89. Robin Arzón, Peloton's VP Fitness Programming & Head Instructor
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2019
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Take a quick peak at Robin Arzon’s Instagram, @robinnyc. It’s hard to imagine a time when activity wasn’t a part of her everyday life. After a near-death experience at age 20 when Arzon was held hostage at gunpoint in New York City’s East Village, she leaned into movement and running for the first time to help her process the trauma. Soon enough, the then-lawyer turned away from her conventional 9-to-5 with hopes to turn her passion for sweat into her career. That’s when she found Peloton.
Today, she’s the brand’s Vice President of Fitness Programing and Head Instructor, also author of the 2016 book Shut Up and Run, and a 26-time marathoner. In this repost of episode 28, the Adidas global brand ambassador gets honest about how tough times have shaped her perspective and helped her home in on her inner swagger. She also offers essential, actionable advice for runners of all levels on race day best practices and tips on how to take their stride to a whole new level.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Hurtlers. Emily Abadi here, chiming in to your feeds today with episode 89 of Hurtle, |
| 0:07.5 | a podcast that talks to everyone from entrepreneurs to top CEOs and athletes about how they've gotten |
| 0:12.6 | through tough times, hurdles of sorts, by leaning into wellness. Today, I am reaching back into |
| 0:19.3 | the vault one last time for 2019 to bring you my |
| 0:23.3 | conversation with the one, the only Robin Arzon. Robin is the vice president of fitness |
| 0:31.5 | programming and head instructor at Peloton. Now, before we get into this classic episode, I want to bring you a quick word |
| 0:40.7 | from two of my sponsors. First up, we've got athletic greens. With the antioxidant equivalent |
| 0:47.6 | of 12 servings of fruits and vegetables, athletic greens gives me the boost I need to start |
| 0:53.0 | every single day off in the right direction. |
| 0:55.8 | Not only does the Greenspotter also have prebiotics, probiotics, adaptogens, superfoods, |
| 1:02.0 | the list is endless. It also makes me feel more energetic. Now I will say that without a doubt, |
| 1:08.0 | one of the best parts of me incorporating Athletic |
| 1:10.9 | Greens into my routine for the last couple years now is that it truly makes me feel |
| 1:15.9 | like I can just tackle my to-do list. |
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| 1:23.9 | Again, that's athletic greens.com slash hurdle to get yours today. No code necessary. |
| 1:31.5 | Second shout out of the episode to my friends at Woop. Wow, I can't believe it. I've actually been |
| 1:37.9 | wearing my Woop strap consistently for about six months now. And I remember when I first heard about the strap |
| 1:45.0 | that I was in kind of disbelief |
| 1:46.9 | about the benefits I could gain |
| 1:49.5 | simply from wearing a wrist-worn heart rate monitor |
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