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CrossFit Invitational details coming today

Good morning! This is the Morning Chalk Up, your daily roundup of the fittest news in the CrossFit® world.

Last night, CNN hosted the first of three presidential debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, and it was interesting. Meanwhile, Mashable took that 90 minutes to broadcast patriotic puppies live on Facebook. So happy Tuesday everyone.

 

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” — Lou Holtz

 

THE COMPETITION FLOOR


COMPETITION CALENDAR (see full calendar)

October 15: The Crush Games
October 15: The MIA Weightlifting Classic (Miami, FL)
October 22: The Zombie Games (San Diego, CA)
October 24: Wodapalooza Online Qualifier for teams starts
October 30: Battle of the Beasts (Colchester, UK)
November 3: CrossFit Liftoff
November 20: CrossFit Invitational (Toronto, Canada)

CrossFit Invitational teams and tickets announced later today. Keep checkingFacebook and Games.CrossFit.Com for updates.

WHAT THE ELITE ATHLETES ARE UP TO — 
After snatching 310 pounds, Scott Panchik goes on to clean and jerk 370 pounds making it one of the heaviest recorded from a CrossFit Games athlete (back in May, Rich Froning hit 380 pounds). Russian weightlifter Dimitry Klokov continues his string of painful (and random) workouts by walking up a flight of stairs with a 220 pound barbell on his back. After Scott Panchik snatches 310 pounds, his younger brother Spencer Panchik snatches joins the 300 club with a 300 pound snatch. Jacob Anderson hits a 365 pound clean double. Cole Sager officially joined the Rogue team. Chyna Cho gets a 5 rep max push press PR after seven years.

File this under things we never ever want to tryRory McKernan takes on Assault AirBike’s “First to Fifty” challenge and bikes 50 calories in 47 seconds.

Photo of the Day — U.S. Olympic Weightlifter Morghan King snatching from above at Rio Olympics.

 

SPEED READ


IN 2 MINUTES —

An adaptive CrossFit athlete turned Para-olympiad bobsledder is preparing todefend his world cup title in November. The Florida News Press recognizes top athletic achievements and inspirational stories once a month and you can nominate a story. After experimenting with paleo delivery meals, two Columbus, Ohio ladies who met a year ago at a local CrossFit affiliate are now opening their own organic restaurant focused on clean eating.

Idaho Charter School Student Taught the “Fight” — Teenagers at Vision Charter School in East Idaho warmed up the other day to take on Fight Gone Bad. Their teacher turned what used to be a typical PE class into a course onprinciples of fitness and CrossFit after falling in love with it after joining Snake River CrossFit.

Must ReadAthlete Daily was down in Hawaii covering the Ultimate Hawaiian Trail Run, which featured more than 700 athletes and several high profile CrossFitters and weightlifters. “The UHTR was a reminder of what fitness is really about, a glimpse of kids pulling their comrades through the mud, strangers hoisting others over a hill and Games-level athletes extending a rope to the person behind them. There’s a part of CrossFit that unites us, that makes us feel like we are part of something greater, as if every single finish is a critical piece of the puzzle. There were no egos, no judges and no failures in the hills of Kauai, just an appreciation. For what the race was doing, for what the kids were doing and, as weary athletes stumbled through the final mud pit, for what fitness has allowed our bodies to do.”

Affiliate Corner — Atlanta’s CrossFit OTG is partnering with D’Arcy Johnson Day Lawyers to hold an informal competition October 1 to benefit the family of a wounded Atlanta City police officer who was shot in the head Sept. 3rd while responding to a robbery.

HEALTH, MOBILITY & MERCH


It’s almost leggings weather and Reebok has got you covered for both men and women. You can get 30% off + free shipping on AboutTime apparel with code “GYMWEAR.”

Regionals and GRID athletes Jared Enderton does an amazing job breaking down the difference between pulling vs pushing off the ground in the snatch. If you’ve been struggling with keeping your butt down on this lift, take 50 seconds and watch this.

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