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Barbell Business — 180 episodes

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How To Grow A CrossFit Gym to Over $1,000,000/yr… The Right Way

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The NEW Way To Get Your Gym Ranked #1 On Google In 2025

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How This Gym Owner Went From Being Stuck For 7 Years To $60k/Month

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From Battlefield to the Barbell: How Mycal Anders Doubled His Gym's Revenue & Built a Community of High-Performers

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How This Gym Owner Scaled From 59 to 230 Members A Month

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His Coaches Stole His Members… Now His Gym Does $1M Year

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Founder of Brute Strength - Michael Cazayoux - 176

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Cultivating Fearlessness with Peter Scott - 175

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Staying on Top of Fitness Marketing with Jeff Sherman - 174

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Shutting It Down with Conner Moore - 173

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Who You Are and What You Want with AJ Roberts - 172

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The Legend of Mike Dolce with Mike Dolce

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Mutually Beneficial Marketing with Josh Carter

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Three-Tiered Accountability with Markus Gerszi

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How the Best Get Better -- with Bedros Keuilian

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Extending The Client Lifecycle -- With Casey Jenks

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The Last Gym They'll Ever Join -- With Alwyn Cosgrove

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Getting Your Systems In Place -- With Danny Putnam

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How To Find Your Strengths As A Leader -- With Taylor Drescher

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What Is Corporate Intelligence? -- W/ Garry Lineham

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How To Scale Up - Or Sit Tight - W/ Mike Melby

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Ron Wilson - How To Find Your Focus Zone W/ Hylete CEO

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How To Work Well With Business Partners w/ Athletics United

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How To Charge Clients For The True Value Of Your Service

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How To Set Up Systems In Your Business

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The Value Of Investing In Yourself

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How To Make The Best First Impression

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The Value Of Mentorship

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How To Turn Your Side Hustle Into A Full Time Business

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The DIY Guide To Making Videos For Your Gym W/ Monkey Reel Media

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How To Step Into Your Roll As A Leader W/ AJ Richards

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Live Q&A: We Answer Your Business Questions

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How To Accelerate Your Success By Hacking Your Language

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Are You Having Fun Running Your Business?

35

What Is The Barbell Mastermind?

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Marketing, Sales, and Personal Development

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Box Owner Episode: Drew Girton of CrossFit Pendulum

38

Fitness Entrepreneur Episode: David Newman of RX SmartGear

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How To Use Copywriting To Connect W/ Your Best Clients

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The Entrepreneurial Journey

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Understanding Facebook Advertising

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How To Build A Kickass Referral Program

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How To Build Community Back Into Your Box

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What Is Barbell Logic?

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How To Get Ready To Crush It In 2017

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How To Develop The Mindset That Will Unlock Your True Potential

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How to Ethically & Effectively Sell Supplements In Your Gym

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The Ultimate Website Episode

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How To Grow In A Competitive Market With Aliso CrossFit

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How To Hack Your Productivity And Workflow With Fitness Entrepreneur: Max Shank

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How To Use Social Media To Grow your Business During Your Slow Season

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How Your Sales Process Sets The Bar For Your Retention Rate

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How Barbells For Boobs Rapidly Built An Impactful Brand

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How I Took My Fitness Business Online

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HOW TO MAKE YOUR BOX STAND OUT IN A FLOODED MARKET

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How To Onboard New Gym Members The Right Way

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Continuing Education for your Coaches and Staff

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Re-imagining Your Box's Sales Process and Culture Cure

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Our Formula for Ultimate Personal Happiness

60

How the People in Your Life Affect Your Success

61

Our "Thank You" to the Box Owner

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Reaching the Turning Point

63

How to Heal Leaky Funnel Syndrome

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How to Create Awesome Videos to Grow Your Health & Fitness Business

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The Quintessential Gym Owner's Journey

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Why the Value You Produce Doesn't Match the Money You Make

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How to Increase Your Gym's Perceived Value

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The Evolution of Working Against Gravity

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Understand the 5 Pillars of Success for Business and Life

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Interview w/ Onnit's Total Human Optimization Specialists

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Interview w/ Andy Petranek, Innovator & Pioneer in the Functional Fitness Community

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How to Create a Gym that People LOVE

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Our Favorite Trick to Deal w/ the Entrepreneurial Emotional Rollercoaster

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How to Identify Your Gym's Next Big Opportunity to Improve

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How to Build a Thriving Box in a Consolidating Market

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How to Make Your Gym's Core Values Mean Something

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When to Add Texting to Your Gym's Communication Strategy

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What Everyone Needs to Know About Social Entrepreneurship

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Is Your Gym Business Built to Survive or Thrive

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How to Upsell Your Members the Non-salesy Way

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Formal Education vs DIY Learning

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State of the Industry

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The Complexities of Young Entrepreneurship

84

Developing a Rockstar Coaching Team

85

How to Buy a Gym

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How to Spend Now to Increase Your True Wealth Forever

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Why Great Entrepreneurs Are Also Great Lovers

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Growing to 1000+ Gym Members

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Going Pro: Are You a True Entrepreneur or an Athlete Who Owns a Gym?

