FITNESS
FEMME FORCE
WOMEN WHO INSPIRE
a lot more selfless. And
I think the reward from
seeing people grow-
ing and changing and
becoming better is just
so much more powerful
than achieving it on your
own.”
Camille has come a
long way since she was a
freshman in University
dreaming about some-
day making it to the Ree-
bok CrossFit®Games.
Even though she has
"CAMILLE
LEBANC-BAZINET’S
VICTORY HAS BEEN
ANYTHING BUT
OVERNIGHT SUCCESS.
IT’S BEEN A SLOW BURN".
achieved massive suc-
cess at such a young age,
she isn’t finished just
yet. She still strives to
inspire young athletes
all over the world and
dreams of winning the
Reebok CrossFit®Games
Camille was not sur-
rounded by people who
shared this common
interest, she instantly
knew that CrossFit® was
something she wanted
to pursue and was deter-
mined to learn every-
thing she could about it.
In an interview, Camille
said, “CrossFit® wasn’t
really present in Canada
so there was no gym at
my school. A couple of
months after I started
CrossFit® it was the
2009 Reebok CrossFit
Games® and I remember
seeing it and making a
pact with myself that
I was going to go there
next year. I knew I could
do it. Since I had to train
by myself at school, I
would simply make up
my own workouts, watch
videos on the internet
and try to figure out how
to do the proper move-
ments. Once I would
see those videos and
try those movements, I
would figure out which
10 MUSCLE MEMORY
ones I struggled with
personally and I would
work more on it.”
What initially
drove Camille to love
CrossFit® was that she
was searching for ways
to test her abilities and
find her limits. When
she started CrossFit®,
she had no idea how
profound of an impact
this style of train-
ing would have on
all aspects of her life.
Camille explained: “It
was the first time that
I was doing something
where there wasn’t any
ceiling and truly no one
including my body or my
mentality could tell me
what I could or could not
do. So I think that this
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