An Interview with Maggie Fazeli Fard, RKC Instructor, Senior Fitness Editor, Experience Life Magazine Dragon Door: How did you first become involved with fitness? Maggie Fazeli Fard: When I was a little kid I was incredibly unathletic—just the thought of getting sweaty or dirty turned me off completely. I was also uncoordinated and didn’t have any natural athletic abilities. I was the kid who failed every presidential physical fitness test in high school—every single year. I didnt even try because I figured it wasn’t for me. Then, in college I started running and doing yoga. I was living in New York City at the time and it seemed like that’s what everyone was doing! So, I did that for a few years, joined different gyms, and tried different group fitness classes. In 2011, while living in Washington DC, I started to feel burned out on running and started looking for something new. I joined a CrossFit gym and that really opened up a whole new world of exercise for me. It seems like everyone has a different opinion on CrossFit, some good and some bad, but I was very lucky to have two coaches who introduced me to weight lifting and kettlebell training. It completely changed the way I approached exercise. I quickly developed a love of the barbell and kettlebell, and wanted to learn how to use kettlebells for more than just swings and squats. I stumbled across Dragon Door while searching for movement demos online. I never imagined at the time that I’d attend an RKC workshop and...read the complete interview here: dragondoor/an_interview_with_maggie_fazeli_fard_rkc_instructor_senior_fitness_editor_experience_life_magazine
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 12:05:52 +0000
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