Thanksgiving This or That With Invictus Games Athletes
Written by Luke Layton and Kelly Sekulovski
Warning: this blog will be talking about something very controversial… Thanksgiving foods. Proceed with caution.
To celebrate Thanksgiving, we asked a few of our CrossFit Games athletes here at Invictus to take part in a fun little “this or that” game for Thanksgiving food and traditions.
The topics up for debate:
The Players:
- Tyler Soderback, a member of the 2023 CrossFit Games Team Invictus Unconquerable
- Kelsey Shulte, a member of the 2023 CrossFit Games Team CrossFit Invictus Sea of Green
- Chandler Smith, 4x CrossFit Games individual athlete
- Devyn Kim, a member of the 2023 Fittest Team on Earth: CrossFit Invictus
- Emily Rethwill, another member of the 2023 CrossFit Games Team Invictus Unconquerable
- Joshua Al-Chamaa, another member of the 2023 Fittest Team on Earth: CrossFit Invictus
- Jenn Ryan, the 2023 3rd Fittest 40-44 year old woman on Earth
- Cheryl Brost, the 2023 Fittest 50-54 year old woman on Earth
Thanksgiving this or that
The answers:
- Tyler: “Turkey”
- Kelsey: “Ham”
- Chandler: “Turkey every day. Especially turkey legs”
- Devyn: “Turkey, no duh”
- Emily: “Ham”
- Josh: “Turkey” (*note that Josh also created his own question, Thanksgiving or Christmas to which he replied, “Christmas”)
- Jenn: “Turkey”
- Cheryl: “Turkey”
Turkey prevails!
The answers:
- Tyler: “Rolls”
- Kelsey: “Cornbread”
- Chandler: “Rolls with extra butter!”
- Devyn: “This is impossible you can’t even compare cornbread and rolls you need both but let’s go cornbread”
- Emily: “Rolls”
- Josh: “Cornbread”
- Jenn: “Cornbread”
- Cheryl: “Rolls”
The great cornbread and roll debate concludes at a tie.
The answers:
- Tyler: “Gravy”
- Kelsey: “Neither *puke emoji*”
- Chandler: “Gravy is more versatile”
- Devyn: “Gravy”
- Emily: “Cranberry sauce”
- Josh: “Both”
- Jenn: “Cranberry sauce”
- Cheryl: “Cranberry sauce”
Another tie, thanks to a both and puke emoji pick!
The answers:
- Tyler: “Apple pie”
- Kelsey: “Apple pie”
- Chandler’s hot take: “Apple because pumpkin is a vegetable and a vegetable pie is crazy”
- Devyn: “I don’t like either… give me cheesecake”
- Emily: “No pie just the whip”
- Josh: “Apple pie”
- Jenn: “Pumpkin pie”
- Cheryl: “Both”
Apple pie claims the win, while Devyn enjoys option C(heesecake) and Emily enjoys straight whip.
The answers:
- Tyler: “Football”
- Kelsey: “Football baby”
- Chandler: “Football, go Cowboys”
- Devyn: “Holiday movies”
- Emily: “Holiday movies”
- Josh: “Football, then movie”
- Jenn: “Football”
- Cheryl: “Both”
The Invictus thanksgiving will certainly need 2 TVs.
The answers:
- Tyler: “Casual clothes that are nicer (don’t dress like a bum) “
- Kelsey: “Comfy’s”
- Chandler: “Comfy clothes”
- Devyn: “Comfy clothes always”
- Emily: “Comfy clothes”
- Josh: “Always comfy”
- Jenn: “Comfy”
- Cheryl: “Comfy clothes”
Unanimous agreement that comfy clothes are a must.
The answers:
- Tyler: “Take a nap, then play video games”
- Kelsey: “Walk it off”
- Chandler: “Walk it off, always need the steps”
- Devyn: “Walk it off THEN nap”
- Emily: “Walk it off”
- Josh: “Nap”
- Jenn: “Walk”
- Cheryl: “Take a nap”
Thanks to our athletes for playing along, and have a Happy Thanksgiving!