We had the good fortune of connecting with Matthew Powell and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Matthew, what is the most important factor behind your success?
For us it’s our desire to help people reach their goals while being authentically us. Our success is rooted in watching our members reach the next level of their fitness and health journeys and then help them set new goals and attack them too.

Alright, so for those in our community who might not be familiar with your business, can you tell us more?
We fell into the gym by working for the previous owners for years and building a great relationship with many of our current members who stayed on when we took over. The transition from employee to owner was not easy, but it’s been an amazing experience and really forced a lot of growth. This growth was not only for Chelsea and Matt individually as entrepreneurs, managers, etc. but also in our marriage as the Powells, our family and even our parenting.

The biggest thing to help us overcome the challenges and issues has been setting specific roles and goals for each of us and then supporting each other to reach them. We have learned to rely on each other, fix our communication and really make ourselves our own support system. Ironically as we’ve grown closer together we’ve also been lucky enough to expand our amazing support system around us from within the gym employees we’ve hired and also our membership. Anytime there is an issue there are multiple people reaching out to help.

What we want the world to know about us, our family and our brand is that we are here with a servant leader mentality. We put other people first and want to provide the most value to others possible. That leads to amazing results not only our people but also for us!

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
This shoutout is to the REAL owner and operator of our gym, my wife and partner Chelsea Powell. She is truly the rock of our business and family. We could not do any of this without her love, compassion and amazing abilities.

Website: https://www.bodyevolutiongym.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bodyevogym/?hl=en

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/B0DYEV0LUTI0NGYM

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR18021hM2JEokcIxon74_w

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