We watched our son Shawn and his fiancé Staci be members of the Crossfit community and knew it was something special. As a family we’ve always believed in fitness and staying active – it keeps you healthy and it keeps you young. But this was something more, this was like being part of a team, part of a larger community who are there to encourage, support and motivate you. At 55 and 58 we wondered “should we really be joining this Crossfit community?”, “can we do this at our age?, did we wait too long to get back in to shape”. Steve was a high school and college athlete, ran marathons and biked centurions but when we were busy with three kids and our careers, he became overweight, had high blood pressure, high cholesterol and then had a stroke at age 56 we knew we needed to do something to...
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