Crossfit Friends.

I've been on MFP for a few months but not until a couple of weeks ago did I know about the community.
I'm new into crossfit and was looking to have a few more friends that may also be doing this.

You don't have to be into crossfit to friend me, I just ask that you are somewhat interactive.

What has two thumbs and don't like boring people?
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what is crosfit i keep hearing about it, but no idea what it is , though the inferrence is it hard

And my personal favorite:

The Mindset of a CrossFitter

1. I will promise to do my best. My best will vary from day to day, from hour to hour, from minute to minute. But in that minute, I will do the very best that I can.

2. Lactic acid is my friend. The wind is my friend. Anything that opposes me is actually helping me to become stronger. If I had no opposition, I would be weak.

3. If I can run, I run. If I have to walk, I walk. When I am forced to crawl, I crawl. And then I rest and live to fight another day.

4. I fear no man but I fear my workout. If I don’t fear my workout, it isn’t hard enough.

5. I may puke. I may cry. But I will not quit. Ever.

6. I never cheat. There is no honor in cheating. What joy can there be in a victory I did not earn?

7. The workout missed is the opportunity missed. I will not cheat myself of the opportunity to become a better athlete and person.

8. I understand the value of the push-up, the pull-up, the sit-up, the squat, and the deadlift. Just as there are a million ways to make chicken, so too are there a million ways to squat, sit up, pull up, push up, and deadlift.

9. I will give everything I have. And then I will find more within myself.

10. I don’t complain. Complaining is for crybabies. There are 11,232 babies born in the US everyday. I will leave the crying to them and I will soldier on.

11. I will bite off challenges, spit out results, and beg for more. What are you going to do?

“The CrossFit Watertown Mindset” by Lisbeth Darsh, www.crossfitwatertown.com. Some elements adapted from “The Spartan Rules” by Captain Paul Linsay.

my .02:
A Crossfitter’s Hands

They belong to doctors, lawyers, Students, mothers.
They are black, white, brown,and every color in between.
Some have wedding bands.
Some have marks where one once was.
Some have bitten down nails.
Others have perfectly manicured cuticles.
For every difference they have, they are, among all else, equal.
Because they push when they want to give up.
They grab the bar and pull when they feel like there’s nothing left.
They hold the barbell and lift when the skin is rubbed raw.
They fist pump each other
After a workout so hard, they almost cry.
They hug people who have become family
When they get their first pull-up.
They high-five the girl who took 20 minutes
Longer than everyone else.
Because she finished.
They clap and cheer as they wait for the guy running his first mile.
They clink a beer at a bar on the weekend, brethren in some secret club.
They callous, they tear, they bleed.
They are not pretty.
They are beautiful.

By far my favorite!