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Barbell Shrugged

70- How To Make A Living Owning Your Own CrossFit Affiliate or Gym Business

Barbell Shrugged

Doug Larson

Business, Training, Fitness, Health & Fitness, Paleo, Weightlifting, Nutrition, Crossfit

4.72.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2013

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Do you want to own your own CrossFit affiliate or open up your own gym? Do you have the passion and drive to make it happen, but you're just not sure where to start?

Watch this episode of Barbell Shrugged to set you down the path of business success. Mike, Doug, and Chris are joined by co-owner of Faction Strength and Conditioning Rob Conner.

You'll learn why Mike, Rob, and Doug started their own CrossFit affiliate and some of the mistakes they made along the way that you should avoid.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This week on Barbell Shrugged, we talk about business.

0:02.4

If you own a CrossFit gym, or if you ever thought about opening one, you should listen to this podcast.

0:19.0

Yo, this is CTP, and you're listening to the Barbell Shrug podcast, the number one strength and conditioning podcast for CrossFit.

0:24.8

If you want to check out the video version, which you should, go to fitter.tv and watch that, because it's way cooler than just listening to it.

0:31.8

And how do you spell fitter.tv there, Mr. Bloodsoh?

0:34.3

F-I-T-R-D-T-V-R.

0:39.8

He's a good speller.

0:40.8

While you're there, definitely go and sign up for the newsletter.

0:43.8

As part of sign up for the newsletter, you'll get a video that Mike made where he shows you the top seven snaff mistakes

0:49.8

that you're probably making that are keeping you from hitting that next PR and lifting some big weight.

0:53.8

Yeah, look at the seminars, tune into the show, and get ready to become a more awesome, more version of you.

0:58.8

We can view the tools you need to succeed.

1:00.8

You've become a sweetheart.

1:07.8

Welcome to Barbell Shrugged.

1:08.8

I'm Mike Blitz over here with Doug Larson, Chris Moore, and Rob Conner.

1:13.8

You guys may have never heard the name Rob Conner.

1:16.8

He's an integral piece in the equation.

1:19.8

He may have heard us reference or financial guy or CFO at certain times.

1:25.8

This is the guy that I make angry on a daily basis.

1:28.8

This is the guy.

1:29.8

If you ever got an email from a guy named Rob that said, hey, we need new credit card information.

1:33.8

And he didn't explain who he was.

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