MACK AVE X-FITTERS

A few months back a friend of mine came to me and asked if she could come train with me instead of going to her gym for workouts.  She knew from talking with me that I was doing Crossfit workouts and had decided that she really wanted to try it out.  Something really clicked with us and we started training everyday.  Soon after she started coming, I convinced my favorite walking buddy to come try a workout with me.  I had been working her up to a Crossfit WOD for months, but she didn't know and I made her think that it was all her idea.  We slowly started training together and people took notice of our posts on facebook.  Soon, people started noticing the changes in our bodies and the questions really started coming in about what we were doing and when people started seeing the, "strange," group of people carrying balls over their heads around the block and running with weights...  I was getting messages and all kinds of requests to please let me join your workout group.  I never expected this type of response and since I don't see what other people do, but I was totally flattered and didn't know what to say.

Today, we have an amazing group of strong, confident women who are kicking tail and rocking CROSSFIT workouts every single day.  Healthy meals and healthy minds are a top priority for everyone.  We support each other through every single day.  We talk life and love and kids and marriage and school and cars and shopping and vacation and weather.  We have puked in front of each other and cried in front of each other and laid on the ground in front of each other in a heap of sore messed up puddle of sore muscle mess.  And we are all stronger as women for it.  I am so thankful for each and every single one of these women in my life. We have actually become stronger and grown leaps and bounds in an incredibly short amount of time.  Girls that could barely do crunches are doing hundreds of sit ups with weighted balls now..... and these same girls who couldn't even walk around my block without getting winded, and I mean seriously winded, are running around my block, carrying  wallballs over their heads.  It is simply amazing to watch the progress every single one of these amazing women has made.  Even more so...  how much progress....

We are all very incredibly individually different with different backgrounds and upbringings.  Some are stay at home moms, some have full time jobs and some have part time jobs.  Some are Catholic, some Mormon, some cuss like sailors or truckers.  Some are sweet as pies and sweet tarts.  Some have very physical backgrounds with degrees in training and some have absolutely no physical fitness backgrounds at all.   Every single one of us has the same goals in mind.  Work hard to attain our fitness goals.  It does not matter if it is to lose weight, gain muscle, get ripped, maintain our level of fitness we are at or continue on to a new level of fitness....  we are here to push each other...  support each other...  kick each others' butts when we can't do it alone and hold each other accountable....

The best part is...  we are here for each other when our families are not.  A few of us have families that are not 100% supportive of Crossfit.  Or were not 100% supportive when we they began Crossfitting.  I don't know if it was their fear of the unknown, their fear of their spouse becoming fitter than themselves or what..  but each of the ladies in my group that struggled with that non-supportive spouse or family member always knew they had each of us here.  We created a group on facebook just for them and it seemed to work.  After about one month, it seemed that every single one of my favorite ladies families' were 110% on board.  They soon realized that these ladies were not quitting, I wasn't about to let that happen, and these families had better get to backing the bad ass women...  because they were just getting stronger and stronger!!!!  (And I couldn't be prouder!)

Before I knew it, our group had grown...  we are growing and growing.  We have all set some amazing goals that we will be reaching by summers end.  For me...  I will be turning 40 in July.  That milestone will come with some photos. That is why my workouts are getting harder and my diet is really in check these days.  40 is going to look fab on me.... and I am going to be stronger than ever.

As far as my favorite ladies.......  I love them all more than they could ever know.  They have created a saving grace in my life that they don't even know exists.  It is for selfish reasons that I created this group.  To have adult interaction in my life with women that I trusted and had the same interests as me. It is because I absolutely love and adore you guys that I do it every single day... two times a day three days a week, now.... and because you are more than my workout partners....  you are truly my friends!!!!! I don't allow many people into my life or my family's life.... so you must know how much I love you ladies!!!!

(Pam...all your photos are blurry...... but I will search for more.... trust me..... I have hundreds and I want to show your progress!!!)