Future of Fitness

Matthew Januszek is a health, wellness & fitness expert and entrepreneur that turned his passion into a $33 million-dollar global business. Since co-founding his business, Escape Fitness, he's taken it to a $33 million-dollar global business that has been chosen by big brands and independent fitness professionals, such as the UFC, Equinox, 1Rebel, Sanctuary Fitness and more! Matthew has continued to be a powerful advocate for functional training. Their goal is to motivate and inspire people to get started and create exercise habits that last. Matthew travels the world, helping studios and gyms to turn their visions into world-class fitness destinations and awesome training experiences. He has started five companies and sits on the board of three companies across three continents. In his spare time, Matthew also interviews industry experts to share insight and experiences on the Escape Your Limits podcast.

David Shaw leverages a unique background of over 30 years in both fitness and high-tech to provide insight on innovative fitness products, technology and future treads. He held a "secret level" military clearance and worked at Western Digital. He developed the first "on-screen instructed" spin bike in 2003, as well as designed more than 85 pieces of commercial exercise equipment. As an industry speaker, writer and cited expert, he covers potential industry disruptors such as Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence and VOD & Streaming. Current projects include the design and development of the next generation of hospitality fitness centers for Marriott.

Jonathan is an ultra-runner from Boston, MA and works at InsideTracker, a company that provides personalized nutrition guidance from blood and genetic information.

I am an exercise physiologist who specializes in understanding and directing individual changes that alleviate suffering and contribute to the betterment of well people. I am currently invested in understanding the role of cannabinoids in the human central nervous system. I have over 30 years of classroom and industry leadership, contributing to a strength in the ability to communicate complex concepts in a simple manner. In turn, leading to a better understanding by students, changed behaviors in athletes, as well as, brand and customer development. The cornerstone of my practice is using technology, giving athletes and exercisers an ability to daily track their performance in strength, cardiovascular and resilience training programs. I was Captain of The Ohio State University Wrestling Team, where I earned a Big 10 Championship in 1985. My personal interests include supporting my wife and daughter, a women's lacrosse player at The Ohio State University. LinkedIn page, https://www.linkedin.com/in/donmoxley/

James FitzGerald - Inaugural CrossFit Games Champion and industry-leading educator, James FitzGerald, has dedicated his life to bringing honor to the coaching profession. As Founder of OPEX Fitness his Coaching Education and Gyms Licensing Programs have provided thousands of coaches with the tools needed to professionalize their passion. James' flagship program, The OPEX Coaching Certificate Program reflects his 20 + years of coaching expertise and is set apart by the breadth of coaching theory and practical application taught. In early 2019, James achieved another career milestone with the release of Mixed Modal, a groundbreaking course specifically designed to educate coaches on the long-term development of competitive Functional Fitness athletes. Jeff Martin - In 2004, Jeff and Mikki Martin imagined a better future for youth and began working toward that future by developing the original strength-and-conditioning program specifically designed for kids. Almost 15 years later, they continue to do what's best for kids on a daily basis with The Brand X Method™, the world leader in youth fitness. The Martins teach and speak all over the world; sit on the boards of fitness industry-leading organizations such as StandUp Kids and TeenLIFT; and are partnering with OPEX Fitness, the International Functional Fitness Federation, and Kerri Walsh's p1440. They recently launched the first seminar in their new The Art of Growing Up Strong ™ live seminar series. The Brand X Method is currently represented worldwide by dozens of official Training Centers. With decades of collective coaching experience between them in fitness and self-defense, the Martins have developed a method for optimal youth athletic development that combines state-of-the-art movement skill training with classic principles of strength training, physical literacy, and play. To deliver this program effectively to the most kids, the Martins created the cutting-edge Brand X Professional Youth Coach Certification designed to provide coaches with the knowledge, tools, and passion to build formidable humans.

