08/28/2026
🏁 TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT: SHAKE & BAKE 🏁
Amanda Gilchrist and Amber Cotham
Meet Amanda “The Hammer” & Amber “The Wrench” — two moms who apparently decided normal hobbies weren’t competitive enough.
🔨 AMANDA — THE HAMMER
Gym manager. Mama of four. Special needs mom. Perpetual resident near the top of the leaderboard. Amanda spends her days managing Covenant CrossFit, running a household that could qualify as organized chaos, advocating fiercely for her family, and somehow still finding enough energy to grace the top of the leaderboard with her presence.
Years of navigating challenges most people will never experience have forged an uncommon level of resilience. Pain is familiar. Pressure is normal. So when the workout starts to hurt, Amanda calls that Tuesday.
Her weaknesses are currently under investigation.
So far, results are inconclusive.
🔧 AMBER — THE WRENCH
Mama. Motor. Absolute problem.
Amber has the kind of engine that makes you wonder whether she’s aware workouts are eventually supposed to make you tired. She’s fast. She’s strong. And calling her “competitive” is roughly equivalent to calling a tornado “a little windy.”
An outdoorsy girl from the very beginning, Amber grew up climbing trees, scrambling through the wild, and developing the natural athleticism of someone who was basically half monkey from the start.
When she’s not crushing workouts, she’s cleaning Covenant CrossFit. Turns out she’s equally committed to leaving no trace… unless it’s your score on the leaderboard.
Which means this partnership is beautifully simple:
Amanda runs the place. Amber cleans it up.
And on competition day, they plan on doing exactly the same thing. 😂
Together, they are SHAKE & BAKE.
One manages the gym.
One cleans the gym.
Now they’re coming to clean up the leaderboard.
Will friendship survive competition day? Probably.
Will they treat a local CrossFit competition like the final lap at Talladega?
You already know.
🏁 SHAKE & BAKE 🏁
Fast friends. Fierce competitors. If you ain’t first, you’re last.
