Episode 58: Anna Kaiser, Founder AKT

Hurdle

Emily Abbate

Health & Fitness

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Kelly Ripa. Alicia Keys. Karlie Kloss. The powerhouse behind dance based cardio fitness and wellness brand AKT, celebrity trainer Anna Kaiser has some pretty impressive clientele. These days, she's on the brink of opening 300 new studios nationwide, but she’s overcome a lot of hurdles to get here. In episode 58, she tells me about her pivot into the fitness industry after an impressive career as a professional dancer, and how one of her first teaching jobs landed her in the hospital. She offers up must-hear advice about following your passions, tells me a hilarious story about her first time training one of her favorite A-listers, and isn’t afraid to get real about the hardships of building her business from the ground up. SOCIAL @theannakaiser @theaktstudios @hurdlepodcast @emilyabbate OFFERS Athletic Greens | Head to athleticgreens.com/hurdle to get 20 free travel packs ($79 value) with your first purchase, no code necessary. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hurdle/message

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0:00.0	New week, new hurdle.
0:03.0	Hey guys, Emily Abadi here.
0:04.7	You are listening to another episode of hurdle, a podcast that talks to everyone from top
0:09.9	CEOs to entrepreneurs and athletes about how they got through tough times, hurdles of sorts,
0:15.4	by leaning into wellness.
0:17.4	On today's episode, I'm chatting with Anna Kaiser.
0:20.7	She's the Wonder Woman behind AKT, the Anna
0:23.9	Kaiser technique. It's a dance-based cardio fitness and wellness brand, and she's got some pretty
0:29.9	impressive clientele from Kelly Rippa and Alicia Keys to Carly Clause. More on that in a little
0:36.3	bit. First things first, shout out to today's sponsor, Athletic Greens.
0:41.3	I'm sitting here in my living room with a bottle of it right now.
0:44.7	That's my shaker bottle.
0:46.9	Mixing up the magic.
0:48.1	And it's part of my routine that I've come to really look forward to.
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1:03.4	It's 20 travel packs, a $79 value, absolutely free with your first purchase.
1:09.5	Just head on over to athletic greens.com slash hurdle.
1:12.8	Again, that's athletic greens.com slash hurdle to grab yours today. Now, let's talk about Anna.
1:23.1	Anna, like I said, is a powerhouse. She these days is on the brink of opening something like 300 new studios nationwide.
1:33.0	And she's overcome a lot of hurdles to get here.
1:35.5	In today's episode, we sit down and talk about her first friend to the fitness industry after what I have to say is a super impressive career as a professional dancer working with everyone
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