01/21/2026
➡️2016… to now- Just because you’re doing CrossFit doesn’t automatically mean you’re getting optimally fit.
2016 was the year before I opened my functional medicine practice and I had already been doing CrossFit for 2 years. I was training hard—but I wasn’t fully on board nor did I fully have the 💡knowledge to change my foundations and address underlying root causes of inflammation.
💥High stress.
💥Job dissatisfaction.
💥Poor sleep.
💥Underlying infections.
💥Pushing through instead of recovering.
Exercise alone can’t override a dysregulated nervous system, inflammatory diet, regular alcohol consumption, chronic stress, or 😴lack of sleep. True fitness is built on what you do outside the gym just as much as inside it.
Movement matters—but so do sleep, stress, nutrition, and recovery.🤍
That’s the lesson I had to learn the hard way. Today I am stronger both mentally and physically at 49 than 39 and wouldn’t want to go back in time!
