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Five-Star Fitness by The Fit Guide — 51 episodes

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What Gyms Can Learn from the Mandarin Oriental Approach to Five-Star Experiences, with Andrea Lomas-Gong

2

500 Gym Visits. The 10 Biggest Opportunities.

3

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

4

How the Best Gyms Build Community

5

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

6

How the Top 1% of Gyms Use Sales Psychology

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

What The World’s Best Boutique Gyms Know About Design

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

How the Best Gyms Turn Feedback Into a Competitive Advantage

15

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

16

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

17

How the Best Gyms Make Every Client Feel Seen

18

The Blueprint for Five-Star Gym Design with Chris Howell

19

How the World’s Most Successful Gyms Sell

20

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

21

How the Best Gyms Make Every Client Feel Like a VIP

22

How The World’s Best Gyms Deliver Unreasonable Hospitality

23

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

24

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

25

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

26

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

27

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

28

What the Top 1% of Gyms Notice That Others Miss

29

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

30

What The Top 1% Know About Asking Questions

31

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

32

Why Language Matters in World-Class Gym Hospitality

33

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

34

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

35

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

36

Hospitality As Theatre: What Fitness Can Learn From Broadway

37

Top 10 Boutique Fitness Brands For Hospitality and Experience

38

The Power of First and Last Impressions

39

Panel: Is ClassPass Good For The Fitness Industry?

40

Mind the GAP: The Secrets Behind Five-Star Gyms

41

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

42

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

43

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

44

The Most Desirable Job in Fitness

45

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

46

The Fitness Industry’s Hospitality Crisis

47

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

48

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

49

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

50

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

51

Welcome to the Five Star Fitness Podcast