if knowledge is a brick wall, you're building a wall where you have to be

perfectly comfortable that there are bricks missing all over the place and

you're just gonna come in and fill them in later. And so this idea of like, you

have this big, daunting task, but you're like, I'll just chip away at it.

That's just the way I've kind of been trained my whole life. And the idea of

business has never, never scared me. And so I think I was just wired for it.

Hey, heardlers, Emily Abadi here coming to you from the AG studio. You are

listening to episode 177 of Hurdle. A wellness focus podcast where I

connect with everyone from your favorite athletes to top experts and industry

CEOs about their highest highs, toughest moments, and everything in between.

We all go through hurdles in life. And my goal through these discussions is to

empower you to better navigate yours and move with intention so that you

can strive toward your own big potential. And of course, have some fun along the

way. Today I am talking with Ali Arady. He is the CEO and founder of Tonal.

To say that this man is brilliant. It kind of feels like a little bit of an

interesting thing. I mean, Ali graduated high school at 15 college at 19.

And then started working at a series of tech companies, including Ulet Packard

and computer startup panellogic. And at this time, physical fitness was the last

thing on his priority list. On the morning after Christmas in 2013, it hit him

like a ton of bricks. I need to make a change. I need to get healthier. And so in

today's episode, he details that hurdle moment, which led him to losing 70 pounds

and creating tonal. Of course, we get into all of the tonal specifics today from what it is,

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