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The Dave Bess Show
David Bess
31 episodes
2 months ago
I read Alex Hormozi's new book and felt physically sick. Not because the book is bad - it's brilliant. Not because Alex isn't a master - he absolutely is. But because of one strategy that's burning out every good gym owner I know: the "win your money back" attraction offer. After 13 years in this industry and mentoring hundreds of gym owners, I've watched this exact approach drain the soul out of amazing coaches. The ones who should be thriving? They're throwing in the towel instead. Here's w...
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I read Alex Hormozi's new book and felt physically sick. Not because the book is bad - it's brilliant. Not because Alex isn't a master - he absolutely is. But because of one strategy that's burning out every good gym owner I know: the "win your money back" attraction offer. After 13 years in this industry and mentoring hundreds of gym owners, I've watched this exact approach drain the soul out of amazing coaches. The ones who should be thriving? They're throwing in the towel instead. Here's w...
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Entrepreneurship
Business,
Health & Fitness,
Fitness
Episodes (20/31)
The Dave Bess Show
The Hormozi Method That Packs Gyms... With Wrong Clients
I read Alex Hormozi's new book and felt physically sick. Not because the book is bad - it's brilliant. Not because Alex isn't a master - he absolutely is. But because of one strategy that's burning out every good gym owner I know: the "win your money back" attraction offer. After 13 years in this industry and mentoring hundreds of gym owners, I've watched this exact approach drain the soul out of amazing coaches. The ones who should be thriving? They're throwing in the towel instead. Here's w...
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2 months ago
13 minutes

The Dave Bess Show
This Gym Has to SLOW DOWN Growth (Here's Why) with Special Guest: Carter Lay
I drive 45 minutes twice a week to Fitlab AZ. Most gym owners beg for leads - Carter and Brandon's are trying to pump the brakes because they don't want to grow too fast.... Since January, FitLab AZ has 3x their membership through zero paid ads. They raised prices to slow growth because they're obsessed with one thing: serving their person better than anyone else in Arizona. While other gyms chase anyone with a credit card, Carter and Brandon built a movement around 25-50 year old professiona...
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2 months ago
44 minutes

The Dave Bess Show
Why Some Gym Owners Charge $500.....While Others Charge $5,000 (for the same program)
What the heck makes a premium offer worth $5,000? Keith has invested north of six figures with me over five years. Not because I had better workouts or fancier equipment. Because I understood something most gym owners miss completely. Every fitness offer is the same basic components: training, nutrition, accountability. So why do some gym owners charge $500 while others charge $5,000 for essentially identical programs? The answer isn't what you include. It's who you build it for. In this epis...
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2 months ago
10 minutes

The Dave Bess Show
Special Guest Jeff Weinacht: The Man Who Only Markets to Moms in a Town of 10,000
Jeff Weinacht had built a successful transformational program in his small Midwest town. But when I asked him one simple question, everything changed: "Out of your 80 transformational clients, how many have been moms?" The answer: 75 out of 80. That moment led Jeff and his team to make the boldest decision in their business history.... become specialists who only markets to moms in a town of 10,000 people. While everyone said "you have to serve everyone or go broke," they did the complete opp...
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2 months ago
44 minutes

The Dave Bess Show
I Almost Fist-Fought My Mentor Over This Advice (He Was Right)
When my mentor told me I had to design my solution for ONE person, I wanted to throw hands. Coming from the gym industry where "serve everyone or go broke" was gospel, this felt completely backwards. I was building my first high-ticket program and thinking about all the different people I could help - executives, moms, athletes, everyone. Then he stopped me dead: "Dave, that's exactly why most gyms struggle." Five years later, that one conversation changed everything. Keith found me on Linked...
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2 months ago
11 minutes

