CrossFit Athletic Group

It took 9 weeks, but we finally have a representative from the Monkey Exhibit in our Athlete of the Week lineup. Sam Curtis gets the honors this time around.

The first haf of Summer had Sam occupied with soccer, as her team made it far in the national tournament and then individually she got invited to play even further, so really she started off August where I was hoping she'd start off June. This is a Chris problem, not a Sam problem.

Since then I've had a few insights with how the soccer girls - and really all of our year-round sports kids - would be better off with regards to CrossFit. Here's the analogy I came up with: imagine if things were flipped for Sam, and she did CrossFit year-round and soccer was in little spurts here and there, whenever she made time for it. Her soccer would be so far behind that eventually she wouldn't be able to catch up. Most of the other Monkeys are in the same boat as they'd fit in CrossFit whenever their schedule allowed, and their fitness, strength, and durability reflected that. That has began to change for Sam, though, and this week was a big step: she made a way to get here every day during the week - whether that's tagging along with pops at a later session or getting a carpool to the 11 am, and she even texted me to send her a workout to do before her game on Saturday!

Sam's presence in the gym is so impactful - both from the workout side and the community side - that it's going to be important to keep her involved in some capacity for the school year. If this week is a sign of things to come, I think that won't be a problem. Great work kiddo!