“Thankfully, I came (to CrossFit Glasgow).”

CrossFit Glasgow member Craig Stephen started CrossFit when he was 56 years old at the request of his two sons who wanted him to get healthier.

Last June, Stephen felt a sharp pain in his arm, a feeling he likely would’ve ignored before CrossFit. Through testing, the former smoker learned he suffered a minor heart attack and needed a stent.

“Had it not been for the cardio work that I do at CrossFit,” Stephen says, “it could’ve been a different story.”

Recovered and feeling “as fit” as he did before, Stephen, 60, is gearing up for his fifth CrossFit Open with his wife.

“We love it,” he says.