First off I was like why her Cross Games Athletes Hurtling

It took me 12 years to figure out how to master it, but I got it in 24 hours

I can teach her sure we can do this and so honestly it was just like I just wanted to help and hurling is one of my

favorite events. I love it inside the heptathlon and it's something that I know like I

know my first name. This is episode number 70 with Tiffany Parker. Welcome to Pursuing Health. I'm Julie Fushe, Family Medicine resident and former CrossFit 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 everyone, welcome back to pursuing health. In this

episode I sit down with USA track and field athlete Tiffany Parker.

In the Cross Fit World you may have heard of her because she works alongside

endurance guru Chris Hincher as the sprinting coach to many top competitors including Camille

Le Bonk Bazinay, Catron David's daughter, and Cross Fit Mayhem freedom.

Tiffany grew up playing volleyball and she had a late start to the heptathlon but picked it up very quickly

placing forth at junior nationals shortly after learning the sport. She went on to

compete at the collegiate level while studying business and marketing at Azusa

Pacific University and there she fell in love

with training alongside an elite community of athletes that she would continue to train with

as a professional hept athlete after graduation.

Since qualifying for the national team and competing at Olympic trials in 2016,

Tiffany has moved her training to Dallas, Texas, and has her sights set on the 2018 I A.F. World Championships. I caught up with Tiffany in

Cookville, Tennessee earlier this year and we talked about some of the highs and

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