WELL RUN: A Podcast for Fitness Owners Who Care About People AND Profit.

About WELL RUN: A Podcast for Fitness Owners Who Care About People AND Profit.

A great workout and a beautiful space might get people through the door. What makes them stay? What makes the business worth growing? That’s where WELL RUN comes in. Hosts Annie Adragna and Erin Schirack have spent enough time inside fitness and wellness businesses to know where the good stories are. They’ve got opinions, too. Annie brings 25 years of experience in operations, including talent strategy and product development. Erin brings more than 20 years in the industry, with expertise in brand and programming shaped by her work in Pilates and luxury hospitality. Through solo episodes, conversations between the hosts and guest interviews, they get into the questions that follow you home from work. Is your “signature” programming different from what’s down the street? How do you keep great people without making them carry the whole business? Can you build systems without sucking the personality out of the place? They talk community and what makes a brand memorable. They also follow the money, from member retention to whether the latest wellness trend deserves a spot in your budget. Expect some laughs. A little disagreement comes with the territory. For founders and owners, along with the leaders running clubs, studios and wellness businesses every day. Build it. Run it. Grow it.

Publisher

Erin Schirack and Annie Adragna

Category

business · business · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Aug 2025

Latest episode

19 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

23 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Oct 2026

   The Fitness Industry Has a Coach Problem: Bobby Westside on Pay, Power + Who Owns the Client

   Fitness brands love to say their coaches are everything. The harder question is whether the business model reflects that. In this episode of WELL RUN, we sit down with Bobby Westside to talk about what a real career in fitness can look like now. We get into compensation, ClassPass, restrictive contracts, personal brands and the growing tension around who owns the relationship with the customer. Bobby has seen the industry from several sides, first as a coach and instructor and now as an entre...

2. 

   12 Oct 2026

   Your Burnout Could Be a Business Problem

   You love your fitness business. So why does running it sometimes feel so exhausting? For many gym owners, boutique fitness studio founders and wellness operators, burnout becomes part of the job. You're covering instructor callouts, managing payroll, responding to member issues after hours and making decisions that nobody else seems able to make. At some point, it's worth asking whether the problem is your workload or the way your business operates. In this episode of WELL RUN: The Business o...

3. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Sebastien Lagree: The Truth About Lagree, Megaformers and What’s Next

   Sebastien Lagree on Method, Machines, Innovation and What Comes Next Sebastien Lagree has spent decades building a fitness method, an equipment platform and a global licensing business around one central idea: the machine is only a tool. The method is what matters. In this episode of WELL RUN, Erin Schirack and Annie Adragna sit down with the founder of Lagree Fitness and creator of the Megaformer for a conversation that goes well beyond Pilates comparisons. Sebastien takes us back to the ea...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

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