This week we have 22-year-old Ella Wilkinson on the podcast. She got to a high level very young in gymnastics, catapulting herself down the mats doing cartwheels and flips, before it came to an abrupt halt with an ankle injury. She switched to trampolining before deciding she wasn't enjoying it any more. There was a brief spell in athletics before her Mum introduced her to CrossFit. Her local gym was CrossFit Sempiternal where she got a reality check of what all-round fitness was.

What started off just for pure enjoyment, has turned into a passion and almost a full-time job, minus having to do uni work which she currently juggles at Liverpool John Moore University. In her earlier CrossFit years, she even had the pleasure of training with British CrossFit legend and 2013 CrossFit Games champion Sam Briggs on a weekly basis. Through the conversation, you can see that everything she's gone through has set her up to be the athlete she is now and qualifying for Semi-finals after the heartbreak of missing out last year. It's going to be exciting to see how far she can go!

List of resources mentioned in the episode, suggested reading & social media handles: 

Ella Wilkinson - @ellawilkinsonxx

CrossFit Sempiternal, Birkenhead - https://www.crossfitsempiternal.com/

JST Compete - https://jstcompete.com/

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