Geronimo Unfiltered

How To Leave The Floor Without Your Gym Falling Apart


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  • Reece and Summer own a studio that's just hit 0% churn at 200-plus members, with Reece finally off the floor after 11 years and a million-dollar studio on track for their one-year anniversary. In this episode I sit down with both of them to break down exactly how they did it.

    Everyone says they want to work on the business instead of in it. Almost nobody does, because it was never really a time problem. It's that the whole business lives in the owners' heads, and getting it out means becoming a different kind of owner.

    They did it one system at a time. Killed free trials. Installed a paid intro. Learned the sales script so Reece could hand it off. Brought on a VA and got 20 hours a week back. Built a retention system the whole team runs. And somewhere in there, Reece stopped seeing himself as "just a PT" while Summer kept the vision and the systems pointed at where they're actually going.


    In this episode you'll hear:

    • Why getting off the floor is an identity shift, not a scheduling fix
    • Why we kill free trials and install a paid intro instead
    • How to learn a sales script so someone else can run it for you
    • The right way to bring on a VA, and the feedback loop that makes it stick
    • The retention system holding a 200-plus member studio at 0% churn
    • Why every member gets allocated to a named trainer
    • The vision book, the Polaroid wall, and the "make yourself proud" standard
    • Why looking at your numbers every week is the unlock, not the threat
    • Reece and Summer's advice for anyone standing where they were a year ago
    • If this one resonated, go back and listen to "The Retention Revolution: What the Top 1% of Studios Are Doing Differently". It's a perfect follow-on.

      And if your head's spinning and you're thinking "okay, what do I actually do now" - book a free 15-minute discovery call and we'll look at how your studio's going right now and where the quick-win opportunities are.


      Chapters

      00:00:00 12 months in: from burnt out to back-to-back record months

      00:02:01 11 years on the floor, and why getting off it isn't about the hours
      00:02:40 The first change: delegation and learning to trust the team
      00:04:21 Why we killed free trials and installed a paid intro
      00:06:05 Learning the sales script (and why it's not about being a closer)
      00:08:11 Bringing on a VA: where to start and what to hand over first
      00:12:20 Training a VA with playbooks and a feedback loop
      00:13:55 The retention systems: going from feel to a real system
      00:18:45 The Polaroid wall and 0% churn at 200-plus members
      00:20:43 Allocating every member to a trainer: the secret past 350
      00:22:17 What "working on the business" actually means
      00:23:54 The vision book and the three-year picture
      00:28:35 The identity shift from trainer to leader
      00:31:52 Leaving for the summit, and what they found on return
      00:36:18 What's next: more locations, more impact
      00:40:05 The advice: right people, know your numbers, lean in

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