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  • 5 Tips on How to Hire a Personal Trainer

    5 Tips on How to Hire a Personal Trainer

    Hiring the best personal trainers will have a significant impact on your gym’s success. Personal trainers play a vital role in helping clients in achieving their fitness objectives, and contribute to the culture and environment of your gym as a whole. Hiring the best personal trainers is important for ensuring that clients receive high-quality, safe,…

  • Yoga for Martial Arts: Everything You Need to Know

    Yoga for Martial Arts: Everything You Need to Know

    Yoga has exploded in popularity among martial artists. Big names in MMA and BJJ are so excited about it that they have been speaking up about their yoga practice. From increasing flexibility to improving strength, yoga can help you become a better martial artist.  If you want to reap the most benefits of yoga for…

  • How to Create a Dance Studio Business Plan

    How to Create a Dance Studio Business Plan

    Opening their own dance studio business is a passion project for most operators. Sometimes, that can impel a start-up to jump in with all guns blazing but no real direction. Yet, without a solid plan, they are, unwittingly, planning to fail. Don’t let your dance studio dream end up on the scrap heap because you…

  • Grow a Profitable Rock Climbing Business

    Grow a Profitable Rock Climbing Business

    Rock climbing is an activity that spans the entire spectrum of recreation and sport. People of all ages and skill levels can enjoy the thrill of a rock wall. Entrepreneurs and climbing enthusiasts are interested in opening rock climbing gyms. But, is it possible to grow a profitable rock climbing gym? To grow a profitable…

  • The Average Gym Manager Salary in the USA

    The Average Gym Manager Salary in the USA

    Are you paying your gym manager too much or too little? Or perhaps you both own and operate your own gym. How much should you pay yourself, then? The role of a gym manager is pivotal to the smooth operation of any fitness business. Gym managers are also known sometimes as a fitness manager. The…

  • Prepare Your Athlete for a Tennis Match

    Prepare Your Athlete for a Tennis Match

    As a tennis coach, you have the opportunity to nurture and prepare future champions. With that opportunity comes a large responsibility. Athletes, and often their parents, are putting a huge amount of trust in you to provide the leadership and guidance needed to produce the right result. That means that you have got to be…

  • How to Start a CrossFit Box

    How to Start a CrossFit Box

    Opening and successfully running your own CrossFit Box doesn’t have to be a pipe dream. If you’ve got the desire, the capital and the willingness to put in the hard graft, there is nothing stopping you from turning your CrossFit dream into reality. In this article, I will draw on the experiences of people who…

  • 20 Gym Decoration Ideas

    20 Gym Decoration Ideas

    The interior design of your gym is vital to attracting and retaining members. The overall layout is important because it dictates how people move and interact with each other. A gym whose members feel cramped and confined experiences a much higher turnover margin than one with plenty of space, even if there are fewer machines…

  • How to Run a Yoga Summer Camp

    How to Run a Yoga Summer Camp

    Imagine a summer in which screens get replaced by sunshine, stress evaporates with each deep breath, and journaling and laughter flow from sun-drenched yoga mats. More than providing movement, a yoga summer camp is an opportunity to reconnect with the body, quiet the mind, and foster authentic connections with others. Whether you’re organizing a camp for curious…

  • 15 Common Challenges of Gym Owners

    15 Common Challenges of Gym Owners

    Owning a gym is a very gratifying endeavor that comes with its share of difficulties. Gym owners confront a variety of challenges that affect the success of their business, from bringing in and keeping members to managing personnel and maintaining equipment. These gym issues and difficulties make it challenging to build a successful company that…

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