I mean I've always kind of thought that you really make time for things that you care about and so if you love to do something and if you really want to do it you'll find a way so it's not easy but it's not supposed to be if it was easy.

Everybody would do it, right?

So. This is episode number 72 with Pat Belner.

Welcome to Peltner.

Welcome to Pursuing Health. I'm Julie Fushe, Family Medicine resident and former

Cross Fit 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 everyone, welcome back to pursuing health.

In this episode I get to sit down and chat with Pat Valner,

who is a three-time cross-fit games athlete,

as well as a chiropractic medical student so you can

imagine we had a lot to talk about in this episode. A little bit of background

about Pat before we get started he comes from a broad athletic background

including competing on a national level in gymnastics,

as well as playing lacrosse and rugby.

As I mentioned, he's currently studying

to become a doctor of chiropractic

in his home country of Canada and he's balancing

his course load with training for the upcoming 2018 Crossfit Games.

So Pat burst on the scene in 2014 shortly after starting Cross Fit where he had a surprising regional

performance and then in 2015 he competed with his team Cross Fit Plateau at the Cross Fit Games.

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