Capturing the Human Experience of the CrossFit Games: Christine Bald PH301

Pursuing Health

Julie Foucher MD, MS

Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 6 August 2024

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Christine Bald is a freelance writer in the CrossFit space. She is best known for her deeply human behind-the-scenes coverage of the CrossFit Games season via Dave Castro’s Instagram. She is the co-author of Resilient with Brooke Wells, Chasing Excellence with Ben Bergeron and What Is The Way? with Annie Thorisdottir and Katrin Davidsdottir. You can connect with Christine via Instagram. @christinedca Related Episodes: Ep 84 - Chasing Excellence with Ben Bergeron Ep 131 - Dave Castro on Changes in Life and the CrossFit Games If you like this episode, please subscribe to Pursuing Health on iTunes and give it a rating or share your feedback on social media using the hashtag #PursuingHealth. I look forward to bringing you future episodes with inspiring individuals and ideas about health. Disclaimer: This podcast is for general information only, and does not provide medical advice. I recommend that you seek assistance from your personal physician for any health conditions or concerns.

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0:00.0	in retrospect it always seemed so magical that Brooke was able to come back and you were able to be so just stoic and professional and like you were still competing even though you had this kind of like career ending injury
0:14.1	Like it just it's not magical. It just seems magic seems like magic to people that don't understand the trick
0:20.6	and I view my job is kind of explaining the sleight of hand and pulling the curtain back and
0:27.3	be like, yeah, this is how they do that. This is the trick.
0:40.0	Hello and welcome to pursuing health. I'm Dr. Julie Fushe, family physician and former cross-fit games athlete.
0:44.3	Here I bring you information and inspiration to help bridge the gap between fitness and
0:48.7	medicine and support your journey toward your healthiest self.
0:52.2	Thank you so much for joining me.
0:53.8	Now let's get started with this week's episode.
0:59.7	All right, well welcome back to the Pursuing Health Podcast. I am really excited today to be joined by Christine Bald, who you may know as the freelance writer in the cross-it space who has taken over Dave Castro's Instagram on many occasions and shared with us
1:17.6	Some of the behind the scenes but the most human stories that are happening at the CrossFit Games and at other big events.
1:24.8	So I'm excited to have her join me.
1:26.3	She's also co-authored a number of books in the CrossFit world.
1:30.4	We have a lot to talk about.
1:31.6	I was captivated by some of her posts this season in particular and I'm excited just to get to hear your story a bit more Christine so thanks for joining me
1:42.1	Thank you very much for having me.
1:44.0	Like I said before, when we first started talking,
1:46.0	a bit surreal for me is when I got into CrossFit,
1:49.0	you were on the podium.
1:51.0	So crazy.
1:52.0	Well, let's start there. How did you get into CrossFit? How did you enter this world?
1:56.5	Very accidentally. I was playing tennis at the time and part bartending a little bit on the side just to make extra money and I would come in to work for a shift wearing a tennis skirt and have my tennis bag and everybody that worked at the bar, bartenders, owners, managers, either worked out
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