Athletic Lab is one of the premier performance centers in the country. We have a vibrant and diverse community ranging from fitness enthusiasts looking to get in the best shape of their lives to elite professional athletes. The common denominator across all our members is that they are hard-working and goal-oriented.

Each month we highlight one or more of our members in our member of the month feature. For the month of July we’ve selected Drew Daner, Brooke Dunkley and Ross Sealby. Drew, Brooke and Ross are members of the Athletic Lab Weightlifting Team. The three recently represented Athletic Lab at the USA Weightlifting National Championships.

You can read about our previous members of the month here.

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Name: Drew Daner

What city were you born in Dallas, TX

What’s your least favorite exercise? Favorite Exercise Lateral Lunges; Power Clean

What do you do when you’re not at Athletic Lab (occupation, hobbies) I play soccer and hangout with friends.

What motivates you to train I just feel like I’m not as good or as strong as I can be yet and I feel a need to get to that place.

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Name: Brooke Dunkley

What city were you born in  Raleigh

What’s your least favorite exercise? Favorite Exercise My least favorite exercise is push presses, and my favorite exercise is snatches!

What do you do when you’re not at Athletic Lab (occupation, hobbies) I’m going to be attending the NCSU honors college this fall and studying biomedical engineering. I currently waitress at a restaurant called Flying Burrito. Outside of weightlifting, I love pole vault and gymnastics!

What motivates you to train I like pushing myself and seeing what I can accomplish. Competing in nationals definitely inspired me to keep working and get stronger for the other competitions I have coming up.

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Name: Ross Sealby

What city were you born in Byron, IL

What’s your least favorite exercise? Favorite Exercise Least: Cardio. Favorite: Squats.

What do you do when you’re not at Athletic Lab (occupation, hobbies) I’m a Personal Trainer. And I love to eat food and hang out with my Fiancé, Brittany, and my dog, Nugget.

What motivates you to train Just the feeling of lifting weights gets me going. I just want to be the biggest, baddest, strongest person that I can be.