Impilo Yangempela: NginguMqhudelana Omncane Kunabo Bonke Owesifazane We-CrossFit

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Ukudonswa ngamandla okungamakhilogremu angama-275, ukudonsa, ama-48, ukubuyisa emuva ukusinda kabili isisindo sakhe. Isiqhudelana se-CrossFit kanye nomsubathi we-WOD Gear Team Clothing Co. u-Valerie Calhoun waziwa ngokubeka izinombolo ezihlaba umxhwele, kodwa kuneyodwa ehefuzela kakhulu: iminyaka yakhe. UCalhoun waqala i-CrossFit eneminyaka engu-13 futhi manje eneminyaka engu-17 ungowesifazane omncane kunabo bonke ukuncintisana ku-Reebok CrossFit Games ka-2012. Nakuba ubusha bakhe bungase bumangaze abanye, abumkhathazi. "Ngingaba mncane uma ngiqhathaniswa nalabo engincintisana nabo, kodwa ngiyayithanda i-adrenaline rush lapho ngincintisana. ICrossfit iveza okuhle kimi futhi ingenza nginikeze amaphesenti ayi-110."

Njalo umgijimi, uCalhoun waqala ukuzivocavoca ngokuncintisana eneminyaka engu-4 kodwa kwadingeka ayeke ngemuva kweminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye ngenxa yokulimala. Ngokujabulisayo, umnikazi nomqeqeshi we-Rocklin CrossFit u-Gary Baron bamtholile futhi wabona amandla amangalisayo engane engakafiki. Ngo-2011 ithimba likaCalhoun lathatha indawo yesithupha emidlalweni yeReebok CrossFit futhi abantu emhlabeni wonke baqala ukubona le ntombazanyana yaseCalifornia (ingamamitha amahlanu kuphela ubude!) Njengomncintiswano omkhulu.

Njengabasubathi abaningi abasebasha, uCalhoun kuye kwadingeka azidele okuthile ngenxa yemidlalo ayithandayo. "Yebo kunezikhathi lapho ngingakwazi khona ukuchitha isikhathi nabangane ngenxa yokuthi ngimatasa kakhulu nge-CrossFit, kodwa lokho kuyisinqumo sami. Ngiyasithola isikhathi sokulinganisela isikhathi sokujima nesikhathi sokudlala ngoba ngisafuna ukujabulela iminyaka yami yobusha, Uthi. "Ngiphuthelwe umdanso wesikole noma ngisho nowamanqamu weRegional, kodwa kukho konke nginomuzwa wokuthi i-CrossFit ilingana ngokuphelele empilweni yami."

Phakathi nokuhamba ngesandla nokusquats kwesibhamu-okunye ukunyakaza kwakhe ayintandokazi-usebenza ngokujima okunesikhathi kanye nokuphakamisa ama-Olympic akha umncintiswano we-CrossFit. I-WOD ayithandayo (ukuzivocavoca kosuku, umsebenzi wansuku zonke weCrossFitter) ngu- "Fran," ukuzivoxavoxa okufushane kodwa okukhulu okwenziwe imizuliswano emithathu yama-21, 15, kanye nama-9 reps ama-thrusters nokudonsa. "Ngiyayithanda ngoba ngiyenza kahle, futhi ngiyayizonda ngoba ithatha okuningi kimi ngemuva kokukwenza," kusho uCalhoun ngokuzilolonga okunesihluku, okwaba maphakathi nesinye sezikhathi zakhe ezimangazayo zeCrossFit okwamanje.

"[Bekungumcimbi] wokugcina eMidlalweni ye-Crossfit ka-2011. Bekudinga ukuthi wonke amalungu eqembu ayisithupha enze ukujima komuntu ngamunye isikhathi, njengokudluliswa kwemali. Umuntu wokuqala kufanele aqedele ngaphambi kokuthi olandelayo aqhubeke nokunye ngaphambi kwemizuzu engama-30. umkhawulo wesikhathi ufinyelelwe, uthi. "Ngeshwa, ilungu lethu lokuqala leqembu labambeka ezintangeni, kwamthatha imizuzu engama-25 ukuqeda ingxenye yakhe yokuzivocavoca. Ngaleso sikhathi amanye amaqembu amahlanu ayesecishe aqedwa ngawo womabili amaqembu awo. Ngemuva kwemizuzu engama-25, engisebenza naye uqedele ukudipha kwakhe indandatho yokugcina futhi ngase ngizokwenza uFran. Ngenkathi ngenza ukudonsa kwami, inkundla yonke yaqala ukubala abaphathi bami ngokuzwakalayo. Ngaqeda uFran ngaphansi kwemizuzu emithathu bese siya kulungu lethu lesithathu. Ngesikhathi ilungu lethu lesine seliphakathi nendawo, isikhathi besisibekiwe amajaji ame futhi ahamba. Nakuba sase siphelelwe isikhathi, amalungu eqembu lethu aqhubeka kwaze kwaba yilapho wonke amalungu ayisithupha eqedwa, nomfutho wesixuku namanye amaqembu esijabulela. Noma singazange sithathe kuqala, bekuyisipiliyoni somlingo futhi siyisibonelo esihle salokho i-CrossFit emayelana nayo. "

Unalokho ngemuva kwakhe, yini inhloso yakhe yeMidlalo kulo nyaka? "Ukuze ube umnqobi omncane kunabo bonke emidlalweni ye-CrossFit" kunjalo!

OKUSHA: Ithimba likaCalhoun, iHoney Badgers, lingene endaweni ye-16 kumaReebok CrossFit Games ka-2012. Ngakho-ke ngenkathi intombazane eyaziwa ngokuthi "i-wunderkind" ingazange yenze kahle njengoba yayifisa, ukuba mncane kakhulu kunezinzuzo zayo: Nakanjani izobuya eminye imincintiswano eminingi!

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