Becoming Savage: the podcast

About Becoming Savage: the podcast

Leveraged is the go-to podcast for fitness and wellness professionals who want to master the business side of their industry—the stuff your CPT definitely didn't teach you. Hosted by Demi, a multi-six-figure business mentor and consultant, each episode unpacks one of your burning questions about what it really means to be an entrepreneur in the fitness, wellness, and service provider world. From business strategy and personal growth to the unfiltered realities of going from fit pro to CEO, we're cutting through the noise and giving you the tools to build a thriving, sustainable business. No fluff, no BS—just actionable insights to help you leverage your expertise and scale with confidence.

Publisher

Demi Yeager

Category

business · business

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

1 Feb 2023

Latest episode

13 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 117 episodes have a transcript.

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   13 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   116: Buying Back Your Time: The Shift From Solopreneur to Entrepreneur

   Most businesses start the same way: one person doing everything. But not every founder becomes an entrepreneur. In this episode of Leveraged, Demi breaks down the critical difference between being a solopreneur and becoming a true entrepreneur, and why so many business owners unknowingly stay stuck doing everything themselves. She introduces the concept of the "pain line" — the moment where your business, health, relationships, or time begin to break down because everything depends on you. At that point, you have a decision to make: Stay small to avoid the discomfort… or restructure your business so it can actually scale beyond you. Demi shares the exact audits she's been doing inside her own companies over the past 60 days and the shifts happening inside Retention Ready and Savage Solutions as they double down on building businesses designed for scale. In this episode, you'll learn: • The real difference between growing revenue and scaling a business • Why many founders unconsciously choose to stay solopreneurs • How to identify the clients you actually help best • Where your time should truly be spent as a founder • What you should own, delegate, automate, or eliminate Whether you're a coach, consultant, practice owner, or service-based entrepreneur, this episode will challenge how you think about growth. Because the real question isn't whether you can grow. It's whether you're willing to build something bigger than just you.

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   25 Sept 2025

   115: Lead Gen IRL - How to Get Clients *OFFLINE*

   Host Alex Hormozi explores offline lead generation strategies, detailing in-person marketing tactics and partnership development to build a robust client pipeline, ensuring business resilience.

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   10 Sept 2025

   114: Service-Based Biz Bootcamp: How to Scale Your Biz (and Stop Burning Out)

   Demi Yager presents a five-part framework for scaling service-based businesses into six-figure brands, focusing on optimizing key levers and creating recurring revenue.

Inside a recent episode

116: Buying Back Your Time: The Shift From Solopreneur to Entrepreneur

Published 13 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] There's a difference between growing your business and truly scaling your business. So you can grow as a solo per newer to a certain point. I totally agree that that capacity is at the same time. There will come a point in your business and maybe some of you are there and maybe some of you have felt it, which is this concept of the pain line where like you are up against a breaking point where either your physical health is breaking down, your relationships are breaking down or your business is breaking down and you have to audit your time and find a way to buy back your time to be able to reinvest it into your business. […]

Who has been a guest on Becoming Savage: the podcast

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• Demi Yager
• Demi Yeager
• Brenda Breland
• Kaitlyn Wozniak
• Kory Thompson

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.2 / 5

11 ratings

Spotify

4.3 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

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Quality

76

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

67

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