Walter Magazine • July 2020

Alongside faith, fitness is Polk’s path. He knew he’d tapped into his own physical fitness to aid his recovery after paralysis. “My bones were strong, my muscles were strong; all of that helps your body heal itself,” Polk says. “It put me in a different category.” He saw the benefits his teammates got from off-season workouts with him and put it into practice as a trainer. After a few years of teaching his first fitness classes and personal training sessions around Raleigh, he became a partner at CORE, then owner in 2016.

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