Like mother, like daughter

Nice shoulder position!

Recently my kids and I were down in Pioneertown, near Yucca Valley for the Cracker/Camper Van Beethoven camp out. It wasn't until the third day that I finally got a chance to get some kind of a workout in. It was a hot, late afternoon and I could either reach for a cold beer or workout.  I choose the workout, looked around and sized up my gym: run, box jump on two railroad ties, burpees on an abandoned tennis court, pull-ups on a swing set and heat, lots and lots of heat. By the time I finally started my workout, my daughter had already completed two workouts on her own volition (#1 run around the tennis court 10 times and 10 push-ups and #2 pull-ups and box jumps). By the time I started my third round, my son had figured out how to do GHD sit-ups on the monkey bars.  My workout was full of starts and stops ("watch me, Mom" "I need water"), lousy and no where near as good as when I'm with you guys at the gym but I looked around and saw my kids running, jumping, being active for the joy of it and all of a sudden the quality of my workout didn't matter anymore. It occurred to me that what was really important was that I was being a role model for them, letting them know that taking care of themselves physically was important and something to be valued in life. It occurred to me that this was just one more benefit of CrossFit and that probably each one of us has inspired people close to us to get up and get moving, even if it's in their own way. There in the heat, hearing Cracker's warmup set drift across the desert, I realized that sometimes workouts aren't about best times and heaviest weights or even about us at all but about regularity, routine and our roles in the world.

-Courtnay

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Workout:

Back Squat

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Comments

[carole]

great story Courtney..we miss you..and yeah CF it's a family thing

[Diana]

You said it Courtney! My son recently started to do squats in the shower and has his own tennis ball to roll on when we stretch at night :) I realized too that Crossfit isn't just about doing something great for myself.

[Amelia]

Courtney that was beautiful!! I have almost convinced my parents to eat paleo! And soon I'm hoping to convince my dad to start doing air squats.

[olivia]

Thanks for the great post, Courtney!

[Heather Mac]

Yay Cortnay! I love that post.

[Kristy A.]

What a great post! I love that your children and Diana's son are following in their parent's footsteps! CrossFit is fun for ALL ages!

That is why we started the CrossFit Kids program--we want to get families involved and start our kids young on the path of health and fitness. Teaching them functional movements will help them avoid injury and excel at physical tasks set before them. But more than that, CrossFit will show them that health and fitness are paramount in their lives and yours. Together, you can share the fun of CrossFit.

Come try us out! Bring your kids to our CrossFit Kids classes to join in on the fun and share CrossFit as a family!

[Mary H.]

Courtney, great post, great pics! At four months into this thing, I can honestly say that getting up and getting moving with CrossFit was the best decision I've made all year - for myself and my kids - exactly for the reasons you so eloquently point out.

[Cara]

well said, courtnay! GHD-monkey-bar-situps?! sounds like we've got some young crossfitters joining soon

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I love this story! Sit back and watch kids on a playground and you start to realize - that is what we do! keep playin'!!!