Name: The Gym of the Future — SPF Mastermind
Start: 2026-07-17T08:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-07-18T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Gabriele Fitness & Performance

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The Gym of the Future — SPF Mastermind, July 17 & 18 2026 at Gabriele Fitness, Berkeley Heights NJ

SPF Mastermind Exclusive

July 17 & 18, 2026•Gabriele Fitness & Performance•Berkeley Heights, NJ

Doors open in

Featuring Vince Gabriele, Joe Hashey, Charlie Weingroff & more

For SPF Mastermind members. Already a member? Registration details are in your SPF portal.

The Promise

What you walk out with

A clear read on where the gym business is right now & what 2026 will demand.

An emergency survival playbook for the AI revolution — both halves.

A retention system designed to keep your monthly attrition under 3%.

The seven daily habits that fix your staff problem for good.

An AI-powered lead conversion stack you can deploy on Monday.

Coaching standards no competing gym can poach against.

A 90-day plan — on paper — that you'll actually execute.

The connections of a roomful of operators who tell each other the truth.

Most events sell hours. We sell outcomes. Two days in the room with operators who tell each other the truth — and you fly home with a survival playbook for the AI era, a steel-cage retention system, a sharper team, and the exact two or three moves you'll execute over the next ninety days.

The Agenda

Two days, one blueprint

Day 1 · Friday, July 17

Survival · Leadership · Marketing

8:30 AMRegistration & Welcome
9:00 AMState of the Fitness Industry: Where Do We Go From Here?with Vince Gabriele
Vince opens with an honest read on where the gym business actually stands right now — where the wins are, where the trap doors are, and what the next 24 months will demand from owners who plan to still be in the game in 2028.
9:30 AMThe Gym Owner's Emergency Survival Guide for the AI Revolution — Part 1with Vince Gabriele
Why “adding AI” is the wrong question. The right one: which parts of your business are about to be commoditized, which parts get more valuable, and how to use AI as a tool without becoming the AI slop your competitors are shipping.
10:30 AMBreak
11:00 AMThe Gym Owner's Emergency Survival Guide for the AI Revolution — Part 2with Vince Gabriele
The execution half: differentiation moves, premium positioning, the authority plays that get harder to fake in the AI era, and the steel-cage retention systems that make members impossible to poach.
12:00 PMLunch
1:30 PMThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective Leaders: Becoming the Leader Your Gym Needs in the AI Economywith Devin Gage
The job of a gym owner is changing fast. Devin lays out the seven daily habits that separate owners who attract great people from owners who keep posting on Indeed and hoping — the session that quietly fixes the staff problem you've had for years.
3:00 PMBreak
3:30 PMWhat's Working NOW to Get New Clients Who Pay, Stay & Refer — Workshopwith The SPF Team
A live, fast-moving workshop of the marketing plays the SPF team is running for client gyms right this minute — what's converting, what's quietly dying, and what to copy on Monday morning.
4:30 PMQ&A and Biggest Takeaways
Open mic. Get your questions answered, share your biggest takeaway, and lock down the two or three moves you'll execute when you walk through your gym doors tomorrow.
6:00 PMBBQ at Vince & Vanessa's House — the unofficial best session of the weekend

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Day 2 · Saturday, July 18

Retention · Conversion · Coaching · Your Next 90 Days

9:00 AMThe #1 System for Building a Steel Cage Around Your Membership (Sub-3% Attrition)with Joe Hashey
Joe walks through the retention system Synergy and the top SPF gyms use to keep monthly attrition under 3% — the community plays, the IRL events, the staff rituals, and the tiny touch-points that make leaving feel like a mistake.
10:30 AMBreak
11:00 AMAI Nerd Stuff That Converts More Leads Into Saleswith Tom “Leo” Leonardis
The exact AI-powered lead-conversion stack the SPF team runs right now — speed-to-lead automations, nurture sequences that read like a human wrote them, and the prompts you can copy on the plane home.
12:30 PMLunch · Guests-Only: How To Create Your Business Breakthrough & Decide What's Next
2:00 PMHow To Make Your Trainers So Good Clients Get Offended When Another Gym Invites Themwith Charlie Weingroff
Build a coaching standard so high that members feel disrespected when somebody hands them a competitor's flyer — the training, the assessments, and the culture that turn “fine” into best in town.
3:30 PMHow I Got 48 New Clients Last Year From a Local Online Newspaperwith Dustin Yantzi
Dustin walks the entire system in 30 minutes — the publication, the ad, the offer, the cost-per-lead numbers, and exactly how to copy this play in your own town starting Monday.
4:00 PMSelecting the Most Important Things to Do to Grow Your Gym in the Next 90 Dayswith Vince Gabriele
Vince helps you pick the two or three highest-leverage moves for the next 90 days and build the plan on paper — so you leave with a clear, executable runway, not a notebook full of ideas.
4:30 PMQ&A, Action Steps & Biggest Takeaways
Open mic, action steps, and biggest takeaways — lock in exactly what you'll run when you get home.

