342. Dane McCarthy, Founder of Club Athletic

About this episode

Dane McCarthy discusses the team-based fitness concept of Club Athletic and its community-focused approach to training.

Today, I'm joined by Dane McCarthy, founder of Club Athletic. Club Athletic (fka The Athletic Clubs) is a team-based fitness concept centered on "training squads" — small, consistent groups that train together under a dedicated coach. In this episode, we discuss building community and accountability through small-group training. We also cover: The company's recent rebrand Expanding beyond NYC to Chicago Dane's vision to reach 2K squads by 2030 Subscribe to the podcast → insider.fitt.co/podcast Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider Website: www.clubathletic.co Contact: dane@athleticclubsgroup.com Hiring: Coaches wanted https://apply.workable.com/the-athletic-clubs/?lng=en - The Fitt Insider Podcast is brought to you by EGYM. Visit EGYM.com to learn more about its smart fitness ecosystem for fitness and health facilities. Fitt Talent: https://talent.fitt.co/ Consulting: https://consulting.fitt.co/ Investments: https://capital.fitt.co/ Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (01:54) Current state rebranding (03:08) Squad model (04:26) Training squads differentiation (06:06) Community infrastructure (08:09) Dunbar's…

People in this episode

Host: Joe Vennare

Guest: Dane McCarthy

Topics covered

• community building
• small-group training
• fitness expansion
• rebranding
• accountability

Keywords

• fitness
• training squads
• community
• rebrand
• expansion
• accountability
• coaching

Sponsors

EGYM

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Club Athletic, The Athletic Clubs

Places: NYC, Chicago

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