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Huw Edwards

CEO, UK Active

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"It was a hugely challenging taking on a project of unparalleled size against a backdrop of collective distrust and even hostility"

Read the full article in the digital edition of HCM 3 2024 here

Sondré Gravir

CEO, SATS

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"I tried to play the role of this theoretical version of a leader I’d made up, but I ended up behaving more like a cartoon character"

Read the full article in the digital edition of HCM 4 2024 here

Steve Schwartz

CEO, Midtown Athletic Clubs

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"I thought, if I’m going down, I’m going to burn all the way!"

Read the full article in the digital edition of HCM 5 2024 here

Sarah Luna

Partner and chair, Formerly president, Xponential Fitness

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"Either get on and do the job you’ve signed up for and deal with the good, the bad and the ugly, or get out of the way"

Read the full article in the digital edition of HCM 6 2024 here

Neil Randall

CEO, Urban Gym Group

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"The rejections were a small part of my career, but taught me resilience and accountability"

Read the full article in the digital edition of HCM 7 2024 here

Jonathan Fisher

CEO, Holmes Place

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"My body was telling me that if I continued to do what I was doing the way I was doing it, I’d be dead within 10 years"

Read the full article in the digital edition of HCM 8 2024 here

Ty Menzies

CEO, Lift Brands

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"I thought it was going to be a walk in the park, but it almost broke me"

Read the full article in the digital edition of HCM 9 2024 here

Marc Diaper

Formerly CEO, Gymbox

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"It feels like the one that got away and in hindsight I should have found a way to make it work"

Read the full article in the digital edition of HCM 10 2024 here

Liz Clark

CEO, HFA

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"It was all about staying alive"

Read the full article in the digital edition of HCM 11 2024 here

Hagen Wingertszahn

Joint CEO, RSG Group

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"I had to make a name for myself again and prove myself. It felt as though I was basically starting from scratch"

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Tough times 2024: Life lessons

Industry leaders share insights into the moments that changed them in HCM’s Tough Times series. We round up their life lessons

Published in Health Club Management 2024 issue 12

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In HCM HOT 2025 we look back at the life lessons industry leaders have shared with us over the past year.

You can read Tough Times 2024 in the digital edition here or see below for links to the original articles.

Victor Brick

CEO, Brick Bodies and John W Brick Mental Health Foundation

photo: BRICK BODIES

"In that moment, I changed my mindset from being an impossibility thinker to a possibility thinker"

Read the full article in the digital edition of HCM 1 2024 here

Read the full article in the digital edition of HCM 2 2024 here

Huw Edwards

CEO, UK Active

photo: carmen valino

"It was a hugely challenging taking on a project of unparalleled size against a backdrop of collective distrust and even hostility"

Read the full article in the digital edition of HCM 3 2024 here

Sondré Gravir

CEO, SATS

photo: SATS / Anita Arntzen

"I tried to play the role of this theoretical version of a leader I’d made up, but I ended up behaving more like a cartoon character"

Read the full article in the digital edition of HCM 4 2024 here

Steve Schwartz

CEO, Midtown Athletic Clubs

photo: Midtown Athletics Club

"I thought, if I’m going down, I’m going to burn all the way!"

Read the full article in the digital edition of HCM 5 2024 here

Sarah Luna

Partner and chair, Formerly president, Xponential Fitness

photo: Xponential Fitness

"Either get on and do the job you’ve signed up for and deal with the good, the bad and the ugly, or get out of the way"

Read the full article in the digital edition of HCM 6 2024 here

Neil Randall

CEO, Urban Gym Group

photo: Urban Gym Group

"The rejections were a small part of my career, but taught me resilience and accountability"

Read the full article in the digital edition of HCM 7 2024 here

Jonathan Fisher

CEO, Holmes Place

photo: holmes place brands

"My body was telling me that if I continued to do what I was doing the way I was doing it, I’d be dead within 10 years"

Read the full article in the digital edition of HCM 8 2024 here

Ty Menzies

CEO, Lift Brands

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"I thought it was going to be a walk in the park, but it almost broke me"

Read the full article in the digital edition of HCM 9 2024 here

Marc Diaper

Formerly CEO, Gymbox

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"It feels like the one that got away and in hindsight I should have found a way to make it work"

Read the full article in the digital edition of HCM 10 2024 here

Liz Clark

CEO, HFA

photo: IHRSA / STEPHEN GOSLING

"It was all about staying alive"

Read the full article in the digital edition of HCM 11 2024 here

Hagen Wingertszahn

Joint CEO, RSG Group

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"I had to make a name for myself again and prove myself. It felt as though I was basically starting from scratch"

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