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Fitness Business University Podcast
Author: Vince Gabriele
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The Fitness Business University Podcast — The #1 Fitness Business Podcast — is the go-to educational show for gym owners, by gym owners. Hosted by Vince Gabriele, a seasoned pro with 18 years in the trenches of the fitness industry, this podcast pulls back the curtain on the real strategies, systems, and money-making wisdom that have helped gyms around the world grow and thrive.
If you’re a Gym Owner or Fitness Entrepreneur ready to get more clients, make more money, and free up your time to do what you love, this is your playbook. Vince delivers a funny, straight-talking, no B.S. approach — no fluff, no theories, just the proven, real-world skills you need to win in business and in life.
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The exact strategy Vince teaches in this podcast — including the ChatGPT prompt — is laid out step by step in Chapter 11 of his new book. Click Here to Grab Vince's New Book for FREE Podcast Summary In this episode of Business Secrets for Gym Owners, Vince breaks down one of the fastest and most overlooked ways to grow a gym — sparked by a simple conversation at a holiday party. After learning how a local running club exploded from 8 people to over 200 members almost overnight, Vince...
If you’re trying to scale your gym but keep getting in your own way, this is the room you need to be in. The biggest gym business event of the year is happening Feb 27–March 1 in Orlando. Click here to get more information: https://gympranos.com/ Podcast Summary In this episode of Business Secrets for Gym Owners, Vince breaks down what it really means to be the boss your business needs — not just a hard worker or technician, but a true leader with clarity, control, and direction. Thr...
Sick of Being Stuck Under $25K a Month? Click below to learn how to break past it in the next 60 days: https://gymbizaccelerator.com/ Podcast Summary In this deeply personal episode of Business Secrets for Gym Owners, Vince opens up about the passing of his mother just one week prior. What begins as an emotional, vulnerable reflection becomes one of the most meaningful business lessons he’s ever shared. Vince talks about grief, family, preparation, and the ways his mom shaped not only h...
Click here to get Vince’s Black Friday 50 Strong Playbook — the full done-for-you marketing campaign, emails, ads, and bonuses: https://50strongplaybook.com/50-strong-podcast Podcast Summary In this episode of Business Secrets for Gym Owners, Vince breaks down what might be one of the most unexpectedly valuable business lessons he’s come across — all sparked by taking his family to WWE Monday Night Raw at Madison Square Garden. From fan energy to flawless production to world-class promotio...
Click here to get Vince’s Black Friday 50 Strong Playbook — the full marketing campaign, emails, ads, scripts, and bonuses: https://50strongplaybook.com/50-strong-podcast Podcast Summary In this episode of Business Secrets for Gym Owners, Vince pulls no punches — this one is a straight-up sales pitch for his Black Friday offer, the 50 Strong Playbook. 50 Strong is the exact marketing campaign Vince created for his gym when he needed something fresh to replace the “New Year Fat Loss ...
If you don’t want to wing it for another year and you’re ready to map out the exact plan for your best year ever, join me for my Annual Planning Workshop. Save your seat here: https://live.vincegabriele.com/annualplanning Podcast Summary In this episode of Business Secrets for Gym Owners, Vince shares his ultimate formula for creating your best year ever — the exact process he uses every December with his private mastermind members during his Annual Planning Workshop. After r...
Sick of Being Stuck Under $25K a Month? Click below to learn how to break past it in the next 60 days: https://gymbizaccelerator.com/ Podcast Summary In this episode of Business Secrets for Gym Owners, Vince breaks down 8 powerful ways to grow your gym’s revenue, inspired by Keith Cunningham’s classic The Road Less Stupid — plus the hard-won lessons Vince has learned from running and coaching hundreds of gyms across the country. From retention to referrals, sales training to pricing, this...
Sick of Being Stuck Under $25K a Month? Click below to learn how to break past it in the next 60 days: https://gymbizaccelerator.com/ Podcast Summary In this episode of Business Secrets for Gym Owners, Vince interviews Marty Musicant, owner of Active Life Fitness in New Jersey, who went from struggling to make $18,000/month and working 70-hour weeks to running a $60,000/month gym with six employees, strong profit margins, and real freedom. Marty and his wife Kim share their remarkable jou...
Sick of Being Stuck Under $25K a Month? Click below to learn how to break past it in the next 60 days: https://gymbizaccelerator.com/ Podcast Summary In this episode of Business Secrets for Gym Owners, Vince sits down with Oliver Nam, owner of Thrive Training in Irvine, California, who went from being a burned-out 1-on-1 trainer working 70-hour weeks to running a $50,000/month gym that practically runs itself. Oliver shares the real story behind his transformation—from renting space and...
If you’re looking for a digital marketing agency to help you generate leads while you sleep and will get the job done right, click the link below to see if any spots are left to get $500 off your first month. https://join.gymmembermachine.com/vince/ Podcast Summary In this episode of Business Secrets for Gym Owners, Vince breaks down three powerful marketing levers every gym owner needs to master to create consistent, predictable leads that come in while you sleep. Fresh off selling his...
