Huge congrats to our Athlete of the month for Malaga in July, Abi!! Abi started in our Teens class and quickly moved into the adult classes, training with her Mum. We love watching this duo come in and workout together, pushing each other along the way. With a great attitude , Abi has been consistently training with impressive results. Especially that 115kg deadlift PR recently!! Abi has done a few of the local comps now and we love to support this rising Teen superstar. We see big things in the future for this kind hearted girl and is certainly a name to watch out for in the CrossFit scene in the years to come!! Lets get to know more about Abi here:
•Name: Abi Mackay
•Age: 14
• Occupation: Student
• How long have you been at CrossFit Access: Two years
• What do you enjoy doing outside of CrossFit? Eating and listening to music.
• What is your favourite and least favourite movements or WODs? Favourite is snatches and least favourite rowing.
• What your biggest achievement so far? Deadlifting 115kg. Also being in 3v3 with Katie and Angela and Gladiators with Fraser.
• What are your future goals? To be able to muscle up
• Tell us something we don’t know about you: I was so very close to quitting CrossFit about a year ago. I was lazy and could not be bothered at all.
• Who’s your box buddy? My mum.
• Why did you start CrossFit I was so bored at doing Taekwondo and I wanted to try something new that would push me and CrossFit definitely has.
• What do you love about CrossFit Access? I love the community the most and the support that you get from the coaches, we are all like family and I love it.
• Any advice for anyone just starting their CrossFit journey? It is very challenging, you might go home sore and exhausted but it is also very rewarding and you will feel awesome afterwards.