Maura Blaauwgeers x Baseline
In a search for more functional strength, Maura found CrossFit to be the perfect way to work on that goal. With a background in sports she gradually built to becoming a well-rounded athlete in the Dutch CrossFit scene. With international competitions on the schedule, she represents the female side of functional fitness.
Sports have been around Maura for most of her life, ranging from streetdance and horse riding to high-level volleyball. When it came to CrossFit she found functional strength and more complexity in movements. It was exactly what she was looking for. After getting her shoulders completely wrecked on one of the workouts, she was sold.
Six years later, she is one of the top female athletes in The Netherlands. Both training and coaching at Crossfit 0294 in Weesp has given her the chance to work on her goals. Originally she set the goal of competing at the Lowlands Throwdown, but after achieving this, her targets shifted towards international stages.
Inside training, Maura is a natural on the handstand walk. It is the movement she hopes turns up on every competition floor. Her weakness is pistols, driven by ankle and hip mobility.
When it comes to the mental aspect of individual training, she developed a strong habit of positive self-talk to get her through the hardest workouts. Coming from team sport, she never had to find that internal voice on her own. CrossFit forced her to develop it.
Maura is the first female athlete we are officially introducing to the Baseline Pro team, and she represents exactly the kind of person this brand is being built around. Ambitious, consistent, and completely unpretentious about the work it takes to keep improving.
Her advice to anyone just starting out: begin, ask for help, and find the people in your environment who push you to be better. Surround yourself with them and keep going.
We could not have said this better.
Watch the full interview with Maura below.
Follow Maura’s journey on Instagram: @maublaauw
Maura is part of the Baseline Athlete Team. More introductions are coming in the weeks ahead.