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Step Up Your Client Experience Strategy

91

How to Deal with Your Biggest Frustrations

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Our New Favorite Book on Leadership: Extreme Ownership

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How to Escape the Grind and Grow For Your Community

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How to Get More Referred Members for Your Gym

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How to Protect Yourself From Yourself (aka The Legal Episode)

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How to Rethink Your Business to Deliver Meaningful Impact

97

How to Master the Art of Leadership

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Defining Your Customer Experience Strategy

99

Pursue Your Passion w/ Lewis Howes

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The Advanced SOPs Episode

101

Promote Your Gym and Raise Money for Charity at the Same Time

102

How to Craft Your Own Career in the Fitness Industry

103

Burning Man for Business

104

Building a Brand with Authenticity

105

Marketing to Millennials

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Starting a Biz in the Fitness Industry w/ Jeff Sherman

107

How to Effectively Communicate With Your Team

108

How to Automate Your Gym

109

How To Grow Your Business with Content Marketing

110

The Business of Weightlifting - EP 71

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Young Entrepreneurship w/ Dmiitriy Kozlov

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From $0 to $60k in 6 months (Case Study: Adee Zukier)

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World Class Client Experience - Ep 68

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The Badass Business Episode w/ Christmas Abbott

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The Business of Failure w/ Brian Mackenzie of CrossFit Endurance

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Getting Started Online

117

How To Eliminate Distractions

118

63- Our Biggest Business Lessons

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62- Abundance vs. Scarcity: Don't Be Scarcity Guy

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61- If We Could Do It All Over Again

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60- Building a Legacy w/ Cory Gregory

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59- Live, Learn & Pass On: Building A Value Based Business Fueled By Passion w/ Dave Tate

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58- Leveraging The CrossFit Open

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57- The Power of Masterminds

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56- Separating Yourself From The Crowd

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55- Expanding Your Thinking, Asking The Right Questions & Increasing The Value of Your Money w/ Tim Ferriss

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54- The Power of Video Marketing

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53- How the 9th CrossFit Affiliate Marketed Their Gym Before CrossFit Took Off

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52- Your Questions Answered Part 1

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51- What Should Be on Your Website

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50- Running A Profitable Business You Love w/ Zach Even-Esh

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49- Built To Sell

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48- How to Get More Members from Facebook

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47- That Single Fastest Way To Increase Your Business and Improve Your Life

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46- How To Gain Your Freedom

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45- Do You Have This TOXIC Way of Thinking About Business?

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44- Making 10 Times as Much Money w/ Travis Mash

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43- Get 10x More Money and Happiness without Worrying About Competing Gyms

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42- Eye Opening Business Advice to Aspiring Gym Owners w/ Mike, Doug, and CTP

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41- Promote Your Gym, Give To Charity, and Give Your Members a Purpose

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40- How to "Spartan Up!" Your Business w/ Joe De Sena and Zach Even Esh

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39- Technology in Your Business

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38 - 9 Tips to Make You More Money, Get More Members and More Free Time

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37- Recommended Education For Opening a Gym w/ AJ Roberts

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36- How To Leave The Corporate Job and Go Into Business For Yourself

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35- Commision for your Team

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34- How to Do Monthly Reports for Your Gym

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The SOPs Episode!

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32- Why "Masterminding" will Speed up Your Growth

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31- The Work/Life Balance.

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30- How To Raise Money To Open a Gym

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29- Niching Down Your Target Market

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28- Why We Love Wodify/ Making the Jump To Becoming a Business Owner w/ Ameet Shah

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27- Strategic Partnerships w/ other Businesses

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Should You Run a Competition at Your Box?

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25- Our Biggest Marketing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

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24- The 1 Must Have Smart Phone App

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How to Hire the Best Coaches

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22 - The Secret of Email Marketing

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21- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Reviewed

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20- Business Books You Should Be Reading Part 2

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19- Business Books You Should Be Reading Part 1

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18- Why Distractions are Costing You Serious Money

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17- What Amount of Fitness and Business Experience Should You Have Before Opening Up A Gym?

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16- What Every Gym Owner Should Know About Insurance

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15- Which billing system to use to make your life easier

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14- How to deal with members who are &#%!@? and complain too much

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13- How To Improve Member Retention

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12- Contracts and How Much To Charge For Memberships

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11- How to Pay Yourself and Your Coaches

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10- Simple E-Mail Tips to Save Time and Get More Members

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9- How To Structure Your Intro Course To Sign Up More Members!

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8- Little Known Ways to Pay Less In Taxes

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Which Equipment To Buy First When Starting Your CrossFit Gym

175

How to Not Work "16 Hours" a Day All By Yourself by Hiring a Team

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Exactly What We Did To See Steady Regular Income and Not Go Out of Business

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Selling More Than JUST Memberships To Help Grow Your CrossFit Business

178

Leasing Your First Facility

179

How To Get New Members Without Spending Any Money At All

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Partnering with the Right People