Let me be direct with you. Most fitness industry events are not built for you. They are built for the trainer who is trying to get their first 10 clients, the studio owner who is still figuring out their offer, or the online coach who wants to learn Instagram. Those events have their place. But if you are already generating five figures a month, you have outgrown them. Sitting in a room full of people who are three years behind you is not education. It is a waste of your most limited asset: time.
The FitPro Growth Summit 2026 is a different room entirely. June 25 through 27 at The Scott Resort and Spa in Old Town Scottsdale, Arizona. Three days built exclusively for gym owners who are already successful and are serious about what comes next: seven figures, multiple locations, real wealth, and a business that does not require them to be present for every decision.
You Have Built Something Real. Now What?
There is a ceiling that most successful gym owners hit somewhere between $300K and $700K in annual revenue. The business is running. You have clients, you have staff, you have a reputation in your market. And yet growth has stalled. You are paying too much in taxes because your CPA does not understand the fitness industry. You are still the bottleneck in your own operation because you have not built a leadership team that can execute without you. You want to open a second location but you do not have the systems to make it work. And you are increasingly isolated because you have outgrown the peer group that used to challenge you.
That ceiling is not a market problem. It is a strategy problem. And the fastest way to solve a strategy problem is to get in a room with people who have already solved it.
Three Days. Real Playbooks. No Theory.
The Summit is not a motivational conference. Every session is built around a specific outcome: a decision made, a system documented, a strategy ready to deploy on Monday morning. The speakers are not there to inspire you. They are there to give you the exact frameworks, data, and tools that are working right now in the fitness industry.
Here is who is on the stage.
The Speakers
Tim Grover (Keynote)
Tim Grover trained Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. He is the author of Relentless and one of the most respected performance coaches in the world. His message is not about motivation. It is about standards. Good is not enough. Average is the enemy. He is bringing the exact mindset framework that builds world champions to a room of gym owners who are ready to operate at that level.
Thomas Plummer (Keynote)
Thomas Plummer has 40 years of experience helping thousands of gyms. He is the industry's most respected voice on building a business that generates real income and real freedom. His focus at this event: stop leaving money on the table, build a life worth living, and create the systems that make multiple locations possible.
Tim Lyons & Zach Columbia (Day 1 Co-Headliners)
Tim Lyons and Zach Columbia are co-headlining Day 1 together — and this is the session most attendees will be talking about on the flight home. Tim is the owner of a highly profitable training gym and the host of the Summit. Zach Columbia has been in the exact seat the gym owners in that room are sitting in right now. He served as Tim's Director of Operations, built the systems from the inside, and helped take the gym to the next level. Together, they will break down the exact frameworks that drive a million-dollar training gym — not theory, not case studies from someone who read a book, but the real operational playbook from two people who built it and ran it. What to charge, how to structure your offer, how to build a team that executes, and where the biggest revenue opportunities are sitting untouched in most gyms right now.
Randy Angsten — The X Factor Panel
Randy Angsten is bringing something to the stage that no keynote can replicate: gym owners who have been there, done that, and are willing to tell you exactly what made the difference. His X Factor Panel puts real operators in front of the room to break down the specific decisions, systems, and pivots that moved the needle in their businesses. Not polished presentations. Not highlight reels. Real answers to the questions you actually have: what did you do, why did you do it, and how did you do it. If you have ever wanted to sit across from someone who has already solved the problem you are stuck on and ask them anything, this is that session.
Shauna Wekherlien (The Tax Goddess)
You are paying the IRS too much. Your CPA does not specialize in gyms, which means they are almost certainly missing deductions that are specific to your business model. Shauna Wekherlien will show attendees how to find $50,000 or more in missed deductions. This single session will likely pay for your ticket multiple times over.
John Farkas
John Farkas is opening his sixth gym in 18 months while traveling the world. He is the living answer to the "I'm too busy" objection that keeps most gym owners from ever scaling beyond one location. He will walk through the exact systems that allow him to operate multiple gyms without being physically present in any of them.
Lindsay Vastola
Great gyms are not built by owners. They are built by great teams. Lindsay Vastola will address the "I'm not a good leader" objection directly and give attendees a practical framework for building best-in-class staff who execute at a high level without constant oversight.
