Melissa Galloway is our CFV Member of the Month, and we're so happy to highlight her! Melissa is six months into her CrossFit journey and is excited to continue to grow. We are so happy to have Melissa be apart of our CFV family. Read more about Melissa below!
How long have you been doing Crossfit?
I will be celebrating 6 months doing Crossfit on May 20!!!
What is your favorite CrossFit workout and/or movement?
I look forward to learning a new movement each day. Lifting days have became a favorite days to see just how much I have grown in my strength.
What do you love most about CrossFit Virilis and CrossFit, in general?
I really enjoy all the people I have come to meet and how we all encourage each other with words, high fives and rounds of applause for completing the WOD!!! Having a different workout each day keeps it exciting!
Name your top five favorite movies/shows.
Fixer Upper, Sing, Utopia, Dr. Poll and Trolls.
If you could have lunch with anyone in time, dead or alive, who would it be and why?
My grandmothers... it's been a long time since they passed. I would like to share my life with them since they went to heaven. If I could just capture a picture with my family with them. They never got to meet my family.
What is Melissa's lifestyle like outside of the gym?
I am a daughter of God, a wife and mother of four little ones. I have an 11 year old, 9 year old daughter, 5 year old boy and a 3 year boy so I stay busy with kiddos!!! My husband and I have been married for 11 years and together for 21 years! I am a review manager for an awesome company, ReviewPush which allows me to work from home. I have been with the company for four years now. I am blessed to work and still do the mommy things and be involved with my children's schools. In my spare time, I am an active member with celebrate recovery for 16 months and enjoy taking classes to improve my well being and enjoy reading self help books or anything inspiring.
What makes you the happiest?
Being with my family and enjoying the life I have been so graciously given. I enjoy singing and praising during church or jamming in my car and dancing gets my soul going!
What's your favorite restaurant?
I enjoy Mexican good with chips, salsa and a good glass of ice tea!
What is your favorite quote to inspire, motivate or make you think?
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. Phil 4:13, With God all things are possible. Matt 19:26, Love wins.
What is your favorite sport & team?
I enjoy watching my son play baseball these days. I was very active in baseball and then softball for years of my childhood till high school. I love the game!
Can you share about the impact that CFV has had on you both in and out of the gym?
Oh wow, this is big for me. It's hard to even out into words. CrossFit was on my goal list and thought it could possibly be good at that but my self esteem and confidence would never think I could actually do that stuff. Then I set a 6 month goal list and trying CrossFit was one of those things I wanted to accomplish. Then God lead me to CrossFit Virilis and I was still hesitant to join but then God used others to purse me to join and I did after many weeks of debating if I could do it. I still remember the day I committed to Tanya, I put a screen shot on my phone that said "Here goes nothing." Then after a day or two, I saw a verse that's dear to my heart written on my whiteboard and it all made perfect sense. I was right where God wanted me to be and I still believe that today. So grateful and thankful I put aside my fear of the unknown and embraced and endured what was to come.
Anything else you'd like to add?
Each person, whether I have meet you or not, have been part of my journey with pictures on Facebook or I have watched you in action at the gym. You all have given me the strength to know we all can do great things and nothing is impossible.
