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Jack Thomas is the founder and CEO of BASE, voted Bangkok’s Best Studio and Asia’s Gym of the Year at the Fitness Best Awards. Jack also hosts the Fitness Business Asia podcast, a weekly show that was created with a mission to raise the standards of the fitness industry in Asia. Jack was born and raised in the UK and after traveling to Bangkok 17 years ago, he fell in love with the magic of Thailand and decided to stay. From working as a bank cashier to partying every weekend, Jack has made the ultimate life transformation through the help of health and fitness. Now a successful businessman and founder of the highly sought-after Bangkok gym, Base has changed the fitness game in Asia forever. Join us in today’s episode of Fruiting Body Podcast as we step it up with the Founder of BASE gym, Jack Thomas. We first go back to the beginning of Jack’s career as a banker in the UK to find out what made him want to travel to Thailand, how selling clothes became a huge business, and why Bangkok stole his heart. We find out more about how BASE gym has become the number 1 household brand for health and fitness in Asia, what it takes to compete at the top level in a highly competitive industry, and the processes involved to start and run a successful business from anywhere in the world. ▸ Three (3) Simple Steps to Help Our Account Grow1. SUBCRIBE TO THE FRUITING BODY PODCAST: https://bit.ly/3b8l2Yx2. LIKE OUR VIDEO3. LEAVE A COMMENT & SHARETHANK YOU TO ALL OUR SUPPORTERS :)▸ SUBSCRIBE TO THE FRUITING BODY PODCAST | https://bit.ly/3b8l2Yx▸ MORE FRUITING BODY PODCAST | https://www.youtube.com/c/FruitingBodyPodcast/playlistsFOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM ▼▸ BRENDAN ONEILL | https://www.instagram.com/brendan.william/▸ FRUITING BODY PODCAST | https://www.instagram.com/fruitingbodypodcast▸ MUAY THAI & MUSHROOMS | https://www.instagram.com/muaythaiandmushroomsMUSHROOM PRODUCT ▼▸ WEBSITE | https://fruiting-body.com▸ FOLLOW OUR FACEBOOK | https://www.facebook.com/fruitingbodypodcastOUR GUESTS SOCIAL▼▸ Jack Thomas IG | https://www.instagram.com/jacktbase▸ Base Bangkok IG | https://www.instagram.com/basebangkok▸ Base Bangkok Website | https://basebangkok.com/▸ Fitness Business Asia | https://www.instagram.com/fitnessbusinessasia/TIMESTAMPS ▼00:00 – Fruiting Body Intro01:35 – A Need for Health & Fitness03:32 – The Weekend Warrior06:55 – Feeling the Magic of Travel08:57 – Never Trust a Tuk Tuk Driver in Bangkok 11:00 – A Psychedelic Experience in Koh Phangan15:03 – “The Bangkok University Degree”18:30 – The Export Business & The World Economic Crisis 24:40 – Californian Fitness27:24 – A Diploma in Personal Training 28:42 – If He Can Do it, I Can!32:30 – The Truth About HIIT Training35:50 – The Lab37:24 – A Journey of Learning & Progression39:04 – The Concept of BASE & Finding Investors 42:26 – Turning Weakness into Strength45:19 – The Branding Process of BASE Part 146:43 – The Power of BASE49:53 – Steering the Ship51:31 – The Branding Process of BASE53:50 – BASE, Voted Best Gym of The Year Part 156:38 – Black Hats & The Importance of PR58:40 – Base Voted Best Gym of The Year Part 21:01:30 – Before & After ‘Gym of the Year’ Award1:02:33 – How Base Gym’s Competitive Progress Tech Came to Fruition1:08:04 – Structure And Data to Reach Personal Fitness Goals 1:12:38 – Evolution Of a Gym’s Unique Concept 1:14:42 – Benefits of Measuring Client Information 1:17:41 – The Back Chatter 1:19:09 – What It Takes To Be CEO/Founder1:23:16 – Marketing w/ Storytelling & Customer Engagement Drives Sales 1:26:04 – More Fishing Poles, More Opportunities1:27:38 – Base vs. The Metaverse1:30:09 – What’s Happening Now in The Bangkok Gym Scene 1:32:43 – Motivating Factors1:35:19 – Leaving a Legacy 1:37:46 – Jack’s Future In Business & Passion for Marketing 1:42:52 – Jack Thomas Outro 1:44:05 – Fruiting Body OutroWho is Fruiting Body?The Fruiting Body represents the completeness and full development of the mushrooms’ life cycle. This process initially begins with new life and follows with multiple stages of development until ultimately a fulfilled life.Our story began the same and continues to grow and evolve.Fruiting Body is a medicinal mushroom company that has been both molded and shaped by our local and international community, right here in Phuket, Thailand. We understand the value of lifestyle and are committed to sharing the secrets of success and personal freedom.We aim to provide you with a supplement that gives you the power to accomplish anything you want. Fruiting Body’s medicinal mushrooms will grant you a host of benefits that in time will spark new beginnings and your own story, this is our golden rule. We are Fruiting Body!