Alison Pierce
I remember priding myself on a better-than-average familiarity with the weight room before starting CrossFit. I considered myself in
perfectly acceptable shape. After years of dabbling in field hockey, rowing, running, and weight-lifting, I settled into a 9-to-5 and dutifully went to the gym 3-4 times a week for long bouts of cardio and alternate body-part training sessions. It wasn’t long before I began to chafe on both fronts.
At the urging of my husband I attended a free class at Potomac CrossFit in October 2008. I got my butt kicked, and was hooked right then and there. Two years later, my fitness capacity has drastically improved. I feel compelled to enable it in others, and nothing is more satisfying than seeing new folks come in, work hard, and get rewarded with strength and stamina that seemed wholly unattainable before.
