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How DOGPOUND Became the Gym for the Stars · Clyde Confidential

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  Speaker 1: To me, all of my clients are high-profile clientele. Just
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  Speaker 1: giving this service that you would imagine you would give
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  Speaker 1: the President of the United States. I give that to
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  Speaker 1: Megan Graham because you're my president in ways.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Of course.
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  Speaker 3: President of Summer's Life.
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  Speaker 2: Hi, everyone. Welcome back to another episode of Clyde Confidential. Today,
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  Speaker 2: I have.
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  Speaker 3: Two fabulous trainers from Dog Pound who I work out
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  Speaker 3: with very often.
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  Speaker 2: My kings, Sebastian Richard and Brian Hammer.
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  Speaker 4: What's happening, everybody?
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  Speaker 2: Thank you guys for coming.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you for having us.
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  Speaker 2: I'm really excited about a couple of things.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously to talk about the gym and how lovely the
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  Speaker 3: gym is and to just hopefully encourage some people to join.
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  Speaker 3: But I think a lot of people generally are just
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  Speaker 3: really curious about how you make a career as a
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  Speaker 3: trainer when there's so many other people and so many
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  Speaker 3: fitness influencers these days trying to break in and do
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  Speaker 3: what you're doing.
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  Speaker 2: You work at the best gym in New York, I think.
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  Speaker 2: So how did you get there? Sebastian, do you want
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  Speaker 2: to start with you?
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  Speaker 5: Me? No, you start first. His story is crazier than mine, honestly.
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  Speaker 5: He gets all praised.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, sure, of course. Take it away.
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  Speaker 6: Well, first thing, I feel like what separates Dog Pound
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  Speaker 6: from other gyms, not just in New York, but in
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  Speaker 6: the entire world, is the people. You know, the people
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  Speaker 6: at Dog Pound. And listen, I've been with Dog Pound
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  Speaker 6: for almost over a decade now.
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  Speaker 7: 10 years, bro.
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  Speaker 5: 10, 11 years, yeah.
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  Speaker 4: And what I've seen is.
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  Speaker 6: What I like about every single person I've worked with
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  Speaker 6: is that everyone's personality is great, but different.
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  Speaker 5: Everyone's different. It's always fun, good vibes. Every trainer is different,
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  Speaker 5: special in their own way. But it's always a good time.
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  Speaker 5: It's always a good time, for sure.
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  Speaker 4: The energy is just so infectious.
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  Speaker 6: Everyone has that positive attitude that I really think some
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  Speaker 6: other gyms lack.
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  Speaker 5: Even before we even started, too, it was always like that.
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  Speaker 5: It was always before us, the trainers before, same thing.
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  Speaker 5: always great vibes. Someone had a story about the other
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  Speaker 5: trainer and we're just continuing, you know?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I feel like that's what actually drew me to the
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  Speaker 3: gym because I, of course I have my, my core
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  Speaker 3: folks that I work out with, but if either of
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  Speaker 3: you are sick, I don't mind working out with, I
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  Speaker 3: don't care who I work out with because everyone is excellent.
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  Speaker 3: And I think that the gym does a really good
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  Speaker 3: job at a selecting members and curating who's in the gym.
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  Speaker 2: But also the same goes for the staff.
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  Speaker 3: Every single staff member at that gym is so excellent
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  Speaker 3: and lovely and can be in a room with a
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  Speaker 3: famous actor and not care and not be weird while
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  Speaker 3: they're working out because when a lot of my clients
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  Speaker 3: go to Dog Pound, they want to feel like they're
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  Speaker 3: at home in their own gym and having Like, you know,
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  Speaker 3: semi-private session and not have to worry about someone coming
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  Speaker 3: up to them or their trainer being weird.
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  Speaker 5: For an autograph.
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  Speaker 2: For an autograph, correct. And you guys are just so
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  Speaker 2: on lock in that department. So give it to you.
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  Speaker 2: But Brian, sorry.
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  Speaker 4: No, no worries at all. I couldn't agree with you more.
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  Speaker 4: You know, it's like.
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  Speaker 6: And like, I've seen, I've trained, I've trained models.
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  Speaker 4: I've trained athletes.
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  Speaker 5: It's always models with you, bro. He only trains models,
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  Speaker 5: this guy. Only trains models. Seriously. Honestly.
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  Speaker 4: It's like.
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  Speaker 5: See his schedule.
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  Speaker 4: What can I say? God has gifted me with some
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  Speaker 4: great people.
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  Speaker 6: But like, above all else, I like, I just like,
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  Speaker 6: throughout my entire life, not just in training, but in general,
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  Speaker 6: I've just always loved variety. You know, so different kinds
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  Speaker 6: of personalities, different kinds of energy.
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  Speaker 4: Like, I just love variety.
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  Speaker 6: A good variety of people because variety is what makes
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  Speaker 6: this place great. You know, everyone has a different kind
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  Speaker 6: of goals, different kinds of aspirations they're trying to hit.
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  Speaker 6: And that's one of my favorite things about being a
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  Speaker 6: trainer is helping people in different ways, but in great
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  Speaker 6: ways as well. Just being the best version of myself
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  Speaker 6: and helping my clients be the best version of themselves
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  Speaker 6: as well.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, like Herman said, I think it's cool
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  Speaker 5: because everyone in the gym has a story. Like, it
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  Speaker 5: doesn't matter what you do. You're always, you always see
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  Speaker 5: someone at the gym and it's cool to like learn
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  Speaker 5: about someone's story, what they do, how their life is.
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  Speaker 5: But they, you know, even though they might have a
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  Speaker 5: busy life or an easy one, quote unquote, they still
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  Speaker 5: work out, which is fun, you know, and then better themselves,
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  Speaker 5: which is cool. And we're here just along the way
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  Speaker 5: to help them out, you know.
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  Speaker 4: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 5: Be the motivator. Just be the guidance or anything they want.
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  Speaker 5: It's like therapy. We're like therapists too.
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  Speaker 2: It is like therapy.
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  Speaker 5: We're therapists as well. It's crazy.
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  Speaker 3: I feel like I come in sometimes, I tell you
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  Speaker 3: guys about my problems and then I learn about like.
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  Speaker 2: It gets intimate.
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  Speaker 5: Where's Summer? Where's Summer? She should be here right now.
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  Speaker 5: Where's Summer, honestly?
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  Speaker 2: Everyone always asks that when they come over, but.
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  Speaker 3: I'm sure the audience has now gathered that Summer is
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  Speaker 3: my golden retriever. Does come to the gym a lot
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  Speaker 3: because dogs are allowed. She puts the dog in dog pound.
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  Speaker 5: She's awesome.
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  Speaker 3: But she cannot be in the apartment during a podcast
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  Speaker 3: because this mic would go bye-bye.
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  Speaker 4: It would fly south.
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  Speaker 8: It would fly south.
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  Speaker 3: But that's also another amazing part of the gym is
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  Speaker 3: that you can bring your pets.
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  Speaker 2: I'm so busy during the day.
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  Speaker 3: Sometimes I forget to book a sitter or– Daycare is expensive,
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  Speaker 3: and to be able to go to a workout and
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  Speaker 3: bring your dog, it's therapeutic and it's really convenient.
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  Speaker 4: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 3: So, Sebastian, you've been at Dog Pound for a couple
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  Speaker 3: years now, but I'm really curious about your origin. Similar
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  Speaker 3: to Brian, was there a moment when you were younger
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  Speaker 3: that you realized you wanted to grow up and become
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  Speaker 3: a trainer? What were you doing before you were at
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  Speaker 3: Dog Pound, and how did this sort of all come
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  Speaker 3: into fruition?
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  Speaker 5: So, I mean, I started working out because I had
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  Speaker 5: no confidence when I was in high school. I was
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  Speaker 5: a shy kid, insecure, timid. I wanted to have a girlfriend.
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  Speaker 5: I was just afraid to talk to girls back then.
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  Speaker 5: So I thought, you know, girls like muscles. Let me
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  Speaker 5: just start working out.
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  Speaker 2: Look how times have changed.
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  Speaker 5: Times have changed. Times have changed for sure. But it
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  Speaker 5: has its pros and its cons for sure. It has
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  Speaker 5: its pros and its cons. I'm telling you.
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  Speaker 2: You'd rather peak later anyways.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 9: Trust me.
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  Speaker 5: That's true.
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  Speaker 10: That's true.
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  Speaker 2: I peaked later too.
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  Speaker 5: You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 4: It feels better too.
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  Speaker 3: It does.
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  Speaker 5: It does.
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  Speaker 11: Hey, Hammer, you're right.
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  Speaker 5: Hey, last Saturday was a good time. It was. No,
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  Speaker 5: but for me, you know, I was, again, you know,
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  Speaker 5: super shy kid. And I started working out after high school.
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  Speaker 5: And it was cool, it was fun. I didn't know
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  Speaker 5: what I was doing at first, but I used to
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  Speaker 5: follow programs online. Whatever I could do, I just tried it.
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  Speaker 5: I tried treadmill, I tried bench, everything. I did it all.
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  Speaker 5: I started getting more confident and I think my life
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  Speaker 5: changed from there. When I finished high school, my first
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  Speaker 5: real job was Whole Foods Market as a cashier. I
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  Speaker 5: love to talk about Whole Foods because people are like,
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  Speaker 5: why do you like Whole Foods so much? But I
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  Speaker 5: remember being there and everyone was like so miserable being there,
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  Speaker 5: the cashiers. Not in a bad way, not everybody. And
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  Speaker 5: I'm like, damn, I can't be upset all the time. Like,
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  Speaker 5: you know, people saying like, oh, my price is wrong.
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  Speaker 5: Run this downstairs, you know, just being a cashier. So
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  Speaker 5: I'm like, how can I make this job more fun?
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  Speaker 5: So I just started asking people questions that kind of
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  Speaker 5: like brought me out of my comfort zone. I was
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  Speaker 5: asking people like, you know, what are you having for dinner? Like,
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  Speaker 5: what are you doing for the day? And that kind
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  Speaker 5: of like made me feel more comfortable talking to people.
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  Speaker 5: And with working out, I was feeling more comfortable with myself.
