Ladder Launches Nationwide Strength Experience with Diplo’s Run Club

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 22, 2025--

Ladder, the #1 iOS app for strength training, announced today a partnership with Diplo’s Run Club, bringing the world’s best strength training coaches to the second season of the 5K & mini music festival event series. The nationwide tour will fuse music, wellness and elite coaching in a one-of-a-kind event where attendees will train, compete and win exclusive Ladder gear. For more information and to register for an upcoming race, visit https://diplosrunclub.com/events.

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Ladder and Diplo’s Run Club have partnered to provide a carnival-style strength experience at each stop of the 2025 run club tour. This activation will include a mobile gym featuring live Ladder coach-led workouts, branded strength games to test speed, endurance and power, along with exclusive Ladder swag prizes.

Current Ladder members and Diplo’s Run Club attendees will also have exclusive access to a workout, guest hosted by Grammy award-winning artist Diplo.

“Getting Diplo’s Run Club started last year was some of the most fun I’ve had in a long time,” says Diplo. “I’m always stoked to be able to motivate people to get active any way they can, which makes Ladder the perfect partner for Diplo’s Run Club. I always enjoy switching up my workouts and Ladder makes strength training as approachable as I hope Diplo’s Run Club makes running.”

The Diplo’s Run Club x Ladder Pre-Race Workout is live in the Ladder app, and Diplo’s Run Club activations will roll out starting at the end of this month in select cities, including:

“Our mission at Ladder is to provide our members with the tools they need to be the strongest version of themselves. Community is a huge part of that and a driving force for Diplo’s Run Club as well,” said Ladder CEO Greg Stewart. “We’re excited to bring that community to life in partnership with Diplo and his team, especially at a time when strength training is becoming a core part of how people move, connect and stay motivated.”

A cultural moment for running and strength

This collaboration follows a surge in run club popularity across major cities led by a generation of athletes seeking connection and community with health and wellness at the forefront of their lives. These same goals have contributed to Ladder’s explosive growth with the app on track to reach 400,000 members by the end of 2025.

Ladder’s partnership with Diplo’s Run Club continues to tap directly into this momentum, giving members a reason to move, a plan to get stronger and a community chasing the same goals.

Available on iOS as a $29.99/month subscription with a 7-day free trial (no credit card required), Ladder - which was named Women’s Health’s best overall fitness app for 2025 - has a 4.9 App Store rating with over 100,000 reviews.

For more information and to start a free trial, visit www.joinladder.com.

About Ladder

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Ladder is the #1 strength training app for people who are serious about fitness. Ladder makes it easy to plan and maintain a consistent strength training routine. With new workouts each week from expert coaches, Ladder members can follow progressive workout plans in a variety of modalities including Pilates, HIIT, bodybuilding, kettlebell training, yoga, prenatal and more.

Ladder maintains a 4.9 rating on the App Store across more than 100,000 reviews. Ladder offers a free quiz to find the right training plan for you. Try it completely free for 7 days, no credit card required. Learn more at www.joinladder.com.

About Diplo’s Run Club

Diplo’s Run Club is a nationwide 5K and mini music festival series that blends fitness, music, and community in a first-of-its-kind experience. Launched in 2024 by Grammy-winning artist Diplo, the series attracted over 20,000 runners in its debut and expanded to eight U.S. cities in 2025–2026. Each event features a daytime run followed by a live DJ set from Diplo himself, celebrating health, movement, and connection. For more information, please visit www.diplosrunclub.com.

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A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)