“It’s all about putting one foot in front of the other to get out of the forest”
Andrew Holder is the founder of the big, beautiful fitness empire known as Revo Fitness.
With a keen eye for opportunity and a relentless work ethic, Andrew has transformed a tiny hole in the wall gym in Perth into a national fitness empire with 36 locations across Australia.
In this conversation we find out how Revo grew up so fast PLUS his keys to early success, the importance of creating closed feedback loops, how Revo continues to maintain it’s member centric focus, his continuous improvement mindset, the importance of bringing people along for the journey AND SO MUCH MORE!!!!!
“The bad is what makes the great feel so good”
KEY HIGHLIGHTS:
01’09 - Our shared dream of playing cricket for Australia
02’33 - Graduating Uni and not knowing what to do with your life
03’36 - The OG Revo Fitness
05’09 - The OG Revo Fitness business plan
06’20- The importance of having a closed feedback loop with your members 07’22 - How Revo still keeps a member centric focus today
08’36 - A day of a life of Andrew in the early start-up phase
10’50 - Enter George - expansion phase
13’45 - The Northbridge opening
15’19 - Going all in!
17’10 - Revo Fitness milestones and success
17’22 - The big turning point - opening a gym in Myaree
18’31 - The decision to expand during COVID - never let a crisis go to waste
19’37 - Andrew’s reaction to the COVID announcement
23’48 - The Revo Fitness acceleration during COVID
27’40 - Advice on how to keep moving forward in difficult times
29’00 - What Andrew’s days look like now
31-17 - Balancing work and life - productivity
34’41 - Bringing people along for the journey
35’49 - Tips on starting a business
Revo is a really evil criminal organisation., I can't wait to shit on Andrew Holders head!!! I am insaneadam.com