09/06/2026
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When Paul walked through the doors of CrossFit Iron Duke in May 2025, he weighed 96kgs, and in his own words โI was obese and my mental health was through the floor as I suffer with crippling CPTSDโ
Paul had the added the issue that he was also scared of exercise, due to a quadruple heart bypass in April 2022, the recovery of which was extremely hard both physically and mentally. โhaving to spend three months in a room on my own in hospital totally shattered my physical and mental healthโ
Paul started his CrossFit journey with us, by starting with our Fit for Life classes, and straight away he knew heโd found his tribe. โThe physical movement coupled with safe coaching enabled me to have confidence in what I was doing, plus confidence in my heart healthโ. Paul undertook our nutrition programme under the watchful eye of coach Demi and this totally changed his relationship with food.
โI lost 12kgs, built some muscle in places that I didnโt know existed and made new friends, plus my CPTSD calmed right down. I was a T2 diabetic on insulin when I started and after 6 months Iโd managed to stop insulin and was declared in remission, plus my physiotherapist discharged me and my counsellor said my PTSD scores had come down enormouslyโ
Paul progressed to doing things heโd forgotten how to do, and has even started running again!
โItโs difficult to put into words what CFID has done for meโฆ itโs totally transformed my life and everyone has been so supportive and encouraging, a heartfelt thank you to all of you whoโve been part of my journey, what a ride!
What a journey indeed Paul โค๏ธ๐ค
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