My name is Nicole. I'm a 30yr old woman who has had a dream of achieving something great in the area of physical fitness my entire life. I currently live in Las Vegas, Nevada and work as a Catering Manager/Event Consultant. When I am not at work you can usually find me at Crossfit Max Effort or spending time with my fiancé and our three fluffy babies.
You see, I am just a normal woman. I have never been super athletic but I have always aspired to be. For example ... I was a dancer as a child, but was told my body wasn't right for ballet, so I moved onto music and theater. I wasn't quite good enough to make the volleyball team in middle school so I became the team manager. Same thing happened with the swim team. In high school I started rowing (crew) at a local club. (Rowing doesn't exist in high schools in the South) But, when I got to college, I was too short row in the heavy weight boat and too heavy to be a coxswain, so I ended up coaching. You can see a pattern ....
Well, a lot happened between graduation and now, but needless to say my desire to achieve something amazing in the realm of physical well being still lingered. Then, 8 months ago, after two years of waiting (a story that will be told later) I started Crossfit.
In Crossfit I not only found a community, I also found sport that anyone, and I do mean anyone, could be a part of and achieve in. I got hooked!!! Then the competition bug started to creep in... And the bug bit during the 2013 Crossfit Regionals. While I participated, needless to say, I did not do incredibly well. And that is when a conversation started....
Many people, both in my gym as well as on on-line communities, began commenting on how it was practically impossible to qualify for regionals unless you have an amazing athletic past, are currently achieving high levels of success in physical competitions, have all day to commit to training or you own a gym. It seemed to be the overwhelming consensus that with the workouts getting harder, the weights getting heavier and the athletes having more and more experience behind them that someone ‘new’ just couldn’t qualify. I refuse to believe that.
No matter what "sport" you participate in, you have goals. And while they may not be to qualify for the Crossfit Regional competition, they might be just as taunting for you. For many achieving a handstand in yoga at one time seemed impossible. For others it could be competing in a triathlon or marathon. No matter what it is, a person should never, NEVER, have the thought that it can't be done.
Rags to Regionals was started to create an online community for "normal" people to come together and support each other in reaching our seemingly unachievable goals. For me, it is qualifying for the 2014 Southwest Team Crossfit Regionals. I am going to lay it all out there ... The good, the bad and the ugly. I am going to share pictures of my physical progress (I think this might be the hardest part for me), my weight (okay, this might be the hardest part), my measurements, my body fat percentage, my workouts, my meals, my recipes, my struggles, my successes.... EVERYTHING.
I hope that eventually others will begin to share too and as a community we can support each other to jump off those plateaus, break through those walls and be opened to ideas and things that we didn’t have before.
I do this in hopes of inspiring others. To inspire a 'normal' person that elite fitness is possible. That with will, dedication and determination the path to that seemingly unachievable goal is possible…even with a full time job, a family to take care of and a life to live.
The quest begins now... the road from Rags to Regionals has begun!!
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