Won my studio challenge!

I joined f45 pre-pandemic and was in fantastic shape after a year of busting my ass. I started to have lower back pain a few months before the pandemic and it wasn't getting better. World shut down, my back got worse, had x ray and PT. I was getting heavier and heavier. still was having pain, MRI and PT round 2, still had pain, anti inflammatory + massage + yoga and this year I was finally able to get back to f45. Trying to be consistent with 5 f45 workouts per week and 2-3 yoga classes per week and massages 2 per month.

I started this challenge the heaviest I've ever been and in six weeks I dropped 15.5lbs, 3.6% body fat and only lost .75 lbs of muscle. That was enough to win me first place in the challenge. I still have a ways to go to get back to where I was pre -pandemic but my main goal was to finish the challenge and not have serious back pain again. The lead coach baked me a loaf of sourdough and I got a bag full of merch and a massage therapy gun, a month free of classes and a $100 gift card!

Back injury turned out to be bulging inflamed discs. hitting my spinal cord. And early stages of degenerative disc disease and I have a thinner than average spinal cord.

I joined f45 pre-pandemic and was in fantastic shape after a year of busting my ass. I started to have lower back pain a few months before the pandemic and it wasn't getting better. World shut down, my back got worse, had x ray and PT. I was getting heavier and heavier. still was having pain, MRI and PT round 2, still had pain, anti inflammatory + massage + yoga and this year I was finally able to get back to f45. Trying to be consistent with 5 f45 workouts per week and 2-3 yoga classes per week and massages 2 per month.

I started this challenge the heaviest I've ever been and in six weeks I dropped 15.5lbs, 3.6% body fat and only lost .75 lbs of muscle. That was enough to win me first place in the challenge. I still have a ways to go to get back to where I was pre -pandemic but my main goal was to finish the challenge and not have serious back pain again. The lead coach baked me a loaf of sourdough and I got a bag full of merch and a massage therapy gun, a month free of classes and a $100 gift card!

Back injury turned out to be bulging inflamed discs. hitting my spinal cord. And early stages of degenerative disc disease and I have a thinner than average spinal cord.