Monday’s Featured Member

Name: Angela Petkovic

Age: 39

• How long have you been doing CrossFit?
• 2 years

• What were you doing for exercise before CrossFit?
• Not much. I was the girl that would putz around the gym going between the treadmill and elliptical. I was too intimidated to go into the free weights area.

• How did you begin training at CrossFit Sweat Shop?
• A friend of mine (that also told me to try CrossFit 7 years ago) came to visit and I dropped her off at Sweatshop for a drop in. I signed up for a trial session a week or two after and the rest is history.

• What has been the most significant benefit or change since you’ve been a member of the Sweat Shop?
• Less stress and better sleep.

• What is your favorite exercise or workout?
• Any overhead shoulder bar/db work or things that help me with rope climbs, push-ups and pull ups.

• What is your least favorite exercise or workout?
• Wall balls
  
• What is your favorite cheat meal/snack?
• The inner child in me loves allllll the junk food snacks: sour patch kids, hot tamales, muddy buddies, Chick fil A…

• What do you enjoy most about training at CrossFit Sweat Shop?
• The coaches and members are what make Sweatshop the best. It makes it worth turning up day after day!

• Now that you’ve been doing CrossFit, what’s one thing you could never see yourself doing again?  (workout, nutrition, lifestyle, etc.)
• I can’t see myself not going to the gym anymore

• What is your proudest exercise related achievement?
• A real push up!

• What advice would you give someone who is hesitant to try CrossFit?
• Take full advantage of the fundamentals courses. It will help build a great foundation for all the movements. Weights don’t make you bulky and the gym really isn’t that intimidating. Everyone that I have met through CrossFit has been very helpful and supportive.

• What is your most sought after exercise goal?
• A real pull up

• What do you enjoy doing outside of CrossFit?
• I enjoy spending time with family and friends. Usually BBQing and swimming in our yard.

• What is something you have recently purchased for less than $100 (or acquired for free) that you thoroughly enjoy and would recommend to others?
• My Fabfitfun box… It’s fun to get goodies in the mail

• Any advice you would give your 25 year old self?
• You only have one body, take care of it