From The Streets of NYC to Celebrity Trainer: The Story of Eric Rakofsky

The Adversity Advantage with Doug Bopst

Today’s guest is personal trainer and wellness advisor. Eric Rakofsy. Eric is a partner and trainer at the prestigious Kollective gym in Austin Texas and also an advisor to Super Coffee, Ladder and others. Some of Eric’s influential clients include Strauss Zelnick, who’s CEO and chairman of the board of the billion dollar company behind Grand Theft Auto, Millard Drexler, chairman and CEO of J.Crew; Victor Cruz, model Nina Agdal, Shay Mitchel and many others.

Today on the show we discuss: How Eric escaped his ultra traumatic childhood and built a very successful personal training career, the invaluable lessons he’s learned from training some of the most influential people in the world, how Eric faced and dealt with his recent thyroid cancer diagnosis, why being kinder to yourself will help you lose body fat, Eric’s tips for busy people to optimize their health and much more.

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Episode Resources:

Eric | Website, Instagram

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