It’s time to CELEBRATE!
Neuroscience research provides evidence that behavior that gets rewarded gets repeated. In this, the season of giving we invite you to share on our wall of acknowledgment. Acknowledgment assists the strengthening of positive neural pathways for both the giver and the receiver.
1. Take a moment to reflect over the past year and post publicly your thanks to a training buddy or a congratulations for an inspiring moment you have witnessed someone go through at the box.
2. Take another moment to acknowledge yourself privately, what have been your top three wins this year in regard to training? Acknowledgment of self is a skill that must be practiced every day to be able to genuinely acknowledge others.
3. Alternatively you might like to go up to that coach, training buddy or partner left at home looking after the kids while you’re at the box and let them know specifically what they do that you really appreciate.
4. Make a commitment to turn up the volume on acknowledgment of self and others in your world in 2012 and enjoy reaping the positive results.
Post your acknowledgments to comments.
To EVERYONE at the box, because without every single one of you it wouldnt be what it is. Thanks
I will let someone who is ten times more literate then me to say a big thanks to Drummond!
But I would like to start by thanking Cam and Brett for not only being motivating training buddies but fantastic mates, always positive and willing to go out of their way to help me and others out, thanks guys.
Would also like to thank all the Crossfitters for their patients with me as a coach, you are a wonderful group of people
My number one crossfit moment was seeing Shaggy do Fran, on his last set of pull ups his hands were bloody, he was doing them one by one. Trying to use anything to his advantage he ended up literally shagging the pole to help him up! NO REP! needless to say using true grit he got himself through the workout….. eventually, haha typical Shaggy.
Razor
Agreed….That was a true Shaggy moment, and awesome to watch and also Marks effort in the Hero WOD…..both amazing
Haven’t been at the box much of late but in the big world of CrossFitting at 42s over 2011, I rate the following:
*Son’s Deadlift
*Lindsay’s Isabel time
*Julie’s Open WoD 11.2
*Leandra’s Pull Up improvement
*Eve’s OHS
*Jess’s Muscle Ups
*Juanita’s back/front squats
*Tan’s ability to death-stare her way through any wod
*the BBQ
*Ali’s smile
*Razor’s ‘over the bar’ in jean shorts with a belt and buckle
*introduction of Paleo Cop
*BWDave bulldozing any wod in sight
*Cam’s use of writing chalk
*DW kicking the boot camp drink bottle round the box in one of his tourettes outbursts
*Jimmy starting up CC
*Completeing “Bull” rxd.
*Brett overcoming “Kelly”
*Andy’s talks
*Russ being No 5.
*….and The support for CFWX!
Happy Christmas and a safe holiday season to you all.
oh and last but not least
*Chops and his OHS improvement and for being the best one round specialist about!
Thanks to everyone who has called me on a ‘no rep’, or provided some extra support on depth, midline, strong back, etc.
My failures and goat (long list here) are my celebrations as they represent my journey within the box.
Drummond, mate thanks for answering all my questions and just making ‘time’ for me.
Anna, thanks for that info session many years ago……… I finally got around to doing something about it.
Thanks to everyone in the awsome morning crew and especially to Julie and Leisha for their support and inspiration.
Huge thanks to Drum for your boundless enthusiasm and ability to make every individual feel important, valued and proud.
Thanks to Anna for being an inspiration to the ladies and for your support in the nutrition department.
Thanks to everyone who contributes to the food diary.
What a great community to be a part of.
Merry Christmas everyone xxx
All the same as everyone else !
Thanks to Drum and all the coaches- for great programming and every inch/kg/jump/metre etc. of support and guidance.
To EVERY countermotivater ive had especially Julie, Jak and Leisha- youve most likely been the only thing thats got me through ! (especially those WallBalls, Leish)
The Food Diary- all of you are inspirational.
Anna- although youre not at THIS box so much of late, youre encouragement and nutritional help has been awesome.
Dancey(MD sports)…. thanks for the weekly/daily competitions and your belief and enthusiasm.
I am so happy i found crossfit and this box and great group of people 🙂 THANKS
Hi All,
I too want to thank you Drummond… you are one of the funniest, most genuine and inspiring people I have met; love your honesty! Big thanks to Scott and Raymond and all the amazing athletes at 42 South for the consistent support and encouragement you give to me…especially the 6:00 a.m. team.
I joined CrossFit after having a serious car accident; I was so thrilled to be alive, I didn’t just want to live, I wanted to completely turn my life around and make every moment count for something. I have soooo far to go, but I am determined to get there.
