How Joey Gonzalez Brought In-Person Fitness Back to Life at Barry's

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🗓️ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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On this week’s episode, WHOOP Founder and CEO Will Ahmed is joined by Barry’s Global CEO, Joey Gonzalez. Joey has an incredible story that starts as a client of Barry’s and ends up in the C-suite. Barry’s is known as the original cardio and strength interval workout, revolutionized fitness, and began the boutique movement. In 2018, Gonzalez was named to Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business list and recently earned his OPM degree from Harvard Business School. Will and Joey discuss J...

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0:00.0	It's kind of like an out of body once in a lifetime experience to have your revenue shut off overnight.
0:06.0	I lived in New York City.
0:08.3	I had mortgaged my home, leveraged everything that I owned.
0:12.0	And if Barry's Chelsea didn't work, I would have probably been like homeless and single.
0:17.3	Hello, folks.
0:18.1	Welcome back to the WOOP podcast.
0:20.0	I'm your host, Will Ahmed, founder and CEO of
0:22.6	Whoop, and we're on a mission to unlock human performance. If you want to learn more about
0:26.8	Woop, check us out at Woop.com. Sign up for a free 30-day trial membership. Measure your
0:32.5	sleep, recovery, exercise more, and you are going to improve your performance. All right. On this week's episode,
0:39.0	I'm joined by Barry's global CEO, Joey Gonzalez. Joey is an incredible story that starts as a
0:46.7	client of Barry's and ends up being the CEO. That's a rise that rivals anyone's.
0:53.4	Barry's is known as the original cardio and strength interval workout that revolutionized fitness and began the boutique movement.
1:01.3	Since becoming CEO in 2015, Joey has led Barry's to be a global brand.
1:06.2	In 2018, Gonzalez was named to Fast Company's most creative people.
1:10.7	He received the CEO award of the year from Northcastle Partners.
1:14.3	Gonzalez recently earned his OPM degree from Harvard Business School.
1:18.7	Joey and I discussed Joey's journey to finding Barry's.
1:22.1	He was acting actually in L.A. before he took his first Barry's class, the experience of a
1:27.3	Barry's class and how to
1:28.3	create a great boutique fitness experience. Joey's determination to go from client to CEO,
1:34.4	managing the business during COVID. Spoiler. It was really, really hard. And what's next for
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