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  Speaker 5: So those two kind of played a role. So I was,
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  Speaker 5: you know, I had, I had, uh, clients, not sorry,
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  Speaker 5: it's like clients, uh, customers from Whole Foods coming in, uh,
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  Speaker 5: coming in, you know, for like giving me gifts. Cause
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  Speaker 5: they just love talking to me, like just love having
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  Speaker 5: conversations with me. So it was pretty fun. They used
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  Speaker 5: to call me the mayor of Whole Foods. So, uh,
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  Speaker 5: every time they see me, I believe that.
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  Speaker 3: Every successful person I know started off their career in
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  Speaker 3: some sort of service facing job, whether that was a restaurant,
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  Speaker 3: a Whole Foods, a retail store, those sort of people
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  Speaker 3: skills that you learn in those environments will take you
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  Speaker 3: so far. And that is why you can work at
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  Speaker 3: a gym like Dog Pound and be training the most
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  Speaker 3: famous actress in the world and.
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  Speaker 2: Know how to handle it. That is why.
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  Speaker 3: It's because of Whole Foods. You're mayor of Whole Foods.
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  Speaker 3: You're the mayor of Dog Pound now.
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  Speaker 5: No, no, no, no. That's Amber.
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  Speaker 2: Both of you guys.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 3: And now you guys are buddies. I feel like you
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  Speaker 3: guys are best friends. And that came out of the gym.
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  Speaker 5: Yep, from Dog Pound. How did that even start? I
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  Speaker 5: feel like it just happened naturally. I don't know. I
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  Speaker 5: didn't know how it started. I don't know what it was.
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  Speaker 2: How do you not become best friends with this guy?
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  Speaker 5: We just hung out one day. I just said, hey, everyone,
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  Speaker 5: let's hang out on a Saturday. We did, and they
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  Speaker 5: just kicked it off there. And, of course, at the gym, too,
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  Speaker 5: we say hello to everyone. Everyone's cool. I wish another trainer, Aaron,
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  Speaker 5: should be here right now.
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  Speaker 2: I know. We invited Aaron, but he had better things
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  Speaker 2: to do.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, he's a busy guy. But, of course, every trainer
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  Speaker 5: there at Dog Pond is amazing. So I'm thankful. I
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  Speaker 5: wish everyone was here, but I'm glad that Hammer's here
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  Speaker 5: right now.
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  Speaker 3: I know. I wish we could fit more people on
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  Speaker 3: this couch, but we will be doing a part two
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  Speaker 3: with my LA trainers because that's another benefit. If you
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  Speaker 3: float between New York and LA, the gym exists in
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  Speaker 3: both cities, which is why I love being a member.
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  Speaker 3: And when I'm here, I just go downtown. There's no, yeah, it's,
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  Speaker 3: you guys are so flexible.
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  Speaker 7: Sorry?
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  Speaker 5: How far was the commute for you from like where
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  Speaker 5: you were in LA to LA?
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  Speaker 2: Five minutes. Oh my gosh.
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  Speaker 3: I used to, from my old house, I could, I
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  Speaker 3: could walk right to the gym with summer. And now
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  Speaker 3: I live just a little bit more up the hill
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  Speaker 3: and like it's five minutes.
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  Speaker 5: So just run now.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes I do run.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: It's very good.
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  Speaker 3: But what I do now is I work at, I
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  Speaker 3: just do, I rotate every trainer. And that's another system
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  Speaker 3: that I love about Dog Pound is because all of
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  Speaker 3: your trainers are so excellent that it actually doesn't really
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  Speaker 3: matter to me who I'm working out with. I know
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  Speaker 3: I'm getting the same level of, you know, work, I'm
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  Speaker 3: getting the same level of service or the same out
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  Speaker 3: of the workout that I would be with anyone else.
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  Speaker 3: But I think that system is actually really important for
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  Speaker 3: anyone who is looking to find a gym.
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  Speaker 2: They, A, have you work out with everyone and B,
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  Speaker 2: they're really, really flexible.
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  Speaker 3: So if I'm working late or if I'm, want to
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  Speaker 3: sleep in one morning and need to push to the afternoon,
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  Speaker 3: it's never a problem.
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  Speaker 2: And there's always someone available.
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  Speaker 5: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: That's actually one of our pillars too. Was it, was
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  Speaker 5: it a, It wasn't sharing, bro. I'm sorry. What was it, bro?
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  Speaker 5: It was about how we all rotate and share plans.
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  Speaker 12: Right, right.
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  Speaker 11: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: I'd like to add to that, if that's okay.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, of course.
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  Speaker 6: I think rotating between different trainers is so, so, so important.
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  Speaker 4: And I think... And that's because, really, like.
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  Speaker 6: As I said before, everyone's training style and personality is
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  Speaker 6: so different.
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  Speaker 4: And, however... everyone is more than.
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  Speaker 6: Capable of training any sort of client, whether their goal
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  Speaker 6: is the tone, whether their goal is the bulk, whether
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  Speaker 6: their goal is to lift 110 pounds for five to
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  Speaker 6: seven to five to eight reps or just, or, or,
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  Speaker 6: or just lift 25 pounds for 15 reps.
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  Speaker 5: We rotate, we rotate, but, um, we, we also do
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  Speaker 5: share notes and on, on clients bios. So it's not
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  Speaker 5: like When we train with someone, you're building rapport with
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  Speaker 5: all the trainers, but we all have the notes of
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  Speaker 5: what you did stat-wise. So we definitely know how to
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  Speaker 5: progress every time with everyone.
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  Speaker 6: Right, because let's say a guy trains with Sebastian 100
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  Speaker 6: times and I'm training this person for the first time ever. It's, um,
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  Speaker 6: I'm not like, I'll know exactly what he's been doing
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  Speaker 6: with Sebastian and I will know exactly what to do
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  Speaker 6: to help that client in that session on that given day.
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  Speaker 5: It keeps it fun though. It keeps it fun too.
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  Speaker 5: You know, why not?
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  Speaker 4: Keeps it fun.
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  Speaker 2: Keeps it spicy.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, it does. You know what I mean? That's one
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  Speaker 5: of your lines.
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  Speaker 4: Keeps it spicy.
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  Speaker 5: Oh yeah.
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  Speaker 6: But, um, I guess the point I'm trying to make
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  Speaker 6: is like rotations are different because I feel like everyone
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  Speaker 6: is more than capable of helping a client's get to
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  Speaker 6: their goals and, uh, really just, and I don't, and
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  Speaker 6: more and above all else, just become the best version
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  Speaker 6: of themselves and be more and more confident each and
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  Speaker 6: every time they step in, they step foot in the gym.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I can say from experience, since I came
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  Speaker 3: into dog pound and since I've, I'm now two years,
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  Speaker 3: two and a little bit over two and a half years.
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  Speaker 3: that's really helped my confidence. I am the strongest I've
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  Speaker 3: ever been in my life. Sometimes I look down, I'm like,
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  Speaker 3: I can see that muscle.
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  Speaker 2: That feels nice.
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  Speaker 3: And a few years ago, I didn't want to be
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  Speaker 3: super muscular, but.
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  Speaker 2: Now I'm like, let's go.
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  Speaker 5: Why not?
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  Speaker 4: That's you too.
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  Speaker 5: That's you being consistent as well. Because you don't have
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  Speaker 5: to show up. Hopefully it's just us being cool people.
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  Speaker 5: You enjoy the vibe.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I love the vibe. That's why I come in.
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  Speaker 3: No, but it's... Being so busy, having my Monday, Wednesday,
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  Speaker 3: Friday dog pound lined up, that helps me stay regimented
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  Speaker 3: and it actually helps me be better at my job
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  Speaker 3: because if I knock out my workout, if I go
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  Speaker 3: into the day and I feel really good and I
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  Speaker 3: feel like I'm dedicating an hour to myself off of
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  Speaker 3: my phone with an amazing trainer and then.
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  Speaker 2: I can go conquer the rest of my day. So
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  Speaker 2: having a schedule is.
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  Speaker 3: Really important and having dog pound exist in the two
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  Speaker 3: cities I live between is amazing. Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: And we're here for you anytime.
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  Speaker 2: No, you guys are the best.
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  Speaker 4: We always got your back, Megs. Your family.
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  Speaker 12: I know.
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  Speaker 3: Seriously, I'm so passionate about the gym and the community.
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  Speaker 3: And I just think it is such a, it's like
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  Speaker 3: a sanctuary, honestly.
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  Speaker 2: What has been the most rewarding thing for you guys
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  Speaker 2: about being a trainer at Dog Pound? And what's the
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  Speaker 2: best part of your job?
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  Speaker 6: So I would say the most rewarding part for me
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  Speaker 6: is just having that opportunity to build a rapport with
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  Speaker 6: any client and, um, you know, like every client has,
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  Speaker 6: has so much going on in their everyday life, whether it's,
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  Speaker 6: you know, work or events or traveling a hundred times
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  Speaker 6: a month, you know, it's like people are always going
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  Speaker 6: through something. And you know, that, that one hour, that
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  Speaker 6: 60 minute timeframe that's for them and only them, that
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  Speaker 6: means everything to me, making sure that not only I'm
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  Speaker 6: given the best service, but I'm given my full immediate
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  Speaker 6: undivided attention in every session, making sure that not only
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  Speaker 6: am I there for your goals, I'm there to hear
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  Speaker 6: you out. I'm here to give you advice. I'm here
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  Speaker 6: to basically, I don't mean to sound corny with this,
• 13:46
  Speaker 6: but I'm here to be your friend, you know, and
• 13:49
  Speaker 6: I'm here to have your back any way I possibly can.
• 13:52
  Speaker 6: And I feel like, and that's really, that's really the opportunity.
• 13:56
  Speaker 6: And that's like a blessing for me every day. I
• 13:58
  Speaker 6: come into Dog Pound is just having that chance to
• 14:00
  Speaker 6: build a rapport and be able to relate, build relationships
• 14:03
  Speaker 6: with all these amazing people.
• 14:05
  Speaker 4: And I definitely don't take it for granted.
• 14:07
  Speaker 3: I also think you do a really good job at
• 14:09
  Speaker 3: bringing levity into workouts and bringing some fun, both of you,
• 14:13
  Speaker 3: because sometimes, I mean, I always come into the gym
• 14:16
  Speaker 3: tired because I don't sleep, but when I'm exhausted and
• 14:20
  Speaker 3: when I'm like lifting my weights and then I just hear,
• 14:23
  Speaker 3: you got this MG or like, or like Sebastian will
• 14:26
  Speaker 3: make a joke and be like, oh, are you ready
• 14:28
  Speaker 3: for the actual workout?
