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Local Fitness Leaders

Local Fitness Leaders

By: Daniel Ford | Fitness Living Magazine
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Local Fitness Leaders is the official interview podcast of Fitness Living Magazine, hosted by Daniel Ford. Each episode features gym owners, fitness trainers, Pilates studio founders, and community fitness professionals sharing the stories, values, coaching philosophies, and member experiences behind their work.

From independent gyms and personal training studios to Pilates spaces and local fitness brands, the show highlights the leaders helping people get stronger, healthier, more confident, and more connected in their communities.

2026 Daniel Ford | Fitness Living Magazine Exercise & Fitness Fitness, Diet & Nutrition Hygiene & Healthy Living Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Justin Bowers: Starting Over for the Last Time

    Justin Bowers: Starting Over for the Last Time
    May 24 2026

    In the first episode of Local Fitness Leaders, Daniel Ford sits down with Justin Bowers, a South Carolina personal trainer and studio owner whose path into fitness began after his mother suffered a heart attack at just 43 years old. What started as a personal mission to better understand health and nutrition eventually became a career, a calling, and a family-owned training studio built on comfort, honesty, and long-term results.

    Justin shares how he rebuilt his life from sleeping in his car while training clients to leading a local personal training studio serving 100+ clients. He also talks about why fitness does not have to be complicated, why culture matters more than flashy equipment, and how the right trainer can help people stop starting over when it comes to their health.

    Hosted by Daniel Ford, Managing Editor of Fitness Living Magazine.
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    1 hr and 28 mins
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