Can you say WOW! 

Tammy has been training with us for a year now and the transformation she has experienced is unbelievable! Not only did Tammy lose a total of TWENTY ONE INCHES off her body, she has gained confidence, energy, friendships and a healthy self image over the last year. 

We could not be prouder of her, her accomplishments and her dedication to her health! WAY TO GO Tammy Westphal! You aren't done yet! Here's a recap of her last year with us:

Weight Lost: over 35 pounds from her start date
Inches Lost: 21.25 

She shaved 2:10 off her original baseline from February 2017. In 2017 she was doing ring rows for her pull - ups and at her last reassessment with her accountability coach she was doing assisted pull-ups on the bands! 

If you are looking for a program to help you lose the weight, gain the strength you need AND gain the confidence you want...you found us! Call us today at 901.388.9979 for the details you need to get started!

Tammy Westphal

Tina

One year ago this month, I walked through the doors at CrossFit Bartlett, and my life was forever changed. On that day, I was miserable. I felt awful about myself. I didn't find myself attractive, and I referred to myself as "the fat friend". On Enlistment Day, I did not want Justin or Krystal to even look at me, because I felt like they were going to find me disgusting and assume I was a lazy person who made excuses for being overweight. That is how bad I felt about myself. I didn't even want people to look at me.

Before I started my journey at this gym, I had tried everything and my weight was up and down for years. I tried weight watchers, I ordered multiple as seen on TV quick fixes, I joined gyms, I tried Couch to 5k, I tried not eating, I relied on medicine, and I even did a few other things I am too embarrassed to mention. Nothing worked.

I started to believe that I was living in a body I was meant to have, and during one point in my life, I completely gave up.  It wasn't worth it anymore. I did everything society said I should do, and I still failed.

The first 6 weeks during my journey, I was in the Boot Camp. I felt myself getting stronger, not just physically, but mentally. All of my goals were changing. I started noticing a shift from wanting to be skinny to wanting to be fit and healthy.  I became confident and jumped at the opportunity to join CrossFit.

Later, I joined the nutrition program and got my eating under control. It is now a year later, and I cannot believe who I am today. I show up and put in the work, but if it were not for the staff, I would have not been successful. These people push you, support you, and educate you. They pave the way for the person you want to be.

My life has been enriched by this program. I no longer let the scale control my happiness, and I no longer say negative things about myself.  I love myself fully for the first time in my life. When I decided to put myself first and to make my health a priority, everything changed, and I became a better friend and wife.

At the beginning of my journey, people would say, "I don't even know who you are anymore", and this would make me uncomfortable. When people say it now, I smile and say, "me either". Hearing those words is the best thing in the world.

 

Ashley Howell

“Before joining CFB, I was having trouble climbing more than two flights of stairs and I could not squat down more than about 40%, nothing even close to parallel. My house has a very steep backyard and I could not mow it without taking several breaks as I would get too winded. Now I am taking 10-12 mile hikes in the mountains, I can climb as many stairs as I care to and I can mow the backyard with no breaks and not even breathing hard.”

Mike Summrall

My fitness journey started July 7, 2014, when my doctor told me I was borderline diabetic, that wasn’t going to cut it, as I had already lost both parents to this awful disease, and have now lost a sister and will be losing a brother. So my question was what needs to be done to stop this progress, and the doctor said a life change, with eating and fitness. On that day I made the decision I wanted to watch my grandbabies grow up, so I had to get and stay healthy. For the next 10 months I started eating healthier and working out in my home, then one day I kept getting Facebook commercials about the World’s Best Bootcamp. After talking with my husband and with his blessing as I had already dropped a few sizes and was feeling so much healthier, I took a huge step and contacted Crossfit Bartlett, speaking with Krystal, who listened to my story and at the end said “so I’ll see you Saturday”. That Saturday June 27, 2015 I walked into the doors of CFB scared to death as I had no idea what it was going to be like, when I left there I was tired, hot, sweaty but felt amazing as I had done something I never did before and that was worked out in front of people and felt like they really cared about me. After 2 bootcamps, and 10 months crossfit, and 2 nutritional classes, I can say this has been the best decision of my Fitness Journey. When I first walked into CFB on June 27, 2015 you could not have made me believe that in 14 months, I would be as healthy, fit and strong enough to finish my biggest Fitness challenge and that is a Spartan Race, well I did just that a week ago, and it made my confidence go through the roof. CFB has become my home away from home we are a family that supports each other and always there, so no one is last.

Taking that huge step has made me the healthier, fitter, stronger confident woman I am today, and I thank God for placing CFB in my path so I might be able to spend longer years with all 7 of my grandbabies, who are my motivation everyday.

 

Gail Yancy

By the end of 2015 my size 14 jeans were so tight and uncomfortable that I had a decision to make: buy bigger clothes or change my lifestyle. I was completely unhappy with myself, so I decided that I was going to change my lifestyle and make myself better. I had previously spent a year at another local bootcamp, and I had great results. I was in great shape and feeling really good about myself! Then tragedy struck, and my grief got the better part of me. I began to eat anything and everything instead of dealing with the grief I felt. That's how I got to where I was, and I knew it. I had to face my feelings head on in order to move forward with my life, and I was ready!

I started World's Best Bootcamp in January ready to face all of the challenges and start a new journey. Two weeks into Bootcamp I also started a 3 month nutrition program. At the end of my Bootcamp journey, I was blown away by the amount of success I had in only 6 weeks. Some of the success had to do with my work and effort that I put into the program. The other part of the success had to do with amazing coaches who pushed me and challenged me every time they saw me. They saw something great in me that I had not yet seen in myself.

After Bootcamp, I joined CrossFit Bartlett and continued in the nutrition program. At the end of the nutrition program, I was down 23 pounds and had lost 22 inches! I was in the best shape of my life and so encouraged. I have continued to work hard on myself daily, and the coaches have continued to push me! Since I started Bootcamp in January, I have lost almost 40 pounds and 30 inches! I have no idea where those size 14 jeans went, and I don't care. I will never see them again!

April Darnell