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Ryan Moutinho discusses his experiences with opening a CLA gym and scaling practice.

In this episode, Ryan Moutinho (@ryanmoutinho), Owner of Connecticut Submission Grappling (@connecticutsubmissiongrappling) returns to the podcast to dive into what it was like opening a CLA gym, learning the business side of a gym, lessons and examples of scaling practice and more. Hope you enjoy! Download Sherpa, the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes. Join the convo with Josh on Discord here. Use the code "BJJHELP" for 50% off your first month on Jake's Outlier Database to study ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Josh Lu, Jake Luigi

Guest: Ryan Moutinho

Topics covered

• gym ownership
• business lessons
• scaling practice
• submission grappling
• athlete journaling

Keywords

• gym ownership
• Ryan Moutinho
• Connecticut Submission Grappling
• scaling practice
• CLA gym
• athlete journaling
• business lessons

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Sherpa

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Connecticut Submission Grappling

Products: Sherpa, Jake's Outlier Database

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