Over the next years, he built an impressive team that now includes a full-time GM and two full-time coaches in addition to many part-time trainers. Once just offering group CrossFit classes, Xtra Mile now focuses on group classes, personal training, semi-private training and nutrition coaching.
Corey followed Two-Brain and Chris Cooper for years but didn’t consider mentorship until the COVID crisis. “COVID cut my membership base in half, and I reopened thinking they would all come back,” Corey said. “I kept trying to do the same things we had always done, and after a year we still had not grown back to profitability. So in October 2021, I joined Two-Brain.”
Things improved quickly after that, and Corey ascended to the Tinker level about 18 months later. “I went from working 12-plus-hour days every day and being on the verge of burnout to spending about five to 10 hours a week in my gym and living my Perfect Day most days. I never believed that was a possibility, and now that I have experienced it, I want to share that with others.”
“My mission as a mentor is to help gym owners experience the same joy I now have being a gym owner.”
Corey is on the board of Lift for Life Gym, a nonprofit that provides youths with a safe place to train, receive tutoring and enjoy a warm meal. He’s also an ambassador for Brace for Impact 46, a nonprofit that serves Haiti and St. Louis. With that experience, Corey has a special interest in working with owners of service-based gyms.
Additionally, Corey has experience with partnerships, opening and closing second locations, buying gyms, developing staff, and adjusting business models for greatest profitability. He holds a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies, with a focus on exercise science, business and communications.
He enjoys spending time with his wife, Brittany, and his “dog children,” Hank and Bruce, especially hiking, kayaking and seeing the world. A diehard fan of the Cardinals and Blues, Corey loves watching all sports and collecting memorabilia.