WOD:

4 Rounds for time

50m Overhead Lunges (45#/25#)
25 Bumper Plate Push-ups

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Kitsap CrossFit Athlete Spotlight – Angela

As I’m sure you all know my name is Angela Christine Engle. I was born on July 28, 1986, that makes me a whopping 23 years of age. I’m not working as of now but I will keep you all posted on what I end up doing. My first experience with Crossfit was November 9, 2009 at 7:00pm. Alan my husband started working out at Kitsap Crossfit a few weeks before I finally caved, and got the mental strength to get my butt going. I had always been really intimidated with crossfit, I didn’t think I had what it took. My first WOD was in my fundamentals class. To be honest the only thing that I can remember was that there was ALOT of squats, Oh and I could barely move let alone walk after it. Dan told me to come back no matter how sore I was because I would feel better after working out. He was right!

Before crossfit I wasn’t what you would call a super active person. I ran here and there and dabbled in a little olympic lifting but nothing to write home about. My favorite crossfit exercise would have to be the Deadlift and close behind that would be the Jump Rope. My Least favorite would be the Snatch and close behind that would be push-ups, burpees and pull-ups. I wouldn’t say that I don’t like these, but they are the most challenging for me.

I love Kitsap Crossfit for many reason but I think the biggest one is the people and the coaches. This might be the most supportive encouraging and motivated group of people that i have ever come across. The community is amazing! If I’m having a rough day I go to crossfit no matter what because i know when i leave I will feel a hundred times better then I did when I walked in. I think I will always have a big place in my heart for Kitsap Crossfit because it is and will always be my first box. Dan and Amy’s programing and coaching style is the BEST. I have seen huge results in my strength, body comp and so much more!

I feel I have come a long way since my first WOD there is so much that I feel I have improved on, Its hard to pin point one thing. One goal that I just got was my first Kipping pull-up. That was a huge thing for me because I have always had a mind set that I would never be able to do a Kipping Pull-up, well I did and it felt amazing. It didn’t just come though I worked on it and worked on it until it just happened one day before we started the WOD. Don’t get me wrong there are those days where you feel like you are just sucking it up and you just want to cry but the thing is you just have to keep on going and push through it and you WILL see results.

My short term goal would be doing 10 strict push-ups in a row. Long term goal, mmmm that’s a hard one for me because there is so much i want to improve on. I would say, I want to become an all around great crossfitter and make sure that I keep my short term goals tough so i can keep improving in all the crossfit principals.

I enjoy reading romance books in all that free time I have haha. When I do have a free moment and the weather permits I love being outside as much as i can be, camping hiking running.

My favorite type of food would be Thai, Italian and then Mexican. Junk food would definitely have to be chocolate peanut butter ice cream! (I know its not Paleo at all) I also like vanilla with HOT fudge..

Something none of you know about me is that I went to State three years in a row for singing. I placed 2nd in mezzo soprano soloist and 1st place with the octet that I sang with in high school. I don’t sing too much anymore but I need to get back into it sometime. I love to sing and love to perform.. My mom said its a shame that you don’t use the gifts you were given. I tell her that I’m just trying a different road. The active road! Crossfit!

(**Coaches Note: Before Angela started at KCF, her husband, Alan said that she was very intimidated by CrossFit. I was a little concerned about this, but from her first night at Fundamentals I knew there weren’t going to be any problems with Angela. She came in that night and put everything she had into that first WOD. Angela is all about intensity and pours her heart and soul into the WODs and she has reaped huge benefits because of it. She is the true embodiment of a hardass CrossFitter. We are honored to have had a part in her development as an athlete and we are very sad that she will be leaving us very soon. The only consolation is that she is Poulsbo born and bred and we know that we’ll be seeing her again in the future. Angela, thank you for joining our community, you have made huge contributions to our clan and you will be missed.)