The Future of Coaching: Integrating Physical Spaces with Digital Tools

On May 17th Arrive hosted the launch of Somble 2.0! 

This dynamic community event brought together coaches, founders, and investors from across the wellness landscape —all moving, learning, and celebrating side by side. More than just a personal training space for rent, Arrive provides opportunities to grow your practice, boost your brand, and learn alongside a network of like-minded Pros! See event highlights below…

Like Arrive, Somble provides tools to help you run your private and group training better - think of it as a digital compliment to Arrive’s physical space! We both believe the impact independent personal trainers, pilates teachers, coaches, physical therapists and massage therapists can have is greater when supported by a stellar platform.  We chatted with Somble’s founder Dom D’Alexander about the state of coaching today and how top-notch trainers support their business.

Dom, your energy is palpable. How did the launch party go?!

It was such a pleasure to bring our coaching community together alongside other brands building in wellness to celebrate the launch of Somble 2.0 at Arrive. Performance testing, great personal training and pilates workouts, content shoots…it couldn’t have been more fun! Our favorite part was watching people from every corner of our network - coaches, founders, investors, and builders - get to spend time and move together in the personal training studio, pilates studio, and mingling in the private classroom. In an industry as collaborative as fitness, we know good things will come of these new connections.

For an independent trainer or wellness pro who wants to grow their business -  and hasn’t heard of you yet - what is Somble and why should they use it?

Somble is an all-in-one coaching platform designed to elevate your look, simplify your workflow, and grow your impact—no add-ons or second platforms required. It seamlessly integrates into your own branded platform. With intuitive interfaces, attractive branding and comprehensive features across every business line, you’ll elevate your look and cut down time spent on operational tasks. Most importantly though, you’ll never need another coaching platform.

From all those in the community you speak with, what do coaches and trainers need now?

Beyond aesthetics, simplicity and execution are key. Passionate pros want to focus on their clients and students, not the seemingly endless details of running their business. Looking ahead, we’re excited to continue innovating the product. While 2.0 was a massive step forward, it’s still only the first step towards our goal of giving every coach a world-class, professional training platform that’s ready for scale. 

Trainers and Therapists often have repeat tasks for all individual clients (scheduling, program design, invoicing etc).  What are some of the ways to support those efforts? 

We build tools that are simple but powerful. To improve scheduling: automations so you never have to schedule the same class series twice, and your class recordings automatically upload. To improve programming:  automations with saved templates for every level of a program, and the option to re-use them with a click. To improve branding: automations with ready-to-launch landing pages when you create your coaching content. Those are just a few examples - we try to kill repeat tasks wherever we can. 

At Arrive, we’ve noticed even solo entrepreneurs thrive in community. Thoughts?

1000% agree. One of the first experiments we ever ran was with collaborative events. We found that events with 2 coaches had 3.5x more attendees than events with 1 coach. Coaches need to network and we’re pumped to lean into events for that reason. Expect to see more opportunities to come together with other industry movers and shakers, both in NYC and around the country as we (and our coaches) host workouts, content shoots, seminars and more.

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Thanks for reading the event recap!  We’re proud to continue offering innovative opportunities as a supportive home for your practice. If you want to host your own event or know someone who’d enjoy an event space that helps ensure things go smoothly,  reach out to lauren@arrivewellness.com! 

Whether you’re searching for a gym to rent for personal training, a Pilates Studio to train clients in, or a private treatment room for rent in NYC, Arrive offers flexible, high-quality studio options for both independent trainers and wellness professionals ready to level up. Ready to Arrive?

Special offer: as an Arrive member, if you sign up for Somble in June you get 8 weeks free (instead of 2!)! Simply mention “Arrive" when you get on the platform. They’ll extend your trial and set up a one-on-one demo with you to see if the platform is a fit.

Photos courtesy of Photographers - @carbonstories (Bianca), @rozephotosz (Alexz), and @annacurranphotography (Anna)

Special thanks to Somble, Coaches @janekvandervoort, @laura____gunder, and event partners - @thedifferentlab, @phyhealthsocial, @superpower, @thealtar_nyc, @slatemilk, @magicmind, and @eatboldbar