Reflections

We have been training athletes in the barn for a year now and have been a CrossFit affiliate for 6 months! We thought it was about time to reflect on some CrossFit Geneseo accomplishments.

Will and Louise: Amazing! Louise started training a year ago and the transformation is amazing. Louise has always looked great but now she can hoist her body weight 70 times during a workout, she can do a full push up (several times!) and is really close to a pullup. She and Will have consistently shown up at 6 AM 3 days a week for a year! When Will started he was very out of shape, starting to have some health issues. Now I think it would be safe to say he is the fittest politician in Livingston County! Yesterday, Will jumped up to the pullup bar and knocked off 15 pretty decent pullups in a row! He can deadlift 1 1/2 times his body weight, and once in awhile can even beat Louise's time on a WOD. The health issues are but a memory! You guys ROCK!

Sandy: Last September Sandy was having a hard time managing wall pushups. Sandy can now do 15 perfect, chest to the floor pushups any time she wants to! She has a 170# deadlift and can clean and jerk with pretty nice form. Sandy came to CrossFit already an accomplished long distance runner with several marathons under her belt, but I think she'd tell you, and I'd agree that she is now in the best shape of her life!

Cliff: Cliff came to us about 2 months ago concerned about his health. He told me: "I want to live!"Cliff made some changes to his diet and gets down here pretty consistently to workout 3-4 times a week. His first few workouts made him feel pretty sick! Cliff has lost 19# and more importantly....he was able to keep up with Luanne in a work out this week! Way to go Cliffy!!

Luanne: What can I say? You are absolutely awesome! Luanne started Crossfitting last October and her first workout made her nauseous for the rest of the day. She looked good but she was out of shape. Now, Luanne has pushups that are so beautiful that I almost have to dab a tear from the corner of my eye when I watch them. Her body has been transformed. She is lean and muscular and she looks great! Luanne can do an unassisted pullup, and has excellent technique on all the lifts. She is a pleasure to coach.

The 5 AM class: Cindy, Tom, and Eileen. Love, love, love this class! I actually look forward to getting up at 4 AM to be ready for this class! The first week Tom couldn't complete the warm up. 4 months later he can do 3 unassisted pullups, complete the warm up AND the workout! Cindy and Eileen are amazing. These 2 ladies hit the workouts like nobody's business! They never stop and consistently post some of the best times for every workout. Both of them can do full pushups now, and yesterday did box jumps with confidence!

These are only a few of the many accomplishments in the barn over the last year. I haven't even mentioned all of the work Craig has done to make a very cool training facility for us.

You all keep working while I'm out of town! Craig, John, and I will hit a couple of those vacation workouts at Newcomb Hollow beach in Wellfleet, MA. Hopefully, I will be able to post a couple of pictures....have to use dial up there!