Why Your Group Fitness Classes Aren't Full (And How to Fix It) - with Joella Hopkins & Diana Gilbert (S7 E2)

Fitness Business Podcast: Leadership, Innovation, and Profit · Oct 1, 2026 · 45m

How do you build a group fitness program that members keep coming back to and great instructors want to be part of? Joella Hopkins, Executive Vice President of Group Fitness at EōS Fitness, and Diana Gilbert, Senior Director of Fitness at Chuze Fitness, share practical strategies for recruiting and developing instructors, building a strong team culture, increasing class participation, and breaking down the silos between personal training and group fitness. They also reveal how their teams get new members into classes, why instructors should arrive early and connect beyond the studio, when…