Willow Collins The Newest Track To HYROX Athlete. Mo Iqbal On FitLab. Plus Aaron Travers

Willow Collins

Breaking Gonzaga’s 3K school record at the timeRunning 15:50 in her first 5KFinding HYROX after collegeRacing in New York, at Worlds and in Salt Lake CityImproving burpee broad jumps and wall ballsHer goal of breaking 60 minutesRacing Women’s Doubles with Molly ChambersOlympic Trials ambitions in the marathon

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“Mo” Iqbal

The original FitLab vision and why it made sense on paperWhy operational experience and discipline matter in fitness acquisitionsWhat happens when founders leave after their companies are acquiredThe role Nike’s partnership may have played in investor confidenceWhy FitLab’s use of merchant cash advances raised concernsWhat the fitness industry can learn from FitLab’s collapse

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Aaron Travers

Moving from Gaelic football and boxing into HYROXRunning a 56-minute HYROX while weighing more than 240 poundsA 16:28 track 5K and a 16:43 road 5K at 253 poundsWinning the ATHX events in Dublin and CopenhagenHis goal of winning the ATHX World ChampionshipsTraining with Chris Baines to improve his strength and mobilityHolding records in TRYKA and The Hybrid GamesSkiErg marathon record - 2:29:52 with no breaksWhy DEKA, Deadly Dozen and other fitness races may suit him next

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