Your hand in mine

(Preface: I enjoy writing, it can be about any number of things, and a lot of times it's whatever strikes me when I am listening to music, which is where I tend to find a lot of inspiration. As I wrote this blog update, I was listening to the following. Feel free to do the same.

Well it is another year in the books for the Garage Gym Throwdown, which is presented by Relentless Bootcamps, and Crossfit Central. This is my 3rd year competing and definitely my favorite, because I joined forces with my beautiful wife. This was a calculated decision because domestically we click, we work well together, and enjoy doing it, but in the depths of competition.....well, that might be another story. Nevertheless, we decided to give it a go and I can honestly say it was one of the most memorable experiences of my life. That might sound a little dramatic to some, but for me it was nothing short of an amazing experience.
As I have mentioned in previous posts, my wife suffers from the auto immune disease Lupus, a disease in which her body will attack itself, causing a variety of problems one can imagine. Extreme daily fatigue, aching joints, and the constant threat of much more extreme problems that I don't care to get into. Bottom line, my wife got dealt one really shitty card in a deck full of aces as far as I can see. She's a beautiful and smart woman, who is goal minded, with three gorgeous healthy children, and we can't forget about me....right? (I know, I know, she hit the jackpot....)

She found Crossfit and it has been something that has completely changed her life. She has put in a ton of time listening and modifying the routine that she had fallen into. A routine that was slowly killing her, but with dedication she has found new life. From learning... to teaching she has overcome a lot and become a Level 1 Certified Trainer, an accomplishment that I brag about regularly.

More importantly, however, she has become such as strong person, both physically and emotionally. She was the first one of us to decide she was tired of who she was becoming and begin to make a change..... A life change.She is my inspiration and has been for some time. I owe so much to her for where I have come over the past couple of years, and look forward to sharing these new experiences with her. Experiences that are now including an elimination of gluten completely, a new home, we even decided to give THE OUTLAW WAY a shot for while. (more on that to come)....but most importantly we are conscious of that Old Maid in the deck, we strategize to work around it each day. It's in there, and that is not going to change, you just have to play the cards you are dealt. And together we are going to play the shit out of them. I think that in life, everyone is faced with a couple of cards they don't really care for, you just have to remember that hiding them in your hand will not make them go away, you have to face them. You can chose to relate this to Crossfit or Life, because for my wife and I, they apply to both regularly....and I can tell you this, we don't fold.

And in case you are curious to know how we did in the comp, you can see in the pic above that I am carrying her, but in the competition itself I felt like she was carrying me the whole way.