Will Dahlgren is the Founder and Chief Body Composition Officer at Body Knowledge, a company which provides mobile, non-invasive, accurate body composition testing. His company allows fitness and wellness facilities to keep up with the current trends by providing data in regard to water, muscle, and fat to their clientele while increasing cash flow into the business.
Before venturing into his own, he used to work with Oracle as an Application Sales Specialist and eventually retired from there to start his business. But before this stint, he was first connected with InBody, whereby, he got the device he mainly uses in his business.
In this episode, Will talks about his company Body Knowledge and how it aims to be part of the growing digital health movement that provides a tailored wellness solution for small to medium sized employee wellness programs.Will also debunked the belief that weightloss is all about the concept of losing body fat and gaining muscles. He tackled that there is more to weight loss than what we were made to believe.
“(on well-being) It is about being in an optimal state where you have a sound mind, sound body and sound spirit, where everything is optimized so that you feel good about yourself.”- Will Dahlgren
Time Stamps:
02:23 - Will introducing himself and the unique wellness business he has as well as sharing noteworthy information about the device he uses in his business
03:57 - Who uses the InBody device and what benefits can be derived from it
06:02 - Gap in the market and old view about weight loss: Will's inspiration to bring awareness to Inbody device's necessity for people to look at health beyond just their weight
07:11 - InBody device: What does it do and how to benefit from it
08:17 - How the use of InBody device’s result translates to setting goals
10:37 - What are InBody device results' positive contribution to gym trainers in terms of weaving helpful programs for clients
12:06 - Why losing weight is not always good and why it's important to know your body composition
15:37 - How does Will tie in InBody device's results in educating clients on how to better lose weight
18:55 - Take it from Will: Don't confuse losing weight to losing body fat and gaining muscle
22:56 - Success stories brought about by making full use of InBody device's results
31:36 - How does he manage to balance work and life?
34:35 - Be clear about your core values and have an easy to convey value proposition: Will's two cents' worth to up and coming entrepreneurs
42:38 - What does wellbeing means to Will, why it is important to optimize the state of one's wellbeing