• 14:29
  Speaker 2: This is just a warmup.
• 14:30
  Speaker 3: Like, you know, you, you guys both know me so
• 14:32
  Speaker 3: well and you know how to wake me up and just.
• 14:35
  Speaker 5: It's, It'd be 45 minutes.
• 14:37
  Speaker 2: Workout is fun. It's fun.
• 14:40
  Speaker 3: So even if you're having a bad day or just
• 14:43
  Speaker 3: the gym does, that hour is so important.
• 14:47
  Speaker 2: It really sets a tone for the rest of the day.
• 14:48
  Speaker 5: I call it a party.
• 14:49
  Speaker 1: It is a party.
• 14:50
  Speaker 5: It's going to be a celebration. It's going to be
• 14:51
  Speaker 5: a good party, honestly. So you're going to enjoy the
• 14:53
  Speaker 5: hour for sure.
• 14:54
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 14:55
  Speaker 2: So Sebastian, what is it for you? What keeps you
• 14:57
  Speaker 2: going and what is your favorite part of the job?
• 15:00
  Speaker 5: Hammer kind of, kind of similar to Hammer, just building
• 15:03
  Speaker 5: rapport with clients, learning their story. And knowing that once
• 15:08
  Speaker 5: you work out, you're going to feel so much better, honestly.
• 15:11
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 15:13
  Speaker 12: I love it.
• 15:13
  Speaker 2: I mean, it's true.
• 15:14
  Speaker 3: I think when you're feeling good about yourself and when
• 15:17
  Speaker 3: you're feeling strong, you're feeling confident, you're feeling you're.
• 15:21
  Speaker 2: Off of your devices, it really, it's the best.
• 15:26
  Speaker 10: Yeah.
• 15:26
  Speaker 2: It's the best thing in the world. So guys, I
• 15:29
  Speaker 2: always ask this.
• 15:30
  Speaker 3: What advice would you give someone who is looking to
• 15:34
  Speaker 3: become a trainer at DogCon one day?
• 15:36
  Speaker 6: I would say never give up on getting to where
• 15:41
  Speaker 6: you want to be.
• 15:42
  Speaker 4: Dog pound.
• 15:45
  Speaker 6: People will always have that mindset that people might think
• 15:50
  Speaker 6: something's out of reach.
• 15:51
  Speaker 4: I don't believe in that.
• 15:53
  Speaker 6: I don't believe anything is out of reach as long
• 15:56
  Speaker 6: as you're willing to believe that you can do it.
• 16:01
  Speaker 6: It's really a few words that you have to say
• 16:02
  Speaker 6: to yourself every day. Simply put, I can do it.
• 16:05
  Speaker 6: You know, if you want to work at Dog Pound,
• 16:07
  Speaker 6: if you want to be a trainer at Dog Pound,
• 16:09
  Speaker 6: you can do it. It might take a long time.
• 16:12
  Speaker 6: It might take you months. Hell, I've seen people get
• 16:16
  Speaker 6: a job at Dog Pound. It took them close to
• 16:18
  Speaker 6: a year to get a foot in the door. But
• 16:20
  Speaker 6: it can happen.
• 16:21
  Speaker 2: Slide into this guy's DMs.
• 16:22
  Speaker 4: Yeah, slide into the guy's DMs. And simply just catching
• 16:26
  Speaker 4: the attention of somebody.
• 16:27
  Speaker 6: All it takes is one email, one video, and just
• 16:31
  Speaker 6: months and months of preparation to get your foot in
• 16:35
  Speaker 6: the door.
• 16:35
  Speaker 5: Yeah, that's true. Or just, you know, shoot your shot.
• 16:38
  Speaker 5: Just shoot your shot. And if you're willing to... If
• 16:41
  Speaker 5: you want to be a dog pound, just send anyone
• 16:43
  Speaker 5: a message there. And if you're about it, we will see.
• 16:46
  Speaker 5: If not, then you won't make the cut. But it's okay.
• 16:49
  Speaker 5: It's okay. At least you tried. As long as you tried,
• 16:51
  Speaker 5: that's all that matters. As long as you tried.
• 16:53
  Speaker 2: And there's another gym for you.
• 16:54
  Speaker 10: Yes, of course.
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: I think there's so many.
• 16:59
  Speaker 2: I mean, it's like every industry.
• 17:00
  Speaker 3: There's always going to be a surplus of the same
• 17:02
  Speaker 3: person wanting to do a certain job.
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: But, like, everyone's going to land where they land.
• 17:06
  Speaker 8: But I think.
• 17:07
  Speaker 5: I mean, you can't beat Dog Pound, though.
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, you can't beat Dog Pound. Dog Pound is
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: the best.
• 17:12
  Speaker 3: And I actually feel like it is the best.
• 17:15
  Speaker 8: I will say that.
• 17:17
  Speaker 3: Not because I'm biased as a member, but because I've
• 17:20
  Speaker 3: joined a lot of gyms and I've truly had the
• 17:22
  Speaker 3: best experience there.
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: But I just think that the way you guys treat....
• 17:28
  Speaker 3: The community and the sessions with such care, it's so different.
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: Like I walk into that.
• 17:35
  Speaker 3: Gym and I know everyone and they know me and
• 17:37
  Speaker 3: it's a first name basis and it's, I even have
• 17:39
  Speaker 3: gotten to know some of the other members and it's just,
• 17:43
  Speaker 3: it's like constant networking and I really do feel like
• 17:46
  Speaker 3: safe and like protected there in a way like, okay,
• 17:51
  Speaker 3: I'm having a bad day. I need to go like
• 17:52
  Speaker 3: blow off some steam and like this.
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: Is the place for it.
• 17:54
  Speaker 5: Absolutely.
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: Thank you guys for coming on. Thank you for having us.
• 17:58
  Speaker 3: Grateful that you did this and it's going to be
• 18:01
  Speaker 3: cool because after you guys, when I get back to LA,
• 18:03
  Speaker 3: I'm going to have all the LA trainers.
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: So I think you guys know some of them. Yeah.
• 18:08
  Speaker 4: Hi Morgan.
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: Morgan's my queen. Um, well you guys are the best.
• 18:13
  Speaker 3: And if anyone is looking for a new gym in
• 18:15
  Speaker 3: New York or LA, well, these are the New York guys.
• 18:17
  Speaker 3: So if you need some fantastic trainers who can help
• 18:20
  Speaker 3: boost your confidence and your mood and, uh, change your body,
• 18:24
  Speaker 3: here we go.
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: We're here.
• 18:25
  Speaker 5: We're here. We're here. My boys.
• 18:28
  Speaker 4: Thank you guys.
• 18:29
  Speaker 6: You're the best.
• 18:29
  Speaker 5: Thank you. We'll see you later.
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: Hi, everyone.
• 18:35
  Speaker 3: Welcome back to part two of my Dog Pound episode.
• 18:40
  Speaker 3: The last time I did this, I was in New
• 18:41
  Speaker 3: York City with two of my.
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: Trainers, and now I'm in the much bigger gym.
• 18:47
  Speaker 3: So we decided to film here with my LA trainers,
• 18:50
  Speaker 3: who I'm very excited to introduce you to. So we'll
• 18:53
  Speaker 3: start with my girl Morgan right next to me.
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: Hey, Morgan. Hey, how's it going? You got this okay?
• 18:59
  Speaker 12: I think so. We just finished our session, so I
• 19:02
  Speaker 12: know how you're going, but yeah.
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: Still waking up. It's 1218 on a Monday.
• 19:08
  Speaker 12: Yeah, that's true.
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: That's all it takes. So how long have you been
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: at the gym?
• 19:13
  Speaker 12: I've been here for two and a half going on
• 19:16
  Speaker 12: three years.
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: And how'd you get started? What's your origin story? I
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: don't think I know it.
• 19:21
  Speaker 12: Yeah, kind of strange. I actually, I landed in New York.
• 19:23
  Speaker 11: What?
• 19:24
  Speaker 12: I landed in LA. I broke up with my ex
• 19:27
  Speaker 12: and I was in nursing school down here.
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: You know, I started off in nursing school too.
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: I hate blood.
• 19:33
  Speaker 11: Oh.
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: Lasted two seconds.
• 19:36
  Speaker 12: I think I, for me, it was everyone just was
• 19:39
  Speaker 12: so negative all the time. And I've been in gyms
• 19:43
  Speaker 12: and a trainer since I was 18.
• 19:44
  Speaker 11: Yeah.
• 19:45
  Speaker 12: And so I've always fallen back to that. But in
• 19:48
  Speaker 12: my small little hometown, it's not a career. It's just kind.
• 19:50
  Speaker 3: Of a hobby.
• 19:52
  Speaker 12: And so I always thought of it that way. And
• 19:55
  Speaker 12: then I was working at a different gym when I
• 19:57
  Speaker 12: first came to LA and it was like Influencer Central
• 20:02
  Speaker 12: and a lot of people that were making a lot
• 20:04
  Speaker 12: of money training. And so I think that that's kind
• 20:06
  Speaker 12: of what sparked it. but I actually saw Dog Pound
• 20:09
  Speaker 12: on Instagram and I DMed the page and I was like, hey,
• 20:14
  Speaker 12: I'd love to apply. And they responded like a day later.
• 20:17
  Speaker 12: And then I was in an interview the next week.
• 20:19
  Speaker 12: The rest is history. Yeah, it was meant to be.
• 20:22
  Speaker 12: What made it.
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: Really appealing to you?
• 20:24
  Speaker 12: I think I was really looking for a place where
• 20:27
  Speaker 12: I felt that people cared. And I remember my first week,
• 20:32
  Speaker 12: there was an incident and it was handled immediately. And
• 20:36
  Speaker 12: the comparison of if that would have happened at any
• 20:39
  Speaker 12: other gym, it would have just been slid under the rug.
• 20:42
  Speaker 12: But the management here truly actually cared about my well-being.
• 20:45
  Speaker 12: And so it was made me stay.
• 20:48
  Speaker 11: OK.
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: Well, I'm happy you're here. Thank you. I work out
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: with Morgan a lot.
• 20:52
  Speaker 12: Yeah.
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: OK, Tyjohn, up next.
• 20:55
  Speaker 5: What's up?
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: What's up?
• 20:57
  Speaker 11: How are you?
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: I'm good.
• 20:58
  Speaker 5: Life is good. I mean, I'm Tyjohn.
