Fitness Businesses | Page 2

A chance meeting at a buffet table in Mexico led to a career change for Sam Langer.

ClassPass co-founder Payal Kadakia isn't peddling out some new workout method. Instead, her company makes money by riding fitness trend waves.

Developed by three entrepreneurs, SmartMat wants to teach you a proper warrior pose.

Be innovative and evolve your startup to achieve superior growth. Find the payoff from being attuned to cultural and demographic trends.

Affordable, streamlined and closing in on 1,000 locations – can Chris Rondeau turn Planet Fitness into a mega-chain of McGyms?

The founder of two fast-growing supplement companies speaks about how his no-BS YouTube videos created a passionate following of customers.

One of the best ways to keep your company in the black is to charge appropriate fees for your services. Find out how to set the best rates for your personal training business.

What's the extent of your liability if a client is injured while under your supervision? Here's how to protect yourself from liability when running a personal training business.

Get the skinny from existing business owners on the things you need to do to make your personal training business a success.

This franchisee worked as a professional cyclist, a cooking show host, a house-flipper and more before finding franchising.

Customer referrals and referrals from healthcare professionals are a gold mine for personal trainers seeking new clients. Find out how to get these two groups to refer their friends, family and patients.

Here's how to use Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms to market your business online.

With its acquisition of Moves, the social network is getting into the fitness-tracking game alongside Fitbit and Nike.

With apps, wearable tech and the ability to micromanage franchisees across the country, tech is giving fitness chains new ways to flex their business muscle.

These 57 newbies all started franchising in the past five years.

A roundup of the 10 most interesting new technologies that make us scratch our heads and say, 'What the heck?'

The landscape may still be dominated by big-box gyms, but smaller more niche services are quickly gaining ground.

Runtastic goes beyond GPS tracking to grab new markets.

Instead of giving up when he was diagnosed with cancer, Woody Bedell doubled down and opened his first Exercise Coach studio.

These franchisors took it upon themselves to provide somewhere for older gym-goers to get fit, founding Welcyon, Fitness After 50.

Fitness, frozen-yogurt and quick service franchises top our annual list.