Crossfit Has Warped Me
….and I’m ok with that!
As summer approaches, I scan the magazines in the checkout line, all of them promising flat abs by doing these 5 “amazing and effective” ab exercises, promising the body of your dreams and the Summer of your Life.
Sigh.
If only it was that easy. I remember being in 8th grade and my best friend, Wendy, and I would come home from school and put on her Abs of Steel VHS tape. We ate whatever we wanted, but for some reason still couldn’t get killer abs! We were always looking for that quick fix.
Magazines, movies, and the Media in general have us all fooled- no- convinced that we need to look like this:

And you know what? I’m over that.
My perception of Beauty has changed significantly in the past 3 years I’ve been involved with Crossfit. I look at the Female form in a whole new way and my appreciation for the Female body and what it’s capable of FAR outweighs the desire to look skinny.
I think big muscular legs are sexy. I look at defined arms, traps, and shoulders and can appreciate the amount of work, sweat, and effort it took to get there.
Most of all, I am proud of the way I look. I’m not saying I’m perfect or that I don’t have work to do. I am definitely a work in progress. BUT after years and years of fad diets, hours on the elliptical, and generally hating my body, I have finally made peace with my big butt and small boobs.
I can lift more weight than I ever thought possible. I can do pullups. I can push myself mentally through brutal workouts. I’ve also carried and birthed 2 children and attended over 20 births as a Doula.
I don’t fear getting older. I turn 37 in a month. I’m in the Prime of my life. And every single day I have more and more appreciation and awe at what our bodies are capable of.

This is a pic I found of a Crossfitter with the caption saying “37 is the new 27” BOOM!




