MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
Ari Klopfer
How long have you been working out at MSCF? I started at Mountain Strength about 4 years ago. I think the biggest thing that brought me was that my mom was doing it and, at the time, my brother. What is your favorite exercise or movement? My favorite movement...
Kurtis Dube
1. What brought you to MSCF/how long have you been a member? I have been a member off and on since early 2018, however, due to injury I didn't really begin training in earnest until mid-December, so roughly a year now. At the time when I joined I was living in...
Kaitlynn Pelio
1. What brought you to MSCF/how long have you been a member? I have been a member at Mountain Strength for almost 7 years. I initially joined MSCF because I had been a globo gym rat for a number of years, and frankly, was pretty bored. One of my friends from high...
Sean Freeman
1. What brought you to MSCF/how long have you been a member? One day during a rowing practice our coach decided to have us do a CrossFit style work out, and I really liked it. I tried out MSCF while I was home from school and found that not only did I love CrossFit...
Linda Borgatti-Dicarlo
1. What brought you to MSCF/how long have you been a member? I wanted to get back into shape, plus I also had a goal I wanted to achieve, which was to run the Spartan race at Fenway, which I accomplished in 2018. I joined in July 2017 and have been private training...
Balazs Szemes
1.What brought you to Mountain Strength CrossFit/how long have you been a member? I've been doing CrossFit for 10 years or so starting in Worcester at CrossFit Center Mass. As we moved around I had to change gyms too. For awhile, I did OrangeTheory instead of CrossFit...
Fernanda
1 What brought you to Mountain Strength CrossFit/how long have you been a member? I have been doing CrossFit since 2015, and when I moved to Winchester, I decided to look for a CrossFit gym closer to me. I became a member of Mountain Strength CrossFit in February...
Heidi Daniels
1.What brought you to Mountain Strength CrossFit/how long have you been a member? My husband, Jack, and I have been members for two years now. Our previous box closed and we spent some time looking at others to find that same positive sense of community and were...
Tony Carlin
1. What brought you to Mountain Strength CrossFit/how long have you been a member? I have always been active and had recently begun again a martial art that I had taught and practiced for over 20 years called Aikido after a couple of years of absence. I really needed...
Leigh DuPuy Carlisle
What brought you to Mountain Strength CrossFit/how long have you been a member? I love to run, but it doesn't always love me back. I live close to the gym and decided it would be good to try something different. I think it's been six years—and CrossFit has become more...
Darren Gillgrass
1 What brought you to Mountain Strength CrossFit/how long have you been a member? I have been a member of MSCF since August 2017 after meeting with Rich for the first time at the gym. My wife and I used to take the kids to the Winchester Gymnastics Academy next door...
John C. Mariani
What brought you to Mountain Strength CrossFit? After spending most of my 30s see-sawing up and down in weight I was going frustrated with myself that I couldn't maintain a healthy lifestyle. I realized what was missing was structure, variety and a supportive...