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The Coach - The man behind HBFS Fitness Retreats
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Adam Insley
Adam Insley’s journey into finding CrossFit covers a love for various sports and fitness since an early age. Boxing, mixed martial arts from the age of 9, up until he started playing rugby in his 20’s where he played at a semi professional level until he snapped his wrist, which resulted in him having a surgery. During his recovery process he found the love and passion for training and helping other people, so he become a personal trainer and started to train for bodybuilding which he trained for many years.
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Once achieving a physique to compete on stage with he was ready to take the next step, this is where it all turns and his fitness journey changes course. Adam was rushed into hospital where he was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, where he was told his life will change for ever. After spending two weeks in an intensive care unit, then a further week in a ward, he was finally released from hospital. Adam returned home and started to rebuild his body and trying to get back everything he had lost. Struggling to do a single press up, pull up and even sit ups. While trying to figure out how to live a normal life he decided to take some time out and go travelling.
While he was in South Africa a race was on called an Ironman ( for those who don’t know its a 3.8km swim, 180km bike and 40.2km run and you have 17hours to do it in). After watching all these athletes compete in this grueling race he was asked if he would ever do one, his response was you never know. The gentlemen told him he couldn’t do it as Adam has diabetes and this lit a fire inside Adam and when returning back from Africa he had spoken to doctors about his interest in competing in one. The response was diabetics aren’t known for doing endurance sports. After that conversation he spent the next three years training, researching and even failing in trying to do this prestigious race. He has completed numerous triathlons and Ironman races since then. Once doing these races he wanted a new challenge and at this point he stumbled across a person called Rich Froning from watching the fittest man in history. Since watching this, his love and passion for CrossFit was born.
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Adam was on holiday in Phuket Thailand and he instantly fell in love with the culture, the people and what’s known as “The land of smiles”. This is where he found the perfect spot for opening a box, so he can share his love for the sport and live in paradise doing the job he loves.
In 2020 HBFS Fitness Retreats was born.