The Dave Bess Show
The Real Story Behind 526 Podcast Episodes and One Big Niche Decision (With Special Guest-Lawrence Neal)
Lawrence Neal had built a growing podcast with 30,000 downloads a month - then he torched it all to serve a tiny niche. After 13 years and 526 episodes, my Irish brother (who's actually British) has become the go-to voice for high-intensity training gym owners. But the journey wasn't a hockey stick....it was filled with plateaus, fear, and the terrifying decision to cut his audience by 80%. Without this radical focus, he'd still be jumping between ideas instead of deeply serving the community...
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3 months ago
40 minutes

The Dave Bess Show
I Built My Business Around a Tom Cruise Movie
I was living in quicksand.....successful but stuck. Then my wife asked one question that led to a 4-hour conversation that changed the direction of my life. This is the never-told origin story of Project 27, born from counting 27 seats in my house and a Jerry Maguire philosophy I've carried since 2011. Want to create a signature offer and learn how to sell it? Check out coachdavebess.com
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3 months ago
9 minutes

The Dave Bess Show
This Gym Owner Only Works With Women Over 44 and I'm Stealing Her Playbook with Special Guest Trista Parr
Trista Parr was a radio DJ who got into fitness after receiving stalker threats when she became a mom. Ten years later, she runs an all-women's gym serving only women 44+ and gets 5-10 genuine conversations weekly from just posting authentically on her personal Facebook page. Everyone told her she was limiting herself by only serving women over 44. Instead, it opened up more opportunities because she became the obvious choice for her people. Her clients don't come for weight loss - they come ...
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3 months ago
30 minutes

The Dave Bess Show
This Simple Offer Change Added $10K Monthly Revenue
If I'm confused by your offers after working with hundreds of gym owners, your clients definitely are too. Confused clients don't buy. Most gym owners have offers scattered everywhere - changing monthly with no connection between programs. When you don't believe in your offers, you'll never talk about them. And if you're not making offers daily, you're not changing lives. The CREATE pillar breaks down our complete 4-tier system: free bridge programs that close 8 out of 10 people, foundation m...
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3 months ago
14 minutes

The Dave Bess Show
This Gym Owner's Epiphany About His Top 15% Clients Broke My Brain
A gym owner realized all his favorite clients were women over 40 who needed to lose 25 pounds. That clarity changed everything. The BUILD pillar reveals your dream client hiding in your top 15%, plus the AI Content Architect that turns 30 minutes into weeks of content. If you're tired of creating content for "everyone" and ready to speak directly to the clients who light you up, this episode shows you exactly where to start. Want to create a signature offer and learn how to sell i...
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3 months ago
9 minutes

The Dave Bess Show
I Built a Six-Figure Movement with 25 Clients (Without Paying $1 in Paid Ads)
After working with hundreds of gym owners, I discovered your favorite clients are almost always your highest-paying ones. The 3M Model shows you how to build a six-figure movement with just 25 dream clients. BUILD content engines, CREATE transformational offers, ATTRACT through magnetic systems. Ready to build a tribe of premium clients? coachdavebess.com
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3 months ago
11 minutes

The Dave Bess Show
The Pause Method: How to Stop Reacting and Start Responding Like a Leader | Special Guest: Josh Price
Yesterday I almost threw my phone through a wall and cursed in front of my 5-year-old for the first time. Then I remembered "the pause." My best friend Josh Price developed this framework after studying the Bible for six years and noticing that the most spiritual people always paused before reacting. As entrepreneurs, we get hit with emotional curveballs daily - clients quit, deals fall through, chaos erupts. In this raw conversation, Josh breaks down the exact method that's saved my sanity a...
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3 months ago
34 minutes

The Dave Bess Show
Why Your Favorite Clients Are Your Highest-Paying Clients (And How to Get More of Them)
What if the secret to building a six-figure fitness business isn't getting more clients... but getting the right clients? I've worked with hundreds of gym owners, and here's what I've discovered: your favorite top 10 clients are also your highest-paying, longest-staying, most-referring clients. So why aren't we building our entire marketing strategy around attracting more of them? In this episode, I'm breaking down the 3M Model for the first time—the exact system my gym uses to build a moveme...
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3 months ago
11 minutes

