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Winter’s Not Over Yet

Good Monday morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. The storm in the Eastern Sierras lingered so we pushed our launch back one day to Tuesday so we’ve published a truncated version. There will be no Morning Chalk Up on Tuesday and Wednesday. 

Current summit temperature: 0 with wind chill.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Champions never complain, they are too busy getting better.” — Coach John Wooden

CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU HIT THE BOX

Dave Castro released individual Regionals Event 1, which is a faster Murph-esque WOD with strict handstand push-ups with a weight vest. NC Fit’s Regionals team has been training in Utah with Chris Spealler. Emily Bridgers does pegboard climbs and deficit handstand push-ups with a weight vest. Candice Wagner does three deadlifts at 370 pounds. Seven thingsSeven things Cody Anderson did while wearing his new weight vest. Cassidy Lance hits a 240 pound clean PR. Adidas’ new office in Gurugram, India comes equipped with specialty equipment for CrossFit.

#NotMyShorts…Alexis Johnson forgot her shorts so had to borrow someone else’s.

With Your Second Cup of Coffee…Exercise is fundamental to good health. So why do few Americans stick with it?

THINGS TO…

WATCH: Catching Up with Camille Leblanc-Bazinet

Camille Leblanc-Bazinet joins CrossFit HQ’s Sean Woodland for an update on training to qualify for her eighth CrossFit Games appearance.

WATCH.
HEAR: Women in Weightlifting

Brute Strength sits down with Aimee Everett, a weightlifting protege of Coach Mike Burgener, to talk about the rise of women in the sport of weightlifting and finding her path. Aimee came to the sport from an unlikely background, being raised by two heroin addict parents.
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EAT: Coconut Cream Chili Mango Frozen Margaritas

Yeah we know, it’s Monday. But we literally forgot that it was Cinco de Mayo last Friday so we’re sharing this recipe from PaleOMG to make up for it.
SUMMER’S HERE.

WIN: A Year Supply of Mission6

Mission6 Nutrition is giving away a year’s supply of their Isobomb Pure Whey Isolate. All you need to do is follow them to enter.
ENTER TO WIN.

CHALK UP AFFILIATES

For you next intra-box battle, let us introduce you to the foam roller Assault bike battle.

Heather Gonzales, a single-mom, art teacher and strongman competitor from CrossFit Boro of Statesboro, GA, has breast cancer. The weekend after she finished up a round of radiation, she was back competing.

CHALK UP READS

“Top Five Hydration Myths Busted” by Hilary Achauer

With warmer weather comes talk of hydration—unfortunately, most people don’t have the facts about hydrating while exercising.

Hydration expert Sandra Fowkes Godek, Ph.D. (Courtesy of Sandra Fowkes Godek) Sandra Fowkes Godek holds a doctorate in exercise physiology and is director of the Heat Illness Evaluation Avoidance and Treatment (HEAT) Institute at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. She specializes in thermoregulation, hydration and electrolyte replacement in football players, and she’s worked with top athletes at the NFL level.

Fowkes Godek busts five common hydration myths you’re going to hear from “experts” in the coming months.

“This is Why Monday is the New Friday” by Gameplan-A

Monday morning – we all know the feeling. It’s past 9 a.m. and you’re peeling yourself away from social media to try and plough through those countless emails sat in your inbox. At the same time, you’re thinking about how today is a ‘new day’; time to get the diet back on track after slipping again over the weekend. But not this week. And so it begins.

The weekly cycle of ‘Motivation Monday’ to pick up where you dropped off before the weekend took hold. Thinking back it’s Friday, when you throw caution to the wind because your mood has naturally lifted – thoughts of food, cocktails, wine maybe – it’s the weekend after all.

But what if you could swap the Monday blues for Friday’s optimism?

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