Future of Fitness

An amazing discussion on contemplating death for a happier life, the shift in women’s fitness, and changing the world through teaching the basics. Who is Evie Fatz? Let her tell you…

Mike Lee found his true passion for health and fitness becoming an OPEX certified coach. In 2013, he transitioned from his engineering role and started coaching athletes all over the world with various levels of fitness. Most notably, coaching CrossFit Games podium athletes Tennil Reed (6th in 2017) and Valerie Voboril (3rd in 2013)

Today, John lives a life filled with unique experiences, sharing the stage with luminaries and traveling the world.  But, it wasn’t always like that.  He started young.

John’s unique business success story started in a 400 sq. ft. studio apartment where he slept on the floor. He had just $2,000. What began as a personal training business has grown into a global multi-million dollar group of corporations providing a variety of educational, consulting and entrepreneurial products and services. John has helped create over 500,000 jobs.

Matt Albrizio is the Vice President of Sales at www.foreverfierce.com. Matt is passionate about working along side other small businesses. His focus is working with CrossFit owners to maximize their revenue selling original and branded apparel. His clients have made thousands of extra dollars per implementing his go-to strategies.

Brian is CEO/Founder of CrossFit Illumine and Illumine Fitness in Chicago. He has a rapidly growing business with two locations and a clear distinction between Illumine and his competitors.

Having found CrossFit after a decade of hitting the weights and running at the gym, Brian hasn’t looked back. He always says CrossFit makes you a better human being physically, mentally and emotionally and is passionate about everything he does. When he found CrossFit it was a “Lightbulb” moment and he knew he had to share it with the world. His biggest assets are his leadership and motivation skills. Three passions in life are Nutrition, Fitness, and Pitbulls.

Jim is CEO of OPEX in Scottsdale, AZ.  They are a global coaching education company offering remote coaching and gym licensing.

Every endeavor that Jim Crowell has tackled throughout his life has led him to his coaching role with OPEX. In school, whether he was playing 5 sports in high school, competing as a member of the Big Ten Men’s Tennis at Penn State, or mentoring numerous students and athletes Jim’s reputation was built early around hard work and tremendous care for the people around him.

A 2-Time Olympic Gold Medalist in rowing (W8+) from the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. She has podiumed at every World Championship rowing competition she has ever competed at accruing a total of 6 World Championships Gold Medals and 2 Bronze Medals. Erin began her rowing career by walking on to University of California, Berkeley and was part of the 2-time NCAA Championship Cal Women’s Crew in 2005 and 2006. She takes us through her experience as an athlete and what life is like on the other side of hitting the apex of her sport.

James is THE “O.G” when it comes to competitive functional fitness and the very first man to be crowned the CrossFit Games Champion in 2007. He is the founder of OPEX which is a high-level educational company for fitness coaches and a conglomerate of qualified online coaches. He is often times the smartest guy in the room and has made it his mission to pave a path where professional coaches can make a great living with purpose and prestige.

What’s up, everybody? This is Eric with the Future of Fitness podcast and the Fitness Marketing Alliance, and this is episode number nine. It is Jason Ackerman, who is from Own Your Eating.
He is an author, he has several books. “Own Your Eating” is one of the titles of them. He also has: OwnYourEating.com. He’s the co-founder with his fiancée, Roz, who also an author, and they are experts in the field of nutrition and habit-based nutrition and what they call “flexible eating”.
Jason and I are both two recovering chubby kids from our adolescence and we love to talk about our favorite fat-free treats from the ’90s that actually made us fat, which was kind of a funny thing. If you’re from the ’90s, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Now he’s also a member of the CrossFit certification staff. He does level two and level one, I believe.

Hey fitness fans, this is Eric with the Future of Fitness Podcast and the Fitness Marketing Alliance, and I am back with episode number eight. And I am talking to Heather Hartmann. She is the senior editor for Box Pro Magazine, and she is a delightful conversationalist. I really enjoyed my time talking to her. She gives us a story about how fitness actually changed her life and how a gym changed her life and that now what provides the passion that she has for helping the industry through what she does now at Box Pro Magazine. And I love it because their mission there is educated and empower fitness professionals and it’s so simple and elegant and I love those two words, educate and empower. And they do a lot of great content that really is focused on helping fitness professionals do better business and get more clients.