Mike

Mike has been a CrossFit athlete for about 5 years and a member of Movement Republic for a little over one year. In the last few months, Mike has gotten his first bar muscle-up, ring muscle-up and then strict muscle-up earning him the name “Muscle-Up Mike”!

What surprised you about CrossFit when you started?

“I didn’t realize how accessible CrossFit would be. Starting CrossFit was really intimidating, but everything about it makes coming back easy. Not only are the workouts scalable for any level of fitness, but the community is super supportive and welcoming.”

What is your favorite part about MR?

“I especially appreciate the programming. There's a purpose behind everything that we do and a lot of emphasis is put on developing proficiency with high skill movements. I like that there are workouts that I can’t do as prescribed - it makes goal setting easy.”

Mike has has reached a lot of goals since joining a year ago...

“After Sarah’s nutrition session this past spring, I decided to dial in my diet and am now down ~20 lbs.  With that, my performance in the gym is improving across the board, but especially with gymnastics movements.  A couple months ago I got my first bar muscle up, shortly after that landed my first ring muscle up, and then shortly after that nailed my first strict ring muscle up.  As somebody who’s been doing CrossFit for a while, it’s really exciting to make this kind of progress again.”

When you aren’t at MR, what are you up to?

“I love going to concerts and discovering new music. I grew up a musician and even though I don’t play as much as I would like to anymore, music still plays a big role in my life.”