Jana Finds Success
Not very long ago, Jana found herself in a department store shopping for shorts and to her horror, discovered that she had increased by two sizes. As she struggled to change clothes, Jana’s knee gave out.
Taking action, she went to her doctor’s office and discovered that her weight was at it’s highest and her cholesterol sky-rocketed off the chart. At the age of 28, Jana’s health was out of control. With an active two-year old daughter, changes needed to be made. The doctor placed her on cholesterol medication, scheduled an MRI and sent her Tillman Physical Therapy for her knee.
After one week of therapy, Jana found the muscle soreness to be almost unbearable. She attended therapy three times per week for a two of months and upon her completion of therapy, her therapist, Michael, suggested she continue exercising and introduced her to David.
Monday morning, Jana found herself on the CrossFit side of the Tillman Clinic and was introduced to Robin, who worked with her continuing her knee exercises and adding an upper body workout. Even after therapy, the workout was difficult and overwhelming. She continued this workout for two weeks and when her sister came in town and they came to the clinic together. The noon CrossFit class was about to start and Robin encouraged both Jana and her sister to try it out.
The workout was the intense benchmark workout “Angie” – 100 pullups, 100 pushups, 100 situps, 100 squats for time. Robin modified it for Jana and her sister to two sets of 25. Jana was able to complete the grueling modified workout although she finished long after the class. It was the longest, hardest minutes of her life. She staggered out the door in a daze, yet wanting more.
Jana has been a part of our CrossFit Community for 8 months and loves it. She started the Paleo diet in October and had great results the first month. Although she is experiencing some bumps with the Zone diet, overall she has lost 28lbs and 7.4% bodyfat and feels great! She is stronger, faster and has increased her cardiovascular endurance. Jana blasted through her very first RX last week and will continue to have more in her future!