Originally published September 4, 2012.
In August 2010 Cobalt Blue—yes that's his name—realized he weighed 275 lb.
"I was afraid to go to the movies because I was afraid I'd have to sit next to somebody and I'd spill over into their seat. I was afraid to go on airplanes," says Blue of his predicament.
After getting nowhere in a globo-gym for two months, he found Defiant CrossFit and coach Delanie Weigand.
Blue says he was in such bad shape he couldn't even complete the gym's baseline workout, and didn't believe he could do it. His community thought otherwise.
"They treated me like an athlete even when I couldn't see myself as an athlete," he continues.
A year later Blue was down over 100 lb. and had lost 60 inches from his waist.
On Blue's impact on the community at Defiant CrossFit in Round Rock, Texas, Weigand says, "He's infectious in his work ethic and his positivity. He's a made a huge difference in this gym. He makes a huge difference in who feels comfortable walking into the gym."
"It's a debt I can never repay," Blue says of the changes in his life since starting CrossFit.
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