The FitTech Club Podcast
🎙️ FitTech Club Podcast
From FitTech Club - the business club for global fitness & health founders, executives, and investors - comes a bi-weekly podcast exploring innovation, technology, and new business models in fitness and consumer health industries.
Join Natalia Karbasova, founder and CEO, for focused 20-minute episodes with industry leaders who are reshaping the human health. Like our club's promise of curated networking and market insights, each episode delivers valuable perspectives from the frontlines of fitness tech.
🎯 Current season: AI in fitness and health
Dive into groundbreaking conversations about artificial intelligence in fitness and health. Our guests share exclusive insights into their technical challenges, business strategies, and visions for the future.
👥 Who should listen
- Fitness & health founders
- C-level executives
- Investors
- Industry decision-makers
- Innovation leaders
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Episodes
13 episodes
"Longevity market is a gold rush" - Jeff Zwiefel - Executive Director - Life Time Fitness, MIORA
🔥 What's in this episode?GLP-1 drugs have 10% adoption in the US with users 3x more likely to exercise - this is how Lifetime Fitness is capturing a $6.7 billion total addressable market through their MIORA longevity clinics. In t...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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34:59
"Insights over input" Jörn Watzke, Senior Director, Garmin Health
🔥 What's in this episode?Garmin's fitness segment grew by 30% in a market where global wearable sales declined by 7% - this is how specialized health devices are challenging the one-size-fits-all approach. In this episode, Jörn Wa...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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24:39
"Small data, big results" - Jeff Rogers, Global Research Leader for Digital Health, IBM
🔥 What's in this episode?35-40% slower disease progression with early detection - this is how AI is transforming healthcare outcomes for neurological conditions. In this episode, Jeff Rogers, Global Research Leader for Digital Hea...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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25:13
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"Data needs direct benefit" - Jörg Fockenberg, VP of Strategy, RSG Group
🔥 What's in this episode? 3x longer gym stays without adding technology - this is how RSG Group, one of the world's largest fitness operators, is challenging conventional wisdom. In this episode, Jörg Fockenberg, VP of Strate...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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24:13
"Less tech, more nudging" - Gaute Sandal, CDO, SATS
🔥 What's in this episode?20% more app users than gym visitors - this is how SATS, the Nordics’ biggest fitness operator, is witnessing the digital transformation of their business. In this episode, Gaute Sandal, CDO of SATS, speak...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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19:30
"AI agents are the future" - Karl Foster, CTO GymNation
AI Innovation in Fitness with Karl Foster, CTO of GymNationIn this episode of the FitTech Club podcast, we explore how GymNation, a leading fitness chain in the Middle East with 20 locations and over 100,000 members, is revolutio...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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16:08
"Machine learning over LLMs" - Florian Sauter, CTO & Co-Founder, EGYM
🤖 FitTech AI Series: Building AI for the Average Gym-Goer with EGYM's CTOJoin us for an quick and insightful conversation with Florian Sauter, CTO and co-founder of EGYM. Florian discusses the integration of AI in fitness technolo...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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17:03
“Electrified” - Emilia von Keyserlingk, Founder, Pepper
Throw out a promising career in consulting for a venture into the world of fitness tech and an attempt to revolutionize electric muscle stimulation (EMS) training? Meet German entrepreneur Emilia von Keyserlingk, her company “Pepper”, and a pro...
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28:22
"The future is already here" - Walter Greenleaf, Stanford University
Recorded live at FitTech Summit VIII "Health Yourself": Neuroscientist and Stanford University researcher Walter Greenleaf discusses the future of virtual reality in healthcare and why the “home health hub” could be the next big thing.
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20:26
“Back in the game” - Randy Hetrick, Founder TRX Training & Outfit Training
Navy Seal-turned-founder Randy Hetrich has built one of the most recognizable global fitness brands, TRX. After exiting the company and witnessing its demise under new ownership, he took over again to return his baby to former glory. Can he man...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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33:50
“Relocated” – Tanya Parfenuyk, Founder, Zing Coach"
After leaving her home country, Belarus, Tanya Parfenyuk had to start all over again. Today, as her fitness training app Zing Coach has reached 500,000 users and the stakes are getting higher, Tanya reflects on her past mistakes and learnings –...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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31:05
"Fitness needs to be easy” – Philipp Roesch-Schlanderer, Co-Founder & CEO, eGym
Conceived in the basement gym of Columbia University in New York, eGym has teleported thousands of itness studios into the digital world. Now, founder and CEO Philipp Roesch-Schlanderer faces the challenge of growing his pre-pandemic company in...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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