Love Letter - Crossfit ATP

Hello, hello...
Do you ever just feel sometimes that life just couldn't get any better than it already is and it is not for any real particular reason...you just feel good? Welcome to my today. It is another absolutely picture-perfect day here in sunny South Florida. I am so incredibly blessed that I get to call this 'home'. I am happy today. I wanted to tell you that. I wanted to say it out loud.
Life is good.
Sugar Free has actually been pretty easy to navigate through this past month. I am thankful there were no birthdays or holidays to try to throw me off my A-game. I have even stopped drinking diet sodas (couldn't believe that one!) and most things with white flour in them too (along with pretty much anything that 7-11 sells). I am leaner, lighter (13.5 lbs), and stronger. I can move quicker at the gym and have more energy for the whole workout. Today is the last day of my 30-day sugar fast and it just so happens to also be the NOW CANCELED Kings of Leon concert up in West Palm Beach. RANTY INTERJECTION: You canceled the show sighting exhaustion as the reason??? Aren't you guys rock stars? Isn't that what cocaine is for? You can't call in 'sick' to an entire city. C'mon guys...big boy pants now. Put em' on and get back to work already. And the cherry on top of the K.O.L. poop sundae is that the ticket was only $25 on a Groupon deal and you know how I LOVE a bargain! OK, done...

Now let's just talk about THE gym for one minute...the ONE and ONLY gym. And it's not just a regular gym. I don't want to sound fanatical about it, because those kinds of people annoy me; but this Crossfit/kettlebells thing I got going on here is BUTTERS! I have been lifting in the gym since I was 16 (along with team sports from Middle school on up) and I have never had this effective of a workout in such a short amount of time. It schools me EVERY night. I will NEVER say that I have "arrived" when it comes to Crossfit. It continues to humble me every single workout. Complacency is not a word in the Crossfit dictionary, Just when you start to master one skill, a new more challenging one is presented to you. Every workout looks easier on the board than it is to execute in real life.
Next skills to master...the 10-minute squat test and 100 double unders in a row

NOW let's talk about the people in THE gym for a minute...these are ONE and ONLY kind of people. In a word..you are AMAZING. Just a nice group of people to be able to work out with. No judgment, just encouragement. I LOVE YOU!!! I have been fortunate enough to make some really great friends here and I really do feel like we all belong to something bigger than just a gym...it's a frame of mind, or a way of life...no wait;
A movement.
Where else can you play old-school DODGE BALL folks? BEAT THAT! I will warn you though...if Russ is playing, make sure you are on his team otherwise watch out. He has a MEAN curve ball...(love ya Russ!)
When is the last time you played dodge ball or swung from rings, or did a handstand or a cartwheel, or climbed a rope or a wall? Elementary school? Please, please, please check this place out. Or check out a Crossfit near where you live. Even you meat heads out there...you think you are in shape, think again. Andy can run circles around you and he's probably older and definitely stronger than you...and my money is on him every single time. It's the best thing out there...period. And I know a lot about a lot.
Save high school, I am in the best shape of my life (at 34 yrs old) AND (BONUS here!) I'm having the most fun getting into it here. http://www.crossfitatp.com/ If you know me then you know I am overgrown child at heart, so this is the natural progression I should have towards fitness.

In conclusion (it's almost over folks), to anyone I have ever had the PLEASURE of meeting at Crossfit ATP, thanks! It was great meeting you and it's even better knowing you. Thanks for being there, right next to me, sweating it out in unison, to the bumping old school hip hop on Pandora blaring overhead. If you are gone now, I miss you. If you are thinking about coming back but are worried that you have been gone too long, I miss you even more. Come back. If you will be there later today or tomorrow, I will see you then.
Strong is the new skinny.
Crossfit is the new SEXY.
BIG HUGS and EVEN BIGGER KISSES
LaLa (my new name for the board)