Name: Brittany Amezcua Age: 23 Occupation: Medical Assistant When did you first start CrossFit? I started CrossFit in 2018. Tell us about your sports & fitness background. I played soccer for 15 years. But was always in the gym since I was 7. How did you first get into CrossFit? How did it go? I was invited by my mom, I wasn’t too sure in the beginning, but afterwards I realized how hard the WODs can be and I love challenges so I continued. Then I got into competitions and fell in love with the sport. What sort of changes have you seen in your body, health, and fitness since starting CrossFit? Since I have started CrossFit 3 years ago, I have noticed I dropped over 10lbs, gained a lot of muscle, and my energy level is back up! What impact has CrossFit had on your life? CrossFit has had...Read more

Name: David Novak  Age: 35  Occupation: I lead the finance and corporate development teams for Childcare Network  When did you first start CrossFit? May 2019  Tell us about your sports & fitness background. Played soccer, basketball, golf, and tennis through high school. I went to a small private school, so it was relatively easy to be on all of the teams… no serious level of skill or commitment required! Started weight training regularly in college and stuck with it over the years, as time and children allowed. Running has also been a regular part of my routine since high school- usually 3 to 5 miles once or twice a week. How did you first get into CrossFit? How did it go? I dropped into a couple gyms in Dallas and had an okay experience (3-5 times total)One gym seemed more focused on the fancy facilities than on coaching and training....Read more

Name: Gary Dehart Age: Turning 60 during the 2021 Open Occuptaion: Account Manager When did you first start CrossFit? About 5 years ago. Tell us about your sports & fitness background.In high school, I played football, wrestled, and played golf. During my college years, I began weight lifting and played rugby at Oklahoma State; also, I discovered road cycling. Since then, I’ve continued to lift and play golf with the occasional hiking or mountaineering adventure.How did you first get into CrossFit? How did it go?I discovered CF surfing the net around 10 years ago. I began going to the main CF page every morning and soaking up all I could – I was amazed. However, I had been training solo for almost 20 years and coming into a gym surrounded with a lot of people was way out of my comfort zone. I finally decided to make some changes in...Read more

Name: Amy RiffAge: 39Occupation: EducatorWhen did you first start CrossFit? I started many years ago, but joined Eclipse in September of 2020. Tell us about your sports & fitness background. In high school, I danced about 3-4 days a week. I never really needed to do more than that. In college I went to the gym, but mostly did cardio. After college, much of the same until I started CrossFit. How did you first get into CrossFit? How did it go? I started CrossFit because my husband started going. Crossfit was all he talked about: the WOD, his time on the WOD, how much he lifted or didn’t lift, etc. I had never really tried anything like that, but I was curious. So, I went. I stuck with it for several years and then I took about a 3year hiatus and did some other things. Then in September, I was...Read more

Name: Michelle Strate Age: 39 Occupation: RN at Oklahoma Surgical Hospital When did you first start CrossFit? August 2019 Tell us about your sports & fitness background. —played volleyball and was on the swim team in High school —started running and doing 5K mud runs years ago —power lifting with mixture of different workouts How did you first get into CrossFit? How did it go? I kinda just wanted to try it one day, husband reached out to the coach at CrossFit Lamar where we used to live, she gave us the opportunity to try it out free for a week and really enjoyed the atmosphere, the friendliness, very welcoming, different workouts, the encouragement and just fell in love with it. My husband and I decided to move to Oklahoma for new beginnings, husband has family here and visited in Nov 2019. While we were here we tried out different...Read more