DECEMBER: LESLIE DION

LESLIE DION
Hometown:  Tyler, Texas 
Age:  34

Started CrossFitting July 2014

Favorite WOD:  Fight Gone Bad

Tell us about you sports & fitness background: 
I have zero sports or fitness background; I was a band nerd in High School and have barely stepped into a gym as an adult.

Take us back to your first WOD... what was it, and how did it feel? 
Excited! I got through it, and was sore after. I couldn’t imagine why you guys did this to yourselves every 
day.

What sort of changes have you seen in your body, health and fitness since starting CF (before/after)?  
Most of the changes came with the nutrition challenge before that it was just me knowing that I was 
getting stronger but I couldn’t see the changes till I changed my diet.

What sort of changes in your life have you experienced out of taking on something like CrossFit that 
were totally unexpected? 
I never expected to enjoy it so much. I don’t find it to be a chore at all. I had expected it to be like 
most other gym experiences, a chore - and it most definitely wasn’t.

Please share with us any favorite CrossFit / CFT moments. 
My favorite moment was the moment I realized I might belong and I didn’t feel so alien to all the 
moves.

Any advice for people just getting started? 
You will feel ignorant for a couple months. Don’t let it get you down. If your class time isn’t challenging you or opening up to you, change classes till your more comfortable. Team up with someone quick it helps keep you going. The more people that depend on you to be there, the more often you will go.