• 18 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting CrossFit – Lifting the Dream
• Why I coach- Spencer Munn – CROSSFIT DISTRICT 5
• Tuesday, 06/25/19 – Jomo Crossfit

CrossFit, a high-intensity, constantly varied exercise regimen, has exploded in popularity in recent years.
There are now more than 13,000 CrossFit affiliates around the globe.
More than 324,000 people competed in the qualifying round for this year’s games, known as the CrossFit Open.

18 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting CrossFit – Lifting the Dream

That field got narrowed in a series of regional competitions to just 320 individuals who will compete in the various age divisions at the games. (Camacho is in the masters 55-59 age division while Allen will battle other teens in the 14-15 division.).
And yet Humboldt CrossFit, which has a little more than 200 members, is sending two. (Disclosure: I’m also a member there, though nowhere near their level, and my wife coaches there part-time.).

The rabid enthusiasm of some CrossFitters has earned the sport plenty of recognition and some spirited mockery.
But those who love it, like Camacho and Allen, really love it.
Regarding the intense workouts-of-the-day (known in CrossFit circles as WODs) Camacho says, “They’re horrible.

But you always come back for more.” After one of her recent training sessions she took a few moments to describe her routine.
A typical day during crossfit deadlift workouts crossfit ithaca training starts at 5:30 a.m. with two straight hours of working out, she said.
Afterwards she goes to her full-time job, managing Eureka Pro Floor, and when she gets off work it’s back to the gym for two more hours of training.
When she gets home in the evening she has just enough time to eat dinner and clean up before heading to bed.

At the time CrossFit was a niche activity, popular mostly among hard-core cops and firefighters.
The class, Camacho said, was “hellacious.” But she got props from the coach, who said he couldn’t believe she stuck in there. “ Cuz it was 11 minute workout horrible,” she said. “But it was so fun.”.
Two early fans of the new workouts, Will Zerlang and Tim Welsh, opened Humboldt CrossFit in 2011 to meet the growing demand for the sport.

But crossfit in orange county ny ultimately it’s her friends in the Humboldt CrossFit community that drive her. “Once you kind of get that bug, you want to do better for yourself and you want to do better for the people around you, because they’re so helpful and so wonderful, and so you want to do well for them.”.
She finished ninth in a field of 20 women in her age group, with a 2nd place finish in one of the seven events. (One big perk of getting to the games.

Why I coach- Spencer Munn – CROSSFIT DISTRICT 5

Last year was the first time teens were invited to compete at the games, and Allen remembers thinking immediately after the announcement that she had a chance, despite the fact that she’d been doing CrossFit for less than a year. “I kinda came in with high expectations,” she said.
Her mom and sisters have all done CrossFit, and her older sister is a now competitive weightlifter.

Plus Allen already had two years of competitive gymnastics under her belt, which gave her a leg up on many of the CrossFit movements, not to mention a thirst for challenges.
She worked especially hard on weightlifting, which gymnastics hadn’t trained her for.
And during the CrossFit Open this year she finished second worldwide among 14- and 15-year-olds.

And with her level what muscle does hang clean work of talent, the sky’s the limit.”.
He also attributed their success to their steady effort and the motivation provided by everyone else in the gym.
Since opening five years ago Humboldt CrossFit has qualified four athletes for the games.
There’s gyms — how many can even say they sent someone to regionals, let alone the games.

People don’t realize how incredible that is for a gym to put out the type of athletes we do.
It’s amazing, and it’s because of the coaches and the people here.”.
Allen’s goal is to one day be crowned the “fittest woman on earth,” the title given to the winner of the games.

Tuesday, 06/25/19 – Jomo Crossfit

Camacho said she’ll keep doing the grueling workouts, whether or not she’s competing.
She did say she might take a vacation after this year’s games.
Wherever she goes she makes sure there’s a CrossFit men workout shorts gym nearby.

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