Team, Our Beyond the Gym campaign launches this week! I’ll be having one-on-one meetings with Dr. Tiffany Keenan and Shane Blackett, our founding partners, to outline what the next 12 months will look like. Following these meetings, we’ll be kicking off a global initiative to transform gyms, clinics, yoga studios, and community spaces into next-generation health education centers. If you’re part of the Physiology First Fellowship, we invite you to participate fully, whether you own a gym or clinic or you’re looking for a space to bring the Physiology First approach to life. Case Study: What If Triyoga Had Gone Beyond the Gym? In September 2026, one of London’s most recognized yoga institutions, Triyoga, closed its four remaining locations following financial difficulties at its parent company. According to reporting by The Guardian and the Evening Standard, approximately 100 yoga teachers were affected by unpaid earnings. Triyoga had been part of London’s wellness landscape since 2000. Its closure was a tremendous loss for instructors, students, and the broader community. But it also raises an important question: What if these studios had evolved into comprehensive health education centers? Imagine a different business model in which practitioners were equipped to offer personalized health education, physiological assessments, and targeted coaching alongside their traditional classes. And imagine that their existing members now had an entirely new reason to bring their families through the doors. A mother brings her teenage daughters to Student Strong. A husband introduces his wife to Women’s Strength. A member brings a parent or grandparent to Stay Strong, our strength and longevity program for adults 60 and older. Suddenly, a yoga studio is no longer serving just the individual who attends class. It’s becoming a health education center for the entire family. Let’s explore what that could mean economically. The Economics of Going Beyond the Gym

Team, One of our goals at Physiology First is not only to highlight the voices of the next generation, but to put those voices front and center through mutuality, free expression, and open dialogue on the world’s greatest issues. We’re beyond excited to announce The Evolution of Health, a new podcast series featuring longtime Physiology First student Emily Thomason, 16. Throughout the series, we’ll explore the past, present, and future of health, education, and human development. We’re even more excited to announce that the podcast will feature the voices, ideas, and pioneering work of our Physiology First Fellowship members. We’ve already had an inspiring conversation with Alessandra ( @Alessandra Farach) about her pioneering work with the Y School and new members joining the Beyond the Gym movement. We also have upcoming conversations scheduled with Dr. Tiffany Keenan ( @Tiffany Keenan) and Joel Thulin ( @Joel Thulin) in the weeks ahead. Today, we’re speaking with Physiology First Fellowship member Emily Wallace ( @Emily Wallace) about women’s health and what every young woman should grow up knowing to understand and navigate her own physiology with confidence and agency. We’re excited to share this series with you, and most importantly, we’re inviting you to participate as guests, commentators, and contributors to the broader movement to evolve health and human potential for a new generation. Exciting times ahead. Stay tuned! See you today, Emily! David

Happy Saturday all! The Beyond the Gym movement is growing... We've been busy filming curriculum for the new program all week. And we're excited to share it with all Physiology First Fellowship members and Beyond the Gym participants soon! The future is physiology first. This short article in Fit Insider offers a glimpse into where the health, fitness, and longevity market is heading. And where Physiology First has been for close to a decade. https://insider.fitt.co/building-the-gym-as-clinic/ As we work to bring together leaders in the global health and longevity community to build the personalized health hubs of the future we are beyond honored to announce that Dr. Tiffany Keenan has joined the team! Dr. Keenan is a functional and integrative medicine physician with nearly three decades of practice across Bermuda and New Brunswick. Her work focuses on women's health, from hormonal and reproductive health through perimenopause and beyond. She brings a root-cause, whole-person approach that combines functional medicine, mind-body medicine, lifestyle medicine, and patient empowerment. She holds undergraduate training as a nutritionist, is trained in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, Craniosacral therapy and enjoys hiking and Qigong. If you know any independent gym owners, leading edge practitioners, or future gym owners please extend an invite to join us for our inaugural cohort on November 8th. The introductory pricing will never be offered again. Make 2027 the year to leap ahead of the pack and revision health and education for a new generation. https://beyond-the-gym-registration.replit.app/ The program will be available to all Physiology First Fellowship members as part of your extensive professional development and practitioner training services through the Fellowship. This leaves 8 spots for new members globally. Let's reach out, recruit, and build the health hubs of the future that each of you can leverage for the inspiring work that you're doing in the world!

Team, We had a beautiful night at our Manchester campus. A new family joined us recently, a mother and her two young daughters. Watching them integrate so seamlessly into our community has been a wonderful reminder of what we’re building. They’ve found a place that serves as both a portal into their next level of mental and physical development and a conduit to an entirely new community. They were right at home in no time. In just a few short weeks, they’ve made remarkable progress, simply by learning how to perform exercises in positions best suited to their individual bodies. But even more meaningful are the evening conversations in the sauna. As we pour peppermint oil over the hot rocks, conversations unfold about everything from the future of artificial intelligence to the meaning of life, and the critical importance of human connection in an increasingly isolated world. Last night, their mother, Erandi, came in on her own for a yoga class. I could see the impact that a little bit of "me time" had on her, and how it likely impacted the entire family ecosystem. We’ll be offering a regular yoga and sauna combination moving forward. I joined the class and the sauna afterwards, but I also found myself observing from a distance, something I’ve learned to do to fully appreciate what we’re creating. This is the future of human connection. These are the health hubs that will bring intergenerational communities together, allowing people of different ages and backgrounds to participate in some of humanity’s most ancient practices while accessing an unprecedented level of personalized health education, assessment, and technology. This is the Reconnection Economy. And the opportunity is twofold. First, there’s an extraordinary economic opportunity in integrating leading-edge health assessments, sauna and cold plunge, women’s health, family health, and data-driven strength and conditioning under one roof. Building a model where independent practitioners share space, resources, expertise, and clients, while positioning the facility as a central hub for community health, represents a powerful evolution of the fitness and longevity industries.