Success Story – Eric Ison

Eric Ison Ruination CrossFit’s 2015 Male CrossFitter of the Year   I was a pretty normal kid growing up in rural Kansas, playing sports and being probably an overactive boy. During college, my athletic endeavours were limited to some intramural sports. After college I was pretty much desk-bound as I worked at furthering my career. Prior to CrossFit, I had run several half marathons and one full marathon. I...

Success Story – Didi Kovacs

  Didi Kovacs   I started CrossFit in June of 2014. I have always been that girl trying to lose those last 10lbs and participated in long distance running, gym workouts and hot yoga… But I felt that if I had a bad week and didn’t attend, who would know if I didn’t go? I knew something was missing to keep me motivated, maybe accountability, maybe the lack of...

Success Story – Ken Granger

Ken Granger What month/year did you first start CrossFit?  I started CrossFitting in early 2009. Why did you start CrossFit?  I was going to a “globo-gym” 4+ days a week consistently for several years. I felt like I was in reasonably good shape, but in reality I had plateaued and was basically just going through the motions at the gym. I almost never did any “cardio” and I slowly...

Success Story – Chris Reza

Chris Reza Junior year of high school, 2011, I had spent my summer days working at Dairy Queen. It was my second job as a teenager. The pay was great for my age, even better, the free food. I spent many lunch breaks occupying the store’s food trays full of french fries, onion rings, blizzards (blended ice cream), shakes, burgers, and anything consumable basically! It was a disaster, to...

Success Story – Alina Weinreis

Alina Weinreis  Prior to CrossFit, I did interval type workouts at 24-Hour Fitness, incorporating lots of repetitions of several different types of combined movements. I would also use the stairclimber, elliptical machines, and bike for cardio, 30-45 minutes. I also tried Turbo Jam, P90X, and Insanity DVD programs. Those didn’t last long before I was bored again. I heard about CrossFit one day when I was working out at...

Success Story – Mitchell Yaffee

  Mitchell Yaffee  Mitchell Yaffee competed in his first CrossFit event at 14 years old as a coincidental participant. Mitchell was expecting to watch his brother Taylor and mentor Josh Aycock compete in the CrossFit South County’s September 2010 “Fight Gone Bad” when there was a need for one more competitor to have an even number of athletes. In round three with seconds counting down on the box jump...

Success Stories – Glen & Supna

CrossFit & Marriage by Supna Alis We have been married for over 13 years. We are holistic doctors and run a wellness center. We lead a healthy lifestyle. We eat organic, real food. We exercise. We are positive thinkers. We have been blessed to help others do the same. This is what we have in common. Other than that, we are very different people. One of the main differences...