I've spent over 5 years personally developing, testing, and optimizing my own successful online fitness business, Exceed Nutrition. Now my focus is to provide you with all the knowledge, tools and coaching you need to finally be in control of your online fitness business. If you want to become an online personal trainer or grow your existing online fitness business, then you've come to the right place.

Entrepreneurial executive with a plethora of experience in marketing, sales management, and public relations at the national and corporate level for both start-up and established retail-service oriented businesses.

Multidirectional speed and performance consultant to professional organizations, university, performance facility, and schools. Created coaching educational courses.

Ryan Lee is the founder of REWIND - home of the world's first nutrition "Superbar". He's also the author of The Millionaire Workout, Passion to Profits, was featured on the front page of The Wall Street Journal, and called "the world's #1 lifestyle entrepreneur" by Entrepreneur.

A former natural powerlifter and bodybuilder, Fabio has taught for FIF (Italian Federation of Fitness) for almost two decades and is a Master StrongFirst instructor. He has authored numerous manuals and videos for FIF instructor certification courses, as well as articles for Italian strength, fitness, bodybuilding magazines. Zonin is a former vice president of AINBB (Italian Association of Natural Bodybuilding) and a consultant to leading Italian companies in the fields of sports equipment and nutritional supplements.

10 years ago I began to have shoulder pain. I and my wife are both rock climbers, so this was a very challenging time for us. it took most of a year for me to find someone who could help with my shoulder. At this time It dawned on me that the order of operations for care was out of order. I became obsessed with biomechanics attending courses designed for medical professionals, primarily physical therapist. I had a new vision for preemptive care and believed a more thorough understanding of biomechanics could help me with athletes and their performance and prevention. We began using the term prehab 10 yrs. ago, and since then we've come up with a very effective model for providing athletes with insights to performance and prevention (mitigation). We began investigating pain science 5yrs. ago, believing that client education is very important for success. Why wait until someone is in pain, to explain pain to them? Wouldn't it be better for people to have this understanding preemptively? This has been our goal since the beginning and remains our number one ambition. To provide insights usually reserved for a clinic after injury, before an injury. And to demystify the process if an injury should occur.

Based in San Francisco, Aly Orady is a 20-year silicon valley veteran, engineer and serial entrepreneur. Aly started his career at Hewlett-Packard's Computer Systems Laboratory designing super-computers, followed by technical leadership roles at a series of startups, including Kealia, Inc. (now Sun/Oracle). Armed with an M.S.E.E. from Stanford, and a B.Eng. from McMaster University, Aly founded Pano Logic where he served as the company's Chief Technology Officer and oversaw core technology development, architecture, and patents. As Pano Logic's founder, Aly also served on the board of directors and has filled a broad array of functional roles including product management, go-to-market planning, business development, and manufacturing operations. Aly's technical expertise includes cloud, virtualization, enterprise management, networking, and computer architecture. In 2015, Aly went on to found Tonal, a stealth startup with an innovative approach the fitness. Stay tuned.

Eléa Faucheron is the founder of MOVE THINK SMILE, a coach, and author of "BurnOut to BadAss. How to get your life back and then some when work burns you out." Before writing her book, Eléa co-founded two action sports companies, ran both of those businesses for over a decade, and hit burnout. Today, she helps burned out business owners and professionals conquer anxiety & fatigue, so they can achieve peak performance. Eléa also volunteers her time as the President & co-chair of the Women's Kiteboarding Collective. A global organization bringing women together in life and kiteboarding.

From Sydney, lived London, Zurich & NYC. 2012 left a career in finance to combine a passion for fitness with my commercial skills and experience by helping childhood friend Rob Deutsch franchise his F45 gym.

Lori Kennedy is the founder and CEO of The Wellness Business Hub which provides professional training and personal development for health practitioners looking to build and grow their businesses online. She's also a mom, and lover of all things related to coffee. Lori's two foundational programs The Wellness Business Academy and the Launch It Like a Boss Mastermind are growing a powerful community of health leaders who are transforming the way healthcare is done all over the world. She is also the host of The Business of Becoming Podcast for entrepreneurs who want to build the business and life of their dreams… all on their own terms.