2012 is going to be a fabulous year!!
Go Bridget!!!!! YOU are inspiring xx
Hi All,
I too want to thank you Drummond… you are one of the funniest, most genuine and inspiring people I have met; love your honesty! Big thanks to Scott and Raymond and all the amazing athletes at 42 South for the consistent support and encouragement you give to me…especially the 6:00 a.m. team.
I joined CrossFit after having a serious car accident; I was so thrilled to be alive, I didn’t just want to live, I wanted to completely turn my life around and make every moment count for something. I have soooo far to go, but I am determined to get there.
2012 is going to be a fabulous year!!
I’ve only just started with Crossfit but already I can see that it’s an awesome place to be.
Without exception everyone is friendly, welcoming and encouraging – even to a newly arrived pom. I would never have guessed how motivational it is to have someone call you on a no rep! So thanks to everyone at the 4:20 and 5:30 sessions and especially Drummond of course.
As far as my top 3 training wins are concerned, I can only really say one: turning up to cross fit! 2012 is going to be my best ever training year 🙂
Merry Christmas all
Tim
It’s hard to think where to start when trying to say thanks to such a great group of people and trainers. There are so many people in this environment that are inspirational on so many different levels, be it for their absolute determination to complete a task and not give up, or their seemingly effortless workouts which give me something to aspire to.
The glue that holds this all together is not only the infectious enthusiasm that all the trainers exude, but also the camaraderie that is self-evident as soon as you walk into the box ready (sometimes with trepidation!) for the WOD.
I’ve spent the last couple of years working out in traditional gym environments, and while I’ve achieved a lot of great things, and thought that I was pretty fit, coming to CF42s has opened my eyes to a whole new world of fitness challenges. It’s great to wakeup in the mornings at 0530 and feel excited about working out and not just going through the motions and same old routines that have got a bit stale.
I don’t think I can individually single out anyone person to thank, I find every single person in the box to be inspirational on some level and look forward achieving great things in my 2012 CrossFit journey, so with this in mind, I’d just like to say a BIG THANK YOU to EVERYONE at CF42s!
Cheers
Chris.F
A great year all round I think Drum!
A big load of gratitude from me to you for your support at the games this year in place of my wonderful coach Lee ( I can’t give enough acknowledgement to him). It was awesome to have you in my camp, as well as your influence at the beginning of my crossfit journey.
A big thanks to Chris from Coastal for planting the seed of crossfit and sharing his love of this sport with me and his team at Coastal.
And of course a big CONGRATS to our mate Russ, Number 5, how sweet it is!! So very proud of you Russ and for making the masters camp heaps of fun.
Merry Christmas you lot down south xx Suey
Thanks from a word nerd…
Thanks to Drum, Allie all the coaches for teaching:
C: Courage and commitment: to get inside the pain cave. And start to kind of like going there.
R: Resiliance: to lift one more than you thought you could. Then lift another one. Then fall on the floor, try again, fail, know you gave it 110 when you can’t lift up your handbag (or manbag) the next day.
O: Openness: to not be afraid to tell your best mate and training buddy that that rep didn’t cut it, because that’s being true to them, and you. And to be ok with it when they return the favour.
S: Strength: that it’s not in the body, but that it’s a…
S: State of mind.
F: Friendship: with a group drawn from widely diverse backgrounds, varying shapes, sizes and ages, but with one thing in common – we’re all trying to be better humans.
I: Instinct: starting to trust it; in knowing what to lift to maintain intensity or push your own strength limits, without compromising your reps.
T: Trust: in your coaches. They’re not trying to kill you. They can just see in you what you can’t … yet.
A special thanks to Drum, for putting up with my long winded phone calls and questions from when I first found CrossFit.
“Sorry Drum I wasn’t the brightest match in the box back then hey, haha”
And couldn’t possibly miss thanking all you guys, for the new friendships, training tip, encouragement, inspiration, laughs, BBQ’s (Bloody Chorizos haha) and for showing Adam and Me a great time when we were down (Ash that means you and Razor lol I still have those pictures of you two in that dumpster!)
And also thanks to Drum, Russ, Jimmy, Cam, Anna, Chops, Razor, and all the 42s crew for opening your doors and some how managing to put with me practically living there for two weeks haha 🙂 was worth every minute of the long drive down!
