

The Fitness Business School with Pat Rigsby
Pat Rigsby
Pat Rigsby is a serial entrepreneur and business coach helping others build their Ideal Business. The Fitness Business School is here to share stories of successful entrepreneurs who have built successful, lifestyle friendly businesses and teach you to do the same. Find out more at www.PatRigsby.com
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Mar 13, 2018 • 27min
040: Joe Arko
Joe Arko is the founder of Elite Performance Center, which serves the unique needs of athletes and athletes at heart in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Joe is a 2017 International Trainer of the Year, 2017 Fitness Hall of Fame nominee as well as a TV host and contributing author for multiple fitness magazines.

Mar 6, 2018 • 19min
039: Stephanie Lee
Stephanie Lee is a digital media strategist for visionary experts who want to make an impact. She helps experts get their own articles and ideas to reach a wider, mainstream audience and build an online presence that lasts. Her writing has been published in The New York Times, Lifehacker, GQ magazine, Men's Health, SELF, and more. You can find her on Twitter @superLEE7 or at http://stephanielee.me. Get her free 7-lesson email course on how to write for major publications at: http://stephanielee.me/free-lessons/

Feb 13, 2018 • 25min
038: Vito La Fata
Vito La Fata is the owner of Fitness Profit Systems and Co-Creator of Visionary Planner (Fitness and Wellness Edition). He helps fitness, wellness professionals, and coaches create their vision while they launch their business, income and lifestyle so that they can reach more people, enjoy more of life and create more impact.

Feb 6, 2018 • 17min
037: Jesse Cole
Jesse is the Owner of Fans First Entertainment, who owns and operates the Savannah Bananas and the Gastonia Grizzlies. The teams have welcomed more than 1 million fans to their ballparks and have been featured on MSNBC, CNN, and ESPN. Cole is an in-demand speaker and author of "Find Your Yellow Tux – How to Be Successful by Standing Out" released in January 2018. Cole is also the host of the Business Done Differently Podcast. Cole believes to be successful you need to Stand Out and Be Different. He releases blogs and videos daily on FindYourYellowTux.com. He is passionate about creating attention, loving your customers more than your product and loving your employees more than your customers. Cole's mantra is "Whatever's normal, do the exact opposite."

Jan 30, 2018 • 18min
036: Daniel Meng
Along with being a personal trainer, Daniel Meng is the owner of MUVFit. Daniel believes there is no "one size fits all" program that works for everyone. He tailors each program to the specific needs of the individual using components of corrective exercise, functional training, balance, core conditioning, cardio, traditional resistance training, and nutritional guidance to form a "map" to a healthy body and lifestyle. Daniel has vast experience working with clients wanting body transformation to those with special needs such as injury issues, pre- and post-partum, diabetes, and other health concerns.

Jan 23, 2018 • 27min
035: Vince Gabriele
In September 2008, Vince Gabriele achieved a lifelong goal when he opened Gabriele Fitness and Performance, LLC in Berkeley Heights, NJ. Vince's mission was to create a premier Fitness and Sports Performance Training Facility in the area he was raised — dedicated to the health and wellness of adults and the passion and success of athletes to achieve their best. Vince and his Elite Team work with adults in new, innovative and results driven strategies and systems that he has created and have led to a large and growing group of followers in Fitness Coaching and Fat Blast Boot Camps. In addition, his work in Middle School Athletic Development and High School Sports Performance Training has a substantial following. Vince has worked with athletes, both male and female, in nearly every sport – football, lacrosse, field hockey, basketball, baseball, track and field, golf, tennis, firefighter challenge, body building, figure skating, ice hockey, wrestling and soccer. He regularly works with the area coaches teaching the specifit warm up and conditioning protocols to be used with their athletes. Over 100 coaches have come through GFP for this training. Since opening the Gabriele Fitness and Performance facility in late-2008, Vince and his team have already worked with nearly 400 area athletes and their coaches.

Jan 2, 2018 • 19min
034: Tim Borys
Tim Borys is a master at sparking passion and positive change in those around him. He created his 4 Pillars Philosophy of Personal Performance to help people take ownership of their personal success, contribute their best work to society, and live a long, vibrant, and fulfilling life! Tim has been speaking, presenting, and consulting for over 15 years, to organizations across North America. His entertaining, engaging, and practical approach to speaking and coaching brings his audience on a fun, informative, and often humorous journey that positively transforms lives and greatly contributes to the success of companies that apply his 4 Pillars Philosophy.

Oct 10, 2017 • 25min
033: Lewis Howes
Lewis Howes is a New York Times bestselling author, with his most recent work being The Mask of Masculinity. He's built a multi-million dollar online media company, speaks all over the world, and is an advisor for billion dollar brands. Lewis is the host of the School of Greatness podcast, which shares inspiring stories from the most brilliant business minds, world class athletes and influential celebrities on the planet to help you find out what makes great people great.

Sep 5, 2017 • 24min
032: Lindsay Vastola
Lindsay Vastola is the Founder & CEO of Body Project Fitness & Lifestyle/ PFP media. She transforms the lives of thousands of women via her highly successful independent boot camp, becoming a force in the rising tide professionalism of the industry.

Aug 29, 2017 • 24min
031: Andy McCloy
Body Creations, Inc (BCI) and Andy McCloy provide a wide range of Strength Training and Performance Enhancement services to the greater Huntsville, Alabama area. We train athletes of all ages and sports including football, basketball, baseball, mixed martial arts (MMA), wrestling, soccer, softball, and golf. Andy McCloy has worked with literally hundreds of athletes ranging from middle and high school to the Professional levels, including the NFL and Arena Football Leagues. Our speed camp has allowed athletes of all ages and skill sets to drastically improve their Speed, Agility, and Quickness (SAQ).


