Tiny interviews with founders, makers 🪚, and creatives 🖼️ who inspire. Made by Armor.

Tiny interviews with founders, makers 🪚, and creatives 🖼️ who inspire. Made by Armor.

Tiny interviews with founders, makers 🪚, and creatives 🖼️ who inspire. Made by Armor.

Gavin McKay

Gavin McKay

Gavin McKay

Founder of Unite Fitness

Founder of Unite Fitness

Gavin describes surviving the pandemic in the fitness world, as well as kicking off his cassette collection with Belinda Carlisle and Poison.

Gavin describes surviving the pandemic in the fitness world, as well as kicking off his cassette collection with Belinda Carlisle and Poison.

Gavin describes surviving the pandemic in the fitness world, as well as kicking off his cassette collection with Belinda Carlisle and Poison.

What restaurant are you excited to get back to once quarantine ends?

What restaurant are you excited to get back to once quarantine ends?

What restaurant are you excited to get back to once quarantine ends?

Charlie Was A Sinner

How did you end up in your industry?

How did you end up in your industry?

I took a year off to travel and find myself and along the way I realized how central fitness and wellness was to my life and happiness. After returning I set my personal mission to share that approach with others.

First piece of music you ever purchased?

First piece of music you ever purchased?

This really requires more context but I bought 2 tapes, yes before CDs: Poison and Belinda Carlisle. It's complicated.

How has your business pivoted during the COVID era?

How has your business pivoted during the COVID era?

The pivots never ended. Started online workouts in days then built a full studio and platform out. Full outdoor class schedule all summer. Then rented a warehouse and setup a super distanced studio to keep going through Winter. Busy 2020.

Teach me something I don’t know in the next five minutes. Go!

Teach me something I don’t know in the next five minutes. Go!

I’ve always been a wilderness person and this last year it was an even more critical part of my mental wellness to be amongst trees and nature. Wissahickon Creek Park is by far the best and closest respite from the city life, just 20 minutes drive but a world away.

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