Meet Jake Kozens of Relentless Fit 365 in Hermosa

Today we’d like to introduce you to Jake Kozens.

Jake, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
Relentless was born as the result of similarly minded individuals training for a 24-hour adventure race. Grueling hours of training on trails produced a business plan that encompassed inspiring average people to push past what they considered their limitations. Over time the company grew, changed, and experienced setbacks, as many companies do. However, the initial vision was not lost. In recent years, as originally planned, the business started to expand into the online fitness community. We believe that fitness is the universal language that helps bring together cultures worldwide. The Relentless Studio is specifically designed for private sessions, online training, and shooting live fitness videos on our YouTube channel. The goal of the Relentless Team is to inspire people throughout the world to be the fittest versions of themselves by making fitness easily accessible despite a person’s location, economic status, or potential language barriers. We strive to make fitness as easy as turning on your computer, accessing your smartphone, or gaming console, and having all the knowledge to be fit and healthy, without leaving your home.

Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Like any 24-hour adventure race, there have been challenges. In the beginning, we started the YouTube Channel with 17 subscribers who were all clients I trained. Despite producing and posting 7 workout videos a week, we weren’t even breaking a hundred views per video. Two and a half years later, we are at 25,000 subscribers and growing. Although the number of subscribers has gone up, recent changes in YouTube does not make for a “sure thing” in the online fitness business. There are currently 300 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute. It becomes very easy for our videos to fall into the “YouTube Abyss” and never get noticed. However, since only 9% of small businesses in the US use YouTube, we know that we are in a great position as the fitness trend continues to move online. Just like in fitness, quality reps and consistency in the gym produce results for your body, great content and consistent video throughput have brought us to the number of subscribers we have today.

Please tell us about Relentless Fit 365.
Relentless is an online fitness studio that also provides in-house private training sessions. Personally, I am most proud of the constant feedback from online followers who tell us our videos have changed their lives in helping them be the fittest version of themselves. We are completely different from other companies in how we train. The tools we use to train are online and in-house. This means our clients can and do travel to other locations and we still have contact with them through our online platforms. Plus, we never close. Relentless Fit 365 gives people worldwide access to workouts, videos, meal plans, and fitness guidance 24 hours a day, regardless of whether we are in the studio.

Do you look back particularly fondly on any memories from childhood?
Regarding fitness, my favorite childhood memory is when my dad first took me to the gym at the age of 12. Since then I can honestly say I was addicted to fitness.

Pricing:

• Online Training, 6 months- $450
• Online Training, 3 months- $300
• Online Training- 1 month- $125
• Personal Training (In Studio), 24 sessions- $1,200
• Personal Training (In Studio), 12 sessions- $750
• Personal Training (In Studio) , 5 sessions- $350
• Coming soon: online membership with workout program and training app- $9.99 per month

Contact Info:

• Address: Relentless Fit 365
  4200 West Diversey Ave.,
  Chicago, Il 60639
• Website: www.relentlessfit365.com
• Phone: 312-218-9832
• Email: jake@relentlessfit365.com

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