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Politics and Religion. Weāre not supposed to talk about that, right? Wrong! We only say that nowadays because the loudest, most extreme voices have taken over the whole conversation. Well, weāre taking some of that space back! If youāre dying for some dialogue instead of all the yelling; if you know itās okay to have differences without having to hate each other; if you believe politics and religion are too important to let āthe screamersā drown out the rest of us and would love some engaging, provocative and fun conversations about this stuff, then āTalkinā Politics & Religion Without Killinā Each Otherā is for you!
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Like MAGIC! you have finally found "The Underground Playground Podcast," where a couple of crotchety-old and opinionated, yet otherwise "well connected," strength and conditioning coaches/ gym owners, join forces to bring you the expert voices, personalities and stories of the "Physical Culture" world... Listen UP!
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Like MAGIC! you have finally found "The Underground Playground Podcast," where a couple of crotchety-old and opinionated, yet otherwise "well connected," strength and conditioning coaches/ gym owners, join forces to bring you the expert voices, personalities and stories of the "Physical Culture" world... Listen UP!
Jarett Perelmutter (JP) Owner of Brick Nation JP is an entrepreneur, public speaker, team builder, and brand and company culture specialist. He has dreamed up, launched, built and sold numerous companies, gaining valuable experience with everything from bootstrap funding to large capital investments along the way. JP has seen the good, the bad and the very ugly side of business management and failed operations. But from these failures and tribulationsāincluding his ownāgreat successes were born. Thriving on his adventurous spirit and knack for troubleshooting, JP loves a good challenge. Whether heās researching industries for a current business venture or uncovering new opportunities, JP pinpoints the core market separators that distinguish businesses that stay cash positive from those that sprint cash negative (AKA go broke!). JP launched his first business, Groove USA, in 1994 while enrolled at the University of Colorado Boulder. Groove started as one of first skiboard and snowboard manufacturers in the U.S., following in the footsteps of industry leaders K2 and Burton. JP helped pioneer Skiboarding, which debuted at the Winter X Games and later inspired twin skis and the freestyle skiing movement. Using his growing expertise in operations and team building, JP then entered the commercial martial arts school market and was soon one of the youngest multi-location owner-operators in the U.S.ā¦
We captured a personal conversation with Craig Patterson of MadLab Group... SO this is GOLD! We jump in to the conversation at a point where we are talking about the current functional fitness gym business models and how they are designed to serve the "investor class" and NOT the independant gym owner. Why independent gym owners emulate the franchise model of paying coaches by the hour, using "free" or low barrier offers (LBO'S) and short term "challenges" in order to grow business... When, as it turns out, these are likely the exact WRONG things to do... Hang out for a half hour and LISTEN UP!ā¦
CrossFit Affiliate Owner, Brian Stites is our guest on the Listen UP! podcast... Recently voicing his concerns with the CrossFit Games/Regionals changes... and he got the ear of CF founder Greg Glassman... Suggesting that his CF Affiliation was in doubt... Listen UP! for the whole story and more! http://crossfitontrack.com/ā¦
Dan is a former CrossFit gym owner and currently a partner at PushPress, a gym management software company and he's on a quest to help gym owners run legit businesses that can not only help their communities, but earn their owners and coaches a meaningful wage. Join our wide ranging conversation about gym business, education and learning, self improvement and running marathons... plus lot's more! Listen UP!ā¦
Allison has been been involved with CrossFit and Olympic Weightlifting since early 2006. Starting her CrossFit journey at the original Black Box in NYC. She and her husband Brendan Gilliam own CrossFit Las Vegas. Allison is one of the early CrossFit media celebrities known as "AllisonNYC"
