From the depths of despair with PTSD, Kristine’s journey of hiding from people in public, to becoming a mentor to new athletes and participating in the 2016 CrossFitGames Open, will inspire anyone to take charge of their own life and use CrossFit asa lifeline to mental, physical and social change.
Trying to lose weight on your own? How do you sift through all the clutter of fad diets, friends’ advice, what used to work, aging and more? You get a NUTRITION COACH! Just like a personal trainer, but specifically for nutrition. As we close out our first 4-week challenge of 2016, Christine sent me her eye-opening experience.
Earlier this morning, Rachel voluntarily posted this on our FirePower She-Beast Facebook group. With her permission, I’m sharing it for everyone to see. Her courage, determination, and success needs to be celebrated by all!
is more than half the battle…its like 90%! FirePower member Sarah McNichol has come through an exciting year of change. I asked her to open up and share her experience with the world. Please enjoy Sarah’s Journey…
Special thanks to Colin Achim for finding the courage to write about his experience with the 2014 games. May more of you are in the same boat. Post your experiences below to share with our community!
Swearing you will get into shape is one of the dumbest New Year’s Resolutions ever. Getting into shape isn’t something you, “do” and when you scream to the world that this is the year you will change your life. You will fail…. unless you understand that getting into shape isn’t something that is done, but how you live. Health is a journey, not a destination
The CrossFit culture is infused with the expectation that you will sweat together and cheer each other on with mutual support. It doesn’t matter if you’re meeting for the first time or if you’ve been friends for years; you may expend almost as much energy encouraging each other, as you will be exercising.
I ask too many questions. I take too many unnecessary actions. I waste too much energy on procuring the wrong things. And I know I am not alone. Action is the single most necessary ingredient for progress, but in these instances mentioned, progress is out on lunch, and the employee that everyone just sort-of tolerates has taken over. I’m talking about doubt
May be a little stretch, but when I read this today, I couldn’t help but connect the lines to a TRUE CROSSFITTER. We are confident in our training and why it’s so engaging and useful in life, but we are willing to admit our inadequacies in certain areas i.e. pull ups, muscle-ups, double unders, etc. We also are open enough to listen to other’s belief in
When your questioned about where you workout at, what do you say to explain CrossFit? Try some of these the next time someone asks. I train in a box. It has walls…sometimes. Sometimes we go outside. Sometimes we meet elsewhere. Its not the location I value, its the people. I train in an open space, because bars and my training partners fly everywhere.
Many of us get caught up with the ‘need to WOD’ or pick up a heavy barbell. We have to remind ourselves to get outside, take time to rest or try something different; to put our fitness to use; applying what we’ve earned through the sweat, the heat, and the constant hours perfecting our lifts.
(And 10 reasons we don’t want you to come). 10. They make you try out: Just having a credit card and pulse does not get you a membership. You have to demonstrate your willingness and ability to be coachable and train intensely enough to get results. Who wants to have to meet objective standards of performance?
