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Monique Williams isimba rinofanirwa kuverengerwa-kwete chete nekuti Floridian 5'3'', 136-pound ane makore 24 okuberekwa mumhanyi anokatyamadza ari ega, asi nekuti ari ega achiisa mutambo mutsva. mepu.

Asi usati wasvika pakuziva Williams, iwe unofanirwa kuziva Grid. Iyo National Pro Grid League-iyo inoumbwa nezvikwata zvisere munyika yese-yakatanga mwaka wayo wekutanga muna 2014, uye inozvitsanangura se "zvine hungwaru timu yemitambo yekumhanya." Dudziro: Panguva yemutambo, mapoka maviri akabatanidzwa evarume vanomwe uye vakadzi vanomwe vanomhanya musoro-ne-musoro kwemaawa maviri, vachizadzisa gumi nemana- kusvika masere maminetsi emitambo inoedza zvese kubva kumhanya uye zano kusvika kuhunyanzvi uye kutsungirira kuburikidza akasiyana siyana ye weightlifting uye bodyweight zvinhu. Chokwadi chinonakidza: murume mumwe chete nemukadzi muboka rimwe nerimwe anofanira kunge ari pamusoro pemakore 40. Funga nezvazvo seCrossFit pakuputika (izvo zvinonzwisisika, sezvo muvambi Tony Budding aimbova mushandi weCrossFit Inc.). (Sangana Nevatambi Vasingatyi Vatambi veMitambo yeCrossFit ya2015.)

Williams anga ari paGrid kubva pakutanga. Mutambi huzhinji hwehupenyu hwake, Williams anogara achikwezva kumitambo-inotungamirwa nevanhurume senge basketball, mureza nhabvu, uye nhandare uye nhandare. Kwaive rudo rwake rwekupedzisira rwakasimudzira basa rake rekumhanya padanho rinotevera - akagashira njanji uye kudzidza kumunda kuYunivhesiti yeSouth Florida, kwaakazove mukwikwidzi wenguva mbiri yeBig East mukusvetuka kureba nekusvetuka katatu. .

Mushure mekoreji, Williams aitsvaga mutsva wemitambo. "Ndanga ndichiita CrossFit, uye murume wandakachata naye aive mubhokisi muWest Palm Beach," anodaro Williams. "Ndakanga ndanzwa nezve Grid kuburikidza nevezvenhau, asi ndakanyatsonzwa mutambo uyu muna Nyamavhuvhu 2014 paakadzoka kumba nematikiti kuMamiami vs. New York mutambo wakaitirwa muCoral Gables. "chii chaiitika mumutambo, asi zvaive pachena kwandiri kuti munhu wese aikwikwidza aive nemufaro wakanyanya. Zvakandiyeuchidza nezve track yangu uye timu yemunda mukoreji nekunakidzwa kwese kwataiita tese."

Akafuridzirwa nemutambo uyu, Williams akabatana neOrlando Outlaws, timu diki yeligi muSouthern Amateur Grid League (SAGL). Mushure mekuita iyo Grid hunyanzvi bvunzo, iyo inoyera kumhanya, simba, simba uye bodyweight mafambiro, akafunga kuti akagadzirira danho rinotevera. "Ndakaenda kuPro day kuMiami, iro raive danho rekutanga kuratidza hunyanzvi hwangu hwemakwikwi ehunyanzvi," anodaro Williams. "Mushure mezvo, ndakakokwa kumubatanidzwa weMadganis, waiva mukana wezvikwata zvehunyanzvi muligi kuti zviongorore uye kuongorora hunyanzvi hwangu kuti ndione kana ndichigona kuwedzera."

Icho chaive chiitiko chinokurudzira kuna Williams. “Kuona vatambi vakawanda kudaro vakatsunga kuratidza kuti vari muchikwata kwakandikurudzira zvikuru uye mamiriro akaita zvinhu zvakandipa simba rakawanda,” anodaro. Sezvo Williams airatidzira kugona kwake kwakasiyana mumitambo, pakanga pasina mubvunzo kuti aive wechikwata chechikwata-akasarudzwa chegumi muchibvumirano, uye akasarudzwa kujoina LA Reign. (Unombozvibvunza kuti Vatambi veVakadzi Vanonyanya Kubhadharwa Vanoita Sei Mari?)

Kuenda pro kwakaratidza chinonakidza uye chinonyanya kutendeuka shanduko muWilliams 'basa rezvemitambo, asi kutamiswa kubva kuFlorida kuenda kuCalifornia hakuna kunze kwezvibayiro zvacho. "Musiyano wenguva uye kuva kure nemurume wandinodanana naye ndiko kwakanyanya kunetsa," anodaro Williams. "Uye kutamba pamwero wepamusoro uyu wemakwikwi kwaive zvakawanda mutero wakawanda kupfuura zvandaiziva."

