Gary Ehrlich

- 10/17/2009

Y’know, I believe October is my one year anniversary with Crossfit and this is way overdue.

I was sitting in one of Tony’s Taekwondo classes watching my son and seeing other people coming in and out sweaty, out of breath, but doing something about getting in shape. I had been thinking about looking into the CrossFit classes since they had put a sign up in the room and had even mentioned it to my wife and sure enough, that day Tony comes up to me and asks me to come try it. So I do.

Saturday comes, I come in, hear about the classes from Chris, do Donkey Kong, and thought a train ran over me. It took me an hour AFTER I got home to recuperate. My wife commented that I didn’t look too good. However (and luckily), my competitive nature took over and I wasn’t going to let one day beat me, so I came in for Elements and started. I couldn’t do a pull up on my own, couldn’t run for crap, no dips and absolutely no stamina. I started coming in hardcore in January for the workouts and stuck to the diet.

I am so glad I did and have Chris, Tony and Lish to thank for it. They helped me in every way possible, from the diet, to the workouts, to the motivation. I don’t think I could have gotten over the hump without them. I’m 51 and feel like I’m in better shape now than when I wrestled in high school. I definitely feel like I’ve gotten back at least 10 years of my life. I’ve been on Lipitor since I was 40 and, as of September, per doctor’s orders, I’m off of it. Unbelievable!

I look forward to coming in as much as I can to the classes. There’s just nothing like the feeling afterwards, accomplishing something every time that a year ago I would have watched and gone “You’ve GOT to be kidding!” Even when I travel I either make up my own WOD, do a gymless or hopefully can do the Threshold WOD. I can’t say enough about the whole Crossfit family. Everybody WANTS to be there and is so supportive of each other. Aside from my family (who puts up with my “eating habits” and my wife who does all the cooking and makes bland taste good) I’ve never been associated with a group like this. Thank you all!

Gary Ehrlich