How Technology has Transformed Fitness
Bryce Henson's Podcast
Technology has taken over the fitness industry. Whether it’s used to market your gym, hold your members accountable, or to take online payments from clients, it’s pretty much the standard for any health-conscious person looking to get fit. In today’s Fitness Franchise Podcast, Bryce Henson speaks with Mark Springer, co-founder of Avatar Nutrition, a total body transformation system that helps you eat for a life you love while gaining total control over your weight and body fat! Mark shares how he bootstrapped Avatar Nutrition, the importance of knowing your numbers in business, how...
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The Peak Performance Mindset
Bryce Henson's Podcast
What does it mean to achieve peak performance? What physical and mental pain would you need to overcome to do so? There's a lot of conditioning the mind and changing perspective on how we view ourselves to develop this mindset. Changing your perspective and healing starts with awareness, dedication, and often finding the right person to guide you through the journey. In today's Fitness Franchise Podcast, Bryce Henson speaks with Dr. Christopher Stepien, the founder of Barefoot Rehab. Dr. Chris and his team provide a holistic approach involving meditation, anti-inflammatory diet, stress...
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How to Succeed Through Failure
Bryce Henson's Podcast
What if you woke up tomorrow unafraid of failure? What if someone told you failure is the secret to success? Ask any successful individual, and they're likely to tell you their most significant accomplishments came from failing. Their success came from realizing that failure is not the end. It's simply the beginning of the next attempt. In today's Fitness Franchise Podcast, Bryce Henson speaks with Fernando Bonato, founder of Double Win Consulting, a marketing agency helping brick and mortar businesses dominate their local market. Fernando is also a former business coach who helped...
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Breaking Into New Markets
Bryce Henson's Podcast
Breaking into any industry is never easy, and the fitness industry is no exception. Before you begin your journey, you'll want to identify a market segment, what services you'll offer, and begin to define your target audience by characteristics such as demographics, interests, needs, and location. In today's Fitness Franchise Podcast, Bryce Henson speaks with Steven Hadley, author, public speaker, franchise owner, and National Director of Fit Body Forever. The Fit Body Forever program is designed for adults 55+ years old and Baby Boomers who want greater health, better physical function,...
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Understanding Your Dream Client
Bryce Henson's Podcast
As a business owner, it's your vision and leadership that drives the direction of the ship. However, it means nothing without the dedicated individuals working alongside you. It's ultimately the team that will help you achieve the end goal. If you're able to lead them, your business will rise, but if you fail to acknowledge that the buck stops with you, you will eventually fail. In today's Fitness Franchise Podcast, Bryce Henson speaks with Matt Schneider, the Executive Director of Franchise Development of Fit Body Boot Camp and instructor for the Modern Day Knight Project. Matt's...
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How to Build a Culture Your Clients Love
Bryce Henson's Podcast
Within the walls of any successful fitness gym, it's the culture that sets the stage for success. As an owner, it's your responsibility to put the right people in place who carry out the values, mindset, behaviors, and beliefs that inspire clients to keep coming back. The bottom line is that culture will make or break your organization and be your greatest competitive advantage if done right. In today's Fitness Franchise Podcast, Bryce Henson speaks with CJ Wehrkamp, a Fit Body Boot Camp franchise owner and CAP Coach (Coaching & Profitability), who helps dozens of franchise owners scale...
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Rising and Falling as a Team
Bryce Henson's Podcast
As a business owner, it's your vision and leadership that drives the direction of the ship. However, it means nothing without the dedicated individuals working alongside you. It's ultimately the team that will help you achieve the end goal. If you're able to lead them, your business will rise, but if you fail to acknowledge that the buck stops with you, you will eventually fail. In today's Fitness Franchise Podcast, Bryce Henson speaks with Matt Schneider, the Executive Director of Franchise Development of Fit Body Boot Camp and instructor for the Modern Day Knight Project. Matt's journey from...
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Crushing the Barriers to Entrepreneurship
Bryce Henson's Podcast
Becoming a successful entrepreneur and starting a business is hard. Growing your business into an empire is even more challenging. The dream of being an entrepreneur can quickly come tumbling down when you're facing a lack of funding, lack of knowledge, lack of resources, the lack of customers, a limiting belief, and a whole host of other barriers. The truth is, it's going to take a significant more from you than what you think to break through the inevitable glass ceiling. In todays' Fitness Franchise Podcast, Bryce Henson speaks with Erin Alejandrino, the Vice President of Truelean, a...
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How to Monetize Your Online Presence
Bryce Henson's Podcast
Want to learn how to monetize your online presence using social media and other digital marketing strategies? On today's Fitness Franchise Podcast, Bryce Henson deep dives with Elisha Lee, an entrepreneur, public speaker, and expert marketer, to find out how she's built a booming online business leveraging the power of digital marketing. She is a Certified Nutritional Consultant focused in Holistic Health from the Global College of Natural Medicine. She's the founder of an online health community with thousands of members encouraging people to ask questions and share tips, challenges,...
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Digital Marketing Tips, Tactics, & Trends
Bryce Henson's Podcast
Leveraging the power of digital marketing is key to getting prospects through your doors. However, it’s what you do with those leads after they opt-in that will make or break you. In this episode of the Fitness Franchise Podcast, Bryce Henson and Stevie Favis highlight tips, tactics, and trends in digital marketing. Stevie specializes in online lead generation and is the digital marketing franchise coach for Fit Body Boot Camp. Stevie shares insight into different advertising strategies, why you should automate your CRM, the impact of a referral strategy, why following up is key...
info_outlineIn today's Fitness Franchise Podcast, Bryce Henson takes a deep dive into the highly successful career of Matt Wilber. Matt opened his first Fit Body Bootcamp franchise in 2013 with 100k in student loan debt, maxed-out credit cards, all while living in his grandmother's basement.
He now owns 9 franchise locations with 60 full-time employees, grossed over 28 million dollars in revenue, and is the Vice President of Product and Results for Fit Body Bootcamp.
However, Matt did not start out a success story. Growing up as a chubby kid, Matt battled with self-esteem and confidence that eventually fueled his desire to learn everything he could about living a healthy lifestyle, training, and nutrition.
Tune in to hear how Matt dealt with negative influences as a young adult, how asking the right questions led to more success, the secretes to scaling a fitness gym, how to overcome a negative belief in yourself, and so much more.
"A lot of people set goals and have the best intentions in the world, but they don't realize how many crap sandwiches they're going to have to eat to achieve those goals. And if you want the goals, you've got to be willing to eat the sandwich." -Matt Wilber
Here's what you don't want to miss:
6:05 Why seeking knowledge beyond formal education is so important
7:05 How Matt's work ethic prepared him for entrepreneurship
11:00 Building out your first gym and running out of money
13:48 Hiring your first employee and offloading some responsibility
15:21 Finally giving up control and being able to leverage your time
17:55 The one thing that separates successful entrepreneurs from failure
19:00 The skills needed to scale and grow your footprint
22:55 Painful lessons and what not to do when scaling a gym
25:05 How to navigate change and set expectations
28:04 The difference between leadership and management
31:00 Addressing the needs of your community through charitable work
35:15 Matt's "zone-of-genius" and teaching others to do the same
39:00 What you need to know to be a super successful fitness gym
42:50 The worst thing you can do in life and how Matt navigated 2020
47:00 One of Matt's lowest points in life and the lessons he learned
49:30 What drives Matt and his passion for helping others succeed
53:29 The best advice Matt has ever received and how to view life through a 3D lens
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