You know I've always had trouble with the whole I always never wanted to age you know I like Neverland and you know growing up

It's like I'm just a kid at heart still and just super excited about life and and and I just wanted to be that way and I just wanted to be that way and and so

CrossFit has kind of given me a second wind because it's like wow you know it's

like I can still do things at age 60 that keep me young and

and give me goals and competition and so it's kind of like it's been it's eased the

pain of aging.

This is episode number 89 with Dave Hibbitt Steele.

Welcome to pursuing health. I'm Julie Fushe, Family Medicine resident and former

Cross-Fic 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. Well hello there everyone welcome back to pursuing health

this is a very fun episode that features a conversation I got to have with Dave

Hippenstiel who has been named the fittest 60-plus year old meal in the Cross Fit Games for the past two years in a row.

This is the oldest age category in the you'll learn a lot from this conversation just like I did. A little bit about Dave

before we get started he's been competing in the cross-fit game since 2013 when

he won the open in the 55 to 59 division and this year he'll make his sixth trip to the

Cross Fit Games as he's poised to defend his title in the 60 plus category for the third year in a row.

Dave was an athlete from a young age pursuing a variety of sports from football to track and field,

motocross and triathons.

He's also a proud father of four and Dave's love of fitness has

also rubbed off on his children. In fact it was his daughter Heather who's a

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