Boardroom Stories: Pure Gym

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It's one of the biggest travel companies on the planet and one of the top 20 companies on the Nasdaq, with a value of more than £130 billion, making it bigger than FTSE-listed companies like Unilever and Arm Holdings. Will Bain talks to Booking's chief executive, Glenn Fogel, abo ... Show More

The UK fitness industry employs twenty thousand people and is worth an estimated £5 billion to the economy. But - like most other industries - it shut down overnight in March. Some teachers and trainers made swift decisions to move online. Some businesses closed permanently. Will ... Show More

Harold Gibbons with Mark Fisher Fitness shares the one word that will change your approach to fitness.Episode 2206: The One Word That Will Change Your Approach to Fitness by Harold Gibbons with Mark Fisher FitnessMark Fisher Fitness helps people who hate gyms find a fitness home ... Show More

After months of being shut down, gyms in New York have a timeline for reopening. Retro Fitness CEO Andrew Alfano wasn't even a year into the top job when Covid-19 ravaged the economy and shuttered his franchises. He tells Jason Kelly, Michael Barr and Mike Lynch about the demand ... Show More

This episode explores the profound impact of Bodyline Gym beyond physical fitness. We sit down with the owner, Fadi Attieh, for a serious discussion about the personal journey that led to the creation of Bodyline Gym and the challenges faced. In this conversation, we delve into t ... Show More

15 years ago there was no “box”, you walked into gyms and nobody smiled at you or knew your name. CrossFit was a huge force behind breaking that down. At these challenging times lets also remember the good times that this brand has given us all, the lives it has changed and the l ... Show More

Like it or don't, CrossFit has had a huge impact on the global fitness community over the last 20 years. Some have made a living from it by being an athlete, some have made a business from it. Lives have been changed and new limits have been set.  At the same time some have been ... Show More

Harold Gibbons of Mark Fisher Fitness encourages us to master foundational exercise movementsEpisode 2953: Be Brilliant at the Basics by Harold Gibbons with Mark Fisher Fitness on Foundational Exercise MovementsMark Fisher Fitness helps people who hate gyms find a fitness home th ... Show More

Dancing is a fun and effective way to get your body moving and build fitness. Mike Peele—actor, dancer, choreographer, and fitness program creator—joins Get-Fit Guy to dig into how he thinks we can use less training and more inspiration in our fitness programs. Read the transcrip ... Show More

Riley Pearce of Free Form Fitness talks about the nutritional value of saltEpisode 2099: Salt - Is it Really That Bad? by Riley PearceThe vision behind Free Form Fitness is to create a fitness company that is so much more than just a gym that offered personal training. They've cr ... Show More