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Run a Profitable Gym

Run a Profitable Gym

By: Chris Cooper
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Run a Profitable Gym is packed with business tools for gym owners and CrossFit affiliates. This is actionable, data-backed business advice for all gym owners, including those who own personal training studios, fitness franchises, and strength and conditioning gyms. Broke gym owner Chris Cooper turned a struggling gym into an asset, then built a multi-million-dollar mentoring company to help other fitness entrepreneurs do the same thing. Every week, Chris presents the top tactics for building a profitable gym, as well as real success stories from gym owners who have found incredible success through Two-Brain Business mentorship. Chris’s goal is to create millionaire gym owners. Subscribe to Run a Profitable Gym and you could be one of them.

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Episodes
  • The Only 3 Types of Social Media Content Gym Owners Need
    13 mins
  • Is HYROX Here to Stay? What Gym Owners Need to Know
    Jun 4 2026

    HYROX just crossed 4,500 affiliates in North America. A year ago, that number was under 1,500.

    In this episode of “Run a Profitable Gym,” Two-Brain CEO John Franklin sits down with Eric O'Neil, Head of Affiliates for HYROX (Americas), to talk about what’s driving that growth, what the best training clubs are doing differently and what’s coming next for gym owners who want to capitalize on the HYROX opportunity.

    Eric explains how the affiliate program works, including the pre-sale ticket process and how HYROX markets affiliate events through their regional newsletters.

    He also shares what separates the training clubs bringing 50-plus members to race day from the ones that never quite find their footing.

    The conversation covers the full picture for gym owners who want to run a profitable HYROX program:

    - Running sims and camps
    - Adding personal training as an upsell
    - Building a 365-day HYROX calendar around local race weekends
    - Tapping into the massive pool of non-members who show up to these events

    Eric also addresses the elephant in the room: Is HYROX here to stay, and how should gym owners think about the investment?

    If you’re HYROX-curious or already affiliated and want to get more out of it, this episode is worth your time.

    Get the full toolkit for generating ROI from HYROX affiliation via the link below.

    Links

    HYROX Toolkit

    Gym Owners United

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    0:00 - Intro

    0:40 - HYROX affiliation growth

    6:00 - HYROX trends in Europe and the Americas

    12:37 - How the pre-sale ticket process works

    14:32 - Sims, camps and monetizing events

    21:56 - Youth HYROX

    35:50 - Building a 365-day HYROX calendar

    44:34 - Is HYROX here to stay?

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    47 mins
  • This ONE Gym Instagram Mistake Is Costing You Leads (& How To Fix It)
    Jun 1 2026

    This episode contains several visual examples. For the best experience, head to our YouTube channel "Run a Profitable Gym."

    Is your gym’s Instagram actually getting you members? Or just likes?

    In this episode of “Run a Profitable Gym,” Two-Brain CEO John Franklin reveals the five Instagram mistakes gym owners make that silently kill their lead flow.

    Then he shows you exactly how to fix them. And fixing just ONE can completely transform your business.

    John walks through each mistake with real examples from gyms that are getting it wrong and gyms that are getting it right—including a breakdown of one of the best gym Instagram pages in the business and why it works so well.

    One gym got 50 million views on a single post, but zero clients from it. Don't make the same mistake.

    If your Instagram isn’t converting leads, watch this episode and then get an instant audit of your page at GymIG.com.

    Links

    AI Gym Instagram Audit

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    0:00 - Intro

    0:43 - Mistake 1: No pin post sequence

    4:04 - Mistake 2: No conversion content

    8:35 - Mistake 3: Only posting, never talking

    13:08 - Mistake 4: No personality

    16:06 - Mistake 5: Chasing vanity metrics

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    19 mins
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