Describe yourself in 200 words.

Robin

Robin & Sarah

Growing up, I was quiet and into books and horses. I was never into team sports and only discovered I was competitive after finding CrossFit around age 30! Now I only work out with others (I’ve never worked out at home alone, even though we have a platform, bumpers, rings and rower in our garage) and love entering in CrossFit competitions. I enjoy being with family or close friends and have a strong faith in God. My favorite part about CrossFit is that it’s something my whole family can do together. From Sarah doing deadhang pull-ups at age 3, to Braxton and I entering in weightlifting competitions together! I enjoy coaching others and rejoicing with them when they get their first Pull-up or a new PR (personal record). Outside of CrossFit, I enjoy playing puzzles and board games with my kids, watching Braxton’s soccer or basketball games, going for walks and going to movies. After 9 years of marriage (on April 27), I still love going on dates with Aaron! We like going out for dessert at Moxie’s and trying really hard not to talk about kids or CrossFit! I love to travel and would like to do more of it some day. I cannot sit still and do nothing. I fold laundry while watching TV and play Sudokus in the tanning bed!

Describe yourself in 1 word.
Loyal

How did you start CrossFit Regina?
We started out as a fitness club in our basement and a twonie jar. It was just me and some mommy friends when Sarah was a baby and Aaron was our coach! Aaron and I drove to Denver, Colorado and got our CrossFit level one training in May 2007 and opened for business in July 2007. We were the first CrossFit Affiliate in Saskatchewan. We grew to 80 members in our basement within 10 months! We moved out of our basement to our first facility which we called “Betty” and was 1200 square feet. In another 10 months, we outgrew that and moved to “Lucy” which is 3000 square feet and our current facility that we have been in for just over 2 years.

How long have you been CrossFitting?
Just over 4 years, started as a new year’s resolution on January 1, 2007. My first workout was the 10 minute mini-Cindy that we have everyone do in their first foundations class!

Favorite WOD?
Grace (anything with Clean & Jerks or Pull-ups)

Least favorite WOD?
Kelly or Karen (anything with Wall Balls)

Quote?

“You’re as strong as any man” – my dad

“My mom can beat up your dad!” – my son

Qualifications

CrossFit Level 1, CrossFit Olympic Weightlifting, CrossFit Barbell, CrossFit Gymnastics, NCCP Technical Level 1 Olympic Weightlifting, Agatsu Kettlebell Level 1, Agatsu Barbell Level 1

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Describe yourself in 200 words.

Aaron

Teaching Foundations

Quiet and introspective. I train for very personal reasons rather than social reasons. I have done some form of physical training or exercise since I was in middle school (I guess about 25 years?) and essentially individual activities rather than team sports. It would feel odd to not do something or have to convince myself to train. I prefer training without music or an audience.

I enjoy reading and being at home. Laughter is as necessary for me as breathing. I’m not overly handy or mechanical but please don’t enroll me on Canada’s Worst Handyman. I try to live each day according to my faith as best I can and hope to leave this world a little better than when I came. I can’t imagine going through life with anyone other than my Robin.

I’ve really said too much already.

Describe yourself in 1 word.
Introvert.

What is CrossFit?
CrossFit is about being functionally useful in the world. It is my attempt to be prepared for the challenges of work in firefighting. It is about being capable in virtually any situation or circumstance. It is therapy, it is self-awareness, it is expression. Moving the body the way it was meant to be moved.

And, being ready for the zombie apocalypse.

How long have you been CrossFitting?
Started dabbling late 2004, first recorded WOD was 5 February 2005.

Favorite WOD?
Anything predominantly Olympic Weightlifting dominant. Otherwise, any WOD that requires both skill, strength and perseverance (Spirit Away comes to mind). But Carry, Run, Press (winter edition) holds a special place in my heart.

Least favorite WOD?
5K run.

Quote?
sic vis pacum para bellum

“I don’t want to live forever, I just want to be healthy when I die.

