Athlete Profiles

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Profile: Erin Zwier-Tieder

Height: 5'8"
Weight: 63kg
Age: 29

Most Recent Stats:

2011 Washington Open: 63kg Weight Class (138.6lbs)
Snatch: 66kg (145.2lbs)
Clean and Jerk: 79kg (173.8lbs)
Total: 145kg (319lbs)

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Profile: Steve Rodriquez

• Body Weight: 155lbs
• Height 5’7”
• Age: 32
• C&J: 205
• Squat Snatch: 155lbs
• Deadlift: 400lbs
• Handstand Pushups: 25 Unbroken (no kipping)
• Favorite WOD: Diane

I’ve been training all my life, or at least I thought I was until I started Crossfit 2 years ago. Found out I wasn’t even close to what my full potential could be on power output. Pushing your body to the ultimate limit is what Crossfit does and no other training I’ve done has ever made me feel this way.

I train with the best at Crossfit Fort Vancouver. Without this place of comfort myself and my family would be lost. I’ve not only achieved great health and fitness here, but have made lifelong friends and have gotten stronger in life because of where I train. Read more

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Profile: Luke Leaman

Since Luke has been published on T-Nation I am going to do this one in a straight forward interview style for a sense of nostalgia.

You can find a couple of Luke's T-Nation contributions here and here.

On a side note, does anyone else remember when it was first published as Testosterone Magazine and you could always expect to find some lunatic article by Bruce Kneller (aka Brock Strasser)? Hmm...maybe I shouldn't dig up that old skeleton. Oh well, too late now. So...let's get started.

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Profile: Erika Chandler Talbott

Training History: Olympic Style Weightlifting, 16 yrs. Prior to that was several years of soccer.

Height: 5' 3"

Age: 40

Favorite lifts: Hip Snatch, Split Jerk from the rack and Back Squats

"Love for the sport" is what motivates Erika to train. She is currently preparing to compete in the USA Masters Weightlifting 2011 National Masters this April where her main goal is to beat her lifts during the 2010 National Masters, but ultimately she will be focusing on doing the best she can. “My main focus is Olympic lifting, but over the years I have found that I need a variety of things to do to keep myself challenged and interested. I started looking at Crossfit and realized it was going to be the next challenge.” Erika began her Olympic lifting with Ursula from Oly Athlete, trains with Sandy Abney from Power to Perform and Strength Coach for the University of Texas, and gets her butt stomped by the WODs at CrossFit Leander, where she can also be found coaching the CrossFitters on their lifting technique.. Read more

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Profile: SFC Reocel Mercado

Started CrossFit: Mainsite 2006, CrossFit Fort Vancouver 2009
Body weight: 165lbs
Height: 5'7"
Age: 32
C&J: 245lbs
Squat: 315lbs
Snatch: 185lbs
DL: 365lbs
Pullups: 50
Muscle-ups: 15
Favorite WOD: any Hero WOD, Randy, and Murph

"There is no need to suppose that human beings differ very much one from another; but it is true that the ones who come out on top are the ones who have been trained in the hardest school." Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War I, I.84.4

If I had never come upon this quote and the history of the Peloponnesian War I may be a different man than I am today. Upon entering the Virginia Military Institute, I came upon this quote again and thus began my pursuit of challenge and discipline within my life. Aside from earning my degree, I found enjoyment in training for collegiate boxing. In addition to the thrill of winning a match, I felt equal enthusiasm to train my body and mind for battle.

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