CFA Athlete Profile

Each month we will be featuring one of our awesome CFA athletes here and finding out what makes CrossFit Ampthill such a special place to train.

Name: Laura Rolland

Age: 28

Occupation: Project Administrator

Home town: Flitton (at the moment but Pulloxhill as heart)

Started CrossFit in: May 2014

Favorite WOD: Hmmm…can’t think of a WOD I like as such but rowing always goes down quite well (even if I do cheat because of my height!).

Biggest achievement so far:  Losing four stone (although, for a serial yo-yo dieter, keeping it off will be the bigger achievement).

Describe yourself in 3 words… creative, compassionate and genuine

Tell us about your sport and fitness background  Sporadic. I’m a bit all or nothing. I’ll get obsessed with something for a few months (gym, bootcamp, running) and then give up. Hopefully Crossfit is a keeper…6 / 7months is a new record anyway.

What are your goals? Initially to lose weight but now to keep momentum as I feel so much more healthy and happy

Your biggest GOAT (thing you find difficult) Running – which is weird because I used to really enjoy it.

What are your hobbies, interest, talents outside of CrossFit? Not very rock n’ roll but reading, spending time with my family, drawing, singing (although not in public!) and watching films.

What sort of changes in your life have you experienced out of taking on CrossFit that were unexpected? Getting up early – I have always HATED it (ask my poor family!) but now I’m up at 5:30 almost every weekday morning for the 6:00am class.

Please share your favorite CFA moment  Rowing the 5k and being able to sustain a time per 500m that I couldn’t manage for a couple of minutes when I first started.

Any advice for people just starting out? Keep going…starting is always the hardest part but there’s nothing quite like that feeling of knocking minutes of your Jackie time

Complete the sentence: I love CrossFit and training at CFA because… it has helped me out of a dieting / fitness rut that was making me miserable! I couldn’t do it without all the lovely CFA members cheering me on (especially on those occasions where I’m running into the box several minutes after everyone else AGAIN) and of course our amazing coaches for their endless courage, support and patience. THANK YOU everyone x