So you get to the cross the gym and you see or I see other moms I see other dads I see

people who have competitive aspirations and I'm able to mentor and so it kind of feeds a lot of things at once and that's 45 minutes to an hour and a half

And then you walk away feeling very fulfilled and able to be your best at the rest of your day.

And I think so refreshing too just to go in and know you can give your best in a workout.

Maybe the people around you are going to push you harder than you would if you were in your basement in your garage, but having no pressure.

Like I think before training it was always, I have to do better, I have to get a certain time,

I have to set a new PR every single day, and that's a lot of pressure to live with but in

real life I think the consistency trumps the performance and if you can be consistent with

your training every day and put yourself in a good training environment that's going to bring out you know your best. and put yourself in a good training environment that's going to bring out your best,

then you don't have to take so much of that pressure and that stress on yourself.

This is episode number 121 of Pursuing Health featuring Christie Atkins and Lindy

Barber. Welcome to Pursuing Health. I'm Julie Fushe, Family Medicine

resident and former Cross the 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. Hello there everybody and welcome back to

pursuing health. I'm really excited to share this conversation with you that I had with my to The three of us have competed together in the CrossFit Games and over the past several years we've all transitioned away from competition and into other endeavors in our lives.

Christie, who's an eight times Cross Fit Games athlete, competed from 2009 through 2017,

and she's made a transition from Cross Fit Games

athlete through pregnancy and now to mom

of an adorable 15-month-old son.

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