Women's Fitness

‘MY LIFE IN A DAY’ Sam Briggs

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‘CrossFit is always so much fun because it’s so varied’

After university, I became a firefighter and trained hard to carry all the equipment myself. I also played football semi-professionally until taking up amateur-level triathlons and duathlons aged 26. I was good enough to represent Great Britain in my age division, but not to go professional so, to get stronger and fitter, I tried CrossFit in 2009. My

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