AND IN HER OWN WORDS:
For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Carolyn Tucker, aka “Dos” or “Deuce” and I am a regular (at least pretty regular) in the 8:15 a.m. class. I got the nickname “Deuce” because I am the second “Tucker” who works out at Crossfit. Some of you may know the other “Tucker”, my husband Billy.
And it is thanks to Billy that I am a member of Crossfit. Billy joined Crossfit in November of 2009. I remember when he joined that he used to come home from the gym and he couldn’t wait to tell me about his “WOD”. Sometimes he was so excited about how many reps he did, or how heavy a weight he lifted or how fast his time was, that he would call me from the car the minute he walked out of the gym to brag about it. Not only did he go on and on about the days workout but he would actually come into bed at night with the laptop just so he could watch Crossfit videos, so that he could study that days exercise. His passion and excitement about Crossfit was astounding to me. In fact, I used to listen to Billy talk about the WOD or about his accomplishments and I would try and act like I cared but the truth of the matter was, that I really could of cared less. I was just being a nice wife and making believe that I was interested in this cult called Crossfit. I actually thought his behavior was quite obsessive and ridiculous.
But I do have to say he had my curiosity peeked and so when my sons were playing roller hockey at Skate Safe, I would often pop into the gym to see what these “WODS” and Crossfit were all about. Every time I went into the gym, Chris would ask me “when are you going to join CF?” and he would make fun of the gym that I was then going to, telling me that just doing 45 minutes on the elliptical or the arc trainer wasn’t enough.
In January 20010, after my 49th birthday, I decided it was time to take the plunge and check out CF. I took my five personal training classes with Chris and when I finished with them I thought to myself, “how am I ever going to do any of the WODS?” Everything seemed so difficult, not to mention, I couldn’t remember the names of any of the moves he had just taught me. But Chris was amazing and said not to worry about any of that, he just encouraged me to do the best I could do every time I stepped into CF. Almost everything I did was hard for me to do at first, but when I had Chris, Jay or Jen pushing me along and yelling at me with encouragement, I found a way to push myself and complete the workout. They inspire me to give 100% all of the time and fight my way through, even though there are so many times that I want to quit or think that I will never make it.
I am proud to say that I have now done things at CF that I never ever thought I would be able to do. When I first started, I was doing box jumps on the 10″ box…today I completed the WOD jumping on the 20″ box! I have climbed the knotted rope…something I never did even when I was in elementary school. And this summer, Billy and I both ran and completed our first ever 5K race.
So thanks to Crossfit (Chris, Jay, Jen and all of the terrific people who workout there), I have to say I am probably in the best shape I have been in, in a very long time. Now if I could only do better with my eating, my results could be even better.
And so, isn’t it funny how the tables have turned and now I am the one sitting in bed with the laptop watching CF videos or I am the one bragging to Billy and my friends about the WOD that I (at almost age 50) accomplished that day.
