Future of Fitness

Bob Burg is a Hall-of-Fame Speaker and author of numerous books on sales, marketing, and influence, with total book sales of well over a million copies. His book, The Go-Giver, coauthored with John David Mann has itself sold over 925,000 copies and been translated into 28 languages.

I’m a veteran writer, editor and content director. My content service helps fitness pros grow their businesses by engaging more people over 50. This is the key market for gyms, studios, and trainers who want to plan a longterm success. But the fitness industry tends to ignore or patronize “older” people. I save you time and money as you build relationships with people who have the time, money and loyalty you want.

Josh helps people beat emotional eating and finally lose weight. Using a skill-based approach allows people to create a new relationship with their bodies and with food, and get totally new weight loss results.

With a combined over 20 years of experience in the industry, and after training fitness professionals in over 10 countries around the world, Barry and Shay are here to help you learn the exact skillset that all of the top fitness instructors and business owners possess.

Based in San Francisco, Aly Orady is a 20-year silicon valley veteran, engineer and serial entrepreneur. Aly started his career at Hewlett-Packard’s Computer Systems Laboratory designing super-computers, followed by technical leadership roles at a series of startups, including Kealia, Inc. (now Sun/Oracle).

Amber Vilhauer is an online digital marketing expert who supports authors, speakers, and coaches to establish a powerful, integrated online presence that gets results and empowers them to make a difference in their industry.

After 18 years of working with some of the biggest names in Fintech, including Thomson Financial and SS&C, Ian Mullane left corporate life as the COO of Sungard’s Asia Pacific business. Since then, he’s founded and grown a number of companies including Locowise.com, Vanda.fit and most recently, Keepme, an AI-powered membership retention tool.

Deacon Andrews is a dad first and foremost that loves being out in the mountains and chasing the stoke that comes along with both those things.

Sam Mathers is the Founder of Fitter Futures - 1 of only 3 Brand X Method Labs worldwide, specializing in youth functional fitness. They are the only functional fitness gym in the world that has been exclusively for YOUTH.

‘ Back surgery is your only option…’   This statement inspired Dr. Eric Goodman to overcome a seriously bad back. The severe, years-long debilitating lower back pain had been hanging over Dr. Goodman’s upcoming Chiropractic career. A year before graduation his pain hit and held its climax for several months. This was a maddening experience.

Positive Performance Training was founded in 2008 by Lindsey Wilson, a former collegiate and professional athlete who felt a strong call to help other athletes optimize their mindset and fulfill their potential. Today, the Positive Performance team has continued to provide athletes and teams with high-quality, easy-to-digest, complete mental training programs.

Brian is the Content and Production Manager for the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM). He oversees the creation of NASM's certification and continuing education courses. He's an accomplished fitness practitioner, product manager, author, and instructional designer with over 15 years’ experience creating best-in-class education programs in the health and fitness industry.

Dan is a graduate of Duke University where he played football and earned a BA in economics. He also earned an MBA from the Wharton School, after which he founded, built and sold a successful real estate investment and management firm. After selling his real estate company, Dan practiced as s professional photographer before discovering the concept of wearable resistance bands and founding WearBands.

Director of F45 Academy

Brett Klika CSCS, is an IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year, international motivational speaker, best- selling author, and Co-Founder of SPIDERfit Kids, a global innovator in youth fitness education. For over 20 years, Brett has been inspiring organizations and individuals to unleash the power of play to inspire health and innovation.