Williams, pamwe chete nevamwe vakadzi nevarume vari muchikwata (vese vari vatambi vanobhadharwa), vanopedza akawanda ziya-rakadikitira maawa mumisasa yekumanikidza yekudzidzira uye maitiro. "Tinodzidzira zvikuru Muvhuro-Chishanu, kazhinji kubva na8 mangwanani kusvika na4 masikati, pamwe nehafu yenguva nemusi weMugovera zvichienderana nekuti tine machisi here kana kuti kwete," anodaro Williams. Iyo chaiyo yekudzidzira chirongwa ndeyemusoro murairidzi Max Mormont. Mormont haazivikanwi kumitambo yepamusoro-soro. Mutambi wehupenyu hwese akakunda mukusimudza-kukodzera kune ese ari maviri 2008 uye 2012 Olympic miedzo mumutambo-Mormont akapinda mumwaka we2015 semutungamiriri wekudzidziswa uye zano reKutonga uye achangotora chinzvimbo semurairidzi mukuru wechikwata.

Nepo Mormont pakupedzisira achisarudza kuti ndiani achaita hunyanzvi panguva yemutambo, munhu wese anofanirwa kunge akagadzirira kuita chero chinodiwa kuchikwata, kunyanya kana zvinhu zvikasafamba nenzira yekuronga. “Mujaho wega wega anofanirwa kurwisa kuti apedze mujaho wega wega pasina kunonoka, sezvo chikwata chinokunda mumujaho wega wega chinopihwa mapoinzi maviri, kunze kwemujaho wegumi nerimwe, anove mapoinzi matatu,” anodaro Williams. "Kana tikasahwina mujaho, tichiri kuda kupedza nguva isati yapera kuti tiwane poindi imwe chete, sezvo poindi yese yakawanikwa paGrid ichienda kuchinangwa chedu chekuhwina mutambo."

Kunyangwe paine makumi maviri nevatatu vatambi pachikwata, varume vanomwe chete nevakadzi vanomwe ndivo vari panhandare-kana grid-panguva (zvikwata zvinobvumidzwa zvisingagumi mutambi kutsiva kumarudzi mazhinji). Iye-anozvitsanangura ega generalist, Williams ave nemukana wekuratidzira hunyanzvi hwake zvakanyanya, achikwikwidza mumitambo yese yakave nechikwata. "Kutamba mutambo kunounza mufaro uye kutya," anodaro Williams. "Mutambo usati watanga, Murairidzi Max anogara achindiyeuchidza kunyemwerera, nekuti pakupera kwezuva tiripo kuti tive nenguva yakanaka uye nekutsigirana."

Chikamu chechikwata ndicho chakatanga kufarira Williams mumutambo, uye ichiri chimwe chinhu chaanoda nezveGridhi nanhasi. “Zvinofadza kuona vatambi vachitaridza hunyanzvi hwavo pasina rusaruro pavarume navakadzi,” anodaro Williams. "Semumwe munhu agara achitora chikamu mumitambo zvakanyanya kutongwa nevarume, ndagara ndichiudzwa kuti handikwanise kusvetuka kusvika kure kana kugona kusimudza zvakanyanya sevamwe varume vangu. Grid inondipa mukana wekuvaratidza kuti havana kururama-ne kunyemwerera. "

Asi mitemo yeGrid yemukana wakaenzana uye hurongwa hwekudzidzisa hunorema hauna kunyaradza vanovenga. “Kunyangwe zvandinoona mashoko ekuti ‘varume vane simba kupfuura vakadzi’ anonyangadza, handizviregi zvichindinetsa,” anodaro Williams. "Vanhu vane kodzero yekufunga zvavanofunga. Kwandiri, zvinopa kurudziro yekuenderera mberi nekugona mumutambo uyu." (Psst... Uyu Mutambi WeGorofu Wemakore makumi maviri Okuberekwa Ari Kuratidza Gorofu Haisi Ingori Mutambo Wemukomana.)

Uye kukunda kwaanoita-mushure memutambo wenhabvu weNational Pro Grid League (NPGL) munaGunyana 20, Williams akatumidzwa zviri pamutemo zita rekuti 2015 NPGL Rookie yeGore. “Ndinofara zvikuru uye ndinotenda kuzivikanwa, kunyanya pakati pevatambi vakawanda vasingadaviriki,” anodaro. “Ndinotenda chose kuti kushanda nesimba, kuramba ndakazvininipisa, uye kuzvipira kuita chero chinhu kuchikwata ndiko kwandiisa pachinhanho chekugamuchira mubairo uyu.

Basa rake rakaomarara rakamuisawo pachinzvimbo chekurwira kufamba kwakanaka kwemuviri kuri kutungamirwa nevatambi vekickass vakaita semhare yeUFC Ronda Rousey, mupiki wesando weOlympic Amanda Bingson, uye nezvimwe (ziva Strong Women Changing the Face of #GirlPower). "Simba harisi shoko rekutsanangura varume," anodaro Williams. "Kuva nesimba kunonzwa kupa simba. Ndinofunga zvinoshamisa kuti vakadzi vakaita seni vava nemukana wekuve nebasa semumhanyi kwete kungorota nezvazvo."

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