Lift Heavy Run Long Podcast - Inspire. Be Inspired.

Richard Westbrook is our guest on LHRL #50. Having fallen out of shape, experienced the pleasure of both natural aging along with a back surgery, he was unable to do one push-up, sit-up, and a pull-up was a "pipe dream". Despite doctors telling him that he would never run again, Richard decided to try CrossFit and found enough courage and strength to go out and run a mile. The rest is history. Below is some of Richard's accomplishments: Richard Westbrook Age: 64 (9/9/52) Started Crossfit, April 2011. Weighed almost 200#, couldn’t do a situp, pushup, or pullup. Couldn’t have run to the mailbox. Switched to Paleo Diet in August and lost 20# in 20 days. (Nutritional ketosis since early 2012.) Decided to tempt fate by running 1 mile for time – 8:04; repeated two weeks later 8:01. Called former client (National class Master’s Swimmer) to get him to try Crossfit; he politely declined and suggested I run in the TN Senior Olympics. That was a “Ha-Ha!” moment. Rarely do Crossfit these days. Weight train for spr