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Ben Pickard on Handing Your Gym to a GM Without Losing Your Mind

🌎 Ben Pickard, owner of Lean Strong Fitness in Ontario and COO of Business for Unicorns, joins Mateo to break down how he went from doing everything himself to trusting a

Ben Supik Said He'd Open a Gym Every Quarter—Here's What Actually Happened

🌎 Ben Supik, owner of Activate Body Personal Training in Baltimore, returns to give Mateo an update on his expansion — going from a one-location-per-quarter goal to two l

How This Female Gym Owner Built Made More Money with Less Members

🌎 Jen Cho, co-owner of Tidal CrossFit in Toronto, walks Mateo and Kilo CEO Kaleda Connell through her 6,000-square-foot space (an old converted theater) and breaks down h

Will Harrison: The Sales System That 5x'd This Gym's Signups

🌎 Will Harrison, co-owner of CrossFit Bath and founder of The Fitness Flywheel, joins Mateo to break down his journey from member to co-owner, and how he helped the gym b

Mark Fisher: The Right Way to Raise Your Gym's Prices (Without Losing Members)

🌎 Mark Fisher, former owner of Mark Fisher Fitness, now a gym business coach and partner at Business for Unicorns, joins Mateo to break down how to think about pricing an

Dan Visentin: 15 Years, 3 Locations, and What He'd Do Differently

Mateo Lopez and Kaleda Connell tour Dan Visentin's 416 Fitness Club in Toronto, covering how he survived 450 days closed during COVID, the "red shirt" trick he uses to se

Gym World Q&A: Improv Class, Bad Expansions, and Trusting Your Gut

Kilo co-founder Mateo Lopez is joined by Chris McMahon “Kilo Chris” for a Q&A episode of Gym World, taking questions straight from the Kilo Crew Facebook group, covering

How Cassie Day Kept Gym Rent at 20% of Revenue in a Brand New Space

Kilo co-founder Mateo Lopez and CEO Kaleda Connell are joined by All Day Fit's Cassie Day, as they take listeners on a construction tour of Cassie's brand-new standalone

Andrew Sugerman on Hyrox, Branding, and Why AI Won't Replace Your Coaches

🌎 Centr CEO Andrew Sugerman joins Mateo Lopez to talk about his jump from running Marvel comics and Disney's social channels to building the equipment behind Hyrox, why 9

Behind The Scenes Of Kilo

🌎 Kilo co-founder Mateo Lopez and Kilo Chris, take listeners behind the scenes of Kilo while at the Two-Brain Business Summit, the customer-care culture that keeps gym ow

3 Traits Every Successful Gym Owner Has According To Mark Fisher

🌎 Mark Fisher, former owner of Mark Fisher Fitness, now a gym business coach and partner at Business for Unicorns, joins Mateo to break down what separates today's top-pe

Every Major Gym Business Growth Strategy S-F Tier Ranking

🌎 Chris McMahon, Kilo's Content and Partnerships Specialist, joins Mateo for a rapid-fire tier-list episode ranking 15 of the most common gym growth strategies from S-tie

How Greg Morrone Converts 90% of Leads With a $400 Onboarding Offer

🌎 Greg Morrone , owner of The FIT Lab in Hoboken, NJ, joins Mateo to break down the "PT-first" onboarding model that converts 90-95% of leads, and the hospitality lessons

Erik Zeyher's $20K/mo semi-private playbook

🌎 Erik Zeyher , owner of Warlock CrossFit in Poughkeepsie, NY, joins Mateo to break down how his semi-private program grew into a $20-25K/month revenue stream and the sto

Josh Maranian: From Layoff to 40-Member Gym in One Year

🌎 Josh Maranian, owner of Regen Fitness Club in Fort Collins, Colorado, joins Mateo to break down how he built a semi-private training gym out of his garage and grew it i

Corey Lewis: Why Your Canceled Members Are Your Best Source of New Leads

🌎 Corey Lewis , owner of Extra Mile Fitness in St. Louis, Missouri and Two-Brain mentor, joins Mateo to break down how he hires, develops, and retains great coaches. They

Karen Stephenson: How She Built a Thriving Community Later in Life

🌎 Karen Stephenson, owner of Hammock Coast CrossFit on Pawleys Island , South Carolina, joins Mateo at the Two-Brain Business Summit to share how she sold her first gym,

The Legal Mistakes That Kill Gym Sales (With Matt Becker of Gym Lawyers)

Matt Becker, founder of Gym Lawyers and former 11-year CrossFit affiliate owner, joins Mateo to break down the legal gaps most gym owners don't know they have. They get i

How Rich Thaw Grew EMPWR Fitness 40% Using Referrals and Sell-by-Chat

🌎 Rich Thaw , owner of EMPWR Fitness and Sports Performance Training in Montreal, joins Mateo to break down how he grew his gym's membership base by 40% in Q4, largely wi

5 things your gym website needs in 2026

🌎 Kaleda Connell, CEO of Kilo, joins Mateo to break down how the shift to AI-powered search is changing what gym owners need on their websites — and what to do about it.