Tony Budding is a content marketer, executive producer, and large project manager with a specialty in events and media. Over the years he has worn many hats... To include overseeing the production and publication of over 4,000 web videos, 2,000 articles, 10,000 photos, 500 hours of live event coverage, 50 cable TV shows, a dozen websites, and three books. And perhaps most famously Tony ran all the media production and web content for CrossFit and the CrossFit Games during their period of fastest growth (early 2007 through mid 2013). Later moving on the the GRID league and now Drone Racing League https://thedroneracingleague.com/ We chat with Tony about his history with CrossFit and Greg Glassman in the early days... Then we get into some of the backstory about the how and why the GRID league met its demise... Plenty for everyone and a great chat! Thanks Tony, come on back!ā¦
One of the most recognizable and cool, true "OG" CrossFIt people out their is Freddy Camacho. We join forces for a light hearted and fun conversation today! Freddy is the Owner and coach at Good For You CrossFit in Newark, CA. He retired from police work in 2018 as a sergeant at the Union City Police Department. Freddy is a Level Two Krav Maga instructor and has won medals in boxing and CrossFit in both the California Police and Fire Games and the World Police and Fire Games. He's been a CrossFit gym owner since 2006 and a 7 times CrossFit Games athlete.ā¦
In this episode we chat with Mike Wuest who is the Owner of CrossFit Como and a partner at UpLaunch as Director of Customer Success. UpLaunch is a CRM and automation platform for gym owners that has spread like wildfire We had a good convo about content creation and marketing, re/co branding and retention stuff... Useful action items for gyms! āļøSPECIAL OFFER FOR THE FIRST 10 WHO MENTION THIS PODCAST! 50% OFF YOUR ONBOARDING FEE WHEN YOU SIGN UP WITH UPLAUNCH! You can learn more or sign up for UpLaunch here .https://www.uplaunch.com?fp_ref=mike66 OR, contact Mike Wuest at mike@uplaunch.comā¦
In this episode, we chat with Stu from WTF Gym Talk and owner of Urban Mvmnt in Charlotte NC about how entrepreneurs/gym owners can initiate and maximize content creation to increase awareness and brand recognition, all while being a "busy owner who doesn't know how...yet" Some of the topics: STEALING IDEAS AND MAKING THEM YOUR OWN FACEBOOK ADS STRATEGIES CREATING BRAND AWARENESS CONTENT WITH NO EXPECTATIONS? OUTSIDE EVENTS MARKETING IS AUDIO THE NEW KING? STARTING YOUR OWN PODCAST And lot's more insight during our conversation... Listen UP! wtfgymtalk.com urbanmvmnt.comā¦
Dr. Sean Pastuch of Active Life Rx discusses incorporating a prescriptive model of mobility, health and fitness into "functional fitness gyms" where the client, coaches and owners all benefit. Check out Active Life Rx at activeliferx.com
Matt is the Owner of The Strength Shop in Longwood, Florida He is a two-time All-American athlete, turned strength coach. Previously, Matt was the head strength & conditioning coach for the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, FL. He has been featured in Sports Illustrated and on ESPN for his talents on the gridiron and he has played football in America, Mexico, Finland, Germany and most recently in Poland for the Warsaw Eagles. Matt has written for several magazines including The Performance Menu, My Mad Methods Magazine, he is on the on the Underground Strength Coach expert panel, and much more. Matt's gym, The Strength Shop, was featured in The Performance Menu as a top performance gym to look out for along with other renowned coaches like, Eric Cressey, Mike Boyle, and Josh Henkin. Matt is a USA Weightlifting Coach, IKFF Certified Kettlebell Teacher, Underground Strength Coach, CrossFit certified coach, NSPA-CPTā¦
We were joined by CF Affiliate Owners Group Mods, Coy Balusek and Gil Tal. Dominic Parker an active member and Stuart Brauer of WTF Gym Talk... This episode will interest micro gym owners and members of the CFAO group, as we discuss the purpose and direction of the group and some of the problems faced by micro gym owners... and more.ā¦
Burl Bryson, Lunchbox Alchemy chief executive officer and his team join us in a discussion of "CBD's" - Cannabidiol, (CBD) oil has become the hot new product in the fitness and health scene. The non-psychoactive marijuana extract is being credited with helping treat a host of medical problems -as well as being touted to aid in athletic and fitness training and recovery. Join us as we chat about all things CBD... Listen UP!ā¦
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