Male Athlete of the Month - March
Full Name:
James Arthur Newton III
When did you join:
May 13, 2017 (Day One)
Occupation:
Assistant Civil Engineer, Burns & McDonnell
What is your spirt animal:
Kangaroo
Biggest Motivation:
The person who tells me “No"
Favorite quote:
“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.”
"If you can dream it, you can do it" -W. Disney
Favorite Workout fuel:
Tacos or B-A-N-A-N-A-S
Favorite lift:
Fork lift….oh power lift, Power Cleans
Least favorite lift:
Deadlift, it has DEAD in the name
Favorite workout so far:
Filthy 50!
Murph
Anything WITHOUT the assault bike from hell
Athlete of the month goals
Personal:
To be more open to new experiences, to be more inviting to new gym athletes
Professional:
To wake up every morning enjoying my job.
To fix infrastructure correctly and efficiently one road at a time (and add more orange cones to your commute, not really)
To pass my Profession Engineering (PE) test next April to remove the word “Assistant” in my job title
Athletic:
I was going to say hit 225# for my Power Clean PR but 18.2 took care of that; so
Run at least one 5k a month!
Abs of steel…or at least abs. They are CORE to everything you do
Why do you choose MC CrossFit?
If you have been to this box and seen the coaching and the community then I don't have to answer this question
