Keli’s a fun loving, creative, and talented woman who happens to know her way around a barbell.  Her real-life take on CrossFit is up next! What do you do for a living? I’m the budget secretary at John Marshall High School. What’s your favorite thing to do outside of the gym? Laugh with my family and friends. What made you decide to try CrossFit? My husband started doing the CrossFit workouts a long, long time ago from the CrossFit website and he’s been super fit forever.  I had been at a local health club forever and didn’t have the motivation to create my own workouts or give them enough effort to matter.  It was time to change and my husband game me a punch card for the REV classes.  I was hooked immediately. How long have you been at Progression? I started the REV classes about 2 1/2 years ago....Read more

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Beth isn’t your average bear.  She’s been through years of sacrifice, experience, and has lots of refreshing insight to offer that will speak to just about anyone who’s stepped into a CrossFit gym.  Please read on to get to know Beth Fynbo. What do you do for a living? I work for a healthcare company on a multi-year project to implement a new inventory management system in Mayo’s surgical and procedural areas. What’s your favorite thing to do outside of the gym? Spend quality time with the people I love, doing just about anything… softball, golf, kayaking, camping, everything outside when it’s not winter. I am also working on building up a great woodshed to occupy the winter months. What made you decide to try CrossFit? An old Army friend was incessantly trying to get me to try it because I was active and loved doing Tough Mudders.  It took...Read more

She’s smart.  She’s tough.  And she’s got layers.  Please, keep reading to get to know the wonderfully hilarious and very sarcastic Betsy Hassett. What do you do for a living? I am a Legal Representative for Mayo Clinic.  Basically a paralegal specializing in insurance payment disputes. What’s your favorite thing to do outside of the gym? Adventures with friends, road trips, concerts, new activities.  I’m up for pretty much anything. What made you decide to try Progression? I kept getting bothered by my friend to try it and then realized nothing else I had done so far had worked so the Progression Bootcamp was my birthday gift to myself and I was hooked. How long have you been at Progression? Since May 2015. What was your experience with fitness like prior to Progression? I did outdoor activities like hiking and canoeing and some yoga but lacked any real motivation to do...Read more