• 21:00
  Speaker 13: I've been in LA for, let's see, about 10 years now.
• 21:03
  Speaker 13: I was born here, grew up in St. Louis, Missouri.
• 21:06
  Speaker 13: And so, you know, I've been in fitness for a
• 21:08
  Speaker 13: long time, mainly in the management side of it. And
• 21:11
  Speaker 13: so Dog Pound was always one of those names that
• 21:14
  Speaker 13: was kind of always around and kind of stood out.
• 21:17
  Speaker 13: And so for me, when I decided to make a
• 21:19
  Speaker 13: career change and go more into just training and not,
• 21:21
  Speaker 13: you know, not being on the management side anymore, this
• 21:23
  Speaker 13: was the obvious choice. I mean, obviously the space is beautiful,
• 21:26
  Speaker 13: but what attracted me to Dog Pound was, I would
• 21:30
  Speaker 13: say the culture here. I've been here for a little
• 21:32
  Speaker 13: over a year now, and we've got some of the
• 21:34
  Speaker 13: best coaches I've been a part of and worked with.
• 21:37
  Speaker 13: It's a very high-performing environment, and I'm used to being
• 21:41
  Speaker 13: in high-performing environments. Also, we have a different type of
• 21:45
  Speaker 13: clientele that has that high-performing lifestyle that has busy schedules.
• 21:49
  Speaker 13: For me, I've really enjoyed working with a team that
• 21:54
  Speaker 13: has more of a collaborative effort in regards to the
• 21:56
  Speaker 13: programs that we create for our clients. Everything is more tailored.
• 22:00
  Speaker 13: you know, it's, it's in great environment to not just
• 22:02
  Speaker 13: train in, but to work out in great for content.
• 22:05
  Speaker 13: Obviously we get to, you know, be a part of
• 22:07
  Speaker 13: great things like this and meet individuals like yourself. And
• 22:09
  Speaker 13: so for me, it was, it was a win-win situation.
• 22:12
  Speaker 13: So it's, it's been great.
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 22:13
  Speaker 3: I love the rotational program that you guys do because I,
• 22:17
  Speaker 3: I never know who I'm coming in to work out with.
• 22:19
  Speaker 3: I literally just send in my times and then I
• 22:21
  Speaker 3: show up and I could be with anyone and that
• 22:24
  Speaker 3: doesn't bother me. I love working out with each and
• 22:26
  Speaker 3: every one of you and you guys share notes. Like
• 22:28
  Speaker 3: everyone has a different take on the approach to the workout.
• 22:32
  Speaker 3: And if I come in one day and say, okay,
• 22:34
  Speaker 3: summer is coming, I need abs. Like you guys know
• 22:37
  Speaker 3: what to do and always make me feel like if
• 22:39
  Speaker 3: I'm tired, you guys are very accommodating and don't make
• 22:42
  Speaker 3: me lift that hard compared to when I'm not tired.
• 22:45
  Speaker 3: But I think because you guys have such an excellent
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: roster of trainers, anyone who comes in here is going
• 22:51
  Speaker 3: to feel very similarly.
• 22:54
  Speaker 13: Absolutely. For me, that's what stands out is the personalized experience,
• 22:58
  Speaker 13: you know, from being able to bring your dog in
• 23:00
  Speaker 13: to having water, to having treats, to having, you know,
• 23:02
  Speaker 13: your favorite Celsius ready. I think it's that personalized experience
• 23:06
  Speaker 13: that separates Dog Pound from the rest.
• 23:07
  Speaker 9: Totally.
• 23:08
  Speaker 13: And each coach here kind of does a great job
• 23:10
  Speaker 13: at giving you a little bit of, or a lot
• 23:12
  Speaker 13: of what you want and a little bit of what
• 23:13
  Speaker 13: you need.
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: Totally.
• 23:14
  Speaker 6: Yeah, I agree.
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: Justin. In the back.
• 23:18
  Speaker 8: Hi, Megan.
• 23:18
  Speaker 5: Hi.
• 23:19
  Speaker 14: I feel like we've never trained, but I did see
• 23:21
  Speaker 14: you after your marathon.
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: Oh, my God, yeah.
• 23:25
  Speaker 8: You came in for, like, a recovery session, which was awesome. Like,
• 23:28
  Speaker 8: we just had you on the table. We did stretches.
• 23:31
  Speaker 8: We did your Theragun. And then we had you at
• 23:34
  Speaker 8: least able to walk a little bit more.
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: Yes, I was really struggling. That's another thing. You guys
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: have the Theragun. You have the, what are those boots called?
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: The compression boots?
• 23:45
  Speaker 11: Yeah.
• 23:46
  Speaker 3: And then you also have a sauna and a cold plunge,
• 23:48
  Speaker 3: which I have yet to use, but there's a lot
• 23:51
  Speaker 3: of added bonuses of being a member here because there's
• 23:53
  Speaker 3: those other services.
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: Like you don't have to come in and do a
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: training session.
• 23:56
  Speaker 3: You can come in and say, I just need a
• 23:57
  Speaker 3: massage gun and boots because I'm dying.
• 24:00
  Speaker 11: Yeah.
• 24:00
  Speaker 12: Yeah.
• 24:01
  Speaker 8: So I'm, I'm Justin. I've been here for a little
• 24:04
  Speaker 8: over five years now.
• 24:06
  Speaker 14: Um, I started in the South Bay doing a lot
• 24:09
  Speaker 14: of group classes and.
• 24:10
  Speaker 8: Then, um, help the gym out over there through COVID.
• 24:14
  Speaker 14: And after COVID, I want to kind of Excel my
• 24:17
  Speaker 14: career path a little bit more. I want to take
• 24:18
  Speaker 14: more one-on-one trainings.
• 24:20
  Speaker 8: And, um, this gym, um, I don't know how it
• 24:23
  Speaker 8: came up. I think it was I was looking online.
• 24:26
  Speaker 8: I saw Dog Pound.
• 24:28
  Speaker 14: I looked at the Indeed and then I got an
• 24:33
  Speaker 14: interview from there. And then probably like a week or
• 24:35
  Speaker 14: two later, I got hired. And then five years later,
• 24:39
  Speaker 14: now we're here and we're yeah, we're still thriving.
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: Thriving every day. So you looked on Indeed.com.
• 24:46
  Speaker 14: Yeah, I was there and I was looking at, I
• 24:49
  Speaker 14: think Dog Pound appeared as an ad. And then I
• 24:52
  Speaker 14: would just look on Indeed to see if they were
• 24:54
  Speaker 14: like hiring anybody. And I was able to get in
• 24:58
  Speaker 14: touch with somebody. And then, yeah, the rest is history.
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: Very cool.
• 25:01
  Speaker 12: Yeah.
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: Well, happy you're here.
• 25:03
  Speaker 8: I'm happy I'm here.
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: Caroline, hello.
• 25:06
  Speaker 3: Hi, Megan.
• 25:06
  Speaker 6: How are you?
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: I'm good.
• 25:07
  Speaker 11: Good.
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: How long, you've been in LA for how long now?
• 25:11
  Speaker 7: I have been in LA for six months.
• 25:14
  Speaker 11: Okay.
• 25:14
  Speaker 7: And I've been with Dog Pound for four years. I
• 25:17
  Speaker 7: came from New York City. Over the summer, I was
• 25:20
  Speaker 7: here for a month and I completely fell in love
• 25:23
  Speaker 7: with the team, the culture, the weather. And I knew
• 25:28
  Speaker 7: before I left that I was about to change my
• 25:30
  Speaker 7: whole life and move here.
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: Are you loving LA?
• 25:34
  Speaker 11: Yeah.
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: No turning back?
• 25:36
  Speaker 11: No. No.
• 25:37
  Speaker 13: You heard that, New York. You heard that.
• 25:39
  Speaker 3: I remember we used to see each other in the
• 25:41
  Speaker 3: New York gym, but we didn't know each other until
• 25:43
  Speaker 3: you got here.
• 25:43
  Speaker 8: Correct, yeah.
• 25:45
  Speaker 7: Yeah, so it's been, you know, such an interesting ride
• 25:52
  Speaker 7: experiencing both locations. I think they're both so special and unique,
• 25:55
  Speaker 7: and I love that clients like yourself have this opportunity
• 25:59
  Speaker 7: to train bi-coastally, that they can seamlessly work out, whether
• 26:04
  Speaker 7: they're in New York or L.A., And we not only
• 26:08
  Speaker 7: share notes within the gym, but we share notes across
• 26:12
  Speaker 7: the country. And so when we know someone is gonna
• 26:14
  Speaker 7: be traveling, we connect, we fill them in with your
• 26:18
  Speaker 7: progress and where you're at and whatnot, because at the
• 26:20
  Speaker 7: end of the day, we want you to have the
• 26:22
  Speaker 7: most seamless experience. And that is one reason why I
• 26:27
  Speaker 7: absolutely love this gym. I think that this gym is
• 26:29
  Speaker 7: so incredibly different than anything else that's out there because
• 26:33
  Speaker 7: of the level of service that we deliver. I think
• 26:37
  Speaker 7: we're extremely authentic. No one is asking the trainers or
• 26:41
  Speaker 7: the clients to fit into a box. We want you
• 26:44
  Speaker 7: to come in as who you are, and we want
• 26:46
  Speaker 7: to celebrate who you are. And I've just never been
• 26:49
  Speaker 7: in an environment that delivers that culture.
• 26:56
  Speaker 11: And I absolutely love it.
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: I echo that sentiment. John Franklin.
• 27:01
  Speaker 5: Hi, Megan.
• 27:02
  Speaker 10: Hi.
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: How are you?
• 27:03
  Speaker 2: I'm good.
• 27:04
  Speaker 11: Good.
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: How long have you been here?
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: I've been here almost four years now. I actually started
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: as an intern. During the pandemic, I made a career
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: change and I thought about what I really love to do.
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: I love running, fitness, lifting weights. So I was certified
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: from the National Academy of Sports Medicine. I was linked
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: up here through an internship program. And I was very
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: scared and I was very intimidated at first. And that's
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: what really drove me to this space. I looked at
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: it as the pinnacle of fitness in Los Angeles. And
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: when I came in the door, I was like, wow,
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: this is such a welcoming, fun, warm environment that also
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: has the intensity that pushes you to want to be
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: better at the same time. I've had such an amazing
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: time here. And training you has been amazing because you're
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: also a runner. So having that commonality with you has
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: been amazing.
