1665: How Gyms Survived Shutdowns With Jason Khalipa

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2021

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin speak with former CrossFit champion and gym owner Jason Khalipa about the challenges of running gyms during shutdowns and ongoing uncertainty.

Unpacking the pivots made since the beginning of the pandemic? (1:50)
Utilizing their likeness with their license program. (5:25)
What were the biggest differences he saw from the various government mandates? (8:22)
How did he handle this personally? (12:43)
Has he noticed a rebound effect in his businesses? (18:13)
How people don’t realize what they had until it’s gone. (21:33)
The steep learning curve of digital fitness space. (24:03)
What is he most proud of? (28:09)
Was he surprised what happened with Greg Glassman? (32:28)
Does he believe the perception has changed surrounding the CrossFit brand? (34:27)
What markets should we keep an eye on? (40:00)
How can the fitness space better communicate the benefits of being healthy and fit? (41:18)
How fitness teaches you micro adversity. (46:30)
Does he see a business in teaching children to move more? (48:10)
The ebbs and flows of building an app. (50:17)
The value of podcasting and social media in building a business. (56:00)
The best entrepreneurial advice he has received. (59:37)
His goal in competing in the CrossFit Legends Invitational. (1:02:15)
What brought him to jujutsu? (1:07:12)
Did he have a nemesis while he was competing? (1:10:00)
The good in seeing the sport transition outside the gym. (1:11:22)
What does the future look like for NC Fit? (1:13:31)

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Jason Khalipa (@jasonkhalipa) Instagram
David Goggins (@davidgoggins) Instagram
Rich Froning (@richfroning) Instagram

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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 just found the world's number one fitness health and entertainment podcast.
0:17.0	This is Mind Pump right in today's episode.
0:19.0	We interviewed Jason Calipa, very well known ex-crossfit athlete, also owns a lot of gyms.
0:27.0	He talked in this episode about how COVID and the shutdowns affected his business.
0:32.0	We interviewed him a while ago at the beginning of the pandemic to hear what his strategies were.
0:37.0	This is a follow-up.
0:38.0	What happened?
0:39.0	How did they survive and how did they thrive?
0:42.0	Believe it or not, in some areas, Jason Calipa, very smart entrepreneur, great businessman, good guy.
0:48.0	Actually did some pretty interesting things.
0:50.0	This is a really, really good episode and good interview.
0:54.0	Now, you should go check out his app.
0:57.0	It's called NC Fit App. It's pretty interesting.
1:00.0	It gives you exercise and workouts you can do at home.
1:03.0	And of course, you can find him by his name on Instagram.
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