Not exactly what James Park wants to hear but it’s close.
On a balmy January morning, Park is in a grassy stretch of San Francisco’s Rincon Park, powering through his typical pushup routine. He’s doing as many reps as he can in two minutes (usually upward of 100 yes, really). And when he takes a brief breather (hey, that’s a lot of pushups), he finds he has a fan. A passerby asks him a question: “You ready for Cirque du Soleil?”
Park considers for a moment and then responds: “I’m thinking more American Ninja Warrior.”
Of course, Park is neither ninja nor acrobat. He’s a cofounder and the CEO of Fitbit, the wearable-technology company that helped make daily steps a universal way to calculate your fitness. And last summer, after years of keeping his workouts mostly on brand (think: lots . . . of . . . walking, plus occasional running and strength work), he changed things up, introducing weight training, all those pushups, and a hearty dose of TikTok into his regi
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