• 27:59
  Speaker 3: Yes, you helped me a lot leading up to the marathon,
• 28:02
  Speaker 3: so thank you.
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: And you killed it.
• 28:03
  Speaker 5: We're so proud of you.
• 28:04
  Speaker 10: You're very sweet.
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: I think what I really like about this job is
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: that we work with high-profile clientele, but to me, all
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: of my clients are high-profile clientele, just giving the service that,
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: you know, you would imagine you would give the President
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: of the United States. Like, I give that to Megan
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: Graham because you're my... president in ways.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
• 28:28
  Speaker 4: Of course.
• 28:32
  Speaker 11: Right.
• 28:32
  Speaker 5: Exactly. Exactly.
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: But I think it also speaks to the differences of
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: clients that we have.
• 28:37
  Speaker 5: You know, you're a runner.
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: We have people that are, you know, stay at home moms.
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: We have people prepping for fashion shows. We have dads
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: that want to get stronger because they want to be
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: able to lift their kids up. And then we also
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: have a, you And we all just have fun here.
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: And I consider this such a healthy work environment. I
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: consider my coworkers like my work family in a way
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: that is professional but fun.
• 29:07
  Speaker 5: And we all have a great time together.
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: And yeah, I love my coworkers. I love our clients.
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: And I think that really shines through with our relationship
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: with each other and how we all smile.
• 29:17
  Speaker 2: Well said. Smiling is important.
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: Smiling is important.
• 29:20
  Speaker 2: Steven.
• 29:20
  Speaker 11: Steven.
• 29:21
  Speaker 10: All right.
• 29:21
  Speaker 11: Hello, Megan.
• 29:23
  Speaker 9: A little about me already stuttering. I moved here about
• 29:27
  Speaker 9: four years ago from Illinois. I was kind of just
• 29:30
  Speaker 9: doing construction there, working concrete, chilling. And then my buddy
• 29:35
  Speaker 9: told me to move out here just like on a whim.
• 29:38
  Speaker 9: And I was like, yeah, fuck it why not I
• 29:39
  Speaker 9: expected to be out here like a month or two
• 29:41
  Speaker 9: you know I had three grand saved up I was
• 29:43
  Speaker 9: like I'll get a little one month spot and the
• 29:45
  Speaker 9: person I moved in with actually got me the job
• 29:49
  Speaker 9: here my buddy Max who I moved in with he
• 29:52
  Speaker 9: thought it was a dog pound like a for like
• 29:56
  Speaker 9: summer right there I thought it was like a dog
• 29:58
  Speaker 9: So that's how he got the job. Put me on here.
• 30:01
  Speaker 9: I was working at a boxing gym down the street
• 30:03
  Speaker 9: too to start off. I was like 19 years old
• 30:06
  Speaker 9: and he got me a job as maintenance on the
• 30:08
  Speaker 9: side here. I think I was like part-time. And then
• 30:11
  Speaker 9: a few of the trainers, they all like saw potential
• 30:14
  Speaker 9: in me. They were like trying to get me to
• 30:16
  Speaker 9: get my certification, become a trainer here. Probably like a
• 30:20
  Speaker 9: year later, I started training here. That might've been like
• 30:22
  Speaker 9: three years ago. It kind of all came by surprise,
• 30:26
  Speaker 9: just luck, bless. Now I got like the easiest job
• 30:30
  Speaker 9: in the world, training people.
• 30:33
  Speaker 2: Training people and working with great people.
• 30:35
  Speaker 5: Exactly.
• 30:35
  Speaker 2: What else could you ask for?
• 30:37
  Speaker 6: Not much.
• 30:38
  Speaker 9: Really, this is like, if I even asked for this,
• 30:40
  Speaker 9: that would have been too much.
• 30:41
  Speaker 2: That's very sweet.
• 30:43
  Speaker 13: All right.
• 30:44
  Speaker 2: John Malone in the back.
• 30:47
  Speaker 13: Speaking of dogs.
• 30:48
  Speaker 2: Drew, you can't hide from me.
• 30:50
  Speaker 11: Hello.
• 30:51
  Speaker 10: Hello.
• 30:53
  Speaker 5: I like the full name introduction.
• 30:54
  Speaker 10: Thank you. Thank you.
• 30:55
  Speaker 2: Of course. You were my first trainer at this gym.
• 30:58
  Speaker 7: Was I really? Yeah.
• 30:59
  Speaker 10: I didn't know that.
• 31:00
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 31:01
  Speaker 2: We started working out together.
• 31:02
  Speaker 3: I think you were my, before the rotational program really
• 31:06
  Speaker 3: took off, or I guess before you got busy, I
• 31:11
  Speaker 3: used to work out with.
• 31:12
  Speaker 2: Just you last year. You were my first intro to
• 31:14
  Speaker 2: this gym.
• 31:15
  Speaker 5: I'm glad you stayed. Yes. I wonder what did it.
• 31:18
  Speaker 5: I don't know. Couldn't have been me.
• 31:21
  Speaker 2: How long have you been here?
• 31:23
  Speaker 5: I've been here for two years, two weeks, and four days.
• 31:27
  Speaker 2: Whoa, but who's counting?
• 31:29
  Speaker 10: I count every day.
• 31:30
  Speaker 9: Whoa.
• 31:32
  Speaker 2: And how did you come across Dog Pound?
• 31:34
  Speaker 10: Long, long story, kind of. I originally started working at
• 31:39
  Speaker 10: a whole bunch of gyms. I actually worked at the
• 31:41
  Speaker 10: same gym Justin worked at. We weren't there at the
• 31:43
  Speaker 10: same time, but just coincidentally we happened to be there
• 31:46
  Speaker 10: at just the same place. Eventually, I kind of just...
• 31:52
  Speaker 10: was driving between like three or four gyms during the day,
• 31:55
  Speaker 10: just kind of filling up my schedule. One of my
• 31:59
  Speaker 10: college friends and college teammates was working here at the time.
• 32:06
  Speaker 10: He does not work here anymore. And I reached out
• 32:09
  Speaker 10: to him just like, hey, how is Dog Pound? How
• 32:13
  Speaker 10: is LA? How is training in LA? And the caddies
• 32:15
  Speaker 10: gave me their rundown. And I was like, well, if
• 32:17
  Speaker 10: any spots open up, let me know. Eventually, a couple
• 32:21
  Speaker 10: months later, they did. I came in for an interview.
• 32:25
  Speaker 5: It went well.
• 32:26
  Speaker 10: And then since then, I've been here.
• 32:28
  Speaker 3: So guys, obviously you all have different origin stories. Some
• 32:32
  Speaker 3: started with internships. Some started with knowing someone here. Some
• 32:34
  Speaker 3: started with Indeed. There's so many trainers out there and
• 32:39
  Speaker 3: people who want to grow up and become trainers and
• 32:41
  Speaker 3: get into this space. What do you think is the
• 32:44
  Speaker 3: best route nowadays if someone wants to go work at
• 32:47
  Speaker 3: a dog pound or have a career in fitness?
• 32:50
  Speaker 2: Start with Morgan, maybe. Just cause you're right here. That's true.
• 32:56
  Speaker 2: I think it's, there's two parts to that.
• 33:02
  Speaker 12: I think that there are people who are trainers that
• 33:05
  Speaker 12: mostly work online. And so then getting into a space
• 33:10
  Speaker 12: like this can kind of have its challenges because you're
• 33:13
  Speaker 12: not connected within the community.
• 33:16
  Speaker 2: We're dealing with people.
• 33:17
  Speaker 11: Yes.
• 33:18
  Speaker 2: Like in person.
• 33:18
  Speaker 5: Yes.
• 33:19
  Speaker 12: I think it's a lot harder actually learning how to
• 33:23
  Speaker 12: communicate properly with people and like being able to know
• 33:28
  Speaker 12: how people are going to respond to you, like with
• 33:30
  Speaker 12: your cues or coaching. I'm not sure if anyone else
• 33:32
  Speaker 12: agrees with that. I would say my best advice would
• 33:36
  Speaker 12: be get immersed in the community you're trying to be in.
• 33:40
  Speaker 12: And that starts with social media, at least for me
• 33:42
  Speaker 12: in this day and age.
• 33:44
  Speaker 2: It's like get connected.
• 33:45
  Speaker 11: Yeah.
• 33:46
  Speaker 12: Ask questions and like ask to meet with said person
• 33:52
  Speaker 12: in the space you want to work at. I find
• 33:55
  Speaker 12: that showing them your face and having a conversation in
• 33:59
  Speaker 12: person is going to get you much farther than just
• 34:02
  Speaker 12: staying online. And so just show up. Like if you
• 34:06
  Speaker 12: want to work at a certain gym, show up, ask
• 34:08
  Speaker 12: if you can meet with the manager or one of
• 34:10
  Speaker 12: the lead trainers and then kind of pitch yourself. Because
• 34:14
  Speaker 12: at the end of the day, you could look amazing
• 34:16
  Speaker 12: on Instagram or TikTok, and then in person, you don't
• 34:19
  Speaker 12: know how to talk. And so it is showing kind
• 34:23
  Speaker 12: of what you have in person.
• 34:25
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a business of people, just like my business.
• 34:28
  Speaker 2: It's very similar.
• 34:29
  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah.
• 34:30
  Speaker 2: It's got to have social cues. You have to know.
• 34:32
  Speaker 3: You guys deal with a lot of high-profile clients, of course,
• 34:35
  Speaker 3: and some people don't know.
• 34:37
  Speaker 2: How to do that.
• 34:38
  Speaker 3: It's not a skill that you can learn.
• 34:40
  Speaker 2: You have to have it, right? Because I know... some
• 34:45
  Speaker 2: people who.
• 34:45
  Speaker 3: Come in here are like very important and you guys,
• 34:49
  Speaker 3: you guys know how to stay cool and make them
• 34:52
  Speaker 3: feel like they're like everyone else and not treat them.
• 34:55
  Speaker 3: You know, of course you're treating them with respect, but
• 34:57
  Speaker 3: you're not treating them in a way that like makes
• 34:59
  Speaker 3: them feel weird for working out here. Like it just,
• 35:02
  Speaker 3: it's like another person just being in the gym and coexisting.
• 35:05
  Speaker 3: So to navigate that as it can be a little
• 35:07
  Speaker 3: tricky probably.
• 35:08
  Speaker 7: Yeah.
