I want to say thank you so much to Bill and Jennie for motivating and introducing me to CrossFit! As you both know, I basically never worked out in my life. I was never motivated enough to do it and I didn't like it. Now, I LOVE it, thanks to you two. I can't wait to be fit! I truly appreciate the opportunity you have given me to be a part of the Fort.
Barbie
Bill- my back has held up, except for those days that I was traveling with the backpack for extended periods of time, on those days, I had some pretty bad episodes. I'm so happy I joined CrossFit before I left, I needed the strength, endurance, and agility To get me through. My other two girlfriends couldn't keep up at times and they both workout regularly.
Michelle
I just want to thank the both of you for providing Crossfit as a tool. I've been seeing results but not to the magnitude as I did yesterday. For the last 3 years I've ran the Shamrock Shuffle 8k race in Chicago.
Last year and the year before I didn't prepare for it very much and my heart rate was nuts and my breathing was all out of whack. I finished the race non-stop both times but it sucked.
With the last two years in mind, I decided yesterday that I would start running to get ready for it early. Figuring that if I started now I could be in form like I was the first year. There is a 0.3 mile stretch of road to get from my townhouse to the neighborhood; and then if you run around the neighborhood I thought it was 1 mile. In September I could only make it half way around the neighborhood before my heart rate went through the roof and I sucked air.
Well beginning the run I wasn't real loose so I already thought "ok if you can make it one lap you beat what you did in September"....
I made the one lap and my heart rate didn't seem to increase and my breathing was normal. So I thought "Two laps and I should be suckin air ready to go home".
Second lap was the same as the first. So I thought for sure the 3rd lap would kill me. Nope I was fine.
By that point I was over half the distance of what the Shamrock Shuffle was so I decided two more laps would kill me but no worse than anything at Crossfit. So I did the last two laps and my breathing was completely fine, and my heart rate was completely fine, but my legs and feet were killing me. So I headed home.
I got home and if my legs weren't going to give out I would've done squats also because my heart rate was fine. Later on that evening I decided to recalculate the distance because it seemed longer for some reason. Driving the route I thought at most I ran 5.3 miles. It turned out to actually to be 6.9 miles. I couldn't believe it!!!! The year 2000 was the last time I ran that distance!
To think that before I started Crossfit I had problems breathing during any type of strenuous activity (Sometimes even walking up stairs) and now I am as far as I have gotten is mind boggling to me! This has made me more motivated to keep improving myself than ever before!
Thank you both so much for helping people learn how to improve themselves and providing an environment that allows for it to happen! Yesterday was a huge turning point for me and it wouldn't have happened without your help!
Nathan
I just love how you guys encourage and motivate me and everyone.......I told Bill that y'all inspire the uninspired.... I have made Crossfit Fire one of my top priorities. Thank you for everything and especially believing in me......believing in all of us!!!!!!
Kelli
It has been a pleasure getting to know you and Jennifer. I am a life long CrossFit addict now, and you and Jen are the reasons for that!! You guys have been absolutely wonderful and inspiring!!
Mariah
I think the pictures speak for themselves, and I cannot believe the progress in only three months (and only one hour a day, 5 days a week). My colleagues at work actually commented that my pictures looked like an ad from a magazine or infomercial. I couldn’t have done it without Bill, Jennie, and Zach!!! I would also like to thank all the CrossForters who constantly push and cheer me on each and every day! You won’t ever see this kind of support at a Globo Gym!
To conclude, let me go on the record as saying that CrossFit is the future of working out and becoming fit in America and around the world! People just don’t know it yet or have the courage to try it! My brother, a former college athlete (and I love him to death), has yet to even set foot in CFF because I know he is afraid of the metabolic conditioning. Some day, I hope he can experience the excitement, competition, and camaraderie that goes on at the Fort each day, because it is something that has really changed my life for the better!
I consider CrossFit a sport, but the unique thing is; it has not become commercialized. There are no fancy marketing schemes, just results.
And these results are what will keep me coming back forever!
Matt Lohmann
Matt Lohmann's transformation
