"I feel like a true athlete for the first time in my life"
After working with a couple of personal trainers, I dropped about 60 pounds and 3 pant sizes. Sure, I had a smaller frame and could do burpees for days and jog my way through 7 half-marathons (and one full marathon!), but put a barbell in my hand and I’d stand there like a deer in headlights. Fast-forward to 2016 after a fairly long gym drought – I wanted to get back in the gym, but personal training had become too expensive and I had never really figured out how to workout on my own. So when I learned from my former trainer that many of my favorite sessions were Crossfit based, it just seemed to make sense!
I’d had a lot of success in losing weight the healthy way with my trainers, but weight loss became an obsession and the feeling of finally feeling “skinny” very much overshadowed the original focus on overall health and wellness. With the overwhelming support of CFK coaches and athletes who have quickly become family, CrossFit has been the first and only outlet in nearly 14 years that has cultivated a desire in me to be better, faster, stronger. I now get excited about fueling my body and I feel like a true athlete for the first time in my life. Besides, I’m going to need a little fuel in the tank if I want to ring that PR bell