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Neila Rey, black and white portrait

I build fitness things on the internet.

Founder of DAREBEE

Hi, I’m Neila.

I build fitness things on the internet, then I obsess over the tiny details until they behave.

Most days I’m somewhere between researcher, creator and web gremlin at DAREBEE. That means designing workouts people can actually stick with and writing clear, practical guidance. It also means getting my hands dirty in the backend so the site stays fast, organized and easy to use. I love the intersection where movement meets systems: training plans, smart routines, clean layouts, good UX and the kind of structure that makes progress feel inevitable instead of dramatic.

Outside of that I’m a plant-based human who treats nutrition tracking like a strategy game (micronutrients: collected), reads more than is socially reasonable and will always pick a sauna over a cold plunge. I’m also a morning person in a slightly suspicious way: up at 5AM without an alarm, using the first quiet chunk of the day to train, reset and point my brain in the right direction before the world starts emailing. This site is the simple version of me: what I’m building, what I’m refining and the small practices that keep the whole machine humming.

The 5AM block

I wake up at 5AM every day without an alarm. It gives me about 90 minutes that are completely mine. Then breakfast, and the day officially starts.

  1. Protein shake
    First input, before anything else.
    start
  2. Gua sha + shower + skincare
    Reset the system, then stack the day.
    warm-up
  3. Legs workout + Mobility Matrix + red light mask
    Movement and joint prep while the mask runs.
    9 min
  4. Swiss ball crunches
    Core work with a longer range.
    5 min
  5. Strength training
    I use a massage gun during rest periods.
    main
  6. Freestyle rebounder
    A quick bounce to wake up coordination.
    2 min
  7. The “lock it in” finisher.
    finish
  8. Stomach vacuums
    Quiet core control.
    2 min
  9. Gratitude practice
    A quick mental reframe before the day starts.
    brief
  10. Meditation + humming
    Low-tech nervous system downshift.
    4 min

What I eat

Plant-based. The first two meals of the day never change. Lunch is where the variety lives.

Protein shake in a tall clear glass Black bowl of soy yogurt topped with mixed berries, seen from above

Protein shake

First thing at 5AM
  • 300ml almond milk
  • 200ml hot water
  • 40g protein powder (pea and rice blend)
  • 30ml maple syrup
  • a pinch of ground saffron

Blended the day before and kept in the fridge overnight. The hot water is added in the morning so it’s not too cold to drink straight from the fridge. The saffron is for neuro regulation.

Breakfast

8AM
  • 300g soy yogurt
  • 40g protein powder (pea and rice blend)
  • 150g frozen berry mix

Mixed together in one bowl. The same breakfast every day of the week.

Lunch

3PM

Whatever I feel like. Usually a large home-cooked meal, but at least once a week it’s pizza, burgers or hot dogs. Recipes come from darebeets.com or I pick something from my go-to menu.

Go-to menu (Google Doc)

What I’m building right now

Three things in parallel: darebee.com, darebeets.com and the slightly chaotic human behind both.

DAREBEE

darebee.com

The big one, the main engine. I’m shaping workouts, collections, programs and community events. I’m also doing the unglamorous structural work that makes everything feel smoother: organizing pages, tightening templates, cleaning up systems and making sure the site stays fast and usable while it grows.

DAREBEETS

darebeets.com

The food side of that universe. I’m turning plant-based recipes into a proper, organized library - one ingredient page, one clean layout, one nerdy nutrition check at a time.

Me

the human behind both

The daily reps, the routines, the sleep experiments, the tiny upgrades that compound. I’m not chasing a reinvention, just refining what already works until it feels effortless.

Find me here

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