If you’re looking for a digital marketing agency to help you generate leads while you sleep and will get the job done right, click the link below to see if any spots are left to get $500 off your first month. https://join.gymmembermachine.com/vince/ Podcast Summary In this episode of Business Secrets for Gym Owners, Vince reconnects with GR Hoff, founder of Gym Member Machine — one of the top-performing marketing agencies in the fitness industry. GR was Vince’s first-ever ad manager back i...
Sick of Being Stuck Under $25K a Month? Click below to learn how to break past it in the next 60 days: https://www.gymbizaccelerator.com Podcast Summary In this episode of Business Secrets for Gym Owners, Vince joins Mark Fisher, Rachel Cosgrove, and Julian Barnes from Boutique Fitness Solutions for a roundtable discussion on the Path to Profitable Strength Studios. This deep-dive webinar, hosted in partnership with Perform Better, breaks down new industry data from over 1,000 profitabl...
Sick of Being Stuck Under $25K a Month? Click below to learn how to break past it in the next 60 days: https://coaching.vincegabriele.com/fbu-podcast-accelerator Podcast Summary In this episode of Business Secrets for Gym Owners, Vince sits down with Marty Vaughn, owner of 360 Fitness in Nashville, TN — a gym that went from $15K a month to over $60K a month while building a life of freedom and balance. Marty opens up about the personal transformation that fueled his business success — fro...
Sick of Being Stuck Under $25K a Month? Click below to learn how to break past it in the next 60 days: https://coaching.vincegabriele.com/fbu-podcast-accelerator Podcast Summary In this episode of Business Secrets for Gym Owners, Vince interviews Bobby and Maria, a husband-and-wife team from Massachusetts who turned their gym from a struggling $7,000-a-month grind into a thriving $55,000-a-month business with two locations. They share the full story—from burnout and financial stress to bu...
Sick of Being Stuck Under $25K a Month? Click below to learn how to break past it in the next 60 days: https://coaching.vincegabriele.com/fbu-podcast-accelerator Podcast Summary In this episode of Business Secrets for Gym Owners, Vince reveals the most powerful way to get people to buy — and it has nothing to do with fancy sales tactics or high-pressure scripts. As he finalizes his new book The 8 Profit Levers, Vince shares how he’s been collecting raw, emotional testimonials and case s...
Sick of Being Stuck Under $25K a Month? Click below to learn how to break past it in the next 60 days: https://coaching.vincegabriele.com/fbu-podcast-accelerator Podcast Summary In this episode of Business Secrets for Gym Owners, Vince interviews Christoph Sauerborn, a 23-year-old gym owner from Westchester, NY, who went from making $8,000 a month and paying himself nothing to generating $50,000 a month with 60% margins, all in under a year. Christoph left investment banking to follow h...
Sick of Being Stuck Under $25K a Month? Click below to learn how to break past it in the next 60 days: https://coaching.vincegabriele.com/fbu-podcast-accelerator Podcast Summary In this episode of Business Secrets for Gym Owners, Vince sits down with SPF Mastermind member Jason Maher, who went from closing his first gym in San Diego to building a brand-new gym on the East Coast that generated over $500,000 in its first 12 months. Jason shares his journey of burnout, lessons learned from...
Sick of Being Stuck Under $25K a Month? Click below to learn how to break past it in the next 60 days: https://coaching.vincegabriele.com/fbu-podcast-accelerator Podcast Summary In this episode of Business Secrets for Gym Owners, Vince dives into the brutal reality of Stage One—that zero-to-$25K revenue grind where the gym lives and dies on your back. Fresh off selling his marketing agency and hammering out 17,000 words of his new book Eight Profit Levers, Vince shares the exact moves an...
Sick of Being Stuck Under $25K a Month? Click the link below to learn how to get started: https://coaching.vincegabriele.com/fbu-podcast-accelerator Podcast Summary In this episode of Business Secrets for Gym Owners, Vince shares a big money idea that any gym owner can start using right away. Fresh off selling his marketing agency, Vince reveals how simply inviting the professional service providers already in your life—like lawyers, accountants, electricians, or even your dog groomer—t...
Ready to Break $25K in 60 Days? Click the link to learn how to get started: https://coaching.vincegabriele.com/fbu-podcast-accelerator Podcast Summary In this no-fluff episode, Vince breaks down what struggling gym owners really need to hear if they’re making less than $25K a month. Drawing on his own experiences raising prices, visiting mastermind members, and testing tactics in his own gym, Vince keeps it real about the hard truth: scaling isn’t about fancy systems or endless clea...
























love these knowledge bombs.
love this podcast! Vince is a wealth of knowledge!!