#teamseries18

[madqiu]

#teamseries18 in the books! Challenging week 2, but we survived! @crossfitgames #TeamPaquette (à Abattoir CrossFit Plateau) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoUZ21uhtR6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14h699cujkzkz

[stefanie-cf54]

#Repost @crossfitgames with @get_repost ・・・ Meet @emma_lile. _ Lile will be a guest at today's #TeamSeries18 live, on #TeamBoz with her coach, @coach_chase_cfl2. - Lile had scoliosis as a child. The surgical interventions she underwent to straighten her spine at age 15 involved spinal fusion and the addition of two rods and 23 screws. - "The surgery gave me the ability to be different and still break barriers in life," she said. "It gave me purpose." - While growing up, she decided she wanted to become strong and play sports again. She took up powerlifting (recent 345-lb. deadlift, third slide), but as she started to gain muscle and experience bodily changes, she also started to get shamed and bullied. She recalls being called manly and disgusting. - Despite the adversity, she continued on her path because she wanted to be a role model for her younger sister. She wanted to show her sister that it's possible to topple societal expectations and be whoever you want to be. - "I don’t understand why there is a standard for girls or guys of what we have to look like or enjoy," she said. "When I’m told I look manly, it doesn’t sting as much anymore. It just makes me want to share my story. Somewhere out there, there’s a little girl that wants to play football or a boy that wants to have pink hair. I say do it. Break the box that society has you in and just be happy. What we choose to make us happy should solely be up to us and not a stereotype." - She hopes to be a source of encouragement and positive example to young women and others seeking to get up when they've been knocked down by life. - "No matter what’s going on inside, you have the ability to impact others with your struggles and how you work around them. Use that to your advantage," she said. - She found #CrossFit after losing her best friend, a cousin named Andrew, to cancer two years ago. - "It gave me a burning passion to wake up and live the life I have always dreamed of, because tomorrow might be too late," she explained. "@crossfitfif gave me the power to be my best self every single day. I walk into the gym, and I break myself down each day to rebuild into a better human being. I love breaking the ster https://www.instagram.com/p/BoQMEY4g-cH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cley0olsdjck

[lifefit-minami]

#Repost @crossfitgames (@get_repost) ・・・ Week 1 of the 2018 Team Series is happening all over the world this weekend. Share your stories to #TeamSeries18 . @keiko_caltagirone squat cleaned 95 lb. for the first time at @CrossFitMinami in Japan 🇯🇵. . ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📭 [email protected] 🌎 http://crossfitminami.com/入会/ #クロスフィット #クロスフィットミナミ #大阪 #ジム #大阪ジム #フィット #フィットネス #トレーニング #ワークアウト #ボディメイク #シェイプアップ #gym #training #CrossFit #CrossFitMinami #511tactical #lastgearjapan #reebokjp #Osaka #wodhopper #GatorzJapan #新しい #asia #japan #diet #ダイエット #ぷりけつ (at CrossFit Minami) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoJV6RaAn3C/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pqwme8ljhx97

[joemjameson]

Week one of Team Series is dooooone. RX’D 2/4 wods and couldn’t be any more proud of my boy @_bryan12soto now let’s kill week 2! #teamseries18 #crossfit #savages #bigbank #lilbank #dontsleeponus (at Four Creeks CrossFit) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoGB8ALHdnw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=exo4k0hydrd