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Mate, Spot Me is a podcast developed within the fitness industry, designed to support those shaping it. Whether you’re on the gym floor, behind the desk, or somewhere inbetween, we dig into the real stories, challenges, and shifts shaping the world of fitness.
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#15 - The Vehicle for Anyone with Aroha Leigh (opens the original)
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Sometimes people assume that franchising is a rich person's game: buy the rights, follow the manual, hope for the best. Aroha Leigh has spent her career proving that's not how it actually works.She's the Director of Global Product for Lift Brands, the group behind Snap Fitness, 9Round, Fitness On Demand and Fitstop, running fitness concepts in 18 countries. Her job is to study what makes a franchise work for the person running it day to day, not just for head office.In this episode she gets into
#14 - Chase Impact Not Dollars with Bart Walsh (opens the original)
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By the time you finish this episode, you'll probably feel a bit guilty about skipping your last training session. That's the effect Bart Walsh tends to have. Eighteen months ago, Bart sat down with us for our very episode of the pod. This week he's back, and he's brought a different life with him. Since then he's walked away from his job as Head of Fitness at Jetts to bet everything on himself as a full-time motivational speaker, touring boardrooms, factory floors and conference stages across th
#13 - Euro Fitness Technology with Nikki Van Hees (opens the original)
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In this week's episode, we sit down with Nikki Van Hees, a multi-site gym owner from the Netherlands, to talk about how her family's gym, Piazza Sports, fought off a budget franchise that opened across the road - not by cutting price, but by going all out on technology.Nikki walks us through building a member journey around EGYM, why data changed how they train and retain people, and what it took to get members on board with a completely new training experience. We also get into why she opened o
#12 - Beyond the Brands with Adam Lewit (opens the original)
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In this week's episode, we sit down with Adam Lewit, founder of NovoFit, to hear how a $80,000 loan and a lot of nerve turned into one of Australia's leading commercial fitness distributors. Adam takes us back to the early days of Summit Fitness, the leap into commercial distribution through Sports Art, and the high-stakes bet on Precor that nearly broke the business before it made it. It's a conversation about risk, relationships and what it actually takes to earn the trust of global manufactur
#11 - The Fitness Revo-lution with Kalen Coughlan (opens the original)
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In this episode of Mate, Spot Me, we sit down with Kalen Coughlan, Head of Fitness Operations at Revo Fitness, to unpack what it takes to build and scale one of Australia's fastest-growing gym brands. We dive into how Revo has stayed ahead of changing member expectations, why getting the basics right still wins, and how constant evolution has helped them grow to more than 70 clubs nationwide. We cover: - How Revo uses member feedback to shape every club - Why getting the fundamentals right beats
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