Debra Barber
No performance history
I started Crossfit in July 2012 at around 80 kg and finally ready to take charge and get fit 2 years after the birth of my 3rd child. After 2 weeks I found out I was pregnant and continued on a heavily scaled program at CrossFit Assassin in Rockingham, Perth, Western Australia. I continued until I was 34 weeks pregnant as I could no longer walk without excruciating pain due to previous injury from pregnancy. When my 4th baby girl was 8 weeks old I started back at CrossFit Assassin. Working closely with my coaches around various injuries and health issues I worked hard. I was soon diagnosed with severe PND and chose to begin medication for the safety and sanity of my family. CrossFit helped me greatly in trying to achieve some normalcy in my life plus my coaches and Assassin family never made a big deal of me balling my eyes out during a WOD. They just supported me and it meant A LOT!. In October 2013 we needed to move home to Queensland to be closer to the support of my family. By the time we found a house here and got settled I was 85-90 kg. I tried one CrossFit that wasn't a fit for me and after that it was really hard to front up to another. In January 2014 I joined a box on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland not far from my home. For some time I gained confidence and greatly improved my fitness. Then due to health and other circumstances, I took a long 14 months off any training. I finally started back training at CrossFit Caloundra and loving my new CrossFit home & family! I am doing the open to test myself and push myself out of my comfort zone and to have fun. It also was a goal to do my second open (this time with a scaled option) and to see how far I've come even with a long break in between. Plus, having competitions as my goals keeps me on track with my nutrition and is something more to keep me focused on my training and health. At 40 years old, I am feeling the best I have in years. Loving it!!
Benchmark Stats
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Back Squat -- Chad1000x -- Clean and Jerk -- Deadlift -- -
Fight Gone Bad -- Filthy 50 -- Fran -- Grace -- -
Helen -- L1 Benchmark -- Max Pull-ups -- Run 5k -- -
Snatch -- Sprint 400m --