From 450 Lbs. to Fit: Athena Perez PH208

Pursuing Health

Julie Foucher Brown MD, MS.

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Athena Perez is the owner of Scaled Nation CrossFit, the author of the book, Lifting the Wait, and is an advocate for the inclusivity of obese and overweight athletes in the CrossFit community. She has a remarkable transformation story, and she draws on her experiences to support others in need. A survivor of child abuse, Athena has struggled with her relationship with food since the age of 5, but with the help of CrossFit, she’s lost over 225 lbs and reclaimed her confidence.

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0:00.0	I didn't have any like crazy lofty goals.
0:02.6	It wasn't like I picked up the phone and I was like,
0:05.6	hey, so I was thinking about doing CrossFit.
0:08.4	Yeah.
0:09.2	No.
0:11.2	No, like it was literally like the furthest thing
0:13.4	from my mind.
0:15.6	I thought when I started working with him
0:18.7	that all I wanted to do was just walk.
0:21.8	I wanted to be able to walk around in a store,
0:25.8	to walk down to my mailbox.
0:27.4	I wanted to be able to do these simple things
0:29.7	without my canes.
0:31.2	And so that was the only goal that I had when I started.
0:35.0	And it was one-on-one.
0:36.4	It just happened to be in a CrossFit gym.
0:38.8	And as they say, you set foot in a CrossFit gym, things happen.
0:49.1	Welcome to pursuing health.
0:50.4	I'm Dr. Julie Fouche, family physician
0:52.5	and former CrossFit Games athlete.
0:54.2	Here, I bring you information and inspiration
0:56.8	to help bridge the gap between fitness and medicine
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