• 35:09
  Speaker 2: For some, but not for you guys.
• 35:10
  Speaker 11: Yeah. Yeah.
• 35:12
  Speaker 3: Does anyone else have any advice that they want to
• 35:15
  Speaker 3: share for people looking to break into the space or
• 35:18
  Speaker 3: work at Dog Pound or anything you've learned?
• 35:21
  Speaker 12: Sure.
• 35:21
  Speaker 13: I will say, you know, for those coaches that are
• 35:24
  Speaker 13: looking to get into fitness and to get into Dog Pound,
• 35:27
  Speaker 13: potentially the number one thing that I would focus on
• 35:30
  Speaker 13: would be your education. Take that very serious. You know,
• 35:33
  Speaker 13: take the opportunities to go learn as much as you can.
• 35:35
  Speaker 13: If there's a certification that you're interested in, go take it.
• 35:38
  Speaker 13: If there's a class you're interested in, go take it.
• 35:40
  Speaker 13: If there's someone that you know that's really good with
• 35:42
  Speaker 13: a certain modality, go work out with them. Get as
• 35:44
  Speaker 13: much of that education as you can. And then get
• 35:47
  Speaker 13: a lot of real-world experience. Don't be afraid to try things.
• 35:51
  Speaker 13: I'll say every coach here kind of has their specialty.
• 35:55
  Speaker 13: Outside of here, we've probably done a great job at
• 35:57
  Speaker 13: finding our people and gravitating towards those people in the
• 36:01
  Speaker 13: community that we like to train. But what's really cool
• 36:03
  Speaker 13: about the coaches that are here is that although we
• 36:06
  Speaker 13: have our own specialties, we can train anyone. We can
• 36:09
  Speaker 13: coach anyone. And a lot of times, you know, we
• 36:11
  Speaker 13: might have a plan for a person and, you know,
• 36:14
  Speaker 13: we might, that person might show up and they're like, well, hey, listen,
• 36:17
  Speaker 13: I just went skiing over the weekend and my whole
• 36:19
  Speaker 13: back's wrecked. My knees are messed up, so I can't
• 36:21
  Speaker 13: do anything that we were supposed to do today. And
• 36:23
  Speaker 13: you have to change that plan. And so being very
• 36:25
  Speaker 13: good at programming and being able to use the entire gym,
• 36:29
  Speaker 13: being able to program in a functional way and not
• 36:31
  Speaker 13: just thinking about a specific, you know, one piece of
• 36:33
  Speaker 13: equipment that makes you very, you know, individualized to that,
• 36:36
  Speaker 13: I think is going to help you in your skill.
• 36:38
  Speaker 13: And take it serious, because if you're not passionate about fitness,
• 36:42
  Speaker 13: then you're not going to really be able to go
• 36:43
  Speaker 13: far in this business. I like what Morgan said in
• 36:46
  Speaker 13: regards to being a people person. Practice those skills. As coaches,
• 36:49
  Speaker 13: we wear a lot of different hats. I mean, we're
• 36:51
  Speaker 13: not just fitness coaches. A lot of times we're psychiatrists.
• 36:54
  Speaker 13: We're nutritionists. We're dietitians. We're all of that. We kind
• 36:57
  Speaker 13: of wear all of those hats. But I think it's
• 37:00
  Speaker 13: important to stay within your scope of practice, but be
• 37:02
  Speaker 13: able to educate yourself enough to be able to point
• 37:05
  Speaker 13: your clients in the right direction. But then also don't
• 37:08
  Speaker 13: be afraid to admit that you don't know something, but
• 37:10
  Speaker 13: then take that challenge to go out and find that
• 37:13
  Speaker 13: information and research that on your own. So for any
• 37:16
  Speaker 13: coaches that are looking to break into fitness, you know,
• 37:18
  Speaker 13: stay passionate, take your education very, very serious, and then
• 37:21
  Speaker 13: go out in the real world and practice that and
• 37:24
  Speaker 13: get those real world experiences and, you know, fail more.
• 37:27
  Speaker 13: You know, if there's something that you don't do great at,
• 37:29
  Speaker 13: do more of those things.
• 37:31
  Speaker 11: Yeah.
• 37:32
  Speaker 3: When you guys have a celebrity client, let's say, who
• 37:35
  Speaker 3: comes in and says, I need to lose 100 pounds
• 37:40
  Speaker 3: for a role or I need to gain weight for
• 37:42
  Speaker 3: a role, that also requires a lot of tailoring.
• 37:46
  Speaker 2: How do you deal with that? Because that is definitely
• 37:48
  Speaker 2: out of the ordinary.
• 37:51
  Speaker 13: We sent him back to John in the background.
• 37:55
  Speaker 5: That's my specialty. I'll answer the question.
• 37:58
  Speaker 10: One, it really depends on who that person is. Their
• 38:04
  Speaker 10: body matrix in general is something you kind of have
• 38:06
  Speaker 10: to be familiar with. My experience from it is just
• 38:11
  Speaker 10: training athletes for a long period of time, training football players,
• 38:14
  Speaker 10: training fighters, having them have to cut weight, having them
• 38:17
  Speaker 10: have to be at a certain weight at a certain
• 38:20
  Speaker 10: time So truly knowing the timetable and how the body responds.
• 38:25
  Speaker 10: So it's something you have to be super active about. Honestly,
• 38:29
  Speaker 10: every day, every week at that point, I would have
• 38:32
  Speaker 10: my clients check in or weigh in pretty much every day.
• 38:38
  Speaker 10: That's not just like a regular scale. It's a body
• 38:42
  Speaker 10: index scale. So I need to be able to see
• 38:43
  Speaker 10: your waters, your fat percentages, all those things, all that breakdown.
• 38:48
  Speaker 10: Because that way I can actively adjust. Not only your food,
• 38:52
  Speaker 10: your weight plan, and your cardio on an everyday basis.
• 38:56
  Speaker 10: But it's something that's super intricate. I think there's like
• 39:03
  Speaker 10: a friendly science to it. It's not always perfect because
• 39:05
  Speaker 10: everybody's body responds differently. So it's something that you just
• 39:10
  Speaker 10: kind of get used to. There's basic things that are
• 39:15
  Speaker 10: going to work. But being able to adjust and adapt
• 39:19
  Speaker 10: very quickly is something I think I'm pretty good at.
• 39:22
  Speaker 10: Not only like in sessions, but just with people. And
• 39:27
  Speaker 10: that's the biggest key, right? You don't want somebody... to
• 39:30
  Speaker 10: lose confidence in you as a trainer so as soon
• 39:32
  Speaker 10: as you fumble on something they're kind of like oh
• 39:36
  Speaker 10: I don't know if I trust you always want that
• 39:38
  Speaker 10: person to be like hey I have full confidence in
• 39:41
  Speaker 10: my trainer's abilities I'm gonna have full confidence in my
• 39:44
  Speaker 10: abilities now when I tell you to do something you're
• 39:46
  Speaker 10: like okay I can get it done very quickly. And
• 39:49
  Speaker 10: it's just like a beautiful little poetry in motion there.
• 39:54
  Speaker 5: But yeah.
• 39:55
  Speaker 2: And that scale that you use, it measures BMI, yeah?
• 40:00
  Speaker 2: I've been meaning to do that.
• 40:01
  Speaker 8: I haven't done that yet.
• 40:02
  Speaker 13: It's important. That's super important. I'm glad he said that
• 40:04
  Speaker 13: because he does a really good job. Not just him,
• 40:06
  Speaker 13: but I think anyone at this, you know, any coaches
• 40:08
  Speaker 13: that are here, we do a great job at just
• 40:09
  Speaker 13: tracking progress. That's what's important. So when you get those
• 40:12
  Speaker 13: clients that have that role that's coming up, you know,
• 40:15
  Speaker 13: Trust is a big part of it, trusting the plan,
• 40:17
  Speaker 13: but then also making sure that, you know, that you're
• 40:19
  Speaker 13: tracking the progress along the way is super important. But
• 40:22
  Speaker 13: we've got to get you on the InBody. What are
• 40:24
  Speaker 13: we waiting on?
• 40:24
  Speaker 6: Yeah, I don't know.
• 40:25
  Speaker 2: We've got to do it soon because I'm going to
• 40:27
  Speaker 2: New York for the summer.
• 40:28
  Speaker 13: We do have a really cool piece of equipment that's
• 40:32
  Speaker 13: brought to us by Techno Gym, and it tracks everything.
• 40:35
  Speaker 5: We've got to get you on it.
• 40:36
  Speaker 2: Is it connected to an app or?
• 40:38
  Speaker 10: It is.
• 40:38
  Speaker 3: Okay, cool.
• 40:39
  Speaker 2: That's great.
• 40:40
  Speaker 13: Skeletal muscle mass, body fat percentage. I believe it also
• 40:43
  Speaker 13: tracks brain health, brain function, things like that as well.
• 40:46
  Speaker 13: Shout out Techno Gym.
• 40:48
  Speaker 2: We love that.
• 40:50
  Speaker 3: So obviously people who are interested in becoming a member
• 40:54
  Speaker 3: of the Dog Pound community can work with a trainer
• 40:56
  Speaker 3: and do a session, but you guys also offer classes
• 40:59
  Speaker 3: a couple times a week. So that's part of the package,
• 41:02
  Speaker 3: which I find very interesting.
• 41:04
  Speaker 2: Boxing classes. What are some of the other ones?
• 41:08
  Speaker 12: Caroline teaches classes.
• 41:10
  Speaker 6: Yeah.
• 41:10
  Speaker 2: So we have a variety of classes.
• 41:13
  Speaker 7: I teach a strength and conditioning class. We have classes
• 41:16
  Speaker 7: that are more skill focused. If you wanted to learn
• 41:19
  Speaker 7: kettlebell techniques, we also have classes that are very aesthetic
• 41:24
  Speaker 7: focused as you know, like Morgan teaches a lower body.