With AirGym, there are no contracts, no sign on fees, or subscriptions. You can use the free app to locate home gyms and commercial gyms of any type. Check out pictures, reviews and gym openings and then book the gym and go workout. AirGym is the same workout as you would expect from a "traditional big box gym". Find your workout where you're going to be, with no contracts.

Dean Somerset is an Exercise Physiologist and Kinesiologist in Edmonton, AB Canada who works with a wide variety of clients, from Paralympic medalists to pro and semi-pro athletes, spinal surgery and joint replacement clients and average Joe's and Janes looking to stay fit and strong.

Billy Hofacker has worked with hundreds of clients helping them get fit, tone up, and feel better about themselves. A 20 year veteran of the fitness industry, Billy owns and operates Total Body Boot Camp and Performance Center, which has locations in Farmingdale and Babylon, NY. He is the author of Lose Weight and Feel Great. Billy is considered a thought leader, especially in the areas of habit and behavior change, nutrition coaching and corporate wellness. Outside of his passion for helping busy people lose weight, Billy is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and is active in his local church. Billy and his wife Melissa live on Long Island NY with their two daughters. Billy is now passionate about helping fitness professionals win with their personal finances.

After earning his Mechanical Engineering degree, working for two fortune 100 companies in business development, starting a Green Building Design Firm from scratch, Patty decided to try his hand in the fitness industry. Patty opened the world's fifth CrossFit affiliate and Canada's first in Vancouver in 2004. He was mentored directly by CrossFit Founder Greg Glassman from 2004 – 2009 and because of this relationship with Greg, Patty's gym "always looked different". As CrossFit grew, more and more new affiliate owners started contacting Patty for advice, and before he knew it he was consulting to hundreds of business owners and soon began to figure out best practices to professionalize the fitness trainer. Discussions and mentorship eventually led the group to quickly realize that in order to teach themselves and their staff how to implement Madlab's Best practices (Which has morphed into Madlab's Business model) they needed infrastructure. Infrastructure needs money. Hence the creation of the MadLab Group. Today we are on our Fifth generation of "Infrastructure" and Patty's Engineering and leadership background has been instrumental in helping the team fulfill its mission of creating a professional class of coaches and businesses that support them.

Sam Pogue is the co-founder of Fitness Break Room, an online fitness community that specializes in telling the stories and strategies of some of the industry's most successful players. Sam specializes in helping fitness trainers and fitness professional pivot into the industry. He is also the Director of Communications and Senior Coach for the Onnit Academy Education Team. He spent the last nine years in the fitness industry as a membership councilor, personal trainer, group fitness instructor, and fitness educator. Originally from Portland, Oregon, he was in search of personal development, which led him to his current HQ of Austin, Texas. Sam Pogue was tired of seeing countless internet marketers lying to aspiring trainers chasing their dream and convincing them this industry is easy to make hundreds of thousands of dollars write workout programs online or generate new leads for your in-person training business. Sam helps people not only get into the fitness industry and chase their passion but helps provide realistic expectations and strategies to help build a successful career. He believes that "Fitness is about community" and that we should give back to those who are starting out. We all have a mentor or someone that helped us out along the way. And while the fitness industry is very rewarding, it's also filled with challenges. He believes that by bringing the fitness community together, we can help the industry thrive. "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts."

Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Europe). Founded fitness marketing agency Hidden Profits Marketing in 2004. Now serving around 800 gyms/fitness/ PT/boutique/yoga clubs in 12 countries on 4 continents on a long-term base with our done-for-you Growth Formula. A constant stream of leads, members all from the internet, without hassle for the owner/manager, results in 100% guaranteed. All with a team of almost 50 digital fitness marketing experts. Former certified track & field coach, operated my own successful gym, active investor and partner in multiple gyms and fitness concepts and www.fitnessmarketingblog.com

Dan John has spent his life with one foot in the world of lifting and throwing, and the other foot in academia. An All-American discus thrower, Dan has also competed at the highest levels of Olympic lifting, Highland Games and the Weight Pentathlon, an event in which he holds the American record. Dan spends his work life blending weekly workshops and lectures with full-time writing and is also an online religious studies instructor for Columbia College of Missouri. As a Fulbright Scholar, he toured the Middle East exploring the foundations of religious education systems. Dan is also a Senior Lecturer for St Mary's University, Twickenham, London. His books, on weightlifting, include Intervention, Never Let Go, Mass Made Simple and Easy Strength, written with Pavel Tsatsouline as well as From Dad, To Grad. He and Josh Hillis co-authored "Fat Loss Happens on Monday." In 2015, Dan wrote Can You Go? on his approach to assessments and basic training. In addition, Before We Go, another compilation akin to Never Let Go became an Amazon Bestseller. In early 2017, Dan's book, Now What?, his approach to Performance and dealing with "life," became a Bestseller on Amazon. Hardstyle Kettlebell Challenge became available in September 2017, too.

Taylor has an incredible mind when it comes to looking at all aspects of performance. He came from collegiate and professional sport, including the NFL SF 49ers, and has become laser-focused on utilizing his insights to create and support performance cultures from the ground up in gaming and esports. He took this energy and founded IPI (Innovative Performance Institute) with the vision to promote health and wellness to millions of people worldwide through esports. That included comprehensive initiatives for elite training, research, and education for 5 esports organizations, 15 professional teams, a developmental academy, as well as the creation of a revenue-generating business vertical. Taylor has both a Master's Degree in Exercise Science and Rehabilitation and a Bachelor's in Exercise Biology as well as certifications in strength and conditioning training, corrective exercise, nutrition, and sports performance.

Omri is the founder and CEO of Vi – the virtual trainer for body & mind. Vi's mission is to democratize personal fitness through AI and voice. Previously, he founded Clear Cut and C4, both aerospace technologies companies. Omri is a former Israeli Air Force pilot and a graduate of Northwestern University "Kellogg" program and Singularity University GSP program.

Brad is a New York Times bestselling co-author of The Keto Reset Diet, hosts the Get Over Yourself podcast, the Primal Endurance podcast, the weekly keto show on the Primal Blueprint podcast, and the Primal Blueprint online multimedia courses. He is a top-20 world ranked professional Speedgolfer and Guinness World Record holder, and a former US national champion and #3 world-ranked professional triathlete.

Natalie Dau is a gamechanger in the world of health and fitness. She is the founder of a highly successful digital media platform - The Daily Escape and has her own fitness and health App Rockstar Fit, which is used by thousands of people all over the world. Natalie is a Reebok sponsored athlete and Sports Singapore Ambassador. She leads by example and has represented Asia competing at Spartan Race Elite World Championships, is a podium-placed runner, Asia Masters Athletics Champion and a 2 x Asian CrossFit champion in her age group. She is a qualified Trainer and has accreditation in Sports Nutrition. Natalie regularly appears in the media and is a host, emcee, guest speaker and trainer at many events.

Robert Linkul is the owner of Be STRONGER Fitness, a personal training studio for older adults in Sacramento, California and is an internationally known presenter on Training the Older Adult. Linkul has his masters degree in personal training, bachelors degree in kinesiology is the NSCA's 2012 Personal Trainer of the Year award winner and a 2017 NSCA Fellowship inductee. Robert's studio, Be STRONGER Fitness, is an Older Adult focused personal training studio in which his continued education business TrainingTheOlderAdult.com originates from.

Ever get excited and inspired by a bold vision -- then completely get lost on what to do next? That's when Tommy Baker -- author, speaker, coach, and host of the Resist Average Academy podcast comes in.

