Hakikanin Rayuwa: Ni ce Ƙaramar Mata CrossFit Competitor

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Kashe-kashe 275-fam, 48-ja-ja, baya tana tsugunnawa sau biyu. Mai fafutukar CrossFit da WOD Gear Team Clothing Co. 'yar wasa Valerie Calhoun sanannu ne don sanya wasu kyawawan lambobi masu ban sha'awa, amma akwai wanda ke haifar da raɗaɗi: shekarunta. Calhoun ya fara CrossFit a 13 kuma yanzu a 17 ita ce ƙaramar mace don yin gasa a cikin 2012 Reebok CrossFit Games. Duk da ƙuruciyar ta na iya mamakin wasu, amma ba ta girgiza ta ba. "Zan iya zama matashi idan aka kwatanta da masu fafatawa na, amma ina son saurin adrenaline lokacin da nake fafatawa. Crossfit yana fitar da mafi kyau a cikina kuma ya sa na ba da kashi 110."

Koyaushe dan wasa ne, Calhoun ya fara wasan motsa jiki na gasa yana da shekaru 4 amma dole ne ya daina bayan shekaru tara saboda rauni. Alhamdu lillahi, mai Rocklin CrossFit kuma mai horarwa Gary Baron ya gano ta kuma ya ga yuwuwar yarinyar da ta riga ta yi. Ta hanyar 2011 ƙungiyar Calhoun ta ɗauki matsayi na shida a cikin wasannin Reebok CrossFit kuma mutane a duk duniya sun fara ganin ƙaramar yarinyar California (tsayin ta 5-ƙafa kawai!) A matsayin babban gasa.

Kamar yawancin matasa 'yan wasa, Calhoun dole ne ta yi wasu sadaukarwa don wasan da take so. "Tabbas akwai lokutan da ba zan iya zama tare da abokai ba saboda na shagaltu da CrossFit, amma wannan shine zaɓi na. "tana cewa. "Na rasa rawar rawa a makaranta ko ma na ƙarshe don Yankuna, amma gaba ɗaya ina jin cewa CrossFit ya dace daidai a rayuwata."

Tsakanin tafiye-tafiyen hannu da squats na bindiga-wasu daga cikin abubuwan da ta fi so - tana aiki akan wasannin motsa jiki na lokaci da wasannin Olympics waɗanda ke haɗa gasar CrossFit. WOD da ta fi so (wasan motsa jiki na rana, aikin yau da kullun na CrossFitter) shine "Fran," ɗan gajeren amma babban motsa jiki wanda ya ƙunshi zagaye uku na 21, 15, da 9 reps na thrusters da jan-up. "Ina son shi saboda na yi shi da kyau, kuma na ƙi shi saboda yana ɗaukar ni sosai bayan yin shi," in ji Calhoun game da mummunan aikin motsa jiki, wanda ya dauki matakin tsakiya a cikin ɗayan mafi kyawun lokacin CrossFit.

"[Ya kasance] taron ƙarshe a Wasannin Crossfit na 2011. Yana buƙatar duk membobin ƙungiyar shida su yi aikin motsa jiki na ɗan lokaci, kamar relay. Dole ne mutum na farko ya kammala kafin na gaba ya ci gaba da haka kafin mintuna 30. Ta ce, "Abin takaici, memba na ƙungiyarmu ta farko ya makale a kan tsinken zobe, yana ɗaukar ta mintuna 25 don kammala ɓangaren aikin ta. Zuwa lokacin sauran kungiyoyi biyar sun kusa gamawa da dukkan sassansu shida. Bayan mintuna 25, abokin aikina ya kammala tsinken zobensa na ƙarshe kuma ina kan yin Fran. Yayin da nake yin tsalle -tsalle, filin wasan gaba daya ya fara kirga wakili na da karfi. Na kammala Fran cikin ƙasa da mintuna uku sannan muka tafi memba na uku. Lokacin da memba namu na hudu ya ƙare, lokaci ya ƙare kuma alkalai suka tsaya suka tafi. Kodayake lokaci ya ƙare, membobin ƙungiyarmu sun ci gaba har sai an kammala dukkan membobi shida, tare da ƙarfin taron jama'a da sauran ƙungiyoyin suna taya mu murna. Kodayake ba mu fara ɗauka da farko ba, ƙwarewar sihiri ce kuma kyakkyawan misali ne na abin da CrossFit ke nufi. ”

Da wannan a bayanta, mene ne burinta a gasar bana? "Don zama ƙaramin nasara na wasannin CrossFit har abada" ba shakka!

LABARI: Ƙungiyar Calhoun, Badgers na Honey, sun zo a cikin 16th a 2012 Reebok CrossFit Games. Don haka yayin da yarinyar da aka fi sani da "wanderkind" ba ta yi yadda ta yi fata ba, kasancewarta ƙarama yana da fa'ida: Tabbas za ta dawo don ƙarin gasa da yawa!

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