When Tiffany made the decision to get healthy, she and her husband opened a CrossFit gym. "It had been my husband's dream to open a CrossFit for years, but I was never on board with the idea until I hit rock bottom and knew I needed to do something," Tiffany said.
In the beginning, she started doing CrossFit two days a week. She fell in love with it right away for two reasons. "First, even though I was unbelievably scared and self-conscious to try CrossFit when I was so overweight, I realized right away that our CrossFit gym was a community of people of all different fitness levels who all supported and encouraged each other." Tiffany explained that she felt safe and comfortable there, and that was more important than anything for her when she started.
Second, although Tiffany was so out of shape that she had to hold on to a wall in order to step on and off of a box during a workout, CrossFit introduced her to weightlifting for the first time in her life. "Even when I weighed 300 pounds, I felt strong and capable with a barbell in my hands. That feeling of strength sparked something in me that I had never felt before, and the more I did CrossFit, the more and more I began to believe that I could do anything
I set my mind to."
Two days a week of classes quickly became three days, then four or five. Tiffany said, "I now train five days a week for two hours a day. It is my favorite part of every day, and I'm still enjoying that amazing feeling of strength that it gives me!"
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