Surviving Cancer With CrossFit

Video by Ross Coughlan. Daniel Stewart was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2017. At the time, he was an active-duty Royal Marine and a member of CrossFit Aberdeen in Scotland. Stewart didn’t let the diagnosis derail him. “If you tell him to run through a brick wall, he’ll run through a brick wall for you,” says affiliate owner Rob Lawson. “He’s got that demeanor and that attitude.” Stewart underwent surgery and chemotherapy, and he did CrossFit all the while. “Having CrossFit there gave me motivati