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Five-Star Fitness by The Fit Guide — 45 episodes

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The Five-Star Fitness News Roundup — May’s Biggest Stories

2

What the World’s Best Gyms Do When Clients Show Up Late

3

How Your ‘Best’ Trainers Could Be Hurting Your Business, with Emma Masters

4

What The World’s Best Boutique Gyms Know About Design

5

Purpose and Profit: Find Your North Star, with Barry and Shay Kostabi

6

Service Recovery: How the Best Gyms Turn Complaints into Raving Fans

7

What Makes A Five-Star Group Class Experience with Will Brereton

8

How the Best Gyms Turn Feedback Into a Competitive Advantage

9

What the World’s Best Gyms Expect Every Team Member to Know

10

How Do Melbourne’s Boutique Gyms Compare To The Rest Of The World?

11

How the Best Gyms Make Every Client Feel Seen

12

The Blueprint for Five-Star Gym Design with Chris Howell

13

How the World’s Most Successful Gyms Sell

14

Singapore’s Boutique Fitness Market in 2026: Service Slips, Closures Rise, Pilates Steps Up

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How the Best Gyms Make Every Client Feel Like a VIP

16

How The World’s Best Gyms Deliver Unreasonable Hospitality

17

What The World’s Leading Fitness Brands Know About Marketing & Experience

18

The Secret to Five-Star Service: Anticipate, Don’t React

19

How KX Pilates Scaled Five-Star Culture and Service To Over 120 Studios Globally

20

How The World's Best Gyms Connect with Members and Sell More

21

How CycleBar Culver City Became the World’s Only Five-Star Cycling Franchise

22

What the Top 1% of Gyms Notice That Others Miss

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Rumble Boxing: Taking New York’s Energy To Over 100 Gyms Globally

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What The Top 1% Know About Asking Questions

25

How Body Fit Training Maintained a Five-Star Experience While Growing to 300 Gyms

26

Why Language Matters in World-Class Gym Hospitality

27

Bringing the Best of Real Estate and Hospitality to the World’s Top Fitness Brands with Jay Siano

28

What the World's Best Gyms Get Right About First-Time Hospitality

29

Bringing The Athlete’s Mindset To Life and Business, with James McMillian of Tone House (New York)

30

Hospitality As Theatre: What Fitness Can Learn From Broadway

31

Top 10 Boutique Fitness Brands For Hospitality and Experience

32

The Power of First and Last Impressions

33

Panel: Is ClassPass Good For The Fitness Industry?

34

Mind the GAP: The Secrets Behind Five-Star Gyms

35

Building Singapore’s Leading Award-Winning Barre Experience with Linda Tang of WeBarre

36

The Difference Between A 4-Star And 5-Star Gym Experience

37

Winning “Asia’s Gym of The Year” with Jack Thomas, founder of BASE in Bangkok

38

The Most Desirable Job in Fitness

39

Breaking Down Hong Kong’s Premier Cycling Experience, with Bridge Hudson of XYZ, Hong Kong

40

The Fitness Industry’s Hospitality Crisis

41

Building New York’s Five-Star Barre Experience, with Jennifer Vaughan Maanavi of Physique 57

42

Founding the ‘Michelin Guide’ of Fitness – The Story of The Fit Guide

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Building Dubai's First Five-Star Cycling Studio Ivana Bruic of Storm Cycling

44

What can gyms learn from the Michelin Guide and Forbes Travel Guide?

45

Welcome to the Five Star Fitness Podcast