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The Lineup

Who you'll learn from

Vince Gabriele

Founder & CEO, SPF Mastermind

Speaking

State of the Industry · AI Survival Guide (both parts) · Business Breakthrough · Your Next 90 Days

Founder and CEO of SPF Mastermind and Gabriele Fitness in Berkeley Heights, NJ. Over two decades in the gym business — long enough to have done it the dumb way, the hard way, and then the right way. He's coached hundreds of gym owners through pricing changes, leadership crises, and AI transitions.

“One decision can change the entire trajectory of a gym. Not ten decisions. One.”

▸Owner, Gabriele Fitness & Performance · 20+ years
▸Host, The Gym Owners Podcast
▸Coached hundreds of gym owners across North America

Devin Gage

Founder, Gage Strength Training & Engage Personal Training

Speaking

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Leaders: Becoming the Leader Your Gym Needs in the AI Economy

Founder of Gage Strength Training (West Chester, PA) and the multi-location Engage Personal Training brand — all self-funded, with a stated goal of 100 gyms by 2034. His niche is the one most owners ignore: beginners and adults over 40. He'll lay out the seven daily habits that separate owners who grow great people from owners who keep posting on Indeed and hoping.

“You don't have a staff problem. You have a leadership problem. The good news is you can fix that one.”

▸Founder, Gage Strength Training · West Chester, PA · 2012
▸Founder, Engage Personal Training · multi-location, self-funded
▸Host, Little Gym, Big Heart podcast
▸Stated goal: 100 gyms by 2034

Joe Hashey

Founder, Synergy Athletics · SPF Head Business Coach

Speaking

The #1 System for Building a Steel Cage Around Your Membership — Sub-3% Attrition

Founder of Synergy Athletics — a 13-year-old multi-location gym with sub-3% monthly attrition and a member community most owners would kill for — and head business coach inside SPF Mastermind. He'll walk through the retention system the top SPF gyms use: the community plays, the IRL events, the staff rituals, and the tiny touch-points that make leaving feel like a mistake.

“Members don't leave gyms over $20. They leave because there's nothing pulling them back in.”

▸Founder, Synergy Athletics · 13+ years
▸Head Business Coach, SPF Mastermind
▸Cocodona 250 finisher (250-mile ultra)
▸Sub-3% monthly attrition across multiple locations

Tom “Leo” Leonardis

CRO & Sales Coach · Resident AI Expert, SPF Mastermind

Speaking

AI Nerd Stuff That Converts More Leads Into Sales

CRO and sales coach inside SPF Mastermind, and SPF's resident AI expert and vibe coder. He runs the lead-to-member machine for SPF and turns ideas into working software, automations, and prompts. He'll walk through the exact AI-powered conversion stack the SPF team runs right now — speed-to-lead automations, nurture sequences that don't sound like a robot wrote them, and prompts you can copy on the plane home.

“AI doesn't close sales. It buys you time to be the human who does.”

▸CRO & Sales Coach, SPF Mastermind
▸Resident AI Expert & Vibe Coder, SPF Mastermind
▸Builds the AI & automation stack used across the SPF portfolio

Charlie Weingroff

DPT · ATC · CSCS · Founder, TRAINING = REHAB™

Speaking

How To Make Your Trainers So Good Clients Get Offended When Another Gym Invites Them

One of the most respected coach educators on the planet. Past Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Philadelphia 76ers, Lead Physical Therapist for U.S. Marine Corps MARSOC, and Physical Performance Lead for Canada Basketball's Men's National Team for a decade. He'll show you how to build a coaching standard so high that members feel disrespected when somebody hands them a competitor's flyer.

“You don't build the best trainers by hiring the best trainers. You build them by raising the floor every single week.”

▸Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) · ATC · CSCS
▸Founder, TRAINING = REHAB™
▸Former Head S&C & ATC, Philadelphia 76ers
▸Lead Physical Therapist, U.S. Marine Corps MARSOC
▸Physical Performance Lead, Canada Basketball (10 years)

Dustin Yantzi

Founder, BridgeFit Personal Training · Overland Park, KS

Speaking

How I Got 48 New Clients Last Year From a Local Online Newspaper

Founder of BridgeFit Personal Training in Overland Park, KS — voted Best Personal Training in Johnson County three years running. He'll walk through the entire system in 30 minutes: the publication, the ad, the offer, the cost-per-lead numbers, and exactly how to copy this play in your own town starting Monday.

“Everyone said local newspapers were dead. They weren't. They were just empty — which is why my ad worked.”

▸Founder, BridgeFit Personal Training · Overland Park, KS · 2020
▸Best Personal Training in Johnson County, 3x: 2023, 2024, 2025
▸48 new clients in 12 months from a single ad channel

Event Location

Gabriele Fitness & Performance

Berkeley Heights, NJ · July 17 & 18, 2026

The Gym of the Future — SPF Mastermind Live Event · July 17 & 18, 2026 · Gabriele Fitness, Berkeley Heights NJ

What you walk out with

Two days, one blueprint

Who you'll learn from

Vince Gabriele

Devin Gage

Joe Hashey

Tom “Leo” Leonardis

Charlie Weingroff

Dustin Yantzi