Crossfit: The sport of fitness

 Everybody in our family knows, in a sense, about crossfit.  However, did you know that you can compete in CrossFit?  Well, Tony does.  Out of about 2500 guys competing throughout a ten state region, Tony placed 50th, which meant he qualified to compete at the regional competition in Chicago!  So about mid-May, we took to the road and cruised in to the surrounding Chicago area.

Here is a little view of the indoor field where the competition was taking place.  Reebok is the big sponsor of all the crossfit events.

Free photo booth = this

It was hard to get pictures just having my phone.  Tony is in the black, behind the guy in blue, waiting for the workout to begin.

Mid pull-up

Waiting for a different workout to begin.

  They had this mini buffet style sort of set up for all the competing athletes.  It was pretty funny.  If anyone knows what the Paleo diet is, it is very big in the crossfit community, so that is the type of food they had.  Bananas, apples, almond butter, almonds, a sort of dried fruit and nut trail mix and grilled chicken.  oh, and coconut water.  Breakfast of champions. Needless to say we tried to keep the diet pretty clean, but we had to go out to try some of the chicago cuisine after!

 Deep dish.  Deeeep.  

YUMMY!

  and dont worry, before we left town we grabbed some chicago dogs.
The whole experience was a lot of fun and learning for Tony for future competition.  We were able to go along with some good friends that came to support Tony.  I am so proud of him and how hard he has worked and is still working!  I think we will be back again next year! (well, Tony will to compete. I will to eat.)