Chris Lambert is today’s guest on the Table Talk Podcast joining our co-hosts Tim Edmunds and Josh Goedker of elitefts. Chris is a retired police officer and current gym owner of Atilis Gym in New Jersey, in operation since 1996. There are now five Atilis Gym locations, and one of them has been in the news lately for opening up despite orders from the local government. This opening was in tandem with organizing a protest, which led to two issued summons to the franchisees and a shutdown ordered by the New Jersey Department of Health.
Chris lends his insight on how he is working on a council with the New Jersey government to best prepare gyms to reopen safely and to negotiate to open businesses that can meet these requirements sooner rather than wait indefinitely for an opening date.