IT was only six years ago that Ben Love first set foot in a gym.

Now he, along with his teammate Tracey Sherlock, claimed a podium finish at the Perth HYROX event recently.

The Mildura fitness duo, from THRIVE Fitness and Wellbeing, pushed themselves to their limits in the fitness challenge, finishing third out of over 300 teams.

What made that feat even more amazing was that Love was unable to...