The Coaching Dept. flagship program

The operating system that runs your gym so you don't have to.

The Freedom Formula installs the financial, operational, and leadership discipline to protect your profit, remove you from the day-to-day, and give you command of your growth. It runs on the 3-3-5 Operator System.

Take the Freedom Formula Assessment
Dave Dunham, founder of Coaching Dept.

Most gym owners have a discipline problem dressed up as a marketing problem.

You chased more leads and more revenue because that is what you were told to chase. You hit the numbers people brag about and stayed buried, still in the building every day. The gap between your top line and how your life feels is the wound. That is a profit, operator, and standards problem. The Freedom Formula gives you the language and the system to fix it.

The Operator System

The 3-3-5 Operator System

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Personal StandardsYou can't lead what you can't own.
01

Own Your Numbers

Track 5 to 7 KPIs every week. Know your margin before any significant spend. Decide on data, not emotion.

02

Hold the Line

Define your non-negotiables and enforce them the day they break. Your team holds the standard you enforce, not the one on the wall.

03

Protect Your Energy

Cap your operational hours and build white space into your week. Sharp operators make better calls than busy ones.

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Leadership DisciplinesYour business ceiling is your leadership ceiling.
01

Lead with Clarity

Set a 90-day target. Communicate it every week. Make winning obvious for every role.

02

Communicate to Create Action

Every conversation ends with a decision and an owner. Feedback gets specific and tied to a standard.

03

Build Operators

Delegate outcomes. Coach weekly. Give authority alongside accountability so the gym runs without you watching.

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Business FunctionsFix all five or you spend every week fighting one.
01

Sales

A system that generates qualified leads and closes at 40% or better, without the owner closing every deal past $50K a month.

02

Fulfillment

A documented onboarding and delivery process your team runs the same way every time.

03

Retention

A proactive at-risk system that holds retention at 90% or above and tracks every churn reason.

04

Ascension

An offer ladder with at least two tiers above base and paid-in-full offers presented at every 90-day check-in.

05

Operations & Finance

A monthly P&L review and a 30%+ margin guardrail, with every hire modeled against margin before the offer goes out.

What discipline produces.

$23K → $100K profit

In 11 months, with revenue near $1M across multiple locations, and the owner out of the bottleneck. Numbers move when the standards do.

Mayeisha · Multi-location gym owner · Locust Grove, VA
Bleeding cash → Profitable

A full turnaround in six months, built on process, structure, and strategic upsells, not more ad spend. The business got stronger because the operating system did.

Travis · Single-location gym owner · Maryville, TN

Built for operators ready to do the work.

This fits you if

  • You do $20K+ a month.
  • You will track your numbers weekly.
  • You want a system, not a hack.
  • You will make the hard calls.

This is not for you if

  • You want done-for-you.
  • You believe more leads is the fix.
  • You will not look at your numbers.

Decide.

I spent years watching owners run hard in the wrong direction. More leads. More staff. More hours. The 3-3-5 is the operating standard that separates owners from operators. Take the assessment, see where your gym leaks, and we will talk about the next move.

Take the Freedom Formula Assessment
FAQ

Straight answers before we talk.

How is this different from most coaching companies or a marketing agency?+
Most coaching companies and agencies sell you more leads and more tactics. I led the coaching division at Gym Launch, so I have seen what happens next: more of that poured onto a broken operating system just makes the chaos more expensive. I install the financial, operational, and leadership discipline that turns the revenue you already have into profit you keep.
Do you guarantee results?+
No. I will not promise an outcome I cannot control, and your results depend on your execution. What I control is the diagnosis, the system, and the standard. I am selective, I turn people away, and if we are not a fit I tell you on the call and you keep the plan either way.
What does it cost?+
I do not post pricing online. My programs require a serious investment, and I make sure it fits your situation before we ever talk numbers. We get specific on the strategy call, once I understand your revenue and your bottleneck.
What size gym is this for?+
Gym owners doing $20,000 a month or more. There is no ceiling, the bigger you are, the more there is to systemize. If you are under $20K, the Profit Catalyst App is the better first step and the fastest way to get there.
I have tried coaching before and it did not stick. Why is this different?+
Most coaching sells accountability. I sell the diagnosis that makes accountability work. We find your real bottleneck first, then point the pressure at the right work.
I do not have time to add one more thing.+
That is the problem we solve. The first standard is protecting your energy and capping your hours. The system removes you from the day-to-day, it does not pile onto it.
What actually happens on the strategy call?+
Thirty minutes. We look at your real numbers. I give you the top three moves. If we both think it makes sense to work together, we talk about that. If not, you keep the plan and we shake hands.