The Fitness Business Podcast

Jason Reinhardt is the owner of Go M.A.D Fitness.  Go M.A.D. Fitness was born from Jasons passion for exercise and his commitment to helping others improve the quality of their lives. He has served over 15 years as a multi-club leader, he was elected to serve a four year term on the Board of Directors of IHRSA in 2016, and as of July 2019, he now serves as the Chair of IHRSA.

Tim Lyons is  the founder and CEO of Pro-Fit Marketing Solutions and Pulse Fitness Training. Tim has spent the last decade as gym owner and operator in the fitness industry and he knows first hand the challenges of gym ownership and understands the need for reliable, results-driven marketing solutions.  

Greta Wagner is the Executive Director and Senior Vice President at Chelsea Piers Connecticut. Chelsea Piers is a premiere sports and entertainment complex with locations in New York City, Brooklyn, and Stamford. As the Executive Director/EVP of Connecticut, Greta is responsible for the leadership, development, and financial success of the 500,000+ square foot Stamford facility. Greta is also one of the panelists for the 2019 IHRSA Womens Leadership Summit.

Jon Nasta is a Consulting Partner for Retention Solutions Ltd, Listen360.com and Keepme.ai.  Often accused of being obsessed with member engagement and retention Jon has held positions such as COO of Retention Management, Sales Director of Matrix Fitness and Marketing Director for Xercise4Less.

Matthew Walrath is the founder of Beyond Macros. Matthew teaches fitness industry professionals how to create remarkable client experiences that get results, increase retention, and generate referrals while decreasing admin and marketing tasks. He founded the online nutrition coaching company, Beyond Macros, in 2016 after being on a consistent waitlist as a nutrition coach for over a year. He's since helped 40 nutrition coaches (and counting) bring their services online.

Sam Mutimer is the Founder and Director of Social Media at Thinktank Social. During this weeks show you will learn, who should use social media to grow their personal brand, how to develop your personal brand statement, why you should be using Instagram and LinkedIn more than you think, how to find what content style best suits you and last of all we chat about the benefits for a business to have a team member with a strong personal brand

Joanna Stahl is the CEO & Founder of Go2Practice.  Joanna is a 20 year industry veteran teaching for Crunch & Equinox Joanna founded her business, Go2Practice,  after identifying the consumer shift in how we search for fitness experiences and the need for on demand access to a gym.

Mo Hagan is an International Health, Wellness, and Anti-Aging Expert,  #1 Best Selling Author & Speaker, and the newly appointed COO of CanFit Pro.  This week Mo joins us for #TalkingTrends  where we discuss 6 key areas - Marketing, Sales, Managing Teams, Retention, Fitness Programming and Professional Development.

CJ Martin is the Founder of Invictus Fitness.  C.J. has coached more than 50 individual athletes and dozens of Masters athletes to the CrossFit Games.  He has also coached Team Invictus to the CrossFit Games for 10 consecutive years.

Simon Walshaw is the Founder of Grace Curve Consulting, an Australian based business that works with organizations to enhance their culture and grow their leadership capacity. Prior to founding Grace Curve Consulting in 2017, Simon was the manager of Mingara One Fitness, a 4000+ member fitness and aquatics centre.

Jon Canarick is the Managing Director of North Castle Partners the leading small cap consumer private equity firm focused in the Healthy, Active, and Sustainable Living sectors.  Jon started his career at  North Castle Partners  as an Associate out of investment banking and played a crucial role in the development of North Castle and many of its portfolio companies.  He sits on the Board of Directors of companies including Echelon Fit, Barry’s Bootcamp, Curves, Jenny Craig and SLT to name a few.

Francesca Schuler is the Chief Executive Officer at In-Shape Health Clubs, a California-based chain of over 65 full services health clubs. Prior to her role as CMO and then COO at In-Shape, Francesca held executive positions as BevMo!, Treasury Wine Estates Americas, Method Products, Inc. and The Gap. She has an M.B.A. from Wharton and lives with her family in Sonoma.

Chris Mooney is Personal Training Performance Coach. In 2016 Chris launched 51FIT with the goal of leveraging his 20+ years’ experience in the industry to help prospective PTs make it through their first 12 months working as a commercial gym personal trainer. His business, 51FIT, has now evolved to offer coaching and mentoring services to established PTs to help keep them focused, accountable and succeed. 

Jarron Aizen is the founder One Fit Stop.  He is an entrepreneur immersed in the health and fitness  industry with a passion to leverage technology to create efficiencies  and experiences.

Tyler J. McCall is Instagram and social media marketer and he teaches people how to use Instagram with the intention to grow their community online and grow their business. He focuses on using Instagram and social media to tell stories, build relationships, and convert followers to fans, drawing from his 10 years of experience in non-profit marketing, management and community organizing.