The FitTech Club Podcast
🎙️ FitTech Club Podcast
From FitTech Club - the business club for global fitness & health founders, executives, and investors - comes a bi-weekly podcast exploring innovation, technology, and new business models in fitness and consumer health industries.
Join Natalia Karbasova, founder and CEO, for focused 20-minute episodes with industry leaders who are reshaping the human health. Like our club's promise of curated networking and market insights, each episode delivers valuable perspectives from the frontlines of fitness tech.
🎯 Current season: AI in fitness and health
Dive into groundbreaking conversations about artificial intelligence in fitness and health. Our guests share exclusive insights into their technical challenges, business strategies, and visions for the future.
đź‘Ą Who should listen
- Fitness & health founders
- C-level executives
- Investors
- Industry decision-makers
- Innovation leaders
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- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 17
- Years Active
- 2025
"Bringing hospitals home"- Matthieu Menanteau, Product Director Withings
🔥 What's in this episode? Over half of Withings' blood pressure monitor users have hypertension with medication - this is how the French health tech company is transforming chronic condition manageme…
"Aging starts in your DNA" - Adiv Johnson, Head of Scientific Affairs, Tally Health
🔥 What's in this episode? Over 200,000 people waited for this technology before launch - this is how Tally Health is revolutionizing longevity measurement through DNA science. In this episode, Adiv J…
"Competition drives retention" - Christian Toetzke, Founder & CEO Hyrox
🔥 What's in this episode?
800,000 global participants and counting - this is how Hyrox is redefining what motivates people to train consistently. In this episode, Christian Toetzke, Founder and CEO of…
"Freezing churn with biohacking" - Daniel Donhauser, Founder & CEO, MAIKAI
🔥 What's in this episode?
Only 15% churn rate compared to the industry average of 25% - this is how Maikai is transforming member retention through innovative biohacking services. In this episode, Dan…
"Longevity market is a gold rush" - Jeff Zwiefel - Executive Director - Life Time Fitness, MIORA
🔥 What's in this episode?
GLP-1 drugs have 10% adoption in the US with users 3x more likely to exercise - this is how Lifetime Fitness is capturing a $6.7 billion total addressable market through thei…
"Insights over input" - Jörn Watzke, Senior Director, Garmin Health
🔥 What's in this episode?
Garmin's fitness segment grew by 30% in a market where global wearable sales declined by 7% - this is how specialized health devices are challenging the one-size-fits-all app…
"Small data, big results" - Jeff Rogers, Global Research Leader for Digital Health, IBM
🔥 What's in this episode?
35-40% slower disease progression with early detection - this is how AI is transforming healthcare outcomes for neurological conditions. In this episode, Jeff Rogers, Global …
"Data needs direct benefit" - Jörg Fockenberg, VP of Strategy, RSG Group
🔥 What's in this episode?Â
3x longer gym stays without adding technology - this is how RSG Group, one of the world's largest fitness operators, is challenging conventional wisdom. In this episode, Jör…
"Less tech, more nudging" - Gaute Sandal, CDO, SATS
🔥 What's in this episode?
20% more app users than gym visitors - this is how SATS, the Nordics’ biggest fitness operator, is witnessing the digital transformation of their business. In this episode, G…
"AI agents are the future" - Karl Foster, CTO GymNation
AI Innovation in Fitness with Karl Foster, CTO of GymNation
In this episode of the FitTech Club podcast, we explore how GymNation, a leading fitness chain in the Middle East with 20 locations and over…
"Machine learning over LLMs" - Florian Sauter, CTO & Co-Founder, EGYM
🤖 FitTech AI Series: Building AI for the Average Gym-Goer with EGYM's CTO
Join us for an quick and insightful conversation with Florian Sauter, CTO and co-founder of EGYM. Florian discusses the integr…
“Electrified” - Emilia von Keyserlingk, Founder, Pepper
Throw out a promising career in consulting for a venture into the world of fitness tech and an attempt to revolutionize electric muscle stimulation (EMS) training? Meet German entrepreneur Emilia von…
"The future is already here" - Walter Greenleaf, Stanford University
Recorded live at FitTech Summit VIII "Health Yourself": Neuroscientist and Stanford University researcher Walter Greenleaf discusses the future of virtual reality in healthcare and why the “home heal…
“Back in the game” - Randy Hetrick, Founder TRX Training & Outfit Training
Navy Seal-turned-founder Randy Hetrich has built one of the most recognizable global fitness brands, TRX. After exiting the company and witnessing its demise under new ownership, he took over again t…
“Relocated” – Tanya Parfenuyk, Founder, Zing Coach"
After leaving her home country, Belarus, Tanya Parfenyuk had to start all over again. Today, as her fitness training app Zing Coach has reached 500,000 users and the stakes are getting higher, Tanya …
"Fitness needs to be easy” – Philipp Roesch-Schlanderer, Co-Founder & CEO, eGym
Conceived in the basement gym of Columbia University in New York, eGym has teleported thousands of itness studios into the digital world. Now, founder and CEO Philipp Roesch-Schlanderer faces the cha…
Intro & Welcome
Welcome to the FitTech Club Podcast! Join us for an intro, meet your hosts Natalia and Stefan, and find out what you can expect from the upcoming episodes as we find out "what's next after next" in t…