Fitness journey & fun pic!

So I chatter on about crossfit a lot.  I was a college athlete and still play hockey, but I have become obsessed with crossfit over the last year.  I think it is because I continue to be able to do things that I could not do before.  I still love hockey, but realistically I will never play as competitively as I did in college.  

In crossfit, I am becoming more and more competitive.  It is feasible that I could compete at some point (well for sure feasible, but I mean at a reasonable competitive level).  

Just this past month - I have nailed 3 new skills and hit several PRs: rope climbs, toes to bar, double unders.  I feel stronger than I have ever in my life.

And after smashing my shin jumping onto a box this summer, I lost box jumps.  But here I am overcoming it and jumping!  So much fun!

This is my butt at 198 lbs.  I'm wicked happy with it.  I'm still losing, but think 198 is not terrible for me.  :) 

You look great, girl!  I tried crossfit once and almost threw up in the parking lot.  LOL That was 50 pounds ago so who knows what I would do now but it seems very intense.  Crazy awesome about the box jumps. I am pretty sure I would have no teeth left if I tried that because i would smash my face.  I feel like finding an exercise you enjoy is super important to keeping the weight off. Glad you are loving the crossfit! 

That's awesome.  

Box jumps impress the crap out of me.  I try stair jumps (maybe 6"-8" at the most) outside the house and sometimes I have to false start 3-4 times before I can convince myself to do it.  Once I do it I probably could clear 18", but I am one of those that has that weird mental block.

Haha - that is 100% me.  I have been freaking out trying to get them.  My strategy to get them back was to jump on weight plates and slowly build them up. 

My coach was videoing one of his workouts the other week and I'm in the background false starting on my box jump attempts.  Its a pain, but once you get them they are fun!

OMG CLIMBING ROPES?!  I remember being made fun of in gym class as a kid for not being able to climb a rope.  YOU ARE

I was crazy shocked when it happened.  I've just got this attitude lately that even if I think / know that I can't do something I still attempt it every couple of months.  Once I got up the rope a little bit I kind of freaked out and was like how do I get down?!?!  I only got up abotu 6 feet because I'm scared of hieghts.  But I'll get over it.  :)

That picture is mindblowing.  You need to print it & when you are 80...look at it & say - ya sista that is me!

I'm going to be jumping on boxes when I'm 80 :)  But yeah some comparison pics would be nice!  

Very impressive !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I also have been bit hard by the Crossfit bug have been going for almost 6 months now and have been able to lift a lot heavier than i thought i was capable of still have not got my toes to bars but very close 

Congrats on all your Crossfit accomplishments