{"podcast":{"title":"Behind Gym Doors | A Fitness Business Podcast","slug":"behind-gym-doors-a-fitness-business-podcast-1118024","podcast_index_feed_id":1118024,"rss_url":"https://thegsdshowaudio.libsyn.com/gsdaudio","website_url":"https://www.gsdgyms.com/podcasts/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/f/c/6/ffc6c987a65af69a16c3140a3186d450/New_Artwork.png","author":"Mike Arce","episode_count":446,"summary":"We cover the most common challenges in the fitness industry to help you overcome them and GSD! This podcast is also available in high-def video and audio only formats. -- Read the show: https://gsdgyms.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GSDgyms Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gsdgyms YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GSD-gyms","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T08:18:54.397949+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-gym-doors-a-fitness-business-podcast-1118024"},"episode":{"title":"#437: Identifying Your Gyms A, B, and C Players","slug":"437-identifying-your-gyms-a-b-and-c-players","published_at":"2026-04-23T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-gym-doors-a-fitness-business-podcast-1118024/437-identifying-your-gyms-a-b-and-c-players","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-gym-doors-a-fitness-business-podcast-1118024","url":"https://thegsdshowaudio.libsyn.com/437-identifying-your-gyms-a-b-and-c-players","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thegsdshowaudio/437__Identifying_Your_Gyms_A_B_and_C_Players_-_Audio.mp3?dest-id=498498","summary":"🚨 LIVE AI Workshop for Gym Owners — April 30th, 2pm PT / 5pm ET Learn how to use A.I. to get more leads and members at your gym — without being a tech person. Limited seats. Register → GSDlive.com —————————————————— Think about your team right now. If someone quit today and you felt relieved — that's a C player. If someone quit and you panicked — that's an A player. Most gym owners already know which is which. They just haven't done anything about it yet. In this episode, Mike Arce breaks down exactly how to identify the A, B, and C players on your gym team — and more importantly, what to do with each of them. Because keeping the wrong people isn't just a performance problem. It's a culture problem. C players don't just underperform. They drag your B players down with them. And they quietly push your A players out the door. The cost of tolerating a C player isn't just what they're not doing. It's the A player who can't get hired because that seat is taken. In this episode you'll learn: The clearest definition of A, B, and C players — and the one behavior that separates all three Why C players almost never quit (and why that makes them more dangerous than you think) The tiger, horse, and dog framework — and which animal describes each player type Why B players are chameleons — and how to use that to your advantage Why A players quit when there are too many C players on the team The 4-question quiz to instantly identify where every person on your team falls What A, B, and C players do when they bring you a problem (this one's a dead giveaway) Why the A player you haven't met yet can't get hired — because a C player is sitting in their seat The book every gym employee should read during onboarding If you've been tolerating someone you shouldn't — this episode will give yo…","meta_description":"🚨 LIVE AI Workshop for Gym Owners — April 30th, 2pm PT / 5pm ET Learn how to use A.I. to get more leads and members at your gym — without being a tech per…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1502,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/behind-gym-doors-a-fitness-business-podcast-1118024/episodes/437-identifying-your-gyms-a-b-and-c-players/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-gym-doors-a-fitness-business-podcast-1118024/437-identifying-your-gyms-a-b-and-c-players.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}