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In 2014 Jean was diagnosed with breast cancer

“This was my strong place.”

Jean Hanks came to Prototype in 2012 having never thought of herself as an athlete. And in 2014 she endured one of the hardest things in her life— and yet kept showing up through all of it, with one rule for us: don’t treat me any different. We didn’t.

The year she was diagnosed turned out to be the highest-volume training year of her entire time here.
13+ years later, she’s still here and speaks about her story from a place of strength.

For National Cancer Survivor Month, Day 22 is Jean’s. Full story + her interviews at the link in bio. 🧡

Cori Wigington has three active boys.

Part of why she keeps showing up at Prototype is so she can keep up with them. The other part is so they see what investing in yourself actually looks like.

“I think investing in yourself — and showing your kids how to do that — is a really important piece of parenting.”

She started because life cracked open last year. She stayed because of who’s watching.

Day 18 of 100. Full story at the link in our bio. 🎥

Today is Memorial Day. Day 16 of our 100 in 100 series belongs to Coach Tony Pittman — Command Sergeant Major, US Army (Ret.), 20 years of service, 6 combat deployments.

He found CrossFit in a war zone. He ruptured both patella tendons and did band work from the ICU. And he said this about today:

“It’s a sad day because I know people who are gone. But it’s a happy day because this country wouldn’t be where it is without those people.”

Full story + video at the link in bio. Thank you, Tony. 🇺🇸
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“Of all the hours in my day, this is the one hour that I feel like I’m most present.”

Day 14 of 100 in 100 is about Brendan Sheehan. Harvard rower. Financial planner. Prototype member since January 2013

Brendan is the owner of has a psychology degree and a financial planning degree — and he’ll tell you right now the psychology one is coming in more handy.

He also tells his own clients: don’t cancel the gym.

Full story at the link in bio.

Day 10 of 100. Real members, Real Stories.

Meet She watched from the sidelines first.

She came to Prototype because her youngest started CrossFit at 14. She took laps around the gym, got comfortable, and finally decided: if my kid can do it, maybe I can too.

That was November 2020. Since then: 1,124 sign-ins. 257 PRs. A 230 lb hip thrust PR — while losing 54 lbs. Blood pressure improved. Pre-diabetes gone.

But what she really built here was the steadiness to hold her family together through their hardest years.

Day 10 of 100. Link in bio.

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6 years sober: “I don’t know where I would be without this place.”

Nicole St. Pierre has been training at Prototype since 2014. She came in skeptical — before Prototype, she thought CrossFit was something she’d never do. But she tried it, and stayed because of the people.

When life got really hard, this community helped hold her together. Six years sober now. Still showing up at 5am. Still making her kids want to train like mom.

The story goes deeper than the numbers. Read it at the link in bio. 🧡

Day 8 of 100 in 100.

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Day 4 of 100 in 100. Our first video story.

came to Prototype after breaking her wrist and getting diagnosed with full-blown osteoporosis. She chose lifting over medication.

4 years. 561 workouts. 130 PRs later — her diagnosis changed.

This is what strength training actually does. 💪

We’re sharing 100 member stories in 100 days. Want to follow along? Link in bio to read the full story + watch the video.

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