Episode 5: Christal Downing

In this open-hearted chat, Christal shares her personal story covering a range of topics including her childhood, dealing with hereditary health issues, coming out of an abusive marriage, being a fitness instructor and raising 3 children. As a fitness instructor for HIIT and other classes, she talks about encouraging her students, especially women, to express themselves freely and to be aware of how they’re feeling internally . As a mom, she covers how she and her kids have made fitness a part of their lives. She discusses how its important to set big goals and break them down micro goals to build the right habits. She also shares how the community has provided her a lot of love and support whenever she needed it and how focusing on the positive helps her get through tough times. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tryathlete.substack.com