- October 14, 2024
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A member of CrossFit Winter Garden, Erika Pearson Couch didn’t know what to expect when she joined the gym, but since then she’s found a community that supports her endeavor to stay healthy and in-shape. And with the soon arrival of a grandchild, the native Kentuckian has all the more reason to get healthy.
Actually, the company that I work for, Kelly’s Foods — my boss decided he was going to pay the larger portion of the membership. CrossFit was something that I always wanted to do, but was financially unable to do.
My favorite thing is just the community and the support that the other members give you. Last week, I was doing a really, really hard workout, and one of the guys who was working out with me and on my very last run, he went out and ran the 400 with me — even though he was done with his workout.
I had not ever done any CrossFit workouts. I had done some Boot Camps a few times, but it’s completely different than CrossFit, because CrossFit involves not only the cardio aspect of it, but also the strengthening aspect with the weights.
Probably the strength — I’m lifting more than I ever thought I would ever be able to lift.
Probably just the same as any other workout regimen. It’s just staying consistent and staying motivated to go everyday, because the workouts do get difficult — especially this time of the year when it’s 100 degrees or so.
I like kettlebells — just about any weightlifting I enjoy doing. I like to deadlift, I like to back squat — those are some of my favorite things.
I don’t like doing wall balls. That’s where, for women, you throw a 14-pound ball to the 9-foot mark — you squat down, you throw the ball to the 9-foot mark, you catch it, you go into the squat and you throw it back up to the 9-foot mark.
I think that I’ll definitely stick with it for the long term. I just hope to be healthier — I’m not a young lady, so I hope to stay healthy as long as I can. I have a grandbaby coming in a couple of months, so being able to do things that I want to do and be physically able to do them is important to me.