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Crystal McAfee, Personal Trainer

Crystal McAfee

Welcome to the Gutsy Strong team. I started Gutsy Strong to help people in the chronic illness community discover their strengths, overcome limiting beliefs, and support each other on their journey toward optimal health. As someone who has spent over three-quarters of her life chronically ill, I understand how challenging it can be to live with chronic illness and pain.

My health journey was long and arduous. I spent decades dependent on multiple prescription medications and restrictive diets. Despite adhering strictly to the standard protocols I continued to suffer from chronic pain, fatigue, and an inability to manage my symptoms.

Several years ago I found resistance training and it changed my life. Not only have I been able to improve bone density and reverse muscle loss, but I have also learned how to utilize nutrition to support my goals in the gym. As a result, I now have more energy than I ever have and I can manage the symptoms of my chronic incurable illness.

Resistance training has been a life changer for me, so I chose to earn my personal training certification through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and launch Gutsy Strong Fitness. Since then our team has grown to include members 11-80 years of age, some chronically ill, others healthy. Our desire to achieve optimal health through training, nutrition, and mindset practices unites us. Welcome to the Gutsy Strong community!


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Stella D'Silva

Just wanted to say a quick thank you. From meeting you at the gym about a year ago to now has been quite the journey!  I saw a picture of myself one day and did not recognize the person looking back but more importantly I didn’t like how tired and unmotivated I felt. I had decided that aging meant, you weren’t in shape, that it was too hard to lose weight and that you would generally not feel as well! Well I can tell you a year of personal training with you and I have never been in better shape, I feel energized and motivated to stay active and eat healthy!  I have lost over 20 lbs but more importantly I feel empowered!  Aging doesn’t have to mean anything!  You have been so extremely supportive. You have never made me feel embarrassed for what I can’t do but instead proud for what I can do. I owe a lot of this change in attitude to you so thank you. Darryl and I joined the gym to get active but mostly to be a good role model to our kids about how important an active lifestyle is and we got so much more. Thank you Andrew for all your hard work and constant encouragement!

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