The Dave Bess Show
Why Your High-Ticket Program Will Fail (3 Fatal Mistakes)
I made $40K in 30 days launching my first high-ticket program and thought I had it figured out. I was dead wrong. Three massive mistakes nearly killed everything, and I see gym owners making these same errors today. The worst part? Most people launch high-ticket programs at exactly the wrong time for exactly the wrong reasons. I'm breaking down the three fatal mistakes that will destroy your launch before it even starts—and when you should never attempt it.
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3 months ago
21 minutes

The Dave Bess Show
The 4 Million Dollar Habits That Every Gym Owner Needs
I signed more clients in 21 days than the previous three months. I'm in the best shape of my life. I'm spending more time in my Bible than ever. All because I stopped chasing tactics and focused on four simple daily habits. While everyone's implementing the latest strategy, I simplified everything down to needle-moving activities that actually matter. I'll break down exactly what these four habits are and why they work when everything else fails.
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4 months ago
18 minutes

The Dave Bess Show
5 Questions That Close Every High-Ticket Sale
I'm breaking down my favorite sales framework after teaching high-ticket sales to 30+ cohorts since 2021. The "Sell the Hell" framework is more important than pitching, rapport building, or objection handling. It's the only tool you need to master. Five simple questions that peel back layers of the onion. I've had prospects cry answering question five. This isn't about fitness...it's about having real conversations people desperately need.
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4 months ago
12 minutes

The Dave Bess Show
The Secret Sauce Behind $3,000+ Fitness Programs
I'm revealing the secret sauce behind every successful high-ticket fitness program......and it's not what you think. After coaching hundreds of gym owners since 2020, I've learned you can't sell a $3,000 program based on workouts, nutrition, and accountability. That's the old way. The breakthrough came when my client Carlos said three words: "You saved me." He didn't buy weight loss, he bought an identity shift. The secret? You're selling personal development that uses fitness as the vehicle....
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4 months ago
14 minutes

The Dave Bess Show
How 1,000 Subscribers Will Fill My Gym
I'm breaking down my quest to get 1,000 newsletter subscribers—and why it's the most important metric for my gym's success. While most fitness newsletters are generic garbage with awful open rates, our "Fit Forever Moms" newsletter hits 70% open rates because it speaks directly to one person: moms in our community. The math is simple: 1,000 subscribers with 60% opening weekly means 600 engaged prospects. At any time, 3% are ready to buy. That's 18 warm leads monthly from people who already kn...
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4 months ago
13 minutes

The Dave Bess Show
The Chat GPT Thread That Every Gym Owner Needs.
I'm revealing the ChatGPT thread that changed everything for my content creation—my clients call it life-changing. "Book of Thoughts" solved the 30-40 minute content problem. Your best ideas don't come at your computer—they hit during walks, workouts, prayer time. I get 10-12 lightning bolt ideas daily from these "alignment periods." The secret is capturing them instantly with voice notes in this thread, then using brand pillars to structure them. Now I create unlimited authentic content in 3...
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4 months ago
13 minutes

The Dave Bess Show
The $100K LinkedIn Post That Changed My LIfe.
I'm breaking down the LinkedIn post that generated over $100K from one client. The secret wasn't the post itself.....it was shifting from generalist to specialist. I was tired of sounding like every other gym with recycled "busy professionals over 30" messaging. When I planted my flag for "men executives over 40," everything changed. Content became effortless. Sales went from convincing to connecting. I'll show you the exact post and challenge you: Are you building for everyone or your one?
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4 months ago
14 minutes

The Dave Bess Show
I read Alex Hormozi's new book and felt physically sick. Not because the book is bad - it's brilliant. Not because Alex isn't a master - he absolutely is. But because of one strategy that's burning out every good gym owner I know: the "win your money back" attraction offer. After 13 years in this industry and mentoring hundreds of gym owners, I've watched this exact approach drain the soul out of amazing coaches. The ones who should be thriving? They're throwing in the towel instead. Here's w...