Enter the Dragon Warriors

Diane DeLuca is a member of the Pottstown Dragon Warriors, a dragon-boat racing team out of Pennsylvania. DeLuca, also a member of CrossFit Pottstown, says her CrossFit training—specifically burpees—helps her on the water. “Burpees translate well to paddling,” she says. “When you’re paddling, you’re very condensed, and then you’re expanding back. … It’s 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