December Athlete of The Month

When Tom first notified me that I was chosen as the athlete of the month I was super surprised since I’ve never really considered myself much of an “athlete”.  I grew up in Monterrey, Mexico and never really had the opportunity to be involved in organized sports.  I moved to Texas at an early age, but again, other than the High School Drill team, I was never big into athletics or working out.  My fitness background has always been limited to dancing, which I love to do, along with the occasional Globo gym Yoga or aerobics class.

I was introduced to crossfit over two years ago by my husband Ricardo, who has always been involved in sports and wanted to try something new.  He showed me a website about crossfit and I said to him “wow, this look crazy hard but fun… I’ll give it a try.”  I felt vey intimidated the first time I walked into a crossfit box as I had no idea what I was doing.  To give you some perspective, I had never lifted a barbell in my life and had no clue as to how to do many of the movements.  The first day, I was dragging tires, pushing a truck down the parking lot and carrying sand bags over my back.  At some point, I remember thinking to myself, “what in the world am I doing here”.  It was a tough workout, but at the end of the day I felt great about what I had accomplished and couldn’t wait for more. (more…)

Athlete Of The Month

When Nathan came in for the first time I could tell he was really nervous and uncomfortable.  He made me nervous just talking to him.  We had a short conversation about his goals and what he wanted to get out of Core.  I remember him speaking really poorly of himself and lacking self confidence.  I knew if  he signed up he would find everything he needed from everyone here at Core. (more…)

2011 August Athlete of The Month

It’s been a little while since we had an Athlete of The Month.  We’re going to start doing it again each month, this month we picked Emily Stuart.   Emily has made huge gains since she first started.  She’s gotten a lot stronger, and she’s leaned out.  She’s able to knock out double unders, rope climbs, and pull ups. (more…)

October Athletes of the Month

Congratulations to our October Athletes of the Month – Stephanie Goduti and Pete Deeley. Checkout their videos to hear first hand from them how they have developed into the outstanding athletes they are today. Congratulations Stephanie and Pete! (more…)

September Athletes of the Month

Back in May Kim approached me about a mentorship program at Core that hadn’t yet gotten off the ground. She wanted me to be the “test mentor” and said she had a student in mind for me. That’s when I met Alex. Alex had an idea about Crossfit from the weightlifting program that Mario put together for Metro Tech HS and from coming in for the free Saturday WODs, but there was a lot of work to be done. Since that first workout together back in May, he has achieved milestone after milestone and constantly sets new and improved PRs. (more…)