Ep 131: ‘Ironman’ Kapil Arora on Fitness & Sports Entrepreneurship

SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay Kumar

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An incredible journey from working 21 years as a corporate honcho to becoming a sports and fitness entrepreneur – that’s the story of ‘Ironman’ Kapil Arora, a fitness expert, a best-selling author, TEDx Speaker and a successful corporate leader, who holds several marathon titles, including the ‘Gold Tata Mumbai Marathon’ winner, a ‘Limca Book National Record Holder’ for performing 948 lunges in one hour, and a three-time ‘Ironman 140.6’ title. Since 2023, after almost a decade of juggling between his marathons and ultramarathons and his job as CEO of a jewellery company, Kapil has been successfully running his own sports and fitness enterprise with ‘KA Sports & Events’.
Hit play to listen as Vinay traces the story of a man who is truly unstoppable!
[03:10s] Life before
[05:31s] Start of his fitness journey (and writing his bestsellers)
[21: 38s] On ‘KA Sports & Events’ and the running industry
[32: 28s] What it takes to stay fit and motivated
[36:19s] RWL: Kapil’s recommendation to Read ‘Buddha’s Diet’ by by Tara Cottrell & Dan Zigmond;
Kapil’s books: ‘5 Secrets: 5 Time Management Secrets of Ultra Successful People’; ‘21.1 Running Mistakes’; ‘Made Not Born’
Connect with Kapil on LinkedIn
Connect with Vinay on X (formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn
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