Angii | 33

CrossFit shouldn’t be intimidating... Mecca is a community of banterous people - older, younger, male, female - doesn’t really matter. I can rock up to any class, excited to see the coaches and members, many of who I now call friends, looking forward to one of the most positive hours of my day.

I’ve had various gym memberships and trialled lots of ‘dieting’ fads, but was never able to stick to anything consistently. At my heaviest, I joined CrossFit. Not only have I managed to lose and maintain a healthy weight, my entire outlook of what an ideal body type/weight has changed too. The Mecca family and atmosphere has kept me coming back session after session, week after week. I have achieved things I didn’t think was possible... even becoming a regular at 6am.

If someone told me 5 years ago I’d be so excited about health and fitness... not to mention getting up at 5:30am for a gym session... I would have laughed hysterically and grabbed a beer and a bag of chips.

I can’t thank the coaches and members enough for the support, fist bumps and celebrations in my CrossFit journey.