"CrossFit Made Me Stronger Than Ever"

For Candace Cort, 30, who grew up in Guyana, being active used to be second nature. "I walked to school, climbed trees and played hide-and-seek outside," she remembers. Things changed when her family moved to the U.S. in 1997. "I spent most of my time sitting around indoors because I wasn't used to the cold climate," she says.

 

 

As we increased the weight of Candace, energy plummeted. Sedentary lifestyle of his family took its toll as her mother and grandmother were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes Candace fears a similar fate, but she was not motivated to make a change until has a scary awakening in 2012. "Seeing my collapse of sugar grandmother blood shocked me into action," said Candace. She downloaded the application Couch 5K. Run a mile was a struggle at first, but eventually worked up to five. Then he bought a Groupon for a local CrossFit gym.

When he entered the gym, Candace almost quit before I started. "There were women flipping huge tractor tires. ! Talk about intimidating, "she said, but she endured His first practice was a murderer.. She struggled to lift a dumbbell £ 45 for a deadlift." But the possibility of establishing a new personal best every day to me pushed, "said Candace. Today she may be dead with £ 265 and present 12 miles. Even better, has become your health at all. "In my last physical exam, the doctor could not believe what I was healthy," she said.