Good luck to everyone next year 🙂 Set Goals, Reach Dreams, and keep Forging Elite Fitness
Merry Christmas,
Micah
My first big thanks goes to Drum for being the most inspiring, dedicated & positive person I know. His time that he spent coaching & supporting me when I first started was appreciated more than he’l know. It never mattered how long I took or how many times I ‘no rep’d’, there was always the thought of knowing it didn’t matter and had his and everyones support.
My inspiring moment/person is Dancey as every week he is getting leaner, fitter and stronger. Thank you for the high 5’s in the WOD’s with running and for all of the positive cheer you send my way when im struggling.
I need to send a HUUUGE thanks to Em. R, Leish, Linds, Jules, Lisa. N, Ash, Jerka, Sting Ray & Mel for the support during WOD’s. without you guys I would finish in double the time and be half as strong. You really do support me and make me a better crossfitter. Love coming into the box and seeing your gorgeous faces every day.
Love to the breakfast/coffee crew (you know who you are). Your friendship means the world to me and love that we can debrief/talk crossfit gangster talk and eat good food.
Crossfit is such a holistic lifestyle and it has changed so many facets of my every day life. I can’t say enough good things about the way it makes me feel and the fact that all of you CF42S’ers are a part of it. I have new friends, new confidence and a new approach to life. Crossfit has filled a hole in my life I didn’t realise I had.
It is so much more than exercise.
Thankyou to all of you awesome inspiring people,
much love and Merry Christmas xxxxx
Oh my goodness, SANCH and Hilux!!! You have both been amazing!
Sanch, you are such a fantastic person and I love the days we get to work out together. I love that we have become friends through Crossfit and want to thank you as well for your ongoing support and positive-ness (yes it’s a new word!) that you always send my way. You are a great motivator and friend xxxx
This post is to thank “Brett Samms”. There are tons of things I could talk about but this 1 stands out for me. I never considered how young Brett was in comparison to myself. I think it is crazy how this 20 year old is teaching me so much about how to set goals and go and get them. He has so much passion for his training and nutrition and just an awesome ability to say to himself ‘i want to be better than what i currently am so I’m going to go out and get it’. I really admire his persistence and his ability to say ‘no i don’t need that beer, ill have water….or i might get to bed early tonight because i have to train in the morning..or i won’t eat that tim tam even though 20 other people in the room are’. This willingness is refreshing to be around and it rubs off onto people so keep doing what you are doing mate.
Thanks for been such a sick role model for me and making me understand that to have a goal is so important in order to achieve.
All the best with your prep for the games mate, i know you will do well.
p.s thanks to all the CF42s and CFWX crew for supporting me whilst i start Colossus….it is a dream come true to have such an awesome bunch of people behind me saying ‘you will make this work and it will be awesome’. I thank you guys heaps.
Last but not least a big thanks to Drum and Russ….awesome pair of blokes and there is no 1 i would rather train with…i miss u boys 🙁 hopefully we can hit a wod together soon
xx merry christmas everyone and happy new year
Jimmy
p.p.s
jerka for all his hard awesome work….mate i would not even be operating as a box if it wasn’t for you man…owe u a million xx
Couldnt agree more, with everyone,
A huge thanks to AS, for all the support during the year.
DW for leading the way for us to follow
Jimmy, man it is a pleasure to train with the team, DW if it anit broke dont fix it! Bretto the tyre changer and for all the crap i put you through man, i am so glad you will be on holidays soon to help us more, you area beast of a crossfitter!
Jerka, you are a legend, mate have a great Christmas and get ready to weld your ass off!
Mason for that great you tube video on your site, man it’s sooo inspirational.
Chris Saliba for loving homos
Ali W for keeping DW focused and being such a beautiful person
Chopsy and Razor for all their great work
Adam the legend with his great insight into councils, man thanks!
Mel Greenwood for no repping me! hmmmm
Big Wave for being awesome
and everyone else who has inspired me through the year, keep on crossfitting and building the community.
And finally Greg Glassman, thanks for letting me hug your girlfriend man, achieve and believe!
What a truly amazing year.
The growth of the Tasmanian CrossFit Community has been spectacular – such good people.
I am blessed to be able wake up each day and bound into the box to train such an inspiring group of athletes. Thank you for letting me share your journey. I love you all.
Thanks to Razor, Chops, Adam, Jimmy, Cam, Jess, Anna and Russ for your massive contribution to the success of CF42s and for keeping the fires burning when I’m away with the HQ team. I couldn’t ask for a better group of trainers or a better group of friends.
