Pursuing Health

Fighting Breast Cancer with Barbells: Barbells for Boobs Founder Zionna Hanson PH127

She said when she went in with the lump they basically denied her mammogram and said, Youre too young for breast cancer, and they wrote on her medical documentation mammography recommended at age 40. And, once I heard that, I … Continued

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Nicole Christensen on Coaching Pregnant Athletes PH126b

“It was really fascinating because I think theres such a disconnect, right? So, on one hand, we have the whole population of people that are criticizing women doing CrossFit while theyre pregnant. And it literally helps develop the natural– squatting, … Continued

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Nicole Christensen on Growing a Thriving CrossFit Affiliate PH126a

“I think I talked about nutrition so much, and I talked about functional movements, and I talked about scaling and intensity so many times in blog posts that I was just like, Yeah, people get it now. And you forget … Continued

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Bridging the Gap Between the Hospital and the CrossFit Affiliate PH125

We are trying to reach the populations that would otherwise never consider walking into a CrossFit gym. That was goal #1 was, when we first put this out to people, if youre the least likely person to go to a … Continued

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Breaking Barriers with Adaptive Athlete and Coach Kevin Ogar PH124

I think weve seen a lot of these to-be athletes, these persons with disabilities be told no, or that they cant, and then they just give up or they stop and theyve never actually tried, and theyre only told no … Continued

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Zoë Harcombe on Dissecting Nutrition Research and Dietary Guidelines PH123

For me its so easy, its just so easy. So, if we could put aside the conflicts, would we all be able to agree that we should eat real food and not processed food? Surely, that is a starting point … Continued

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Competing in the CrossFit Games while in Medical School: Singapore's Fittest Man Ian Wee PH122

There was, of course, a lot of shock, a lot of happiness, a lot of pride because we all knew that this was the first time that Singapore gets to send athletes to the Games. Of course, within the box … Continued

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Christy Adkins & Lindy Barber on Transitions in Life and Fitness PH121

“So, you get to the CrossFit gym, and you see- or I see other moms, I see other dads, I see people who have competitive aspirations and Im able to mentor, and so, it kind of feeds a lot of … Continued

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All About Keto with Dr. Dom DAgostino PH120

So, for me, it was kind of liberating that once youre in ketosis youre not that hungry. And then, in the context of elevated ketones, theyre sort of anti-catabolic, and I talked about that a little bit. And, it liberated … Continued

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Josh Bridges on Recovering from Knee Surgery and Paying the Man PH119

I remember asking my Chief, I was like, Hey, I think I want to try to go do this CrossFit Games thing, and Im not going to have to miss a lot of training, are you good with it? And … Continued

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