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Two-Brain Radio: Meet the Dalai Lama, Open a CrossFit Gym—With Brandon Evans

Greg: 00:02 – Hey, it’s Greg Strauch with Two-Brain Media, and on this week’s episode we talked to Brandon Evans. Brandon Evans is a gym owner. He owns Heart and Hustle Fitness. He’s done an amazing job with his business, but really we break down his journey to CrossFit or finding even his gym and the long track that he took to get there, to include traveling all around the world, meeting the Dalai Lama and spending three days with him. Make sure to listen to this episode. You guys are going to love every second of it. It is such a different type of journey than you’re used to. If somebody has invited you to CrossFit and that was how you started it, you’re going to love this episode. Make sure to subscribe to Two-Brain Radio to hear the very best ideas, tips, and topics to move you and your business closer to wealth. Two-Brain Radio is brought to you by Two-Brain Business. We make gyms profitable. We’re going to bring you the very best tips, tactics, interviews in the business world each week. To find out how we can help you create your Perfect Day, book a free call with a mentor at twobrainbusiness.com. Greg: 01:06 – We’d like to thank one of our amazing partners, Driven Nutrition. Have you ever been asked by your members or your staff what supplements to take, when to take them and where you should get them? How about the time it takes to put in the orders and making sure you have the right amount of supplements on hand? What about your profit margins on your supplements? Do you know what they are? Are they good, even? Your time is worth something, and ordering supplements isn’t worth your time. Driven Nutrition has solved this for you. They allow you to step aside and use preorders to send to your members for ...
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Buy an Existing Gym or Start From Scratch?

As the gap between profitable gyms and unprofitable gyms widens, opportunities to buy will become more common. So which is better: to start a new gym from scratch or buy an existing gym?
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Training Coaches: Internships

When you own a business, you have to stop being a technician and start being an owner. So eventually you replace yourself as a coach. Check out Chris Cooper's current process, which was developed after many costly mistakes.
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Two-Brain Radio: Training WWE Superstars With Josh Gallegos

Sean: 00:05 – Hi everybody. Welcome to another edition of Two-Brain Radio with Sean Woodland. On today’s episode I talk with a man known around the CrossFit community as Joshy G, Josh Gallegos. But first, if you’re enjoying this show, I would encourage you to subscribe to Two-Brain Radio. Every week we bring you the best from the fitness and business world. On Monday, Mateo Lopez fires up the marketing machine and explains how real entrepreneurs are generating huge ROI on ads. On Wednesdays, of course, I bring you great stories from the most interesting people in the fitness world and on Thursdays, Greg Strauch and Chris Cooper bring you the best of business, a host of experts who can help you level up as an entrepreneur. If you haven’t, please subscribe to Two-Brain Radio so you don’t miss a show. And of course we’d love to hear what you think in a review. Sean: 00:59 – Josh Gallegos has been involved in CrossFit for 10 years, and you’re probably most familiar with him as one of the floor announcers that you might hear at competitions like the CrossFit Games. But Josh is also the coach for some of the biggest names in the WWE, that’s World Wrestling Entertainment. He does programming for the likes of Seth Rollins, Becky Lynch, Cesaro and Bayley, just to name a few. I talk with Josh about how he first got involved with training WWE superstars, his passion for coaching and how he’s using his Deadboys fitness program to spread the message of fitness. Thanks for listening everybody. Joshy G, thanks for doing this man. How are ya? Josh: 01:43 – Baba booey to everybody out there in the podcast land. Sean: 01:46 – First off, Joshy, most people know you from your voice and your work as a floor announcer during events like the CrossFit Games and maybe some of the Regionals that ...
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A man in a black "coach" shirt gives a thumbs up to a client jumping onto a box in front of a chalkboard in a CrossFit gym.

Training Coaches: How to Find New Coaches

Hiring starts with finding the right people. Because you can train a great person how to coach but you can't teach anyone how to smile. Chris Cooper shares what he's learned about finding great people and turning them into coaches.
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Starting a Gym: Do You Need a Partner?

Chris Cooper explains why you might not want (or need) a partner—and how to find a good partner if you do. He also provides the tools you need to make the partnership work.
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