Welcome to this week’s episode of LIFTS, your bite-size dose of the Latest Industry Fitness Trends and Stories. Today, hosts Matthew Januszek, Co-Founder of Escape Fitness and Mo Iqbal, Founder & CEO of SweatWorks, are joined by Yves Preissler, CEO of YP Fitness Consulting, an expert in turnkey and modular gym design solutions across global fitness, sport, wellness and recovery industries. 

With 40+ combined years’ experience, Yves and his team of professional consultants have a wealth of global expertise creating high end finishes to create tailor-made concepts that deliver results for investors, developers and business owners.

This podcast episode explores the future of gym design, covering trending topics such as sustainability, AI technology and customer-centric experiences. 

In this LIFTS podcast, topics include:

• Customer-centric gym designs.
• How wellness and luxury are transforming training.
• Sustainability within the fitness industry.
• Equipment: price vs. quality and sustainability.
• Integrating AI and technological advancements.
• Fred Fitness: the first truly AI-powered gym.
• Designing gyms of the future.
• Technology vs. human interaction.
• The evolution of group fitness and personalized fitness.

To learn more about Yves Preissler, click here:

https://yvespreissler.com/

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0:00       Intro

0:30       Resetting the body while travelling

3:03       Alcohol and travel habits

4:19       Customer-centric design philosophy

7:03       How wellness and luxury are transforming training

9:25       Sustainability within the fitness industry

19:30     Technology integration into fitness

21:30     Fred Fitness: the first truly AI-powered gym

22:33     The evolution of group fitness and personalised fitness

31:41     Balancing technology and human interaction

31:59     Solving meaningful problems in fitness