Perspective
EMBRACE THEM THIGHS!
“I am a woman. I CrossFit daily. My inner thighs touch. And I love CrossFit because of it.
CrossFit has completely altered my perception of women. It has proven to me that I will never again envy an incredibly frail woman for her lack of figure. It has made me care less about the pant size I wear and more about my 1 rep max snatch. And it has shown me that a woman who CrossFits has a sex appeal matched by no other.
As women, we are often taught to fit into a certain mold. At least I was. I listened to the media, looked at all the magazines and bought into the bullsh*t that told me to look a certain way. I hated myself for having cellulite, for having a big ass, and for having thighs that touched together. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Hating myself because my thighs are close together? Give me an effing break. But that’s what I did. Hated myself. And the more I told myself all these negative things, the more I actually believed I wasn’t worth anything. Stupid, bloody stupid.
But then CrossFit popped into my life. I instantly looked up to women for snatching 95lbs and doing muscle ups so effortlessly. I didn’t care about what they were wearing. I didn’t give a sh*t about the lack of makeup they wore. And I sure as hell didn’t give a f*ck about their inner thighs touching.
These Crossfit women changed my life. Just by working out. If that ain’t f*ckin epic, I don’t know what is.
But seriously, being a woman is pretty cool in itself, but being a strong CrossFit woman is wicked cool. We get to prove to ourselves daily that nothing scares us. We walk into our CrossFit gym with a glowing confidence, all because we know that when we hear “3..2…1…GO” WE are the ones in control of that moment. WE are the only thing standing between us and that barbell. And WE have the capability of changing our own lives, right then and there. And that’s some pretty powerful sh*t.
As women, every workout we do leads us in a better direction. A stronger one. A direction that is filled with empowerment and proof that we can conquer anything. I pick up a barbell trying to PR on my back squat, and my entire day is changed from that single moment. That moment, of feeling the weight on my back, having the confidence to break below parallel, and KNOWING I will succeed. I will be stronger than yesterday. And I will fight what the media and pop culture says is “beautiful”. I will refuse to listen. And I will create my own vision of what sexy is. Because my strength is what will make me feel sexy. And I will be damned before I let anyone tell me that my inner thighs touching is unattractive.
CrossFit changes lives people. It gives us drive, gives us focus, and it gives us a purpose. And as women, we strive for a purpose. We yearn for something greater than what we have, something greater than what we were given. Our workouts give us something to look forward to everyday. They prove to us that we can pretty much grow muscles in our armpits if we put our mind to it. We sweat. We bleed. We cry. We heave. We say “That was the worst wod I’ve ever done” then follow up the next day saying the exact same thing. AND WE KEEP DOING IT. We put ourselves through physical pain, daily, just to figure out what our purpose is. I know what my purpose is….to grow them thighs so I can squat more. Boom.
What’s your purpose?”
-Juli Bauer
STRENGTH: Thruster 3-3-3-3-3
WOD:
5 rounds
10 Deadlifts (185#/155#)
20 Lateral jumps over barbell
2 Wall Climbs
ANNOUNCEMENT: This Tuesday evening at 7pm we will be having a Paleo Diet information session. For all of you who have been interested I highly encourage you to come! This will not count towards your attendance. I hope everyone can make it!
love this post and just thought i’d share with you guys a little but of my own journey with crossfit:
i started out at a mere 90 lbs about 2 years ago loving crossfit for its fast paced and fun environment. i had always been a small girl but also had felt pressured throughout high school and college to maintain that. i would go on and off vegetarian or vegan diets and became one with the elliptical machine. being competitive, it drove me crazy that these habits were keeping me at low weights in crossfit and that i was not one of the strongest, fastest, or best in the class. over time, my priorities shifted. crossfit enabled me to see it as bettering my health, not helping me fit into a certain dress size. i became focused on hitting new PRs, not being able to fit into my skinny jeans. since joining crossfit i have gained about 30 lbs, i look about the same but have gained a lot of strength. i’m still a generally smaller crossfit athletes with ambitions of lifting HUGE weights. i hope this helps girls or guys gain a new perspective on fitness and stereotypes and am always willing to talk about my experiences! SQUAT MORE! 🙂
i’ve been staring at the screen for about 10 mins trying to figure out how i’m stupposed to follow that up! mandy, you are one badass, strong chick and i want your deadlift 🙂
thruster: 95# and i think i had more in me
wod: 8:05 at 115#.
First work out after 2 weeks off.
Thrusters – 105#
WOD: 12:52. I booted half way through.
Booted.
Sexy.
oh – i totally thought that was just a joke and that there was dog-poop behind the dumpster. bummer. good on you for finishing! incase you weren’t badass enough already. 🙂 i’m so glad you’re back! <3
Welcome back, Erin!
I thrusted 85#, and probably could have done more if I could have gotten my head in the right place. I’m not convinced I learned excellent form habits, and once I start questioning “am i really doing this right?”, I might as well be saying “I am destined to drop this.” self-doubt is a biatch.
WOD – 9:49 with only 95#. Thought I was scaling down too much, but I probably scaled down just enough – for how thick I am I feel like I ought to be able to pull more than I can in reality. I can’t wait for the day when I can just deadlift with good form without thinking about all the steps of how to do it.
Had to hold my pants on my ass with both hands during the jumps. At least the wall-climbs were fun….2 is a good number for those.
Thrusters at 125#. Got off balance trying 130# and dropped it.
WOD- 7:00rx. I felt pretty good with this one. The form on my deadlifts started to go in the last round, but I held it together. Wall climbs are fun.