Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. Today’s edition was chalked up while eating all the bread we can find, we’ve earned it.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
THE CROSSFIT OPEN IS OVER
WHO WON?
WHO HAS THE MOST OPEN WINS?
CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU HIT THE BOX
Noah Ohlsen and Shawn Ramirez take one of the fittest teenagers in the world under their wing. A detective in the Great Falls Police Department repeatedly failed to qualify for the program so she joined CrossFit to get her in shape. Rich Froning, Mathew Fraser and Ben Smith top the list of lifetime CrossFit earnings. You are no longer allowed to bring cameras to Regionals or the CrossFit Games. Having only one arm doesn’t stop this 16-year-old from climbing. This photo basically explains everything you need to know about Barbell Apparel jeans and why you should try a pair. Colleen Fotsch gets back to lifting heavy with a 205 pound hang clean.
Bjork Odinsdottir has probably the best description of 17.5: “It felt like 10 people were sticking me with knifes.”
THINGS TO…
WATCH: 24 Hours of Pull-Ups
CrossFit Seminar staff Danny Watson attempted to break the World Record for the most strict pull-ups in 24 hours while raising $20,000 for the Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA). Though he didn’t break the record, he completed 4907 strict pull-ups.
THAT’S INSANE.
HEAR: Building BirthFit
PRESS PLAY.
EAT: Green Goddess Tuna Quinoa Salad
NOM NOM.
CHALK UP AFFILIATES
CHALK UP READS
It’s 2:45 on a Friday afternoon at Lawrence High School in Massachusetts. Most students are surreptitiously packing their bags in the final moments of class, itching to escape to the weekend. But Eduardo Collado Rosario and Jeffrey Almanzar are not most students. Their Friday night plans include deadlifts, wall-ball shots, rowing and handstand push-ups.
Instead of bee-lining for the door after the bell, the two make their way deeper into the school to an old computer lab next to the Spanish classroom. But where rows of monitors used to be, there is now a pull-up rig. Barbells, weights and kettlebells litter the corners, and rowers line the walls. The room smells like rubber.
They might still be in school, but once they walk through those doors, they’re also in Lancer CrossFit, a non-profit affiliate within Lawrence High School (LHS), named for its mascot.
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