Back Squat 3-3-3-3-3
3 Rounds:
Bound 100ft
10 DB Thruster 45's/30's
Bryant is moving back to DC to restart his Chiropractic practice next week. We will be hosting a farewell dinner at Mikuni's downtown at 15th and J St. this Saturday night at 7:00 PM. Come out and give Bryant a proper goodbye. Please email me, justin@crossfiteastsac.com to RSVP so I can make sure we have room for everyone.
I’ve been had. I’ve been
took. I’ve been HOODWINKED, BAMBOOZLED, led
astray, run amok! How’d I end up here?!?!? To be honest, I knew nothing of CrossFit, let alone
had any intentions of joining CFES. I had
recently moved to Sacramento and was trying to build my business in East
Sac and was going to local business trying to get brand recognition and
stumbled into CrossFit East Sacramento – at the time I thought it was
another gym. Unbeknownst to me while I was trying to market myself and
Chiropractic to Justin, he had been able to flip the script and
proceeded to tell me the philosophy behind CrossFit – constantly varied,
high intensity, functional training; and it peeked my curiosity. Although I remained a skeptic, I was interested in
giving it a try – hold up, how’d the tables get turned, I was trying to
get business from him and he turned me into a client; DAMNIT! It was
suggested that if I could come in on a specific Saturday to do a workout
that I should – WHAT DID I GET MYSELF INTO?!?! I arranged my schedule so I could come and I was
welcomed by…::drum roll please::……FILTHY FIFTIES!!!! WTF is this?!?!!? I’ve been
set up and this man was trying to kill me!!! Right then I realized that
CrossFit was something different, even more so CFES.
CFES was a changing point
for me, in terms of exercise and my life, as I knew it in Sacramento. After that “workout”, I woke up the next day sore as
all hell, couldn’t move and wanting more – why I wanted more I will
never know. SIGN ME UP!!! But I was locked in to
some absurd amount of personal training sessions at 24Hour Fitness, so I
altered my training schedule to 3 times a week so I would breeze
through my training sessions so I could get into the box as soon as
possible. Starting in December of 09, I became
part of the gym but more importantly the CFES family. What
I didn’t realize that when I joined that my passion for exercising
would return, that exercising doesn’t have to feel like a chore – I had
lost that passion after I quit playing lacrosse and competitive swimming
– YES, black people can swim and play lacrosse!
Essentially the rest is
history! For the past several months I’ve been
religiously going 3-4 times a week at 8 am, working out with the usual
group of intimidating athletes – which proves to be a humbling
experience every time I go. Who would of thought
that I would be getting my butt handed to me on a daily basis by people
10 years my elder?? (Don’t get me wrong 8amers,
you all are badasses and you all inspire me to know that physical
fitness and elite athleticism has no age boundaries.) But
through the tutelage of Brooke, Justin, Travis and the rest of the CFES
family; you all have assisted me in reaching my potential and I
couldn’t have asked for a better group of people to expose me to
CrossFit and travel this road towards elite fitness.
Now on a more somber note:
When I found out that I was returning back East, I was most saddened by
the fact that I knew I would be leaving you all. I
didn’t know how I would break the news to you all and I felt that I was
abandoning something that became so near to me. I
realized in visiting other CrossFit facilities that what I have
experienced at CFES in this short few months is unique to this box in
terms of the instruction and the community that has been formed. I can honestly say if it wasn’t for you all that I
would have been miserable in Sacramento so I would like to thank you for
helping facilitate this shift for me in my consciousness and my
demeanor.
There are not enough words of gratitude that I can
express to show how appreciative I am of everything you all have done
for me (physically & mentally) and everyone else in this community. I have the utmost respect for you all as people and
as fierce competitors and by me leaving I hope this will not be the last
time I see or hear from you all. I wish you all
the best in the future and if you ever make it to the RIGHT coast, feel
free to look me up and I will do my best to show you all a great time
and show you off at whatever box I am then attending. I
plan on seeing you all at the top!!! Keep up the great work!!!
With the Utmost Love and
Gratitude,
Bryant Harris
