200-Pound Victory: Hard Work Wins

“If you don’t fix this, within two years, you will no longer be with us. You’ll be dead.” That was the assessment InnerFight CrossFit owner Marcus Smith delivered to Mohammed Faisal Al Qassemi after putting him on a body-analysis machine. Al Qassemi was nearly 230 kg (around 500 lb.) at the time and could barely walk the length of the gym floor. Overweight and lacking self-confidence, he wasn’t sure he could make the commitment he would need to change. Smith was optimistic: “Your life changes today. Fore