Pursuing Health

There was, of course, a lot of shock, a lot of happiness, a lot of pride because we all knew that this was the first time that Singapore gets to send athletes to the Games. Of course, within the box … Continued The post Ep 122 – Competing in the CrossFit Games while in Medical School: Singapore’s Fittest Man Ian Wee appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete .

“So, you get to the CrossFit gym, and you see- or I see other moms, I see other dads, I see people who have competitive aspirations and Im able to mentor, and so, it kind of feeds a lot of … Continued The post Ep 121 – Christy Adkins & Lindy Barber on Transitions in Life and Fitness appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete .

So, for me, it was kind of liberating that once youre in ketosis youre not that hungry. And then, in the context of elevated ketones, theyre sort of anti-catabolic, and I talked about that a little bit. And, it liberated … Continued The post Ep 120 All About Keto with Dr. Dom DAgostino appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete .

I remember asking my Chief, I was like, Hey, I think I want to try to go do this CrossFit Games thing, and Im not going to have to miss a lot of training, are you good with it? And … Continued The post Ep 119 – Josh Bridges on Recovering from Knee Surgery and Paying the Man appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete .

There was an orchestrated mass media campaign by our critics to portray us as dangerous- by the opposition. And thats all waning now, because of the changes in the website. So, we were actually able to alter the worlds view … Continued The post Ep 118 The State of CrossFit with Coach Greg Glassman appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete .

“We’re so resilient as people that we can deal with a lot of stuff. And if you pull back on the intensity, and you give your body a chance to heal, we’re also remarkable healers. You know, you give yourself … Continued The post Ep 117 – Functional Bodybuilding & Earning Intensity with Marcus Filly appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete .

“I call that integrative health. Integrative health is a little different than complementary medicine, is different than integrative medicine. Integrative health is the merger of conventional care like I learned, and you learned in your own medical training. Evidence-based complementary practices, non-drug approaches, … Continued The post Ep 116 – How Healing Works with Dr. Wayne Jonas appeared fi...

“I didn’t start CrossFit to be competitive, and I didn’t get into the competitive side until several years later. And, I would say, I didn’t start getting competitive until 3… 3-4 years ago. And then I was like, ‘Oh, this … Continued The post Ep 115 – Becoming a CrossFit Games Athlete: Rookies Fee Saghafi & Erin Vandendriessche appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete .

“I really just… kind of wanted to get more into the CrossFit community. More interested in sort of where things were going, especially as we were moving, CrossFit as an organization, is moving away from the sort of Games mentality … Continued The post Ep 114 – Practicing CrossFit for Health with Dr. Maude Dull appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete .

“It was awesome [her first CrossFit Games experience in 2008]… There were no expectations and there was only one Games so nobody really knew what they were doing, and it was like, we really just wanted to see if what … Continued The post Ep 113 – 2009 CrossFit Games Champion Tanya Wagner on Training through all Seasons of Life appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete .

“I always say, if you cut yourself, within a couple weeks the repair is perfect and you go back to normal. How is it possible that inside the body we don’t have any of this? Right? So, we just developed … Continued The post Ep 112 – Eating for Longevity with Dr. Valter Longo appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete .

“Well, the one thing was the change in family medicine, and we started seeing family physicians being pushed out of the hospital systems in place of hospitalists. And you had the decision to make whether you wanted to stay inpatient … Continued The post Ep 111 – A New Model for Primary Care with Dr. Ken Rictor appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete .

“But I had been working very closely on- holistically- on keeping my hormones and all those types of things- that’s always been really important to me- on keeping those kinds of things where they should be. And so, then I … Continued The post Ep 110 – Kara Saunders on CrossFit and Expecting Baby She-Bear appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete .

“So, [with] functional medicine we look at the root cause of why someone has a chronic disease or illness, and we dive much deeper in looking at not only lifestyle which is the fundamental basis of it. So, looking at … Continued The post Ep 109 – All About Functional Medicine with Dr. Elizabeth Bradley, Medical Director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine appeared first on Julie...

“I think it’s, too, just getting people used to what physical therapy means to us, and I think that’s a little bit different than what they’ve seen in the past, where, it’s their grandma had a hip replacement, and that’s … Continued The post Ep 108 – Training Smarter, not Harder: Prevention and Recovery from Injury with Pure Physio appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete .

“I had seen all these different elements come into play of how fitness can impact your life and how CrossFit was working for some people and how bodybuilding was working for some and now even the [Tough Mudder] races. And … Continued The post Ep 107 – Play the Hand You’re Dealt: Choosing to Thrive Despite a Rare Genetic Condition and Congenital Heart Defect with Stephen Douglas appeared first on J...

“I think that’s super important, to have just great people around you to train with, especially brothers. You can say whatever you need to say to each other, and no feelings will be hurt. But not just that but, you … Continued The post Ep 106 – Saxon & Spencer Panchik: Keeping Fitness a Family Affair appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete .

“I mean stress is like an illness. It’s like this black box, we don’t have a lot of names for it, we should probably instead of saying stress we should… like Eskimos have 20 words for snow, we should probably … Continued The post Ep 105 – Sleep, Stress, and Brain Health with Dr. Nate Bergman appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete .

“I love incorporating one on myself, I experiment a lot with myself. And if I can feel something myself, like, ‘I was having this knee pain, and I did this and it really worked and, you know, try it,’ I … Continued The post Ep 104 – Physical Therapist & CrossFit Games Athlete Amanda Barnhart appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete .

“If you look at the data really carefully now, we’re not sure but we think that aging can be… we’re slowing it now, we’re doing what we call rejuvenation. Meaning, if you slow the rate of aging by physical activity, … Continued The post Ep 103 – What to Eat When with Dr. Michael Roizen appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete .

“I wasn’t being present and focused, specifically around the family, that’s where it was most impactful. And, when I looked at my fitness career, I was like, ‘man, the best workouts I get are when I’m against the clock,’ right? … Continued The post Ep 102 – Jason Khalipa and the AMRAP Mentality appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete .

“If you have awareness, and you have this ability to regulate mood states and thinking, you have this mental agility, and then you have this ability to cultivate character and then connect deeply… you really have this life filled with … Continued The post Ep 101 – Building a Champion Mindset with Dr. Joe Janesz appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete .

Can you believe we’re at 100 episodes?! It’s been a slow and steady process over the past 3+ years, but consistency sure pays off! I want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart for listening and continuing to … Continued The post Ep 100 – Q+A: Your Questions, Answered appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete .

“As a nephrologist, a kidney doctor, in the Mayo Clinic, you see primarily patients with advanced kidney disease at that time. So, these were patients who needed kidney transplants or needed dialysis. And again, the same thinking process started to … Continued The post Ep 99 – Dr. Axel Pflueger on Fighting Chronic Disease with Fitness appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete...

“It just got really bad. I honestly don’t really remember that much, but looking back, it’s like ‘man I was sick’… and I can’t say it [competing at the 2016 CrossFit Games] was the healthiest thing to do, but it… … Continued The post Ep 98 – Fittest Teen to Thriving Post Liver Transplant: Sydney Sullivan appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete .