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“For anyone beginning CrossFit I would say find a local affiliate and get there. They have coaches and a community set up.”
“Various kinds of fish provide an abundant source of protein and are often leaner than other animal sources, so if I want my bodyweight to come down a bit, I can focus a bit more on fish and a bit less on protein sources like steak.”
“When Reebok first let me try out the Nano 10, I thought this was about as close to the perfect training shoe as you can get.”
“One of the pillar ideas of how CrossFit thinks of physical fitness is how competent an individual is at cardiovascular/respiratory endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, accuracy, agility, and balance.”
“The movements we do are complex but natural, they're picking stuff up off the ground, running, jumping, climbing - stuff that we were made to do, that we were created to do.”
“Faith, family, and fitness - that's the order I try to keep things in.”
“I've got three kids, so there's not much downtime.”
“In 2010, I put CrossFit on a pedestal and then, when I failed at it and got second, it was hard for me.”
“I've obviously had some bad events where I thought God could help a little bit more.”
“I put way too much pressure on myself and put too much into CrossFit. It had become who I was. That's really when I figured out I don't want my identity to be CrossFit.”
“Sleep is huge for me. I don't set an alarm. I just wake up when I wake up.”
“With intermittent fasting, I don't really eat breakfast. My eating window is 12:30-8:30 P. M. I eat for eight hours and then fast for 16.”
“I surround myself with people that have certain strengths that are my weaknesses so they push me in certain areas.”
“I've been trying to take more care of my body, especially as I've got older.”