• 41:28
  Speaker 7: I know in New York city, Lindsay is holding down
• 41:31
  Speaker 7: the booty builder class there. And yeah, Steven teaches boxing
• 41:36
  Speaker 7: and we have a stretch and mobility class. We really
• 41:39
  Speaker 7: wanted to choose classes that were diverse, that it was
• 41:46
  Speaker 7: something that people would be interested in and there would
• 41:52
  Speaker 7: be different options. Our membership models are based on your
• 41:56
  Speaker 7: training frequency. So every month in your membership, you have
• 42:00
  Speaker 7: so many sessions. And then on top of those sessions,
• 42:04
  Speaker 7: you can attend as many classes as you want. So
• 42:07
  Speaker 7: let's say, you know, you have a membership model where
• 42:09
  Speaker 7: you're here once a week with a trainer. You can
• 42:12
  Speaker 7: come up to three, four times a week by attending
• 42:15
  Speaker 7: these classes. And the classes are incredible because you're working
• 42:18
  Speaker 7: with your favorite trainers. They are limited spots. There's maybe,
• 42:23
  Speaker 7: you know, max like 10 people. Usually the average is
• 42:26
  Speaker 7: five to seven. And so you're still really getting that
• 42:29
  Speaker 7: one-on-one attention. You have somebody fixing your form, and giving
• 42:33
  Speaker 7: you feedback right on the spot. You're never going to
• 42:35
  Speaker 7: feel lost here.
• 42:36
  Speaker 11: I love it.
• 42:39
  Speaker 3: And if you guys want to join Dog Pound and
• 42:42
  Speaker 3: you say Clyde, you get a special member rate for
• 42:46
  Speaker 3: joining with Clyde. You can email Yolanta at the LA
• 42:50
  Speaker 3: location and she will hook you up. So don't forget
• 42:53
  Speaker 3: to do that if you're interested. They're very flexible too
• 42:55
  Speaker 3: with training times and maybe not so much with the
• 42:59
  Speaker 3: classes because you gotta be on time for class, but
• 43:02
  Speaker 3: I know if I need to last minute switch.
• 43:04
  Speaker 2: My individual session, you guys are always very flexible.
• 43:07
  Speaker 3: Other than being able to bring your animal a la summer,
• 43:11
  Speaker 3: this really is the best gym in Los Angeles. All
• 43:14
  Speaker 3: the trainers, you've met a couple of them here. They
• 43:17
  Speaker 3: really are the best of the best. They're super flexible
• 43:20
  Speaker 3: and it's right in West Hollywood, so an amazing location.
• 43:24
  Speaker 3: We are missing Kara today, so shout out to Kara.
• 43:26
  Speaker 4: Shout out, Kara.
• 43:27
  Speaker 2: Kara, we love you, Kara. But if you guys are
• 43:30
  Speaker 2: interested in joining Dog Pound as.
• 43:32
  Speaker 3: A member or a trainer, reach out to Yolanta. She
• 43:35
  Speaker 3: is the manager here, and she is spectacular. And if
• 43:38
  Speaker 3: you say Clyde when you email, you will get a
• 43:40
  Speaker 3: special member rate.
• 43:41
  Speaker 2: So let's get going. What are you waiting for?
• 43:44
  Speaker 12: Summer.
• 43:45
  Speaker 11: Let's go.
• 43:46
  Speaker 2: All right, thank you guys for coming on. Thanks for
• 43:48
  Speaker 2: having us.
• 43:49
  Speaker 3: Of course. Okay, guys, the last part of our Dog
• 43:55
  Speaker 3: Pound segment, I have the owner of Dog Pound actually
• 43:58
  Speaker 3: joining me today, Lily Gatian.
• 44:01
  Speaker 11: Lily, where are you today? Are you in London? Are
• 44:03
  Speaker 11: you in New York? Are you in LA? I know
• 44:05
  Speaker 11: you bop between the three a lot. Yeah, I'm in
• 44:08
  Speaker 11: London for the summer season, but I hopped back to
• 44:12
  Speaker 11: New York for the World Cup quickly, but I'm back
• 44:15
  Speaker 11: in London again. Very fun. London in the summer, I think,
• 44:19
  Speaker 11: is everyone's dream. I'm so jealous. That sounds delightful. Yeah,
• 44:23
  Speaker 11: it's really nice.
• 44:24
  Speaker 3: I don't go back to LA till the fall. So
• 44:27
  Speaker 3: maybe I'll catch you at the LA gym next or
• 44:29
  Speaker 3: do you have any plans to come back soon?
• 44:32
  Speaker 11: I'm going to go to LA in September. So maybe then. Okay, cool.
• 44:37
  Speaker 3: How do you decide, since you're the owner of Dog Pound,
• 44:40
  Speaker 3: there's obviously two locations. How do you decide where you
• 44:45
  Speaker 3: split your time between the two gyms or is it
• 44:47
  Speaker 3: kind of just wherever you are?
• 44:49
  Speaker 11: Well, I check in every day through text and Slack.
• 44:54
  Speaker 11: with both of my teams and my managers in both locations.
• 44:58
  Speaker 11: So I'm extremely involved. And I have calls set up
• 45:03
  Speaker 11: every other day. And so I'm always aware of the
• 45:09
  Speaker 11: day-to-day happenings. But usually it's what my schedule allows. So
• 45:16
  Speaker 11: I always try to start with LA when I'm going
• 45:18
  Speaker 11: back to America and then go to New York after because...
• 45:24
  Speaker 11: My residency is in between places, so I can't spend
• 45:31
  Speaker 11: more time in one place than the other, but I
• 45:35
  Speaker 11: try my best, of course. Well, I can't wait to
• 45:38
  Speaker 11: see you when we're both back.
• 45:40
  Speaker 3: So for people who aren't familiar with Dog Pound, what
• 45:43
  Speaker 3: sets the gym apart from other gyms?
• 45:46
  Speaker 11: Well, my team knows this very well. I don't like
• 45:51
  Speaker 11: to use the word gyms. I never think of Doc
• 45:54
  Speaker 11: Pound as a gym. I've never associated with it. To me, truthfully,
• 45:58
  Speaker 11: it's a exclusive performance members club. You know, it is
• 46:05
  Speaker 11: so much more than a gym. It is a community
• 46:10
  Speaker 11: of a very cool, niche, authentic people and community that
• 46:17
  Speaker 11: have become very close, you know, family together. And to me,
• 46:21
  Speaker 11: Doc Pound is more of a members club than actual
• 46:25
  Speaker 11: members clubs. And they wish they had what we have.
• 46:28
  Speaker 11: The type of clientele that have accumulated and the energy
• 46:32
  Speaker 11: of Doc Pound has attracted are so unique and powerful
• 46:38
  Speaker 11: in their own way. Like, you know, we have like
• 46:41
  Speaker 11: amazing opera singer, ballet dancer, or actor, or agent, or director,
• 46:47
  Speaker 11: or sports person, or, you know, an amazing... book publishing
• 46:54
  Speaker 11: house owner or director, or like we have like the
• 46:59
  Speaker 11: coolest people from the coolest niches. We are primarily known
• 47:04
  Speaker 11: publicly for celebrities and we do have a lot of that.
• 47:07
  Speaker 11: But what I really love about Doc Bond is like
• 47:10
  Speaker 11: truly accumulates a really, really, really cool group of people
• 47:15
  Speaker 11: that you can't really be around or find anywhere else.
• 47:20
  Speaker 11: And that's always been very exciting for me because I
• 47:23
  Speaker 11: love speaking to those people. I love listening to them.
• 47:26
  Speaker 11: And so I'm really proud of the group and the
• 47:29
  Speaker 11: members that Doc Pound has created. And so to me,
• 47:37
  Speaker 11: Doc Pound's not a gym. It's like this very unique
• 47:42
  Speaker 11: gathering of very unique people that I don't think you could,
• 47:45
  Speaker 11: it's hard to, meet them and create relationships with these
• 47:51
  Speaker 11: kind of people anywhere else, even at members clubs elsewhere.
• 47:59
  Speaker 11: So to me, dog pound is a very special space
• 48:05
  Speaker 11: where people feel really safe, where they feel safe to
• 48:08
  Speaker 11: be vulnerable because when they work out, the ego checks
• 48:11
  Speaker 11: out and the energy is so high and powerful. You
• 48:15
  Speaker 11: feel so euphoric when you are there, when you leave
• 48:20
  Speaker 11: because of the energy of the loud music and like
• 48:23
  Speaker 11: the trainers and like, it's a rotation system. So everyone
• 48:26
  Speaker 11: knows everyone. It feels very nurturing to the client. And
• 48:29
  Speaker 11: because of that, they're very open to conversing with other
• 48:33
  Speaker 11: people and like actually becoming friends with other members, which
• 48:36
  Speaker 11: I think is actually hard in members clubs because everyone
• 48:39
  Speaker 11: has their own people. And so I've seen some crazy,
• 48:44
  Speaker 11: partnerships happen and friendships at a big scale and a
• 48:48
  Speaker 11: small scale. So I just think it's a true testament
• 48:51
  Speaker 11: to how powerful the energy is when you're there as
• 48:56
  Speaker 11: a member. So to me, it's not a gym. It's
• 48:58
  Speaker 11: something entirely on its own. I think I couldn't have
• 49:02
  Speaker 11: said it better. I completely agree with you. You walk
• 49:05
  Speaker 11: into Dogman, you never know who you're going to be
• 49:07
  Speaker 11: working out next to. Everyone's super friendly.
• 49:09
  Speaker 3: I think you guys do a great job with your
• 49:12
  Speaker 3: high profile clientele and I've sent a bunch of clients there,
• 49:15
  Speaker 3: whether they're training for a role or they're just looking
• 49:18
  Speaker 3: for a new space to work in.
• 49:20
  Speaker 11: Out.
• 49:20
  Speaker 3: I think all of your trainers and other members are
• 49:24
  Speaker 3: so discreet and also so welcoming and very respectful of, okay,
• 49:28
  Speaker 3: it's eight in the morning and maybe we don't have
• 49:32
  Speaker 3: to be super chatty, but like They're aware of their
• 49:36
  Speaker 3: space and who's in it. And you guys do such
• 49:39
  Speaker 3: a great job curating members.
• 49:42
  Speaker 11: So yeah, well said.
• 49:44
  Speaker 3: So with all of this being said, what are your
• 49:46
  Speaker 3: goals for the gym as the owner of Dog Pound?
• 49:49
  Speaker 11: My goal is to expand that really rare energy that
• 49:59
  Speaker 11: we have in the space and make it louder and
• 50:04
  Speaker 11: bigger and more global and i mean that internally and
• 50:12
  Speaker 11: externally and whatever that's meant to be but my goal
• 50:15
  Speaker 11: is to i really every time i meet a client
• 50:20
  Speaker 11: they can be a very high profile client or really
• 50:22
  Speaker 11: private clients every time i'm introduced to them they say
• 50:28
  Speaker 11: the most profound beautiful things about dog pound i have
• 50:32
  Speaker 11: a client that drives in like two to three hours
• 50:36
  Speaker 11: outside of New York just to go and work out there.
