Nothing's a lock in life. Nothing's guaranteed. I'm not guaranteed tomorrow. All I know is I have to execute what I can today,

execute what I can tomorrow, and then make sure that I'm a better version of myself each and every day that I go about.

This is episode number 54 with Neil Maddox. Welcome to Pursuing Health. I'm Julie Fushe, medical student and former

across 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 and welcome back to pursuing health. In this episode I had the chance to sit down

with six-time Cross-Vick Games individual competitor Neil Maddox while we were both at the

Reebok Athletes Summit earlier this year in the Bahamas. A little bit of

background about Neil if you don't know him well yet. He has an extensive

background in health and fitness as both an athlete and a coach.

He played multiple sports growing up and Division 2 football at Linfield College, where he also

graduated with a degree in exercise science. He had a stint with the San Jose Sabercats

and worked as a personal trainer before finally finding Cross Fit in 2009.

He was quickly drawn to the sport and to the community

and today he's the owner and head coach of Cross Fit Extreme

Athletics and has competed in the Cross Fit Games six times.

After a year away from competition in 2016 due to injury, this year marks his return in the newly formed 35 to 39 year old

master's category. With his 40th birthday quickly approaching he's one of the oldest

in this very competitive group yet he's already made a statement early in the season by finishing fourth in this category in the open.

We discussed everything from the evolution of Neil's Cross Fit Games career,

dealing with injuries and his approach to this season,

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