In this episode, Hale coach Heidi shares her journey from athlete to overweight to CrossFit coach.
Coach Heidi has been an athlete all her life: Dance. Biking. Baseball. Football. Rugby. Swimming. Volleyball. Basketball. Skiing. Snowboarding.
But that doesn’t mean she’s never struggled with her fitness.
Shortly before joining Hale in 2013, Heidi had reached her highest body weight ever: 200 lb. You might look at what she can do now and think, “No way. She doesn’t understand the struggle,” but we assure you, she does—even now.
“As a coach, unless you are being coached, it’s hard to get to that scary place sometimes. You can do just enough. I don’t always push,” she admitted.
That’s why even coaches need coaches.
Heidi described being inspired by Coach Wendy to track her macros more carefully; today, Heidi’s at the lohttps://halefitness.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/placeholder-vertical-1.jpgt body-fat percentage of the past three years.
That inspiration is one of the reasons she decided to become a coach herself.
“The things you can’t see in yourself that others can,” she said. “And this is a big part of why I love being a coach: You can see the faces people make, you can see the little glimmers of fear or hope or excitement or all of those things, and you are not always self-aware enough to see them in yourself.”
It’s not about perfection, she continued. It’s about effort.
“Find something you can nail down and be confident in,” she said. “Find momentum. Do one very simple thing and do it really well, until that feels easy. Then you can take off a bigger chunk.”
Thank you so much for checking out our podcast!
Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below, or email us.
If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe via iTunes or Stitcher.
Subscribe via iTunes.
Subscribe via Stitcher.
Do you have a burning question you want answered? Click here and share it with us!
Enter your details below to get added to our email list
Start by entering your details below