1525: The Death of the Gym Industry?: A Reality Check With UFC Gym CEO Adam Sedlack
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin speak with UFC Gym CEO Adam Sedlack about the state of the gym industry and unintended consequences of gym closures.
- There is a light at the end of the tunnel. (2:06)
- The evil “O” word and elephant in the room. (3:40)
- The two contributing factors to the obesity epidemic. (6:28)
- Just become aware! (8:50)
- Scientifically why heavily processed foods hijack our system. (9:50)
- How trainers have the greatest ability to solve the obesity problem. (12:52)
- What do trainers mean to the UFC Gym model? (15:30)
- How mixed martial arts socialize into fitness. (17:55)
- Why UFC Gyms want to create a legacy not just for today, but for a lifetime. (21:14)
- How did they survive the lockdowns? (23:33)
- When politics get in the way of science. (28:01)
- How has the market response been since gyms have reopened? (33:36)
- The new changes they have made amid the pandemic. (34:58)
- Working out from home versus working out in a gym setting. (37:40)
- There is something to accountability. (42:22)
- The two most important letters when you start looking at leaders. (43:10)
- How the hell are we going to have fun tomorrow. (44:51)
- Does he have any predictions for the future of the low-cost gyms? (47:12)
Featured Guest/People Mentioned
- Adam Sedlack (@ufcgymperez) Instagram
- Gym & Fitness | MMA Training | UFC GYM
- Forrest Griffin (@forrestgriffin) Instagram
- Cub Swanson (@cubswanson) Instagram
- Mike Bisping (@mikebisping) Instagram
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go. |
| 0:06.0 | Mite, op, mite, op with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.0 | You're just tuned into the world's number one fitness health entertainment podcast. |
| 0:17.0 | This is Mind Pump. |
| 0:18.0 | Right, in today's episode we interview one of our favorite industry leaders, |
| 0:23.0 | Adam Sedlack, he's the president of UFC gyms. |
| 0:26.0 | This guy's been in the fitness space, the gym space for a very long time, very smart guy. |
| 0:31.0 | We had him on the show to talk about the current state of the gym industry. |
| 0:36.0 | Almost probably the hardest hit segment of the economy were gyms. |
| 0:41.0 | The longest to be shut down, a lot of them still are restricted. |
| 0:45.0 | We wanted to ask him how UFC gyms is handling it and how they're doing now. |
| 0:49.0 | They are doing things a little bit differently. |
| 0:51.0 | This is what makes them so awesome. |
| 0:53.0 | By the way, you can find Adam Sedlack on Instagram at CEO UFC gym. |
| 1:00.0 | You can also look at their website, UFC gym.com. |
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