Why Two-Time CrossFit Games Champion Andrea Nisler Turned to HybridAF
Andrea Nisler still remembers her first day training at CrossFit Mayhem in Cookeville, Tennessee in 2019, the day she started training with the famous Mayhem Freedom team headed by four-time individual CrossFit Games champion Rich Froning. It was cold outside and Nisler arrived early at the barn ready to train. “I got there really early […]
How HybridAF Affiliates are Giving Back in Small Ways to Make Big Differences this Year
As an often overworked affiliate owner, it can be a challenge to find the time and energy to get into the holiday vibe and find ways to give back, but three HybridAF affiliates—who have freed up time since joining HybridAF and offering 24/7 service to their members—say it can be done and it doesn’t even […]
BIG LITTLE GYMS BUSINESS MENTOR, WILL HURST, TALKS CLIENT ACQUISITION AND RETENTION, AND HOW HYBRIDAF CAN HELP
“Set yourself apart.” That’s one of gym business mentor Will Hurst’s top tips for the small gym owner looking to be successful in a competitive, sometimes oversaturated, market. And while it goes without saying that offering 24/7 gym access to clients through HybridAF is a value add to current clients, Hurst explained that his clients […]
Female Gym Owners Praise HybridAF for Improving their Gyms, Improving their Lives
Courtney Zwirn used to be at her gym, CrossFit Sango in Clarksville, TN every morning. And every evening. And even though they were closed in the middle of the day, “people would be messaging me asking to come in early,” she explained. Sigh. And because Zwirn wanted to accommodate her members, she would come back […]
How HybridAF Can Help a Gym Owner in Today’s Climate
GYM OWNER Zac Zuspann Reflects on how HybridAF Can Help a Gym Owner in Today’s Climate When Zac Zuspann opened his gym 12 years ago, the climate in the industry was a whole lot different than it is today. “In 2010, you could have an old barn filled with rusty equipment and be successful. You […]
24 / 7 ACCESS IS A GAME CHANGER
As a small gym owner, it’s easy to accidentally find yourself at the gym for 12 hours on any given day.It wasn’t your plan, but then a client texted you and asked if she could come in to work on her muscle-ups at noon when there’s no class going on. SIGH. You want to accommodate this motivated […]
HybridAF Joins CrossFit’s APN
Last October, CrossFit LLC announced the introduction of the CrossFit Affiliate Partner Network (APN), a program that allows affiliate owners to access to some of the community’s most trusted brands, while also offering a variety of affiliate-only discounts, revenue-generating opportunities, and member acquisition programs. The APN began with 20 brands, ranging from apparel to consumables to software […]
How The DIGITAL DOOR KEY Powers the ALWAYS OPEN GYM NETWORK
+ Are FacilKey and HybridAF the same company? Do I have to be a micro-gym to be a FaciliKey or HybridAF member? Does being part of HybridAF mean I have to allow 24/7 access drop-ins at my gym?? These are questions we constantly field, and it’s time to clear everything up and explain how FaciliKey or HybridAF can help […]
How the HybridAF App Seamlessly Integrates with your Client Management System
Having everything in one place makes life easier. Period. Never is this more true than when it comes to the gym owner’s administrative headache of trying to organize all things client management in one place. “Most systems that are stand alone require you to manage users in that system and they do not talk to […]
LEARNING FROM DENVER BARBELL CLUB: DON’T TRY 24/7 ACCESS ON YOUR OWN
DENVER BARBELL CLUB TRIED DOING THE 24/7 THING ON THEIR OWN “It went as well as you can imagine,” said Rhianon Schuman, one of the Barbell Club’s owners.It worked, sort of, but was “very clunky and we took a huge risk leaving ourselves open to a lot of liability,” she explained. One problem: They gave their […]
