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    FITTER, FASTER, STRONGER

    Jul 21, 2021 4 minutes
    WORDS: Joanna Ebsworth

    ‘Being strong means having confidence in yourself’

    Sam Briggs (@bicepslikebriggs) has represented the UK nine times at the CrossFit Games, and won the Games in 2013.

    ‘I took up CrossFit in 2009 to help me become stronger for my job as a firefighter. I never wanted to be the token woman –›I wanted to lift all the equipment and do everything the guys could do, if not do it better. Twelve years later, my proudest achievement has been winning the CrossFit games in 2013 after leaving the fire brigade following 10 years of service. I was 30 at the time, coming back from a broken kneecap, and everyone was telling me I was past it. Being crowned “the fittest woman in the world” made all

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