open a gym

Are you a personal trainer or a fitness professional with a dream of one day opening your own gym or studio?

Well I remember being there, but fast forward many years and I bought, built, and sold five studios of my own.

I’ve had partnerships, solo ventures, I’ve used financing, I’ve self financed.

And I have helped dozens of other trainers on four different continents open their first, next, 5th or 10th locations.

So I’ve been building this kind of A-Z series on the steps to take and how to layout your plan successfully, really helping people acknowledge some of the key areas that are generally skipped or misunderstood in this process.

Heck I remember when I first got this crazy notion.

I remember the look of the real estate agent showing me the 15,000 square foot building and he plans I had for the grand temple of iron!

Little did I know my savings of $27,000 was not going to finance the million dollar project!

I remember being deflated when next we looked at the beat up 2000 square foot dance studio, and because it was the only option we could afford felt we had to proceed.

Little did I know at the time the bullet I dodged.

We went on to build a business that would do more than $1,000,000 in personal training revenue in it’s first 18 months of operation (this from a trainer who previously struggled to generate $50-70k annually on my own.)

I sold that business three years ago, but it’s still operating today, nearly 14 years after it began with the humble beginnings of that beat up dance studio filled with hopes and dreams.

If that sounds at all like you, I hope these videos help you do it faster than I did, and skip so many mistakes that cost me tens of thousands of dollars!

Part 1: Visualizing Your Dream and Finding and Validating A Good Location

Part 2: Projecting Your Operating Costs, Setting Pricing, and How-to Plan to Be Profitable On Day 1

Part 3: Renovation Costs, Total Opening Costs, Financing, and Negotiating Your Lease

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