November CrossFitter of the Month: Melissa Domoy

November's CrossFitter of the Month: Melissa Domoy

Congratulations Melissa!
This month we congratulate Melissa Domoy for being our member of the month. Melissa is a 9am regular.  Melissa has been with us since the beginning. She was our very first member!! Melissa is a hard worker and if you have worked out with her, and there is a running WOD, good luck, she'll be running by you like the wind!!!  Here is a little more about Melissa. 

Age: 40
Occupation: Physical Therapist
City:   Basom
When did you start CrossFit? March 2013

• What do you do when you’re not here? Work hard to raise happy healthy kids

• What brought your to CrossFit Silver Fox? I wanted more from a gym and wanted to be pushed each and every training session.  Jason’s training style and programming brought me to CFSF. I love how he pushes us all to do/be the best we can in every workout.

• What keeps you at CrossFit Silver Fox? The CFSF community…we train hard together, whine a little along the way (some days more than a little for me but I always feel good when I have completed the workout), support each other, and who doesn’t like high fives at the end of a tough workout!

• Biggest Improvements/struggles with CrossFit? My biggest improvement since I started CF is my strength.  I am stronger now than I ever thought I could be. I love when I see that strength carry over/help me outside of the gym.  Those darn kipping pull-ups that I have been working on for the past two years are my biggest struggle.

• How many days do you train at CrossFit Silver Fox? 4-5 days a week

• What makes your come in and train on days when you don’t want to?   Jen Kirkum…    Jen and I started CrossFit together almost 3 years ago now.  We used to go to the 5am class( which a lot of you know is a tough time to get up and go to the gym, but you have to do what you have to do). We would drive together and chit chat on the way. There was many a morning when I wanted to sleep another 2 hours before I had to get up but I knew that she would be waiting in the school parking lot for me (or maybe not Jen was always running a little late).  I didn’t want to let her down by not showing up.  The bottom line is that on those days when it is tough to get up the motivation on my own to get to CFSF it is really nice to have a friend, workout partner, and swole mate who will hold you accountable.

• What is your approach towards nutrition? Try to keep my sweet tooth under control as much as possible.  My goal is always to eat as healthy as possible but not deprive myself of too much that I crave it.  Everything in moderation.  If you were to look at my grocery cart I definitely shop the outside aisles (produce, meat and dairy) almost exclusively.

• If you could design your own workout…I wouldn’t.  I will leave that up to Jason.  They always say that your mind will give in before your body, so I don’t think that I would challenge myself as much as I should to see results.

• Favorite workout?  Although they are usually super challenging, I love the benchmark workouts.  I love comparing my times or reps and hopefully seeing improvement!

• What is the most challenging part of your CrossFit journey? Not letting my mind get in the way of progress

• Super Power you would want most? None.  I am happy with who I am.

• Any advice for new comers? If you are thinking about it give it a try!  I know that it may be scary at first but everything can be scaled for your ability.  There is a tremendous CrossFit community that is always encouraging you to do the best that you can…no one is ever judging you.

• Favorite activities outside of CrossFit? Spending time with my family, running (I currently am working on a streak of 500 consecutive days of at least a mile every day), hiking, biking, snowmobiling, skiing, basically any outdoor activities

• Name something about yourself that is a little known fact.  My biggest fear is having family and friends not know how much I appreciate them.

• Accomplishments at the gym. PR’s, Weight Loss, etc? I have created new PRs along my CF journey, haven’t lost any weight, but I am way stronger than I ever thought I could be.  The scale no longer dictates to me how I feel because I am stronger and healthier than I ever was before.

• Goals for the remainder of the year? Continue to push myself to be better and stronger!  I would also like to PR in dead-lift, bench press, and back squats at the end of the challenge.