Cody Gingerich walked away from a stable career in traditional physical therapy to build something he actually believed in.
No guarantees. No fallback plan. Just conviction and a pull-up bar obsession.
He left the safe path to build a business that aligned with how he trains, thinks, and helps people get better. The kind of place where athletes stay in the game instead of getting sidelined by broken systems.
That’s Product Market Fitness.
Cody’s a performance PT, CrossFit athlete, and business owner. With his wife Jess, he co-founded Onward Greenville to flip the PT model on its head — by training people to keep moving, not just recover.
In this episode, we cover how Cody:
Left the traditional PT model to do things differently
Built a business around the local gym community
Stays competitive while growing a company
Thinks about risk, burnout, and building slowly
Integrates training into every season of life
Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro + Cody’s journey from traditional PT to performance-based care
06:20 – The broken incentives in most physical therapy clinics
14:10 – How Onward Greenville started (and why it stayed small on purpose)
21:50 – The real reason Cody still trains like an athlete
28:40 – How his gym community helped build his business
36:10 – What balance actually looks like when you have a family + business
42:00 – Advice for anyone trying to grow a brand and a body
Highlights:
Doing Door Dash to Build His Dream
Live Long, Die Fast.
Building a Community-Based Business from Scratch
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