Image 1 of 1
About the Author
DANNY FARRAR is an 8-year military veteran who served in the U.S. Army, including a combat tour in Iraq. He is also the Founder of Platoon22. Formerly a firefighter and EMT, he graduated top of his class and was awarded the Chief’s award for leadership. While Danny is a certified personal trainer with over a decade of experience, he enjoys being a sought-after public speaker for motivational speaking engagements too.
As co-founder and CEO of SOLDIERFIT, a national fitness franchise, Farrar has been not only selected by Frederick Magazine as one of Frederick’s Top 50 CEOs, but was also named one of Maryland’s “Top 40 under 40 Daily Record VIP” in 2013 and was one of the top 5 finalists for Men’s Health “ULTIMATE GUY.”
-
Given away to a family that didn’t want him. Raised in a house that almost broke him. A military career that took him into the Pentagon on 9/11 to search for bodies and later saw him deployed in some of the most dangerous places on earth, hardened and transformed by what he saw and did. A civilian life that left him homeless, aimless, and that led to a suicide attempt only to offer him another chance at the American Dream. Through his story, alternately heartbreaking and redemptive, and a discussion of the corresponding lessons he learned, SoldierFit CEO Danny Farrar shows the importance of not letting life break you and instead pushing toward the oncoming storm, turning and running not away but instead directly into the face of it, no matter the obstacles ahead. Because on the other side of every crushing defeat is another opportunity.
-