I would say my big my goal someone asked me like what's your goal for the

you know the gym I said I want to get the 50 people in the company that don't

work out that have never worked out into the gym how do we do that I can get anyone that wants to work out in the gym. How do we do that? I can get anyone that wants to work out in the gym and I can, yeah that's easy, that's not hard,

and I can help, I can get people fitter, stronger, bubble, that's fun. It's good.

But I want to get the person that is sedentary and they're embarrassed. They're nervous. They're intimidated. Whatever it is that they have more negative self-talk than you could ever fathom.

How do we get that person in the gym?

And they realize that we're all on the same playing field here.

And you step foot in the gym, you're fighting the same fight.

We are. This is episode number 77 with Austin Malleolo.

Welcome to Pursuing Health. I'm Julie Fushe, Family Medicine resident and former Cross-Vit Games athlete.

Here I bring to you information and inspiration from experts and everyday individuals for how to use lifestyle to maximize health.

Thank you so much for joining me.

Now let's get started with this week's episode.

Hey there, welcome back to pursuing health.

In this episode, I got to sit down with Austin Malleolo,

who is an individual who is truly leaning from the front

in more facets of Cross Fit than almost anyone else I've met

thus far. Austin got a start in the fitness industry as a personal trainer and he

earned his bachelor's degree in exercise science. He then found Cross Fit in 2009 and it

wasn't long after that that he became a Cross Fit coach and then started working on the

Crossfoot HQ seminar staff where he's now a flowmaster and works nearly every weekend.

He also is now the head coach at Reebok Cross Fit 1 and has played a key role in the development

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