Industry Change

Want to know the importance of technology and mental health in the fitness industry? In this episode Richard chats with the Chief Operating Officer of LIFT Brands Andy Peat. Andy was 17 when he started out in the industry, conveniently not having to tell anyone his age… he was a personal trainer, worked on cruise…

In this week’s episode of Industry Change I chat with Ty Menzies the CEO of LIFT Brands. Ty has had over 15 years of experience in this industry with a background of owning independent clubs, franchises and is now the CEO of LIFT Brands with over 300 locations across the Asia-pacific. We also want to…

In today’s Industry Change episode I chat with Richard Beddie CEO of Exercise New Zealand about the journey. Richard has been in the industry for over 20 years, initially, he was a gym owner and eager to learn more he went to a fitness industry conference. He did this because he figured that people who…

In this episode of Industry Change Richard talks to Luke Baylis co-founder and CEO of Australia’s biggest health food chain: Sumo Salad. At one point for a long time, Sumo Salad had 92% brand awareness in the market as they were the first health food chain in Australia. Now after 16 years Luke Baylis has…

In this week’s episode of Industry Change Richard speaks with Barrie Elvish the CEO of Fitness Australia. Appointed at the beginning of 2019, Barrie is striving to empower and build healthier communities alongside the fitness industry.  Despite coming from outside the fitness industry, Barrie has set a number of goals to entice Australians to live…

In this week’s episode of Industry Change Richard speaks to CEO and Co-founder of global wellness platform MINDBODY, Rick Stollmeyer. From humble beginnings Rick started this company in the late 90’s, which aimed to provide fitness businesses’ with software to create change for their clients. Now, in 2019, MINDBODY is the largest platform in the…

In this episode of Crush Wednesday Richard sits down with his good friends and one of the co-founders of Functional Training Institute, Tarek Michae-Chouja to talk about their new book that launched just this week.   As one of the innovators of functional training Tarek shares his message both here in Australia and around the…

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ve most likely heard of Kayla Itsines. She’s one of the most influential fitness figures in the world with an Instagram following of over 10 million and millions of monthly members of her app SWEAT. In this episode of Industry Change, Richard speaks to Tobi Pearce – the…

The one thing that we see can hold personal trainers back from scaling their business is the fear around hiring staff and employees. So today on Industry Change Richard talks to Chris Muddell from Employsure about the best way to manage new staff and compliance in your business. Chris is a BDM at Employsure and…