WTF Gym Talk

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Stephen Hitt is a successful microgym owner out of Seattle, WA with his Industrious brand facilities (2 locations currently).  However, he has been pretty busy working on a side project that has some serious legs in my opinion.   I've been talking about the need for better music experiences for years now and have had the pleasure of advising other groups in this same pursuit - but Stephen has actually put together a subscription service to address this exact issue. I present to you, Beats Rx. www.beatsrx.com

This has been a long time coming, but I'm proud to be able to provide this event for the microgym industry. Business conferences and summits are great - but a hyper specific event that is focused on those micro gyms who have the desire to develop a brand bigger + more unique than the one they may have been developing is my goal. I've gathered the best micro gyms in the industry who started off as CrossFit affiliates... ...realized they had their own ideas that needed their own identity... ....and they fucking made it happen. The SELF MADE SUMMIT is Oct 19th + 20th 2019.   All the details are here.   Buy your tickets before they sell out! https://www.wtfgymtalk.com/self-made-summit-2019

Be on my Facebook biz page or Instagram handle today at 2pm for a big fucking announcement. 

I preach this all the time - network with your competition, don't hate on them.    So that's exactly what this is.  A new fitness facility was recently announced that it was opening up in my area...like right down the street.  It's going to be massive, offer a ton of different classes and start marketing to my demographic.  Instead of doing what most would do, I invited them into my gym to meet and talk shop, give advice and simply network.   You should try this sometime...trust me. 

Ethan Chandler is a smart guy...like a really smart guy.   I've had the privilege to work with Ethan to improve some elements of his business in Richmond, VA and I can honestly say that our conversations were always fire.  I remember telling him after one of our scheduled calls that we need to start recording the entire thing - so we did a podcast instead. Make sure to check out the amazing work on Instagram stories that Ethan does for his microgym @phoenix_fma

Paul Klein has been on this podcast before - well...not sure if it ever got published, but I def. interviewed him and his business partner awhile back because they too own their own building and microgym and it was an interesting story.....ANYWAY....this time through, Paul has since sold his gym + building and is now working on a new venture - Fext Push. We jam on all things related to text message communication as it relates to marketing in 2019 world. https://push.fext.co/about  

Joe brings me a present and we discuss my trip to San Jose, getting way too high on an airplane and my first autograph request 

Some thoughts post San Jose trip where I had a chance to jam with Jason Khalipa - let me know your thoughts.

So Craig RIchey recently had an awesome interview with the founder of CrossFit, Greg Glassman. They hit on some topics that I had some thoughts on, so figured I'd make a response video and walk you guys through some of more pertinent parts of the interview for microgym owners.  Craig - awesome job with the interview!  Make sure to subscribe to his channel  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1lfnF3avRvtFm_wajLLhyg Also, here is the keynote that Greg Glassman gave back in the day that I think every CF affiliate owner should watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bl3l3juIyc