-Ashleigh Brilliant

Qualifications
CrossFit Level 1, CrossFit Olympic Weightlifting, CrossFit Starting Strength, CrossFit Gymnastics, NCCP Technical Level 1 Olympic Weightlifting, ACE/IAFF Peer Fitness Trainer
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Describe yourself in 200 words:

AngDesj
AngDesj at 2010 Sectionals
I am born from a Boston Marathoner and a World Champion Powerlifter. Thus begins my journey. I have two beautiful daughters, one extremely lucky husband and a melt your heart dog named Stella.
I love to laugh and especially like to make others laugh. I think I am hilarious and often will laugh when I am by myself thinking of funny things. I apparently like to yell alot, but I prefer to call it being motivational. I see things in people that they may not see in themselves and I like to help them discover what they are capable of. That brings me great joy. I am inappropriately awesome to some and misundertood by the rest. I am ironically humble and prefer quiet personal success. I am relatively low maintenance, yet have great hair. I am extremely driven and I blame my parents for that. I say what I mean, mean what I say. I have a twin. I have a brother with red hair. I wish I could sing, and like to listen to country music when I work out. Don’t judge me. I am actually quite shy but overcompensate by being………See next question.

Describe yourself in 1 word.
Ballsy

How long have you been CrossFitting?
Since March 2008

What is CrossFit?
I used to workout by myself alot, primarily lifting heavy weights, but always enjoyed really pushing myself to my limits. CrossFit to me is an activity I found that doesn’t make me feel like a freak anymore because I am now surrounded with other freaks. This makes me freakin happy.

Favorite WOD?
Linda, because it requires bodyweight bench press and that makes me feel special.

Least favorite WOD?
Anything with leg pistols, because when the heck am I ever going to need that skill, seriously, tell me, when.

Qualifications
CrossFit Level 1 Trainer
CrossFit Barbell
CrossFit Gymnastics
Agatsu Barbell Level 1
Annual recertification Glock and shotgun
CPC certified Crisis Negotitator (comes in handy after six weeks of AMRAPS)

Quotes:“Don’t suck”, “Don’t embarrass the family” “Visualize what its like for me when I get all my medals”.-Brian Desjarlais

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Harlan

Harlan - Fight Gone Bad

Describe yourself in 200 words.

Stubborn (I’m German), opinionated, fun, honest, fair, strong, flexible (I keep telling myself that), delicate like a flower, committed, loyal, truthful, smart, spiritual, considerate, talented, hungry, spirited, passionate, and the list goes on and on…

Describe yourself in one word.
Big

How long have you been CrossFitting?
Sept ’07 I think.  CFR member #7

What is CrossFit?
CF is the culmination of awesome things.  It has strength, flexibility, intensity, technique, all of the 10 CF things plus math and…  however you slice it CF is sexy.

Favorite WOD?
“the Bear”, or “Karen”

Least Favorite WOD?
If there was a WOD with long runs, double unders and handstand pushups or muscle ups I would definitely hate it.

Favorite quote?
“Don’t believe the hype, just believe the truth”  Brandon Vera

List your qualifications/certifications.
CF Level 1  (CFLV)
CF Nutrition (Rob Wolfe version)
CF Barbell  (Mark Rippetoe version)
CF Olympic  (Mike Burgener version)

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Lexi Gross

Deadlift

Describe yourself in 200 words.
I am a  French Immersion middle years teacher. Before joining CrossFit in January of 2008, I was involved in several different activities.  As a teenager, I played several organized sports including Waterpolo, Rugby, and Volleyball.  During University, I spent time working out at different gyms, playing on Rec teams and I found that eventually, I was bored of every activity.  With CrossFit, I have never been bored and feel consistently challenged. I love that every workout is a challenge and you get a feeling of accomplishment just by finishing it.

