“I told him if he breaks the record for the speed bag, then I would train to break the rope record.” The mutual respect for each other’s passion paid off as her friend broke the record. “I wanted him to break the record so badly,” said Rega. Rega cheered him on and challenged him to work through it. One day, a friend of hers who had been training to break the Guinness World Record on the boxing speed bag was sick with the flu.

She was also honing her skills in boxing, where she learned “double-under” jumps, which are done during boxing warm-ups. In 2016, Rega was well on her way to earning her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from SUNY New Paltz. “It was there where I met my future boxing and jump rope coach, Chukie Ace.” The challenge that started it all “Candida encouraged me to sign up for a 10-week self-defense course taught by herself and the boxing trainer,” Rega explained. Candida Ellis, one of the instructors, was instrumental in igniting Rega’s interest in group fitness.

Throughout high school, Rega was active in sports but it wasn’t until after graduation that she pumped up her passion for fitness by taking the Les Mills BODYPUMP and BODYCOMBAT fitness classes. Little did she know back then of how the two would come together. Raised in Woodstock, New York, Rega grew up with two passions: fitness and aviation. The 23-year-old Vaughn College graduate tells her story of how she decided on the Vaughn airport management degree program and how her passion for fitness led her to breaking not one―but three―Guinness World Records last March. While most students were having fun in the sun or relaxing on spring break, Sella Rega ’19 was training to break the Guinness World Record for most skips over a rope in 24 hours.

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