Husband, Father, and small business owner. Grew up in Oregon, played some football but didn't make the NFL. Got married to the wrong girl, had 2 kids and started 2 different businesses. Grew gym business from 1 location to 3 locations. Divorced the wrong girl and married the right girl in the same year. Closed 2 gyms, had 2 more kids, started and sold a business and started working for another start-up. Currently happily married, love all 4 kids more than anything, my 1 gym is doing great and I am passionate about what I do every day.

Jonathan Goodman is the creator of the largest collaborative blog for personal trainers, the Personal Trainer Development Center (thePTDC) and the founder of the world's first certification for online trainers, the Online Trainer Academy. He's the author of 7 books including Ignite the Fire, Viralnomics, and the seminal textbook on online personal training. Jon has been featured in Men's Health, Forbes, Entrepreneur, and many more. Originally from Toronto, Jon spends his winters traveling the world with his wife and baby boy.

60-year-old grandfather of 9 who after failing as a bodybuilder found unconventional training and became intrigued by kettlebells, heavy clubs, sandbags, and then fell in love with the Mace.

Joe Rakoski and Justin Quinn are the Co-founders of Natural Force, a whole-food based nutritional supplement company that is on a mission to help people live happier, healthier lives through quality nutrition while minimizing their impact on the planet. As avid fitness and health enthusiasts, Joe and Justin were frustrated with the lack of truly healthy supplements and started Natural Force as an alternative to the industry "status quo". Natural Force is also focused on environmental sustainability and employee welfare. They operate with a completely remote team, no physical office, are in the process of significantly reducing or eliminating plastic from their product packaging.

Dr. Robert Silverman is a chiropractic doctor, clinical nutritionist, national and international speaker, author of Amazon's #1 bestseller "Inside-Out Health", and founder and CEO of Westchester Integrative Health Center. The ACA Sports Council named Dr. Silverman "Sports Chiropractor of the Year" in 2015. He is on the advisory board of Functional Medicine University, a diplomate with the American Clinical Board of Nutrition, and a diplomate with the Chiropractic Board of Clinical Nutrition. Dr. Silverman is a seasoned health and wellness expert and has appeared on many mainstream media including Talks at Google.

Chris is the Director of Sport Science at PUSH/NEXUS, a Lecturer at the University of Toronto, and a Strength & Conditioning Coach with the Freestyle Ski Canada and Paddle Monster. Prior to joining PUSH, Chris was the Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach at the Canadian Sport Institute Ontario where he trained some of the best athletes in the world to podium performances over multiple Olympic cycles, including Ice Hockey, Canoe/Kayak, Trampoline Gymnastics, Cycling, and Figure Skating. This has led to Chris developing two specialty areas of focus: training for acrobatic and action sports, and concurrent strength training for endurance sports.

Joel Jamieson is a conditioning expert who teaches coaches how to write science-based conditioning programs that deliver real-world results. After coaching everyone from Navy SEALS and UFC world champions to dozens of teams from the NFL to the NCAA, Joel shared his conditioning principles in his book, Ultimate MMA Conditioning. Since then, he's leveraged heart rate variability technology in two fitness apps, BioForce HRV and Morpheus, to help people train at their daily ideal intensity. When he's not at the gym, Joel's out flying his seaplane or helicopter. If he had a catchphrase, it'd be, "I could land in that."

Kevin Koskella is an online entrepreneur and digital nomad. He decided he wanted to be free of the corporate world when he lost his job after the dot-com bubble burst. With a history of competitive swimming, he returned to the water and started doing part-time work as a swim instructor and personal trainer. In 2005, he turned Tri Swim Coach, his business teaching swimmers to become triathletes, into a full time, location independent, online business. Today he works with entrepreneurs around what he teaches triathletes: you need experts so you can be the most successful. That's why in 2017, Kevin founded Work Hero, a service that helps online entrepreneurs by accomplishing their design and technical tasks so they have the freedom to focus on the work they do best. For a flat monthly rate, teams of experts focus on the annoying and technical tasks that business owners should not have to deal with.