Len Fridman
Len Fridman is the CEO of a $100M software company that manages tens of thousands of gyms. He has access to data that no individual gym owner ever sees. He will reveal the actual, hard numbers on what separates the top 1% of gyms from everyone else. Not theory. Real data from real businesses at scale.
Cuoco Black
The future of gym design is already here, and most owners are not using it. Cuoco Black will show attendees how to use state-of-the-art facility design as a competitive weapon that wins members before they ever speak to a salesperson. First impressions are revenue decisions.
The Room Is the Product
The speakers are only part of what makes this event worth attending. The other part is who is sitting next to you. The Summit attracts operators who are already generating serious revenue and are serious about what comes next. The conversations that happen at dinner, in the hallways, and around the pool at The Scott are as valuable as anything on the main stage.
When you are surrounded by 200 gym owners who are all operating at a high level, the standards of the room pull you up. You leave with a different picture of what is possible, a network of peers who will hold you accountable, and a clear sense of the gap between where you are and where you could be. That shift in perspective is worth more than any single tactic.
The Iron Circle mastermind members attend every year. The Summit is the primary live event for the group, which means you will have direct access to some of the highest-performing gym operators in the country.
This Is What First Class Actually Looks Like
A lot of events talk about the experience. The FitPro Growth Summit delivers it. Every lunch is covered as part of your ticket. Not a sad box lunch in the back of a conference room — a proper, catered meal where you sit down with other operators and keep the conversations going. Because the best deals, partnerships, and breakthroughs at this event do not always happen on stage. They happen over food.
Each evening, there are happy hour roundtables with the speakers. Not a handshake and a photo. An actual conversation. You sit down with Tim Grover, Thomas Plummer, John Farkas, or any of the other speakers and you ask them exactly what you want to know. This is the access that most events charge an extra $5,000 for in a VIP upgrade. It is included in your ticket.
The vendor area gives you direct access to the companies and tools that can solve the specific problems you are walking in with. Software, financing, marketing, facility design, staffing solutions — the vendors at this event are curated for gym owners who are already operating at a high level. You will leave knowing exactly who to call on Monday.
Do Not Book Your Flight Home Saturday Night
Seriously. Book it for Sunday. Because Saturday night after the event closes, every single attendee is invited to the pool afterparty at The Scott. Food, drinks, and the entire room — speakers included — celebrating together. This is not a VIP-only event. It is not a separate ticket. Every attendee is there.
No other event in this industry does this. Most events end and everyone scatters to the airport. The Summit ends with a night that most attendees say is the best part of the whole weekend. The connections made at that pool party have turned into partnerships, referrals, and friendships that last years. Do not miss it.
"Tim and his group run the best events I attend in this industry, and to be honest any other industry. Always top notch."
— Justin E., LivLimitless Fitness, Tennessee
The Venue: The Scott Resort and Spa, Old Town Scottsdale
The event is held at The Scott Resort and Spa in Old Town Scottsdale, Arizona. It is an intimate, premium desert property that matches the tone of the event. This is not a convention center. It is a setting that signals to everyone in the room that they are operating at a different level. The resort room block is available at a discounted rate, but it expires on May 25. Book early.
Why This Year Is Different
The fitness industry is at an inflection point. Consumer demand for premium, results-driven training is at an all-time high. The operators who have built the right systems, the right offers, and the right teams are positioned to capture a disproportionate share of that demand. The ones who are still figuring it out will watch that window close.
The 2026 Summit is built around that opportunity. The content, the speakers, and the conversations are all oriented toward one question: what does it take to capture the growth that is available right now, and how do you build a business that can sustain it?
Secure Your Seat Before Prices Increase
Attendance is strictly limited to maintain the quality of the room. Ticket prices are increasing soon, and the discounted hotel room block at The Scott expires May 25. If you are serious about attending, the time to move is now.
June 25-27, 2026. The Scott Resort and Spa, Old Town Scottsdale, Arizona.
Register at fitprogrowthsummit.com. The room fills up. It always does.
