226. Rad Lopez, Peloton Instructor
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
From a young age, Rad Lopez was taught that with hard work and dedication — anything is possible. For episode 226, he's talking through what that’s looked like in practice — from his early years growing up in the Bronx through these days sweating regularly on-camera as a @onepeloton favorite. Rad gets vulnerable, opening up about losing both his father and his stepfather, and what it felt like coming of age with a single mom that was constantly working to put food on the table.
He also chats about working maitenance at a gym — where he was first inspired to get his personal training certification — and shares how he first got into one of his favorite activities, boxing. Plus: Feedback from his first job teaching group fitness, how he feels about teaching classes in Spanish, the special moment from his Cuba trip earlier this year, and what he really sees when he looks in the mirror.
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| 0:00.0 | When no one's cheering for you, you have to be able to know how to cheer for yourself. |
| 0:19.6 | What's going on, hearthlers, Emily Abadi here. |
| 0:22.4 | You are listening to episode 226 of Hurtle, a wellness focus podcast where I connect with |
| 0:28.9 | everyone from your favorite athletes to top experts and industry CEOs about their highest |
| 0:33.6 | highs, toughest moments, and everything in between. |
| 0:37.3 | We all go through hurdles in life and my goal through these discussions is to empower |
| 0:41.6 | you to better navigate yours and move with intention so that you can stride toward your |
| 0:47.1 | own big potential and of course have some fun along the way. |
| 0:52.7 | I am so, so am to that for episode 226. |
| 0:56.5 | I am sitting down with Peloton instructor Rad Lopez when I say that this was a long requested |
| 1:03.7 | episode. |
| 1:04.7 | That would be an understatement. |
| 1:07.4 | I heard your calls and I always hear your calls. |
| 1:11.3 | So if there's anyone else you ever want to hear from on Hurtle, I am all ears feel free |
| 1:17.0 | to shoot us a DM over at Hurtle podcast or of course, shoot an email over to hello at |
| 1:23.6 | hurdle.us. |
| 1:25.8 | Rad and I sat down IRL in the hurdle studio to chat all about it all literally from how |
| 1:32.7 | his upbringing has influenced him to work mega mega hard to how he got this job at Peloton. |
| 1:41.9 | He dialed back and talked about growing up in the Bronx, sadly losing both his father |
| 1:47.9 | and his stepfather and ultimately what it was like for him to navigate an upbringing with |
| 1:55.1 | a single mother working constantly to put food on the table. |
| 1:59.7 | He also chats about how he found himself as essentially a janitor at a gym and how that |
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