• 50:39
  Speaker 11: And then she'll drive three hours back to another state.
• 50:44
  Speaker 11: And you know, I'm so close with my clients that
• 50:49
  Speaker 11: I know I could ask her and I was like,
• 50:50
  Speaker 11: are you okay? Like what's going on? Like, that's crazy.
• 50:53
  Speaker 11: And she was like, I know it is, but I've
• 50:55
  Speaker 11: never felt so, I've never felt so seen and beautiful
• 51:02
  Speaker 11: in my own body than when I am in this space.
• 51:05
  Speaker 11: And I tried replicating that and I couldn't, and it's
• 51:10
  Speaker 11: worth every investment for me to drive in here, work
• 51:12
  Speaker 11: out and then drive back. And she said, she's really
• 51:16
  Speaker 11: considering moving, um, to New York because of dock bound.
• 51:22
  Speaker 11: And she said that herself. And I think that's a
• 51:25
  Speaker 11: true Testament of how the space and the people and
• 51:30
  Speaker 11: the team makes the clients feel that all that love
• 51:35
  Speaker 11: and attention is honed in on that one client. And
• 51:38
  Speaker 11: that's replicated in each client who's a member. And I
• 51:41
  Speaker 11: would really, really love it if I could do that
• 51:46
  Speaker 11: elsewhere in other places and expand that environment because being
• 51:52
  Speaker 11: able to have, to be able to give that these
• 51:57
  Speaker 11: moments in people's lives when, Our lives can be so
• 52:01
  Speaker 11: heavy sometimes. It makes me feel really proud and a
• 52:08
  Speaker 11: genuine purpose of giving back. There's nothing like that. And
• 52:14
  Speaker 11: if I could do that and replicate that, then that's
• 52:16
  Speaker 11: the dream. And if that means opening more spaces, then
• 52:20
  Speaker 11: that's what it is. But to me, that's truthfully what
• 52:25
  Speaker 11: my drive is and my ambition is for Doc Pounce.
• 52:28
  Speaker 11: is to let more people feel that way about themselves
• 52:33
  Speaker 11: and giving and creating that space for others to come into.
• 52:39
  Speaker 11: And that's my long-term goal with DocFound from the smallest
• 52:43
  Speaker 11: level of me, meaning that to the highest. That's wonderful.
• 52:47
  Speaker 3: I mean, I totally relate to your other client who
• 52:51
  Speaker 3: likes to drive just to go to the gym because
• 52:53
  Speaker 3: I've been in the Hamptons all summer and I've been
• 52:56
  Speaker 3: driving in from South Hampton to go do a workout.
• 52:59
  Speaker 3: I've definitely been doing my virtuals too. I'm actually doing
• 53:02
  Speaker 3: a virtual with Morgan after this. But there is a
• 53:04
  Speaker 3: difference between making the effort to go into the city
• 53:07
  Speaker 3: for the day, get your workout in, be in the gym,
• 53:09
  Speaker 3: feel the energy. You feel like a new person. And
• 53:12
  Speaker 3: it really, it's a nice way to split up the week.
• 53:14
  Speaker 3: So I think I'm going to do it again next week.
• 53:17
  Speaker 6: I know.
• 53:17
  Speaker 11: I saw you on the schedule. I look at the
• 53:20
  Speaker 11: schedule every day and I get notes of who's doing what.
• 53:23
  Speaker 11: And I saw you on the virtual and I was like, okay, great.
• 53:26
  Speaker 3: I've been loving the virtual. I've got my whole setup
• 53:28
  Speaker 3: here and it stops raining today. So I'm going to
• 53:31
  Speaker 3: do it outside on the deck and Morgan and I have,
• 53:34
  Speaker 3: we're in, we're in our groove.
• 53:35
  Speaker 11: So it's, it's great. I'm so excited.
• 53:37
  Speaker 4: I love that.
• 53:38
  Speaker 11: Sounds so nice.
• 53:39
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 53:40
  Speaker 11: And I'm going to do, I'm going to do a
• 53:41
  Speaker 11: virtual when I go to Europe this summer too. So
• 53:43
  Speaker 11: for anyone.
• 53:44
  Speaker 3: Who is on vacation, I mean, I think one of
• 53:48
  Speaker 3: the things that I struggle with on vacation is how
• 53:50
  Speaker 3: do I work out if I'm, if I'm away for
• 53:53
  Speaker 3: 10 days somewhere with no gym or, um, if, if
• 53:57
  Speaker 3: I'm sick of running and it's hilly, uh, your trainers
• 54:00
  Speaker 3: can really do a good job at incorporating a virtual
• 54:03
  Speaker 3: session with body weight and, uh, different types of movement.
• 54:07
  Speaker 3: So I strongly encourage it for anyone who's listening.
• 54:10
  Speaker 11: It's, it's really fantastic. It's so difficult to work out
• 54:14
  Speaker 11: without a trainer. I travel all the time. And if
• 54:17
  Speaker 11: there's not a person waiting for me, I will never
• 54:19
  Speaker 11: ever make it to the gym. So I'm so glad. Yeah.
• 54:24
  Speaker 11: that I can join dog pound virtual wherever I'm in
• 54:26
  Speaker 11: the world. I think that's another great point. Like you
• 54:29
  Speaker 11: don't have to live in New York or LA to
• 54:32
  Speaker 11: be a dog pound member and to experience that energy.
• 54:34
  Speaker 11: You know, you could be a virtual member and whenever
• 54:37
  Speaker 11: you do travel to New York and LA, then you,
• 54:40
  Speaker 11: that's part of your membership. Uh, so you can come in,
• 54:43
  Speaker 11: which is amazing. And it's the best truly.
• 54:47
  Speaker 12: Yeah.
• 54:48
  Speaker 11: So also great advantage to be a part of the community. Absolutely. Absolutely.
• 54:52
  Speaker 3: So to close out, what advice would you give someone
• 54:54
  Speaker 3: who's looking to be part of a fitness community like
• 54:57
  Speaker 3: Dog Pound or to potentially own a gym one day
• 55:01
  Speaker 3: in two of the biggest cities in the States?
• 55:04
  Speaker 11: It is very hard to manage and maintain a gym
• 55:10
  Speaker 11: and to build upon it. It's really rare what has
• 55:15
  Speaker 11: become of Dog Pound. And I'm very aware and grateful
• 55:18
  Speaker 11: for that. And I think really leading with discipline and
• 55:26
  Speaker 11: intuition and energy in cultivating a team that is able
• 55:31
  Speaker 11: to make everyone feel that way from staff to staff to,
• 55:35
  Speaker 11: you know, staff to clientele. It is, the whole dog
• 55:40
  Speaker 11: pound is based upon people to people. So I think
• 55:47
  Speaker 11: being able to hire the right energies and always being
• 55:51
  Speaker 11: aware of the energy that is in the room and felt.
• 55:56
  Speaker 11: And then leading with awareness of that, I think is very,
• 56:01
  Speaker 11: very crucial for a business like a gym because it
• 56:06
  Speaker 11: is people to people and it's very personal. It's very intimate. You're,
• 56:10
  Speaker 11: you know, you're with a trainer for an hour and
• 56:13
  Speaker 11: a lot of clients are, they get very bonded to
• 56:16
  Speaker 11: trainers and And, you know, a lot of times they
• 56:20
  Speaker 11: become their therapists. And obviously the trainer needs to understand
• 56:26
  Speaker 11: that fine line. But from the client perspective, I think
• 56:29
  Speaker 11: really understanding energy and trusting it is very important in
• 56:33
  Speaker 11: people of people businesses. And I think that's my answer.
• 56:39
  Speaker 11: Did I answer it? Perfect.
• 56:40
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 56:41
  Speaker 11: No, I loved all your answers. Thank you so much.
• 56:43
  Speaker 3: Of course.
• 56:44
  Speaker 11: I'm honored to be here. The whole team loves you
• 56:48
  Speaker 11: to death. Both.
• 56:53
  Speaker 3: I'm like the dog pound poster child.
• 56:56
  Speaker 11: Like I actually love it so much.
• 56:58
  Speaker 3: And I, one of my goals with the podcast and
• 57:01
  Speaker 3: with my company and my network is to really actually
• 57:04
  Speaker 3: like get you guys more people and to bring awareness
• 57:07
  Speaker 3: around it because it's so nice to have a gym
• 57:10
  Speaker 3: and trainers that, my schedule is so nuts and you
• 57:16
  Speaker 3: guys are so flexible with me and so accommodating and
• 57:19
  Speaker 3: so kind. And it's like, obviously changed my body too.
• 57:23
  Speaker 3: Like I, I just think it's, you're totally right. It's
• 57:28
  Speaker 3: like a members club. And I love how I have
• 57:31
  Speaker 3: gotten to know everyone in both locations. I've gotten to
• 57:33
  Speaker 3: know you. I feel like that's super rare. So keep
• 57:36
  Speaker 3: doing what you're doing. I think so highly of you
• 57:40
  Speaker 3: and the gym and what you guys have accomplished together. So, Um, yeah,
• 57:43
  Speaker 3: I can't wait to see you when I'm back in
• 57:45
  Speaker 3: LA and I hope you have a great rest of
• 57:48
  Speaker 3: your summer.
• 57:48
  Speaker 11: Of course. And I mean, I and the whole team
• 57:52
  Speaker 11: obviously feels the same way. And what you've done with
• 57:54
  Speaker 11: your company is so inspiring and so unique and like
• 57:59
  Speaker 11: such a like boss babe, like baddie. Like it's like
• 58:04
  Speaker 11: such a cool thing. Like every time, you know, I
• 58:07
  Speaker 11: would talk about you're the company. Everyone's like, Whoa, what? Like,
• 58:11
  Speaker 11: that's such a cool, like, wow. Like how does she come? Like,
• 58:14
  Speaker 11: how does she build it? Come up with the idea? Like,
• 58:17
  Speaker 11: it's so, so cool. Honestly, incredibly.
• 58:21
  Speaker 3: Well, girl boss, right back at you. Um, thank you
• 58:25
  Speaker 3: for coming on. Um, and thank you guys for tuning in.