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Suck it up, Buttercup: 5 tips for a CrossFit Newbie!

Ever wonder what goes on at a CrossFit class? Wonder no more! I took my first class at CrossFit En Fuego and break it down!

In the great Tampa Bay gym shake-up of 2012, a lot of of my gym buds started to try CrossFit. I was hearing chatter all around town about CrossFit this, and CrossFit that, and then throughout my social media channels I was seeing first hand some of the amazing transformations that were happening. I looked around at CrossFit gyms near me (in the CrossFit community the gym is called "the box") and since I was still working full-time I decided it wasn't the place for me because of my kids, so I continued to do what I had been doing.

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