This Feature Will Save Us

This Feature Will Save Us

This Feature Will Save Us is the podcast for product leaders building the future of health, fitness, and wearable technology.

Hosted by Marco Benitez and Jonas Dücker of ROOK, each episode goes inside the roadmap decisions behind the apps, platforms, and biometric systems shaping the next generation of health products.


Built for CPOs, CTOs, and the teams shipping real health tech.


Rohit Nambiar - Great Execution Should Be Boring
This Feature Will Save UsSeptember 30, 2026
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00:39:5927.5 MB

Rohit Nambiar - Great Execution Should Be Boring

After more than 20 years in large organizations, Rohit Nambiar decided that if he really wanted to understand AI, he needed to get his hands dirty. That took him from studying AI at MIT and advising startups to building one himself. Today, he’s CEO and co-founder of Sabai, an AI-powered health compa...

Ed Buckley - Great Distribution Beats a Great Product
This Feature Will Save UsSeptember 16, 2026
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00:41:4528.7 MB

Ed Buckley - Great Distribution Beats a Great Product

Ed Buckley has built companies across fitness, healthcare and education, including Peerfit, Sword Intelligence and now Scholar. Along the way, he’s changed how he thinks about what makes a product successful. Distribution is a much bigger part of the equation now. Ed would rather have a good product...

Jason David - The Gym Owner Is Never the Problem
This Feature Will Save UsSeptember 02, 2026
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00:36:5725.42 MB

Jason David - The Gym Owner Is Never the Problem

Jason spent years running a CrossFit gym before he started building Gym Force. That experience gave him a pretty specific view of what wasn't working. He'd used gym management software, marketing tools and outside business support, but having access to more tools didn't necessarily make running the ...

Dave Hannum - Stop Building Features Just Because You Can
This Feature Will Save UsAugust 19, 2026
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00:48:1133.12 MB

Dave Hannum - Stop Building Features Just Because You Can

Dave Hannum has spent more than 30 years building products in the fitness industry. He led product and business development at Technogym before founding Functional Solutions, one of the early platforms for connected fitness and digital coaching. For most of his career, building software meant workin...

Brian Shoemaker - What Life Time's 190 Clubs Taught Him About Killing Features
This Feature Will Save UsAugust 05, 2026
5
00:40:2327.78 MB

Brian Shoemaker - What Life Time's 190 Clubs Taught Him About Killing Features

Brian Shoemaker started as a developer before he ever had a product title, and ten years later he's running Life Time Labs and the company's new Innovation Hub. His background shows up in how he talks about product decisions: less about the pitch, more about what survives contact with 190 clubs and ...