Willow Collins The Newest Track To HYROX Athlete. Mo Iqbal On FitLab. Plus Aaron Travers
Hybrid Fitness MediaShow Notes
Willow Collins Breaking Gonzaga’s 3K school record at the time Running 15:50 in her first 5K Finding HYROX after college Racing in New York, at Worlds and in Salt Lake City Improving burpee broad jumps and wall balls Her goal of breaking 60 minutes Racing Women’s Doubles with Molly Chambers Olympic Trials ambitions in the marathon
Follow Willow on Instagram: “Mo” Iqbal The original FitLab vision and why it made sense on paper Why operational experience and discipline matter in fitness acquisitions What happens when founders leave after their companies are acquired The role Nike’s partnership may have played in investor confidence Why FitLab’s use of merchant cash advances raised concerns What the fitness industry can learn from FitLab’s collapse
Learn more about SweatWorks Aaron Travers Moving from Gaelic football and boxing into HYROX Running a 56-minute HYROX while weighing more than 240 pounds A 16:28 track 5K and a 16:43 road 5K at 253 pounds Winning the ATHX events in Dublin and Copenhagen His goal of winning the ATHX World Championships Training with Chris Baines to improve his strength and mobility Holding records in TRYKA and The Hybrid Games SkiErg marathon record - 2:29:52 with no breaks Why DEKA, Deadly Dozen and other fitness races may suit him next
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