Thursday, January 26, 2012

Armando

Armando shows what he would look like with chipmunk cheeks!

Name or nickname – Armando

Relative age – 25

How long have you been CrossFitting, when did you start? I started crossfitting march of 2011.  Roughly 10 months

How did you find Field House Gym and CrossFit? Daniel Brubaker told me about it all the time.  We worked together and that's all he talked about.  Then I met Andrew Bowden and Joey McGeoy and the rest is history

How often do you make it to the gym and which class time do you prefer? Anywhere from 4-6 days a week, at the 6am, noon and 1630.  I prefer 6am so I can swim or run at noon.

What do you do for a living? More than just a job title, what do you actually do and what do you enjoy most about it.  I'm a hospital corpsman in the Navy but I work as a Command Fitness Leader.  I work out sailors who are overweight, or cannot pass the Physical Fitness Assessment.  

Do you have a favorite skill/lift and why?  My favorite lift is the Clean and Jerk.  It's a lift that takes raw power, especially the clean lol.

What is your nutritional philosophy and why? Portion control.  It's all I did when I started crossfit.  I was a gym rat before I joined crossfit and weighed 205.  I started measuring my veggies, grains, meats, etc and toned down to 175.  And all my lifts increased!

What 3 foods do you always have in your house?  Kiwi, turkey, cookies

Favorite physical activity outside of CrossFit? Running and cycling

Who do you use as a measuring stick/who inspires you in our gym?  I look up to almost everyone.  Every guy is superior at some specific skill.  If the WOD has that skill I'll look up to that person that day.  I inspire to be like Matt G, Dave, Andrew Joey and Daniel.  Those are the guys that when the WOD gets tough they bite down and press on.  Me, I stop and catch my breath.  It's a mental skill I've yet to master and I'm envious of lol.

If you could trade places with any one historical person or live in any particular place or era, who, where, when would it be and why?  I'd be jimmy Hendrix, except I wouldn't pull a Heath Ledger.  I'd want to live in Israel if I could.  If I had to choose a time it'd probably be the around the California gold rush (I'd be an outlaw) or the 1920's 

One thing most people don't know about you? A lot of people don't believe it when I tell them but i used to be overweight.    After high school I went to college full time and  worked 2 full time jobs.  I ate nothing but fast food for a while and got up to 240lbs in fat. (I now weigh 178) I lost the weight with good old diet and exercise.

What 3 songs would you like to see included in your ideal CrossFit playlist?  

Already home- Jay-Z

Toxicity- System of a Down

For whom the bell tolls-Metallica

What was the last book you read? The Warrior Elite by Dick Couch

If Nick were to regrow his hair what would be his ideal hairstyle?  If nick was to grow back his hair it should be like Ashton Kutcher... haha