What got you into CF?
I moved to a small town in Michigan to work for a couple months while Jens stayed in Boston to finish school. I googled fitness places and CrossFit came up, so I gave it a try. I loved it, but I was only able to go 2 or 3 times a week. I didn’t really get into CrossFit until I started at MBS with Jens. I’m not sure if it was the change of scenery or that my husband and I were doing it together, but my mentality definitely changed. When we started late last summer I was doing jumping pull-ups during a Saturday morning WOD and I remember feeling sort of mad about it. It became my goal to get a kipping pull-up. I struggled with them for a while, then in December kipping pull-ups just clicked, although I still went to a band for a while. I did my first chest to bar pull-up just days before 13.5. It’s so satisfying to crush a goat. I’ve always been goal driven, so I think that’s what I like about CrossFit, there is always something else you can accomplish.

What were your athletic endeavors prior to CF?
I’m not sure I would say I was very athletic, at least not in the traditional way. I’m naturally a more solid body type, so I was always scared to lift weights because I didn’t want to get bulky. I was more of the running and elliptical kind of girl. For the past seven years I have done Bikram yoga. I was also a cheerleader from 1^st grade until I graduated high school.

Any goals or goats, athletic or otherwise you’re working on right now?

I’m working on strict pull-ups and dips. Outside of the gym, my long term goal is to be a successful orthodontist. I have wanted to be an orthodontist since I was in middle school, so it feels good to be this close.

Give us some insight into your life outside the gym.
It’s fairly monotonous right now. I’m in the first year of my orthodontic residency. While I enjoy it, I sometimes find the time is passing too quickly. I usually leave the house between 6 and 7 am and before I know it it’s 5pm and I rush to CrossFit. I’m lucky because my weekends are usually free, so I definitely take advantage of that time. We see a movie, walk through Boulder, get sushi, lay by the pool, have a few drinks and basically just relax. My other obsession, besides CrossFit, would definitely be my nieces and nephew. I go home to see my family whenever I get a chance.

You and your husband are always in the gym together. Who is tougher, you or him?
That’s a tough question. I think we would both say each other. I think mentally during a workout I usually have an advantage over him because I can sometimes just push out the negative thoughts. He is a little more aggressive in accomplishing something, like staying after to work on a goat. He says, go do 10 toes to bar or dips before we go and I whine, but then the practice pays off.

What’s the weirdest dream you’ve ever had?
That’s a funny question because I have pretty weird dreams. One that I remember is from when I was very young. Shredder from ninja turtles was chasing me down the block and I couldn’t scream or yell. I would look at him and say, am I going to die? I would wake up in the morning and tell my family how I had the shredder dream again. Yea, weird!