Health and Fitness Businesses

Growth Strategies

Following A Management-Led Buyout Of All Equity Held By Its Previous Investor, UAE-Born Fitness Brand GymNation Is All Set For A New Phase Of Growth

GymNation co-founder and CEO Loren Holland shares his vision for the UAE-born business to play a lead role as the GCC region's movement partner.

Growth Strategies

Startup Spotlight: US-Headquartered MayaMD Is Introducing Pathways To Eradicate Inefficiencies Within The UAE's Digital Healthcare

With the ability to process 8,000 clinical conditions in less than two minutes with more than 90% accuracy, the MayaMD platform aims to help healthcare providers better manage their patients with personalized care programs and engagement solutions.

Health & Wellness

Adopt These 9 Habits and You'll Be Unrecognizable By the End of 2024

Beyond gratitude, SPF, and making your bed, these habits will help you better succeed in business, life and relationships.

Starting a Business

Fit For The Future: Wellfit CEO Dr. Dimitri Koutsoubakis Is Leading His UAE-Based Startup To Become The Region's Biggest Fitness Brand

Part of UAE-based master developer Arada's growing portfolio of brands, Wellfit seems to be proof that an immaculately run fitness business is not just good for its members' well-being, it's also healthy for the bottom line as well.

Growing a Business

These 3 Peloton Instructors Went From Struggling Freelancers to Rising Entrepreneurs — Here's How They Did It.

Emma Lovewell, Cody Rigsby and Tunde Oyeneyin share life stories that helped shape them as celebrity fitness instructors and brand ambassadors in recently published books.

News and Trends

Kale Yeah! The Journey Towards Wellness, From A To Zen

In a world where matcha is considered a food group, and where yoga pants are the new jeans, it's no surprise that new age wellness has become a booming industry.

Growing a Business

Ecstatic Breathwork, Goat Yoga, and a Founder Known as 'The Machine': America's 15 Favorite Local Fitness Businesses

Across the country, people wanting to move and get in shape are looking for new experiences, and personalized attention.

Franchise

Back When Orangetheory Started Expanding, Its New Studios Failed. Here's How They Turned It Around.

Learning to replicate one location's success is a whole different equation, cofounder David Long says.

Leadership

Three Things That Helped the Head of Gym Giant Barry's Succeed

Joey Gonzalez, CEO of the worldwide workout destination Barry's, details directives required to foster diverse communities across four continents.

Thought Leaders

Selling Sunset's Jason Oppenheim Reveals What He Does to Stay Focused and Productive — And It Only Takes 30 Minutes a Day.

Serial Entrepreneur Jason Oppenheim dedicates 30 minutes out of his day to unlocking unmatched focus and productivity.

Franchise

How to Start a Row House Franchise in 2023

Looking for information about how to open a Row House franchise? Here's what you need to know.

Franchise

When Her Studio Burned Down, She Taught Classes in a Church Basement. Now She Has 10 Locations.

Kika Stretch Studios is all about teaching students to relax. To succeed, its founder had to learn to do that herself.

News and Trends

Mensa Brands Acquires Peanut Butter Brand MYFITNESS

The partnership with Mensa Brands will strengthen the MYFITNESS' footprint, enabling it to launch new categories, scale D2C, invest in brand-building and expand to global markets

Health & Wellness

This Company Wants to Pay You for Your Steps. Here's How it Works.

The co-founder and CEO of Sweatcoin explains how the company's move-to-earn vision is helping people be healthier while also getting brands in front of 100 million users.

Starting a Business

5 Questions to Ask Yourself If You're Thinking About Becoming a Health Coach

The chief revenue officer at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition shares how the program works and the myriad of ways you can use a health coaching certification.