Eric began his career as a sales failure. At his first sales job, he was put on quota probation after failing to meet the minimum quota two months in a row. It was at this point that Eric met his sales mentor. After being professionally trained Eric achieved his quota and eventually become the top producer at that company. Eric went on to become the top producer at 2 more companies prior to starting Eric Lofholm International. Eric is a naturally gifted teacher. For over 19 years Eric has been sharing his proven sales increasing ideas with people all over the world. Eric has written 15 books on sales and success. Eric lives in Rocklin California with his wife and 4 children. Eric believes that selling equals service. He also believes in working towards mastery of the fundamentals of lead generation, appointment setting, and delivering a high-quality presentation. Eric has delivered over 1,500 public and private presentations.

A wife, mom and adventure sports athlete, Sarah is a women's fitness specialist that takes functional training to a whole new level. In her unique approach to treating patients, she believes in teaching. Fully understanding every aspect of the body is a necessity to complete healing. She integrates functional movement with cutting-edge exercises to bring you a results-driven online program for postpartum recovery, with an emphasis on the pelvic floor and abdominals. When she is not hanging off the side of a mountain, Sarah enjoys writing and presenting at Core Exercise Solutions and figuring out how her patients can continue to pursue their dreams and lead a strong, adventurous life.

Mike Arce is the founder & CEO of Loud Rumor, the #1 Marketing & Advertising agency for fitness & wellness studios. Mike is also the host of three multiple podcasts: The GOAT Show, The GSD Show, & MINDBODY's BOLD Show.

Ari Gronich is highly trained and certified in many disciplines within the fields of bodywork, emotional release, energy work, nutrition, health, kinesiology, and sports therapy. For all of his adult life, he has helped transform his clients' bodies and lives through increased performance, enhancing physical, mental and emotional health.

Casey Conrad, BA, JD, has been in the health and fitness industry for 26 years. In addition to authoring "Selling Fitness: The Complete Guide to Selling Health Club Memberships," she has created and published over 25 other sales, marketing and management training products for the industry. Most recently Casey has created an entire line of comprehensive training programs that are delivered on-line. These include membership sales, personal training sales and Internet marketing. She has spoken in 24 countries, is a feature presenter at conventions and trade shows worldwide and writes monthly for numerous international magazines. Her website is www.HealthClubSalesTraining.com and she can be reached at [email protected].

To say Tom has been through a few things in his 30+ years of being an entrepreneur is an understatement. He's definitely had more failures than successes, but wouldn't have it any other way. He sold His fitness business which he owned for 9 years a year ago to become the Impact Pilot, helping entrepreneurs generate more income through better sales strategy and using stories to sell. Tom has a BFA Degree in Theatre from DePaul University in Chicago and holds his private pilot license for single engine airplanes, which was a lifelong dream he achieved in 2013. He's been a contributor to CBS Radio in Houston, a guest on Great Day Houston television show, Univision Television, Fox 26 News, KPRC Channel 2 and The CW Houston. He is also a presenter at the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in Houston. Special Gift for your audience: www.TomJackobs.com/storybook