To my Mum – Wendles, my mother and father-in-law Sue and Kerry; Thank you doesn’t seem enough. You have too many times taken up the slack left by my often hectic schedule. Without you I couldn’t have achieved this dream so thank you.
Finally to my beautiful wife Alli and Daughter Ruby (the Lady Bugs) who without their unwavering love and support I would not survive. Alli has sacrificed a great deal for me to chase my dream and I only hope that one day I can repay her. Girls – you are my world.
Merry Christmas CF42s – I can’t wait for 2012!
Drummond
I thought I would leave it until the very last day of the year to add my little bit…
Firstly thank you to all those people who have taken the time to publicly or privately acknowledge one another. It makes me really happy when I read back over all the entries above (in fact I got a little teary).
Secondly thank you all for your overwhelming support over the past twelve months. Drummond and I could not be happier with where things are at with regard to the growing CrossFit community. I am so thankful for all the amazing people who we have meet over the past year who now proudly call themselves CrossFitters, you are all a part of the “glue” that makes CF42s a great place to train.
Thanks to everyone who has turned up and participated in the goal setting workshops I have run at the box as well as those I have worked with privately. Specific thanks to Cam and Brett for the little things you do to support me when I run these workshops. A MASSIVE thanks to Razor, Adam, Jimmy and Chops for your coaching contributions over the past year. You have no idea what a positive impact your involvement taking a class here or there at the box has on the balance in our household. Thanks to Russ for giving Drum a “playmate” with equally boundless energy and thanks to Anna for being “my coach” in many ways that you may not even realize. I really admire the perspective that you bring to the CrossFit community in Tasi and all you have taught me about being a busy mum. Thanks to Emily Smee, you are the most encouraging person to train with and I miss you.
Final thank you to you Drum, (not only for the note above) but for having the guts to say “let’s do this – boots and all” as well as your relentless efforts to ensure we have a world class CrossFit facility here in Hobart.
Good luck to everyone with their dreams and goals for 2012 and I hope to see you all at a workshop early next year.
Happy New year from Alli x
Well it goes without saying, first and foremost, to Drummond. You are a truly inspiring human being. It was an awesome experience to not only train under you but have you as a friend and endless source of knowledge on Crossfit. Thank you for all your motivation during workouts as you challenged us to go forever deeper into the pain cave. Thank you for sharing Crossfit with Eve and myself and supporting and believing in us enough to become Level 1 Trainers – in such a short time it has changed our lives for the good. Living the dream is being on the journey, and we’re on it (very close to the start still but moving in forward)! Thanks mate.
Thank you Alli. If it wasn’t for your goal setting workshop earlier this year we may not have dreamed up the idea of becoming trainers and aiming to open a box here in Mt Gambier…it looks like we’re getting very close to making that dream a reality and it’s a great feeling.
Thanks to all the other trainers/friends in Hobart – Adam, Chopsy, Razor, Anna, Russ, Jimmy, Cam (I’m wearing blue just for you), and now Jess. You’ve all been awesome sources of motivation, great training partners, and massive examples of how far I have to go.
As for an inspiring training moment…well they all seem to just mesh into one. I’ve shed blood, sweated and dry-retched with so many of you Tassie crew that it’s hard to define a single event – but there are a few people that consistently inspired me during late sessions with their commitment, determination and virtuosity: Alain, the silent assassin, for always being a few steps ahead of me; Cam, Tommy, Brett, Lukey and Jess for powering through rxd for most/all workouts and blazing the trail; The Hoff and Nic.J for also always being a step ahead of me; Sonya deadlifting the planet; Tan, Jaci, Tash, Ally, Mark.I, Sarah.C, and Clair for always getting your game face on, putting up a fight and giving it all you’ve got….the list is endless. All you CF42s crew have inspired me to dig deeper and I thank you for it.
Last but not least thanks to my greatest training partner and chief motivator, Eve. You keep me going when it gets tough – even if it’s only when I’m trying to beat you!
The Hobart crossfit community became our family while we were down there – miss you all. Happy New Years!!!
Massive. a.k.a. Adam.M.
I want to give a high five to Drum, Allie & Anna – three awesome kids that have shown me that Crossfit is like life. That no matter what gets thrown at you, you can fall down, get back up, brush yourself off, push through and come out the other side a stronger & better you!
