BAMF

Mel Pollock

Looking at all the great spotlights below, it is apparent similar themes attract us to Gardens CrossFit: Teamwork, camaraderie, self-improvement, goal achievement, community, expert coaching and nutritional counseling, pushing ourselves beyond what we conceived could be achieved, and a desire to live a healthier and physically more fulfilling lifestyle. We each have our own unique

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Sarah Conlon

I love Gardens CrossFit. No, really…. I think I LOVE it! I wake up in the morning thinking about it. I go to bed looking at the GCF website checking to see what the next day’s workout will be. I’m texting with my workout partner, Alaina, throughout the day (and we are often talking about

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Marnie Nickels

  Me?! I am totally honored to have the opportunity to share my experience with CrossFit. I was never athletic growing up, I didn’t really have any hobbies either. I always loved gymnastics, but I never had the motivation to take any classes. I was always an active kid but never played any sports, unless

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Stu Madicfsky (December)

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

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Gerry Dallas Raymond (November)

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

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Kali Bedard (October)

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

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Derek Perez (September)

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

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Natalie Terrana (August)

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

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Jesea Jeannette

“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

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Tina Bitondo

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

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