Enter the Dragon Warriors

Diane DeLuca is a member of the Pottstown Dragon Warriors, a dragonboat racing team out of Pennsylvania. DeLuca, also a member of CrossFit Pottstown, says her CrossFit trainingspecifically burpeeshelps her on the water. Burpees translate well to paddling, she says. When youre paddling, youre very condensed, and then youre expanding back. Its a lot of the same kind of flexion and extension that you see in the burpee. She also credits snatching and training with the ergometer for helping her de