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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

“Don’t count the days, make the days count.” — Muhammad Ali

THE CROSSFIT OPEN IS OVER

WHO WON?

Sara Sigmundsdottir and Mathew Fraser are your unofficial 2017 CrossFit Open champions. This is the second year Mat has won the Open.

WHO HAS THE MOST OPEN WINS?

This won’t come as much of a surprise, Rich Froning has won the CrossFit Open three times. Mat Fraser, Annie Thorisdottir, and Samantha Briggs all have two wins.
With an 11th place finish, 2017 is Rich’s worst year. His 304th place performance on 17.5 is the only time he’s ever finished outside the top 60.

CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU HIT THE BOX

Regionals tickets are now on sale.

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

Joy and Claire from Girls Gone WOD Podcast sat down with Dr. Lindsey Mathews to discuss how and why she started BirthFit. This episode is full of amazing info for anyone who is thinking about getting pregnant, is pregnant, or even just knows or coaches women…sooo that would be all of you!
PRESS PLAY.

EAT: Green Goddess Tuna Quinoa Salad

Tuna quinoa salad packed with protein, fresh spring veggies and a green goddess avocado dressing. Delicious and so easy to make!
NOM NOM.

CHALK UP AFFILIATES

A local reporter drops in to CrossFit Mentality to review the box and get in a workout.
This South African affiliate owner saw a cyclist getting attacked so he cut down a bush that was providing cover for would be attackers.

CHALK UP READS

“Math, Geography, Workout 17.4” by Brittney Saline, CrossFit Journal

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.

“5 Trends that Will Shape the Future of Your Health and Fitness” by Gameplan A

You don’t need to be a professional athlete to reap the benefits of sport and to learn how it can make you stronger or even boost your creativity and productivity. It’s more important to figure out how sport can play a part in your well-being and to work on your own winning formula to find balance.

To predict future trends in the sport-life arena, we took a look at human habits and behaviors, as well as digital technology’s impact on how we shape our approach to health, fitness, and well-being. We worked with industry experts, futurists, behavioral economists, neuro- and sport scientists to identify forward-looking developments in their respective fields, and further validated them by going to everyday people conducting the first-ever adidas Wellness Poll, surveying 3,000 US-based men and women of various activity levels aged 18–50.

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