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ConBody

Fitness · 1 location · NYC

Founder Coss Marte built ConBody's bootcamp method in a 9-by-6 prison cell and still runs its single Lower East Side studio, hiring only formerly incarcerated trainers. Small-scale angel and crowdfunded investment hasn't shifted control away from him.

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The Big Picture

Solid Record

ConBody is still run day-to-day by founder Coss Marte, who developed its bootcamp method during incarceration and built the studio around hiring only formerly incarcerated trainers. A small seed round and a Wefunder equity-crowdfunding campaign brought in outside capital, but neither shifted operating control away from him. As a single-location studio with no employer reviews or enforcement record on file, its labor and environmental practices are thinly documented — accountability, for now, still runs through Marte himself.

Let's Get Critical

Local ownership
6/10
Founder involvement
9/10
Worker pay & benefits
6/10
Environmental impact
6/10
Sourcing & labor
6/10

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Company data last updated July 2026

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