What is Your Box Worth?

What is Your Box Worth?

It hasn’t been easy, but you’ve successfully created and built a great community within your box. Your members and coaches certainly value the hard work, camaraderie, and measured results they enjoy on a daily basis, but what is that all worth? How do you put a value...
2015 Survey: Our Takeaways

2015 Survey: Our Takeaways

The 2015 Box Owners’ Survey was the largest, most insightful poll of affiliate owners to date. We’re proud of that, and you should be, too. While some of the answers made us worry about specific boxes, we were pleasantly surprised by the overwhelming...
State of the Union: The Fitness Industry, 2014

State of the Union: The Fitness Industry, 2014

It should surprise no one to hear that the fitness industry is undergoing rapid change. Old-timers like me will recognize the pendulum effect in action: gyms and trainers are starting to swing back toward more traditional methods. Almost everyone squats again, just...

Help For The Holidays

What’s your Holiday Help plan? It’s not hard. Call a local social service agency and say, “How can we help?” They’ll tell you what to do. At one gym, an amazing member coordinates with the agency; she publishes a list of kids (no names,...
Emotional Agility

Emotional Agility

When starting a business, it’s extremely hard to separate your emotions from your work. You pour your life into it. Your time, your money, and all of your energy is spent on your gym. Steve Jobs said, “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life,...