Wilna Appel is the owner of CrossFit Power Beyond Measure (PBM) in Pretoria, South Africa.
Appel and her brother, Gerhard van der Merwe, are former professional athletes and now full-time trainers.
“We both love … new stuff, and CrossFit was the thing for, I think, both of us … . There’s always new things to learn,” Appel says.
For the brother-sister duo, the focus is community and personal relationships.
“It’s not about the numbers for us,” van der Merwe says. “I think it’s more