CrossFit has been beneficial to me in many ways and its amazing how a gym can change so many aspects of a person’s life.  At work, my students have benefitted from what I have learned here.  Whenever students tell me what they enjoyed in my class, the answer is that they liked learning how to be fit and get in shape.  Also, CrossFit allows me to add a fitness component to all the sports teams I coach.  In my personal life, I find that I have more energy and confidence. I desire to be active in all facets of life.  I enjoy doing all sorts of things simply because I know I am fit enough to do them.

Describe yourself in 1 word.
Fun.

What is CrossFit?
CrossFit is a way of getting incredibly fit while having copious amounts of fun.

How long have you been CrossFitting?
I have been CrossFitting since January of 2008.

Favorite WOD?
I like heavy and fast workouts like Grace.  I also really like doing chippers, my favourite being 300.

Least favorite WOD?
Run, Carry, Press

Quote?
“Any workout which does not involve a certain minimum of danger or responsibility does not improve the body – it just wears it out.  ~Norman Mailer

“If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else,
it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits.
There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” – Bruce Lee

Qualifications
Certified Level 1 CrossFit Trainer, Level 1 Open Water Canoeing Certified, First Aid and CPR, Degree in French Education, Arts Degree with a Major in French

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Leya Moore

Prairie CrossFit Challenge

Describe yourself in 200 words.
Never much of an athlete growing up, I spent a good chunk of my 20’s and early 30’s sitting on the couch, smoking, drinking beer and eating pizza.  My neurological disorder (something called generalized dystonia) was a handy excuse.  After being diagnosed with nine million different things pretty much all related to spending too much time sitting on the couch, smoking, drinking beer and eating pizza, I took back my health with a barbell and a paleo approach to nutrition.   My personal experience in using lifestyle interventions to improve my own health has led me to my passion of helping others do the same.

I credit Robin and Aaron Maier for helping me not just get healthy but also in becoming an athlete.  I competed individually at Sectionals for the 2009 and 2010 CrossFit Games, and then as part of CrossFit Regina’s Affiliate Team at the 2010 Canadian Regionals and the 2010 CrossFit Games.  It also turns out I may have been the only physically disabled athlete to compete in the 2010 Games on an affiliate team.

Describe yourself in 1 word.
Silly.

What is CrossFit?
CrossFit is the most fun you can possibly have getting sweaty while still wearing clothes.

How long have you been CrossFitting?
I’ve been CrossFitting for almost two and a half years.

Favorite WOD?
A good set of heavy back squats, Cindy, McGee, Helen, Nancy, Lumberjack 20, The Seven and pretty much anything involving sprints, deadlifts, a sandbag or push ups.

Least favorite WOD?
500 thrusters for time, 1-20-1 bellswing ladder

Quote?
The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.

- Douglas Adams

Qualifications
Qualifications:  CrossFit Level 1 Trainer, CrossFit Gymnastics Certified, CrossFit Nutrition Certified (and a B.A. in English, which means any spelling or grammatical errors on the white board should just be considered artistic expression)

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Shae Therrien

"I Heart Snatch"

Describe yourself in 200 words.
I love this life,Always and forever. I love new socks and toothbrushes,lots of cream in my coffee,hittin lots of green lights,LOUD music first thing in the morning and singing in my car like no one can hear me,boxing tough dudes,art-but can’t draw to save my life,fat puppys and laughing till I cry.An aggressive effort I choose….cause no one will do FRAN for me.My favorite colour is sweat YO!

Describe yourself in 1 word.
Passionate.

What is CrossFit?
It is the sport of fitness, paired with an aggressive effort. In short…a recipe for success

How long have you been CrossFitting?
Almost 2 years.Dec of 2009 I think

Favorite WOD?
Any chipper or AMRAP 20,JACK,Isabelle,Fran,Grace,FGB

Least favorite WOD?
I love it all…even ring dips and Wall ball

Quote?
“Be sure of what you hope for and certain of what you do not see”

Qualifications
Crossfit level 1- Aug 2010….And a Masters degree in LIFE,from the SKOO of hard Knocks Yo