Ubomi bokwenyani: Ndingoyena Mncintiswano woMfazi oMncinci weCrossFit

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I-275-pound deadlift, i-48 yokutsalwa, umqolo u-squat kabini ubunzima bakhe. Umbaleki weCrossFit kunye neqela leWOD Gear Team Clothing Co imbaleki uValerie Calhoun waziwa ngokubeka amanani amnandi, kodwa kukho enye evusa eyona nto iphazamisayo: ubudala bakhe. I-Calhoun yaqala i-CrossFit kwi-13 kwaye ngoku i-17 ingowesifazane omncinci ukukhuphisana kwi-Reebok CrossFit Games ye-2012. Ngelixa ubutsha bakhe bunokubothusa abanye, oko akumenzi buhlungu. "Ndingaba mncinci xa kuthelekiswa nabakhuphiswano bam, kodwa ndiyayithanda i-adrenaline rush xa ndikhuphisana.

Ngalo lonke ixesha imbaleki, uCalhoun waqala i-gymnastics yokukhuphisana eneminyaka eyi-4 kodwa kwafuneka ayeke emva kweminyaka esithoba ngenxa yokwenzakala. Ngombulelo, umnini weRocklin CrossFit kunye nomqeqeshi uGary Baron wamfumanisa kwaye wabona amandla alishumi elinambini. Ngo-2011 iqela likaCalhoun lathatha indawo yesithandathu kwimidlalo yeReebok CrossFit kwaye abantu kwihlabathi jikelele baqala ukubona intombazana encinci yaseCalifornia (inobude obuziimitha ezi-5 kuphela!) njengokhuphiswano olunzima.

Njengabadlali abaninzi abancinci, uCalhoun kuye kwafuneka ancame izinto ezithile ngenxa yomdlalo awuthandayo. "Ewe kukho amaxesha apho ndingakwaziyo ukuhlala nabahlobo kuba ndixakeke kakhulu yiCrossFit, kodwa olo lukhetho lwam. Ndifumana ixesha lokulinganisa ixesha lokuzilolonga kunye nexesha lokudlala kuba ndisafuna ukonwabela iminyaka yam yobutsha, " uthi. "Ndiye ndaphoswa umdaniso wesikolo okanye ekugqibeleni kwiMimandla, kodwa yonke into ndivakalelwa kukuba i-CrossFit ihambelana ngokugqibeleleyo ebomini bam."

Phakathi kokuhamba kwe-handstand kunye ne-pistol squats-ezinye zeentshukumo zakhe azithandayo-usebenza ngokuzilungiselela ixesha kunye nokuphakamisa iiOlimpiki ezenza ukhuphiswano lweCrossFit. I-WOD ayithandayo (ukuzilolonga kwemini, umsebenzi weCrossFitter wemihla ngemihla) ngu "Fran," ukuzilolonga okufutshane kodwa okunzima okwenziwe ngemijikelo emithathu ye-21, 15, kunye ne-9 reps ye-thrusters kunye ne-pull-ups. "Ndiyayithanda kuba ndiyenza kakuhle, kwaye ndiyayithiya kuba ithatha into eninzi kum emva kokuba ndiyenze," utshilo uCalhoun malunga nokuzilolonga okukhohlakeleyo, okuthathe indawo enkulu kwelinye lawona maxesha akhe amangalisayo eCrossFit okwangoku.

"[Yayingumsitho wokugqibela] kwiMidlalo ye-Crossfit ka-2011. Yayifuna ukuba onke amalungu amathandathu eqela ukuba enze ukuzilolonga umntu okwexeshana, njengokuhambisa. Umntu wokuqala kufuneka agqibe ngaphambi kokulandelayo aqhubeke njalo phambi kwemizuzu engama-30. Umda wexesha ufikelelwe, utshilo. "Ngelishwa, ilungu lethu lokuqala leqela laxinga kwiidiphu, lamthatha imizuzu engama-25 ukugqiba isabelo sakhe sokuzilolonga. Ngelo xesha amanye amaqela amahlanu ayesele egqibile ngawo omathandathu amacandelo awo. Emva kwemizuzu engama-25, umntu endisebenza naye wagqibezela idiphu yakhe yokugqibela kwaye ndandiza kwenza uFran. Njengoko ndandisenza ukutsala kwam, lonke ibala lemidlalo laqala ukubala abaphengululi bam ngokuvakalayo. Ndimgqibile uFran in under three minutes emva koko saya kwilungu lethu lesithathu. Ngexesha ilungu lethu lesine laligqityiwe, ixesha lalibanjiwe kwaye iijaji zaye zayeka ukuhamba. Nangona ixesha liphelile, amalungu eqela lethu aqhubekile de kwagqitywa onke amalungu amathandathu, amandla esihlwele kunye namanye amaqela asivuyisa. Nangona singakhange sithathe kuqala, ibingamava omlingo kwaye ingumzekelo olungileyo wento yeCrossFit. "

Ngaphandle kwakhe, yintoni injongo yakhe yeMidlalo kulo nyaka? "Ukuze ube ngowona mncinci uphumeleleyo kwimidlalo yeCrossFit" kunjalo!

QAPHELA: Iqela likaCalhoun, iHoney Badgers, yeza nge-16th kwimidlalo yeReebok CrossFit ka-2012. Ke ngelixa intombazana eyaziwa ngokuba yi "wunderkind" ingakhange yenze njengoko ibinethemba lokuba, ukuba mncinci kakhulu kunezibonelelo zayo: Ngokuqinisekileyo uya kubuya kukhuphiswano oluninzi!

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