Richard (Dick) Talens

Richard (Dick) Talens
Photo of Dick Talens' (Featured in the HarperCollins book, Tied Up In Knots)
Born	April 1, 1986
Occupation	Entrepreneurship, Fitness coach
Known for	Fitocracy, Miss America 2013
Home town	New Orleans, Louisiana
Website	dicktalens.com

Richard (Dick) Talens is an entrepreneur and fitness coach.^[1] He is the co-founder of Fitocracy, an online game and social network with over 1.5 million members^[2][3] and named one of world's most influential people in health & fitness by Greatist.^[4]

Career

Richard Talens is the trainer to Miss America 2013 Mallory Hagan.^[5] He co-founded the social network Fitocracy with Brian Wang.^[6] He has spoken about his experience with fitness through TEDx ^[7] and as Lifehacker's health and fitness writer.^[8]

Education

Richard Talens has a B.S. in Managing E-Commerce from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.^[9]

References

1. "Why gamers are a great fit at the gym". CNN International. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
2. "Can a couple of reformed gamers make you addicted to exercise?". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
3. "Founder Fifteen? Fuggedaboutit. Here’s How to Get Fit While Working 80-Hour Weeks On Your Startup". The New York Observer. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
4. "The 100 Most Influential People in Health and Fitness". Greatist. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
5. "Newly-Crowned Miss America Mallory Hytes Hagan Shares Her Beauty and Fitness Secrets". Fitness (magazine). Retrieved 14 March 2014.
6. "How to Start Exercising When You're Already Overweight". Lifehacker. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
7. "How I Became a Fitness Guru". TEDx. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
8. "Introducing Vitals: a Lifehacker Blog All About Health and Fitness". Lifehacker. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
9. "Richard Talens". LinkedIn. Retrieved 14 March 2014.

External links

• How I Got Ripped At 500 Startups by Dick Talens