🎧 START pod: Matthew Ruiters, CTO & Co-Founder, HYBRD: "coaching agents for athletes"

Most people think they need more motivation to work outThey need less frictionBut training plans assume your life stays staticYou travelIt rains You have 20 mins between meetingsPeople don't quit because they lack disciplineThey quit because adapting the plan is harder than the workout itselfHYBRD brain can helpAn adaptive AI agent that adjusts your training to whatever life throws at youBuilt by ultramarathoners, Ironman finishers, and a founding engineer who won a 100-mile cycling race🎙️ Matthew Ruiters, CTO & Co-Founder, HYBRD on Fondo START pod02:01 Connecting every wearable into one training system02:42 Using sports science to measure total training load03:07 How former Whoop teammates started building HYBRD03:50 Why “serious athlete” is really a mindset04:49 The idea behind HYBRD Brain05:18 Adapting workouts around travel, weather, and hotel gyms06:13 The consistency insight from 895,000 athletes10:44 Why athletes wanted adaptation, not just tracking11:35 Why friction stops founders from staying healthy14:03 How AI tools are changing software engineeringlearn more at www.hybrd.com