Name: Ross McLaughlin Age: 39 Occupation: Finance & Corporate Development at QuikTrip When did you first start CrossFit? July 15, 2018 (I know this thanks to daily use of the SugarWOD app) Tell us about your sports & fitness background. When I was younger, I always played sports for fun. However, as far as fitness goes I didn’t really get serious about that until college. I had tried tried lifting weights in high school but didn’t know enough to make any progress. In college I tried again but this time I read everything I could about training, nutrition and recovery. I figured what worked for me; how my body responded to different training schemes, how to eat, and learned to prioritize sleep. And through this, put on about 90 lbs. (I’d like to think all muscle, but let’s at least agree it was mostly muscle). When I started working, it...Read more

Name: Ashlyn McBride Age: 22 Occupation: Medical Claims Processor at Benveo When did you first start CrossFit?: August of 2016 Tell us about your sports & fitness background          I have always been a competitor…basketball and softball were my main sports growing up and I later on went to play college basketball for two years in Kansas. After my 3rd knee surgery I decided to hang it up. I was always fond of the weight room when we would have to lift during basketball and still having that competitive drive, I decided to join crossfit so I can compete every single day! How did you first get into CrossFit? How did it go?          I wanted to beat someone every day no matter what it was…so I googled crossfit boxes in my college town and stumbled on the cheapest one lol. My very first...Read more

Name: Mark Middleton Age: 46 Occupation: Regional Sales Manager When did you first start CrossFit? June 4th, 2018 Tell us about your sports & fitness background. I played baseball and basketball in high school. I have always been athletic and really enjoy competition. I never really lifted weights, at least not correctly… being from a small town we didn’t have a “gym” to go to. How did you first get into CrossFit? I have a few friends that go to CFE (Ryan & Ashley Lewis and Christi Wyatt) that kept telling me I should try it, that they thought I would love it. So, I signed up for the June “Beginners Class”. How did it go? They were right, I loved it! My only regret is that I didn’t listen to them two years earlier… What sort of changes have you seen in your body, health, and fitness since starting...Read more

Name: Chris Duck Age: 29 Occupation: Brand Rep at Abercrombie & Fitch When did you start CrossFit: September 2016 Tell us about your sports and fitness background: Throughout my childhood and teenage year I was always that guy that was never good at sports, nor cared about them. In elementary school I never could climb that damn rope in P.E., and I was not involved with school sports like my fellow classmates in junior high and high school. The biggest “sports” accomplishments I’ve achieved came while in college. During those years I received my Second Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do [2012] and my Naui Scuba Diving Certification [2013]. Regarding fitness, I was beyond subpar. I was that typical person who would join a gym like LA Fitness, go for an hour, update my social media status that I was there and look on with disgust and jealousy at...Read more

Name: Tasha McKinzie   Age: 31   Occupation: Business Security Consultant at Cox Business   When did you first start CrossFit? Fall 2012   Tell us about your sports & fitness background. I started cheer when I was in 6th grade, and continued school and competitive cheer throughout high school. During competitive cheer I found a love for tumbling, which lead to me doing power tumbling through junior high and high school. Before I started CrossFit I used to run a lot, which is funny now because I HATE running.   How did you first get into Crossfit? How did it go?  One of my coworkers had just started and I heard him talking about how much he and his wife loved it. I brought it up to a handful of my friends and we all decided to start together. I found a box that was close to where I...Read more