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Sometimes we fall, struggle–for whatever reason. It’s meant not to destroy but rather to build up, provide perspective, to make one stronger. The before picture of me took a year to get to–242 lbs, 42 waste, weak, slightly high cholesterol. A sprained ankle followed by high determination in grad school (48 hour days and lots […]

All of my life I was involved with sports. When I was growing up I played every sport that a kid could play! I started to realize that the sport that I excelled the most in was hockey. The hours, work and sacrifices playing at a high level of hockey paid off well during my

Really? Was my first thought, then AWESOME!!!!!!!!! I will try and make this as painless as possible… I have always worked out, but now I WORKOOOUT!! Before I had a meow, now I have a RaaWwrrr. Ok ok seriously, I really dislike looking back and getting into the underlying, negative aspect of how and why

Well, this is a total surprise! When I was asked if I would accept the offer to be September’s BAMF, it totally caught me off guard. I want to start by thanking the Gardens CrossFit crew for pushing me every day. I joined Gardens CrossFit the first week of May 2012 as it came highly

Athlete?! Me?! Huh?! I never thought that people would refer to me as an “athlete” let alone athlete of the month for such an amazing box! When I joined GCF in the beginning of May I didn’t quite realize what I had gotten myself into. My original goal was to show up at least twice

“WHAT?? For real?!? Uh, YES! Of course! Holy crap!!” That was my reaction when I was asked to be June’s BAMF. To say that I’m honored is an understatement! If you know me, you know how much I love CrossFit and GCF (it’s pretty much all I talk about). First of all, I need to

Hmmm… Where to start… Ok got it! So. Me and working out? Yeah, we were not friends for a long time. I have this life goal of working as a Firefighter/Medic, and life seemed not to be going my way for a while. I’ll admit it I was ready to give up on this goal

First off let me correct any misconception on what B.A.M.F. really means… Below Average & Moderately Flatulent… to which I say, I’m honored. So I joined CrossFit about halfway through January of this year. I have always loved intense exercise, as well as exercise that is practical to life. There is just something about ordinary

Two years ago, my friend Sherry and I were looking to change up our weekly “girls night” activity. You see, we’d done line-dance lessons, yoga, Pilates, Jazzercise and yes, even hula-hoop classes. Someone suggested a local boot camp and we decided to give it a shot. I thought I was in pretty good shape at

JAMES CHURCHTOP 10 REASONS TO TRAINAT GARDENS CROSSFIT No.10 You get to say snatch, rack, and jerk and no one thinks you’re a perv. No. 9 Love getting my LMFAO on while squatting. No. 8 No one points and laughs when I wear my VFF’s. No. 7 Ah, hello? CHAD! No. 6 Now I’m bilingual-