Karli DeMonico

1. How long have you been doing CrossFit and what made you start? I have been extremely active and involved in fitness for the majority of my adult life. Over the years I have tried a wide variety of fitness regiments from Golds gym, Barre, Spin Class, and HIIT training. I even tried Curve and Rollerblading back in the day. I was never satisfied nor was I able to achieve the results I was looking for or thought I should have with the amount of work I was putting in. I had a friend that would constantly suggest I try CrossFit. I would always tell her that I just wasn’t interested but if I’m being honest, I was actually intimidated. I was not intimidated by the people but rather, by the all the barbell work. I had never done any kind of Olympic lifting and wasn’t sure that I could or even if I wanted to. Sometime in 2014 she finally convinced me to try a CrossFit class and I’m so glad she did because it was love at first lift! I couldn’t get enough. In fact, over the years I’ve grown to love CrossFit so much that I now own and operate my own Box, CrossFit Lake Travis.

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2. What is your favorite thing about CrossFit? My favorite thing about CrossFit is most definitely the fact that it brings people together from all different walks of life. Each day, we walk into the box from very different lives and all have the same thing in common; the love for our community. Getting fit and healthy is a huge bonus. It doesn’t matter your age, career, fitness level, homelife or abilities, the box as we call it, is a family and everyone supports one another.

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3. What is your favorite movement? I’m not sure I could narrow my favorite movement down to just one. People think I’m crazy but I love me some thrusters and burpees.

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4. What is your favorite CrossFit movement to coach? My favorite CrossFit movement to coach would have to be the Deadlift. I absolutely love to see the joy on an athletes face when they see how much weight they can lift off the ground with proper technique.

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5. Why did you become a Trainer? I became a trainer so I could pass my love for health and fitness onto others through CrossFit. My life was truly changed for the better once I discovered the sport and I want provide others with the opportunity to have a similar or even better experience than my own.

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6. Why do you own and operate a box? Owning and being the Head Coach of CrossFit Lake Travis has given me an opportunity to have the biggest impact on my community. I genuinely love people, health, and watching others succeed. CFLT has allowed me to have all those things in one place.

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Aside from Owning and operating CFLT, I have an amazing family. My husband, Lawrence and I have two young boys, Odin and Gray. And of course I cannot forget to mention our Belgian Malinois, Knight-Mare. In addition to training and competing in CrossFit, I also train and compete in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Lawrence and Gray are very serious about jiu-jitsu. Odin, on the other hand, seems to be taking after his mama as he gravitates toward CrossFit. By the time he was 8, he’d already become a no-shirt CrossFitter (face palm). Maybe he’ll rise to the challenge and compete in the games one day. Fun fact about Gray, he was almost born in a CrossFit box. My water broke doing a squat clean. Who knows, maybe a future games athlete in him as well.

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If you are reading this, I sincerely hope to meet you soon!