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

Name:  Jason Bentz Age:  42 Occupation:  Engineer doing Finance Stuff When did you first start CrossFit?  March 10th, 2010 Tell us about your sports & fitness background. My sports and fitness background is very limited.  Even though I was a skinny kid growing up, I pretty much had no coordination (and still don’t) when it came to sports.  My favorite thing to do growing up, other than playing Nintendo, was playing soccer with the neighbor kids next door.  I continued to not show interest in sports growing up, so much so, that I became an “Orch-Dork” as my wife Stacy calls it, and started playing violin in middle school.  Once in college, I picked up rock climbing, and actually got decent at it, and even continued doing it after I started working full time.  Work eventually took over, and I didn’t know anyone that I worked with that liked to...Read more

Name: Ken Salazar Age: 57 Occupation: Mgmt. Sales – Kraft Heinz Foods When did you first start CrossFit? Late July 2017 Tell us about your sports & fitness background. High school athlete; soccer, football, rodeo (Bull Riding) until age 21 at the Univ. of TX. A&M. Later years, weekend warrior (Soccer) in my 30s! How did you first get into CrossFit? How did it go? My son Carl started doing CF 3 months after finishing his collegiate football years at TU. I watched him develop in the sport of CrossFit. Carl would always encourage me to give CrossFit a try. One day he strongly suggested for me to try CrossFit at CF Eclipse and told me they had a beginner’s class coming up. It was intimidating at first; however, as relationships at CF Eclipse developed so did my confidence and my drive to improve. What sort of changes have you...Read more

Name: Haley McCord Age: 32 Occupation: HR & Accounting When did you first start CrossFit? 2010   Tell us about your sports & fitness background. I played a variety of sports growing up – basketball, softball, soccer, and more. In high school I focused on soccer. I played on my high school team and competitively.   How did you first get into CrossFit? How did it go? Aaron’s cousin dragged me to Eclipse in the summer of 2010 and I’ve never looked back!  As far as how it went – there was LOTS of scaling!   What sort of changes have you seen in your body, health, and fitness since starting CrossFit? I have developed skills and strength that I didn’t know I was capable of!  If you asked me if I was ever going to be able to do a pull up when I first started, I would have...Read more