co

Today I'm joined by Tobi Pearce the CEO of SWEAT.

Along with his wife Kayla Itsines, Tobi and the team at SWEAT are building the world's largest female fitness community.

In this episode, we talked about his journey from personal training to creating a digital platform. We also discussed customer acquisition and retention as it related to growing SWEAT's user base. And Tobi shared his thoughts on fitness in a post-COVID-19 world.

Let's get into it.

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Tobi Pearce is the Founder and CEO of SWEAT, a global technology company in the

health and fitness industry and home to the largest online female fitness community of

more than 50 million women globally.

Pearce has leveraged his personal training background and his knowledge in business

and technology to reach global markets, and ultimately provide a world first health and

fitness app for women in more than 155 countries.

SWEAT is currently one of Apple's largest grossing apps in its Health and Fitness category.

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Fitt Insider is a weekly newsletter and podcast about the business of fitness and wellness.

From product launches and funding news to game-changing innovation, Fitt Insider provides listeners with insights and analysis on this ever-evolving industry.

Join your peers and colleagues from companies like Equinox, lululemon, Peloton, Beyond Meat, Nike, and ClassPass by subscribing.

Website: http://insider.fitt.co