Member Spotlight
Jamie R.
Age: 38
Occupation: Security Analyst
“My proudest moments from the gym have been achieving a rope climb and facing my fear of heights in 2023
Toes to bar 2025
Hand stand push up 2025
I would also like to say I am proud of my commitment to continuously coming to the gym multiple times a week for the last almost 3 yrs. It has really helped me mentally overcome some of the self esteem issues I have struggled with. “
Sharon P.
Age: 62
Occupation: Registered Nurse
Biggest Accomplishments:
1. My nutrition goal which I am working on has me at my lowest weight in 33 years . I appreciate all the nutritional support as it has helped me gain strength, improved fitness, and overall wellness.
2. This gym has taught me to accept my strengths and weaknesses and helped me to make goals and progress as I try new things.
3. Every time I go to the gym and see our workout on that whiteboard. I wonder how the heck I am going to do this?… Guess what I do it and it makes me feel so good and proud of myself for doing hard things.
Thank you Callie and coaches for all that you do… you are changing lives …..
Sharon L.
Age: 57
Occupation: Buyer
3 Proudest moments from the gym:
Touching the beam on the rope climb.
Placing first in the open last year (woman’s Rx).
I have touched toes to bar a couple of times.
Desiree M.
I must say overall the environment at the gym has taught me HOW to be proud of myself. This was something that eluded me for too long in my life.
1. Rope climb! I was 45 years old and never even considered I could be capable.
2. Kipping pull-ups! A moment when I didn’t believe in myself but my coach did and it was an incredible feeling
3. Participating in hero workouts always makes me feel proud!
Sandi K.
Age: 63 and 5 months
Occupation: Nursing Educator at LSSU for the past 14 years
3 Proudest Moments:
(1) The first proudest moment was to overcome my fears and the courage to walk through the CallieCo Wellness doors and remain consistent in my wellness journey (August will be 3 years....unbelievable)
That first step changed everything. I was emotionally drained, physically wrecked, and coming off six rounds of COVID, bacterial pneumonia, and pleurisy. I didn’t feel strong. I didn’t feel ready. But I showed up anyway. That took more courage than anything ever will - and that moment right there….that was the true beginning of my comeback.
Those early months were humbling. Scaling workouts, gasping for breath, fighting through fatigue and self-doubt — but every rep was a quiet act of defiance against everything that had tried to break me. Slowly but surely, my body came back online. I started hitting PRs, building muscle, moving with power again. But more importantly, I started trusting myself and my body again.
Somewhere along the way, I stopped just surviving workouts and started thriving in them. I lifted heavier. I moved faster. I held my head higher. The gym didn’t just rebuild my body - it rebuilt me. And now, when I look around at this community, at Rooted CrossFit/Callie Co, I’m reminded daily of how far I’ve come from that broken version of myself that walked in almost three years ago – to the amazing person and athlete I never thought I could be. I am forever blessed and my cup surely runneth over.
(2) hitting my first RX workout by deadlifting 150#
(3) competing and successfully completing in my first CrossFit Open in 2023. What an amazing and challenging experience – one I will never ever forget. It will always be my most special challenge!