Do You Know What Today Is?

This gets it's own post.

One year ago today, I entered the Sincity Crossfit praying to Gd that the trainers there would tell me that they were sorry, but they couldn't help someone like me. My best friend, Mike, had told me I needed to try it out, and when I looked it up, I knew that there was no way in hell I could do anything on the website. At the time, I was doing huge amounts of cardio...my goal was 360 minutes (this is ridiculous just writing it out) of walking and elliptical a week. Additionally, I was taking a class called "Body Pump" where we moved from track to track, body part to body part, doing about 1000 reps at a low weight. (It was a great class, but I was not getting any gains in strength).

However negative I was when I walked in, things changed pretty quickly. The first memory I have of Crossfit is being on the rower and Krista coming up and introducing herself to me. I was really shocked, I had been at my other gym for two years and knew almost no one. Baseline was tough (the whole squatting thing? What was that?) and I was mystified at the sheer amount of girls doing pull ups. Until then, I truly thought only military men could do pull ups. Seriously.

The past year has been nothing short of a challenge that I won't go into. The Rachel that I am today versus the Rachel I was a year ago today is so much stronger mentally and physically. I am blessed with a truly incredible support group that not only believes in me, but makes me laugh my ass off. I am far from perfect, but I like who I have become and who I am becoming, and I know a lot of that has to do with the tools I have gained from Crossfit. I am grateful that I walked into the Box a year ago, and I look forward to the days and years ahead.