Pursuing Health

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 The post Ep 122 – Competing in the CrossFit Games while in Medical School: Singapore’s Fittest Man Ian Wee appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete.

“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 The post Ep 121 – Christy Adkins & Lindy Barber on Transitions in Life and Fitness appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete.

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 The post Ep 120 All About Keto with Dr. Dom DAgostino appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete.

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 The post Ep 119 – Josh Bridges on Recovering from Knee Surgery and Paying the Man appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete.

There was an orchestrated mass media campaign by our critics to portray us as dangerous- by the opposition. And thats all waning now, because of the changes in the website. So, we were actually able to alter the worlds view … Continued The post Ep 118 The State of CrossFit with Coach Greg Glassman appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete.

“We’re so resilient as people that we can deal with a lot of stuff. And if you pull back on the intensity, and you give your body a chance to heal, we’re also remarkable healers. You know, you give yourself … Continued The post Ep 117 – Functional Bodybuilding & Earning Intensity with Marcus Filly appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete.

“I call that integrative health. Integrative health is a little different than complementary medicine, is different than integrative medicine. Integrative health is the merger of conventional care like I learned, and you learned in your own medical training. Evidence-based complementary practices, non-drug approaches, … Continued The post Ep 116 – How Healing Works with Dr. Wayne Jonas appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete.

“I didn’t start CrossFit to be competitive, and I didn’t get into the competitive side until several years later. And, I would say, I didn’t start getting competitive until 3… 3-4 years ago. And then I was like, ‘Oh, this … Continued The post Ep 115 – Becoming a CrossFit Games Athlete: Rookies Fee Saghafi & Erin Vandendriessche appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete.

“I really just… kind of wanted to get more into the CrossFit community. More interested in sort of where things were going, especially as we were moving, CrossFit as an organization, is moving away from the sort of Games mentality … Continued The post Ep 114 – Practicing CrossFit for Health with Dr. Maude Dull appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete.

“It was awesome [her first CrossFit Games experience in 2008]… There were no expectations and there was only one Games so nobody really knew what they were doing, and it was like, we really just wanted to see if what … Continued The post Ep 113 – 2009 CrossFit Games Champion Tanya Wagner on Training through all Seasons of Life appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete.