When Chris first invited Pete and me to come work out with him and do
this thing called "Cross Fit" I didn't have much of an interest. Pete
went one Saturday and came back full of aches, sore muscles and
complaints about how hard it was. So, when I decided to accompany him
for the first time it was with great trepidation. The first few
workouts seemed impossibly hard, too difficult for me to do. Even the
easiest exercises were hard and I'd never been more sore in my life!
With encouragement from Pete and Chris I went back again. And then
again. And again. Each time I met new people who seemed to be better
than I was and I felt like a sloth in comparison, but I persevered.
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Pete Friedhoff
I had swam competitively since I was 10; for club, high school, and D1
college programs. Therefore I had developed a certain sense of "gee, I
know how to workout, work hard, strength train", which is exactly what
came to mind when Chris first began doing CrossFit a few years ago.
Since completing my swim career and beginning a full-time desk job I
had joined the typical globo gym and was on a 'workout routine',
believing it sufficient to keep me in shape. Why break that routine
and try some new workout fad?
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Tarolyn Robertson
After sixteen years of competitive swimming, my career came to an end last February as I exhausted my college eligibility. While college swimming was more than I could have ever asked for, I struggled my last few years with severe should pain. Prior to my senior season I learned I had a partial tear in my left shoulder. This forced me to cut back my training to one practice a day, as opposed to two, as well as primarily using my legs with little arm movement. Fortunately, Ben was my strength coach at SJSU and created a custom lifting program suited just for me. At the same time, Chris who was my swim coach at SJSU introduced CrossFit to our program.
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Golda Marcus
“Golda, you should come do CrossFit,”
my friend and co-worker, Jessica, said to me one day at work.
“Yeah, I’ve been thinking about
it,” I replied.
“Don’t think, just do,” was her
response. Don’t think, just do? Do what? I was already doing what I wanted to
do: somewhat swimming at 5:30am to the best of my ability. Jessica’s response
lingered in my mind for days. I began to think of all the real reasons that
were holding me back from doing a program that I heard brought the best
physical fitness out of everyone. But to understand my reasons, you must
understand my experiences as a swimmer.
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