If you were going to sum up Rick Streb in 5 words, those would be the five to use... And in exactly that order. Rick enjoys his professional life, but it takes a back seat to spend most of his time with his beautiful daughter and friends. He has made it a priority to build his business around his life; not his life around his business. Rick Streb, the creator of ProDiets.com, is an innovator in fitness and nutrition. He has been a respected member of the health and fitness industry for almost three decades. He has established himself as one of the top trainers, nutritionists, and coaches for competitive bodybuilding, fitness and figure athletes in the United States today with zero ever finishing out of the Top 5 in their competitions. Rick's keen understanding of how to customize eating plans and training programs for each client has given him a special standing in the health and fitness community. Rick's clients have included professional athletes, television and music celebrities, bodybuilding competitors, fitness models and beauty pageant contestants throughout the United States who participate in his coaching programs and obtain very successful results. He's also built a tremendously successful boutique training business serving women ages 35-55, helping over 750 ladies look and feel better than they ever thought possible in the past 3 years. Along the way, Rick has developed a variety of proprietary systems to build effective fat loss nutrition into his clients' programs to ensure that he could maximize their results no matter what type of client he is working with at the time. These days Rick has found his true professional calling – sharing what has worked in his own businesses with other fitness entrepreneurs. He coaches and consults with fitness professionals around the world who want to provide the best for their clients by integrating world-class nutrition programming into their businesses, and helps them generate more clients, more profits and more freedom to enjoy life. His program "Nutrition Profit System" has transformed hundreds of fitness professionals' businesses. You could say he is the "trainer of trainers" when it comes to nutrition. In 2007 Rick received the Community Leadership Award from the President's Council on Physical Fitness & Sports for his commitment to his clients and passion for helping improve his community. It is that commitment and passion which distinguishes him from other fitness personalities. Rick is considered to be one of America's leading fitness professionals with 3 fitness-related degrees, a dietetics degree, and over 27 years of experience as a fitness industry leader and numerous fitness and nutrition-related certifications. His online programs "ProDiets.com" and "The Extreme Fat Loss Formula" have transformed thousands of bodies just like yours through his health clubs, personal training, online training, phone coaching, magazine articles, and books.

Greg Justice, MA, is a best-selling author, speaker and fitness entrepreneur, and was inducted into the National Fitness Hall of Fame in 2017. He opened AYC Health & Fitness, Kansas City's Original Personal Training Center, in May 1986. Greg is the co-founder and CEO of the National Corporate Fitness Institute (NCFI), a certifying body for fitness professionals, and Scriptor Publishing Group. Greg holds a master's degree in HPER (exercise science) and a bachelor's degree in Health & Physical Education from Morehead State University, Morehead, KY

Working in the Health & Fitness industry for nearly 2 decades, Menachem brings with him a unique skillset allowing him to help individuals, teams, and fitness businesses move forward, to be stronger, fitter, and more impactful.

Max is an eternal student, scientist, and artist of life and movement. Through his gym, books, videos, and online coaching programs, he helps tens of thousands of people get just a little better every day. He is a master of simplifying complex subjects and breaking them down into easy, effective actions. He loves to learn new skills like music, languages, juggling, and hand balancing.

Joe has been a high-level athlete (CrossFit, Ironman, Ultrarunner), coach, movement and nutrition expert for over 17 years who has a love for sharing what he has learned about his own training with the world.

Ben is a faculty member at California University of Pennsylvania. An exercise physiologist, he holds certifications from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), and the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA). He has interests in injury prevention/performance enhancement for endurance athletes and using movement to enhance quality of life. After travels through Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama and Florida for school and work he has been in the Pittsburgh area since 2004. Ben is an active contributor to his profession, with work on a variety of committees of the NSCA, as well as presentations and publications both nationally and internationally. The idea for Moving2Live and FitLabPGH came from his interest in listening to long form movement related podcasts that were directed either towards professionals or the general public.

My passion is to engage and challenge people in living healthy, more active lifestyles. With increasing obesity rates and a lack of focus and education on preventive medicine, our country is facing a health epidemic. The solution starts with parents modeling a healthy active lifestyle for their children to follow. Everyone needs the inspiration to change and someone to hold them accountable to their fitness goals. It's my promise to offer inspiration, education, equipment, and training – specifically supporting families – so that childhood obesity is no longer an issue in our country.

Daniel Waide is the Chief Commercial Officer at Wexer.com, the leaders in virtual fitness technology connecting you with consumers, both inside and outside the four walls of the gym.