Dick Talens

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Dick Talens
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Born (1986-04-01) April 1, 1986 (age 39)
Occupations Entrepreneurship, fitness coach
Known for Fitocracy, Miss America 2013
Website dicktalens.com

Richard Talens is an entrepreneur and fitness coach. [1] He is the founder of Fitocracy, an online game and social network with over 10 million users. [2] According to The Economist, Talens came up with the idea of Fitocracy from his past as a geek who played MMORPGs. [3]

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Career

Besides being an entrepreneur, Talens also speaks and writes about his experience as a fitness coach and a growth hacker.

Talens was Mallory Hagan's fitness coach on her road to becoming Miss America 2013. [4] Talens is also a regular fitness contributor for popular outlets like Lifehacker and Thrillist [5] [6] and has spoken about his fitness experience through TEDx. [7]

Talens also writes about his extensive experience scaling companies as a growth marketer. [8]

Dating

Talens has been written about in various outlets and books for his prolific dating history. Lulu listed him as one of the top 10 rated men of 2014 [9] and Mashable has written about his ability to get to sex in 10 texts or less. [10] This is further discussed in former Fox News Host Andrea Tantaros's book, Tied Up in Knots: How Getting What We Wanted Made Women Miserable. [11]

Education

Talens has a B.S. in Managing E-Commerce from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. [12]

Child Pornography Indictment

On 16th August 2024, Talens was referred to secondary inspection by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at Washington Dulles Airport, whereupon he was found to have internationally transported Child Sex Abuse Materials. When questioned by Homeland Security Washington D.C. Special Agents, Talens admitted that he purchased and watched child pornography. [13]

Talens has pleaded guilty to the charge of Internationally Transporting Child Sexual Abuse Materials in Federal Court following an investigation by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. [14]

References

  1. ↑ Jacque Wilson (October 14, 2011). "Why gamers are a great fit at the gym". CNN . Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ "MyFiziq Inks Fitocracy Deal As They Muscle In On Fitness Market". Lifehacker Australia. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Fitness for geeks and gamers". The Economist. 2012-06-02. ISSN   0013-0613 . Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  4. ↑ "Newly-Crowned Miss America Mallory Hytes Hagan Shares Her Beauty and Fitness Secrets". Fitness . Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Introducing Vitals: a Lifehacker Blog All About Health and Fitness". Vitals. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  6. ↑ "Dick Talens". Thrillist. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  7. ↑ "How I Became a Fitness Guru". TEDx . Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "How to stop vanity marketing from killing your startup". TechCrunch. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  9. ↑ Abrams, Margaret (2014-12-17). "Lulu App 2014 Roundup: The Best Guys". College Candy. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  10. ↑ Stadtmiller, Mandy. "How long until sex? For millennials, try 10 texts or less". Mashable. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  11. ↑ Tantaros, Andrea (2016). Tied Up in Knots: How Getting What We Wanted Made Women Miserable. Broadside Books. pp. 206–207. ISBN   0062351869.
  12. ↑ "Butter In Your Coffee and Other Cons: Stories From a Fitness Insider". 25 August 2015.
  13. ↑ Killett, Gabriella (2024-08-28). "Slidell man federally charged with possessing, transporting child porn". The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate. New Orleans, Louisiana: The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  14. ↑ Olivier, Christian (2025-07-01). "Slidell man pleads guilty to transporting child sexual abuse materials internationally". WGNO. New Orleans, Louisiana: Yahoo News. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
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