Sarah C has set the bar high with her wonderful poem, so as a fellow word-nerd, I’m ashamed it has taken me a while to figure out what to write to sum up CrossFit in 2011. So please forgive me, but like a Hero WOD, it may take a while but I will get there in the end!
We’ve all mentioned that our fellow Crossfitters are family – for me, you guys are the family I have been looking for since my feet fell apart and I lost my place within the T&F athletics community; and not long after the loss of Zac’s coach Chuggy and the Elizabeth College gym as we knew it. CrossFit came to me about 8 weeks after my operation (cheers, Miles!) – and in true CrossFit style, Drummond modified almost every WOD around my limitations, proving to me from the start that this thing we do really is infinitely scalable. I met some wonderful people – notably, Anna, Emily, Doc, Le-Roy, Tania, Steph, Kate Pilk, Stevo, Chops, and Lukey – however, injury struck again not long into my CrossFit journey. So, it has been far from perfect – but that’s okay. Life isn’t perfect.
That was 2010 – 2011 just got better 🙂 I will start by thanking Drummond, of course, for not only his coaching but his endless energy and support. If he and Alli hadn’t returned to Tassie all of our lives would be unbelievably different, and not for the better. One awesome aspect of Drum that no-one has mentioned yet is his epic story-telling – there is never a dull moment between WODs at the box! (I hope none of your stories are copyright DW, I might use them as novel-fodder later in life! Haha.) Thank you too for your belief in my lifting ability and supporting me through injury and other stresses in my life. (And I’m incredibly sorry for making you re-live a woman’s emotional state around university exam time!). Alli – thank you for being the beautiful person you are, a wonderful mother, friend, and of course, DW’s rock and business manager. CF42s wouldn’t exist without you! I don’t think I’ve told you the role your goal-setting workshop played in my changed perception about myself about my foot injury: my visualization from the workshop came true in a truly vivid and unexpected way. And Ruby, your cheeky smile lights up the world – I count myself so lucky to get kisses and ninja cuddles from you! What an amazing little person the Williamsons have made.
Training partners – the wonderful Emily Smee whose boundless enthusiasm I miss every day! Tania, for being a great loyal friend and artful inspiration. Steph, whose sarcasm matches my own and provides great mid-WOD entertainment. Doc, for our reciprocal cuddle-relationship… cuddles are important for the soul. Adam and Eve, one of the most genuinely incredible couples I’ve met – their enormous improvement and exciting journey ahead could not happen to nicer people. Eve – I’ll take your OHS any day. Son, your deadlift. Amazing Anna – thank you so much your initial rxd inspiration (when I believed rxd was unattainable) and lately, your partnership in skills training and belief in my own rxd journey. I cannot wait to hang out between classes at the new CFWX box with you and Russ! Bretto and Razor – I love having you two, your humour, intelligence and perspective in my life. Showtime and recently Em R, for bringing youth to the box, and an excuse to reminisce about school! Speaking of youth, the CrossFit kids and their families for letting me train with them – you are all wonderful. Cam and Chops, the best facebook friends a girl could have. DJ Dave, Julie, Big Wave, Jimmy for your awesomeness and giving the rest of the day’s athletes times/weight/rounds to aim for. And last but not least, Lukey, who has grown from a training partner to a partner in love… (and is also an excellent personal chef).
To everyone I’ve forgotten to mention – I cannot wait to hang out with you, train with you, or even coach you, in 2012. Also, if we haven’t had much of a chance to get to know each other yet – please come and chat – maybe next year we will be an important part of each other’s 2012 reflection.
Thinking back over the last year I could thanks so many people. I don’t feel I need to explain what crossfit can do to change your life, everyone else has said it so well up above so I am not going to try.
What I am most thankful for is the vibe that exists in our little crossfit community that is growing everyday. I could go and work out in any place but the support and energy that comes from everyone within the box is something that keeps people coming back. In our current society there can be so much pressure for people to be perfect which can lead to the mentality of not trying just incase you don’t succeed. The ability to have such a safe and supportive environment where you can succeed is great but more importantly where you fail or work through your personal goats, with encouragement, advice and the occassional kick in the butt when needed to get over your own mental hurdles is amazing. To everyone that has contributed to this environment, from the exhausted smile while running up the hill to the screaming counter-motivator that gets you through the last few reps to anyone that has conquered their own goat or helped someone else through theirs, Thank you.
Continue smiling guys, it irritates those who wish to destroy you. 2012 is goign to be an awesome year!