{"id":2791,"date":"2012-05-30T16:21:57","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T15:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/?p=2791"},"modified":"2012-05-24T11:56:19","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T10:56:19","slug":"crossfit-changes-lives-ordinary-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/30\/crossfit-changes-lives-ordinary-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"CrossFit Changes Lives &#8211; Ordinary Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the criticisms of CrossFit is that it&#8217;s hardcore elite fitness, and certainly if you&#8217;re a hardcore elite athlete, <strong>you&#8217;ll find a happy and challenging home<\/strong> in the CrossFit community and programming.<\/p>\n<p>BUT what if you&#8217;re not a world class athlete? What if you&#8217;re only mortal like the rest of us? <strong>What if you&#8217;re sick and told that you&#8217;re dying<\/strong> by your Doctors? This is the story of one woman who was proper poorly who&#8217;s life changed due to getting the courage up to walk into a CrossFit gym for the first time, a change initially that <strong>her Doctors refused to believe<\/strong> was down to exercise:<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KqJSnIHHX80?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Part 2 is much shorter: <\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jttAKXtWxIU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a pretty amazing story, but here&#8217;s another one: that&#8217;s not unique. CrossFit changes lives. Ordinary lives. For every firebreather you see doing unbelievable feats of multi-modal strength and endurance, there are many quiet success stories of lives transformed by what is arguably the <strong>most effective health program currently available <\/strong>to the mass market.<\/p>\n<p>I should know, I&#8217;m one of those ordinary people. Here&#8217;s some of the evidence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Colin McNulty Before and After Pictures \/ Phtots\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/15\/before-and-after-the-zone-diet-crossfit\/\">My Before and After Photos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"BWLA British Masters Weight Lifting Championships\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/30\/british-masters-weightlifting-champion-oooh-that-sounds-good\/\">Weight Lifting Success<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"High Cholesterol Diet Affects on Health\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/06\/my-results-after-4-years-on-a-high-cholesterol-diet-2\/\">Cholesterol \/ Health Checkup Details<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you liked that video, then you&#8217;ll like this one too, which is the story of an ordinary over weight middle aged guy who tries CrossFit for the first time. This is a guy who used to eat *before* going out to eat, so people wouldn&#8217;t accuse him of over eating, yes he&#8217;d eat twice! Watch what spontaneously happens when he finishes the first workout, now that&#8217;s the CrossFit spirit. There&#8217;s a whole series:<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XD5axAX9U78?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So if you&#8217;re think CrossFit isn&#8217;t for you, take that step and try it.  Yes it&#8217;s hard work, but it&#8217;s a lot of fun, there&#8217;s an amazing community, and <strong>it WILL change your life for the better<\/strong>. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the criticisms of CrossFit is that it&#8217;s hardcore elite fitness, and certainly if you&#8217;re a hardcore elite athlete, you&#8217;ll find a happy and challenging home in the CrossFit community and programming. BUT what if you&#8217;re not a world class athlete? What if you&#8217;re only mortal like the rest of us? 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