“When confronted with a big challenge, I think there are two types of people – some let go and others fight for it. I see myself as a fighter.”
So what’s your mindset going into the 2013 Games? Do you have a game plan for how to approach each WOD? I want to win . . . and I’ll do everything I can to achieve that goal. No game plan; I’ll just try to be ready for anything. So we know you prepare mentally for competition, and you train hard and smart. What’s your diet like leading up to competition? I eat mostly carbs during competition and a big meal at night. I eat pretty clean but with the volume of training, my primary goal is to eat and drink enough. I pay a lot of attention to what I eat, but since I’ve been doing this for so long now, it just feels normal to eat the way I do. Now that you and Dave are married (congrats!), we’re all wondering if you will be relocating to live with Dave and train elsewhere next year? Well, I am not done with my school and I only see Dave during my summer break, so I am going to be in Canada for at least two more years. After that we’ll have to make a decision. How has being a newlywed affected your training schedule and preparation for the Games? It’s great! I love being married. We see each other as a team now and Dave puts as much effort into my training as I do by making sure I always have what I need to perform well. It’s nice to have at least one stable thing in my life, and that’s Dave. For many reasons, you’re a fan favorite. Americans love you, and Canadians are proud to have you represent them. Last year at the Games when 5 Facts About CrossFit’s you came on-screen, the chat feed HQ had set up Canadian Bombshell for live viewers erupted with love for you; literally, • fter retiring from high-level A professions of love and outward envy of Dave! How gymnastics at 16, Camille tried her does it affect you as an athlete and individual to hand at several sports. Nothing fully receive support like that? satisfied her competitive spirit until It’s the best! I mean I work super hard, but that love . . . she found CrossFit in 2010. there are no words to describe it. I feel so lucky to have • ecently wed to Dave Lipson, R all that support and I feel blessed. I am trying to give CrossFit competitor with CrossFit back as much as I can by participating in charity events, Invictus in SoCal, Camille says of visiting boxes, and being on the Level 1 coaching staff. I her husband, “Dave is definitely a mean, our community is simply the best. big part of why I stay focused in So you’re comfortable being seen not only as a strong competition.” female athlete but also as an object of affection? • amille hails from Richelieu, C I think it’s awesome that people know me just as much Quebec, and when not in SoCal for my strength as they do for my personality. visiting Dave, she trains out of A lot of women really look up to you as a role model CrossFit Brossard in Quebec. for your athleticism and strength but also for your • amille is a member of the Level 1 C positive portrayal of body image. You’ve spoken coaching staff and prides herself on several times about stepping off the scale and not supporting the CrossFit community worrying about how much you weigh. Did you ever through teaching others. struggle with what you saw on the scale? What does • fter her surprising breakthrough A true beauty mean to you? performance at the 2010 CrossFit I struggled a lot with my weight when I was younger. Games--where she went from I was anorexic at a point because I wanted to look like virtual unknown to force of naturewhat was supposed to be a “pretty girl” (a ridiculous Camille lightheartedly warned, standard of our society). Now I try to be an example for “Watch out for Canada.” all the other women and girls out there so they can stop worrying about their weight and start looking at what is really beautiful--being a strong and confident woman. They need to change their view about themselves so they can see how beautiful they are instead of focusing on how much they weigh. Will Camille’s voracious appetite for the title of Fittest Woman on Earth land her on the top pedestal in 2013? Her fans can only hope so. But regardless of her finishing position, Camille’s determination and outstanding work ethic are bound to wow the CrossFit community yet again, making us proud to call her our angel-faced WODkilla.?
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