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How the 2018 CrossFit Games season is changing

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I didn’t want to try because I didn’t want to fail. I got married, had a couple of kids, went to grad school, bought a house, and got fatter. I topped out at 310 and totally gave up. I gave zero point zero zero f***s about myself anymore. I wanted to hide and be invisible.” — Shane Kingery

CROSSFIT 2018: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

 

What happened?

After the Invitational, Dave Castro announced some new changes coming to the CrossFit Games in 2018.

Teams will be reduced from six athletes to four, which really stinks if you’re Tasia Percevecz — CrossFit Mayhem’s newest athlete who just announced she was joining Mayhem last week.

New Regionals.

South America will be getting their own Regional, but only one spot at the CrossFit Games. Europe will be broken into two Regions: North and South. North will be mainland Europe and send five athletes to the Games. South includes the Middle East and Africa and sends four athletes.

Canada West, West and California regions will be combined into one.

Anything Else?

This one got lost in hype of the big changes, but Castro said this wasn’t the last time we’ll see a handstand obstacle course.

There will be nine regional events instead of eight. Otherwise, there will still be 40 individual athletes competing at the CrossFit Games.

CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES

 

Roundup — Here’s a look at the new Nike Metcon 4s for the ladies. Ben Bergeron has been hanging out in Europe teaching seminars. Can you handstand walk down stairs just using the handrails? Alyssa Ritchey hit a double bodyweight clean and jerk again in practice. Harrison Maurus hits a 430 pound clean and jerk PR. Lasha Talaxadze unofficially broke the World Record with a 485 pound snatch. Stefi Cohen hits a 264 pound clean.

Come in, we’re open — Butcher Box, the monthly all-natural hormone-free meat subscription, officially opened their first retail space in Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA. 

With your second cup of coffee…watch this 7-year-old cranking out butterfly pull-ups like a CrossFit pro.

Invitational Recap — By now you’ve heard that the Pacific Team won, so here are a few things you might have missed off camera..this woman dancing her heart out. The 4-person worm weighs 378 pounds. Tia-Clair Toomey, Kara Webb and Noah Ohlsen threw their shoes into the crowd. Kara
Webb
was wearing Nike socks. The Aussie team drank champagne out of their shoes, also known as a “shoey.”

COFFEE BREAK CONVERSATIONS

 

What to tell your friend who’s about to give up…

You’re not alone. Meet Shane, who’s bare-all Facebook post went viral last week and he graciously allowed us to repost. Shane had given up trying to lose weight. He’d been fat his whole life so he decided he’d just continue to be fat until he died. If you’ve ever struggled with weight loss, ever given up on anything, or just want to know what’s going through the mind of someone who is, then read this​ and share with a friend who needs to know that it can be done. 

What to tell your friend who noticed something strange going on with their kids…

There must be something in the water. Or perhaps it’s all that CrossFit they’ve been doing at CrossFit Vivid in Emerald, Australia. Kids from ages 5 – 17 pile in a few times a week for dedicated CrossFit Kids classes for each age group. “We’ve had parents comment on how much their kids have improved in their other sport,” said Gayle Kruger, one of the CrossFit Vivid coaches.

THINGS TO…

 

WATCH: Ireland with Kari Pearce, Sam Dancer and Jen Dancer

London-based Vlogger Jamie and the Jam caught up with Kari, Sam and Jen who were in Dublin for The Filthy 150 competition to raise money to send an Irish weightlifting team to the Special Olympics. 

CHEERS MATE.

 

EAT: Baked Halibut Sheet Pan Dinner

Fish is not only amazingly delicious, but it’s amazing for you. And honestly, it’s so much easier to cook than most make it sound. Follow this simple recipe from Fed & Fit for a quick fix, clean, healthy and repeatable Monday meal. 

GET YOUR OMEGA 3S. 

 

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  • PIT Fitness Club and other local Branford, CN gyms are getting together on November 11th for the Push/Pull for Pancreatic Cancer fundraiser — a month-long fundraising campaign for Project Purple, a Connecticut organization that seeks to raise awareness and funds for pancreatic cancer. Already, Project Purple has brought in more than $12,000 from other fundraisers this month. 
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CHALK UP READS

“Overweight? You Need to Read This” by Kai Rainey, CrossFit Journal

The average month has 720 hours, and I wasted a lot of them in my life.

My diet was trash, and my health was in a steep decline and growing exponentially worse with each passing month.

No one would have accused me of being addicted to fitness at 42 and over 300 lb.—officially morbidly obese, with a BMI of 49.9. It was painful to walk, and I usually didn’t. When we stopped at the grocery store, I would wait in the car. Painful hip joints, painful knees, plantar fasciitis and minimal capacity to breathe all dictated a sedentary life. I could see the future: I knew I would be on a mobility device in the next few years, and I knew my quality of life would continue its downward trend.

I had paraded binge diet after binge diet through my life for most of three decades. Lose 30, gain 40. Lose 70, gain 100. Lose 3, eat an entire pizza.

The first day I saw the sign for CrossFit Fixx, in Tucson, I was hoping it was a new restaurant.

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CHALK UP CALENDAR

11/8: WOD for Warriors (Nationwide)

11/11: Rush Club 012 (Phoenix, AZ)

11/11: Beach Assault (Gulf Shores CrossFit, Gulf Shores, AL)

11/11: Emerald Coast Honor Games (Destin, FL)

11/11: Battle for the Badges (UnCharted CrossFit, St. Charles, MO)

11/18: New WODs On The Block (Various Locations in US)

11/18: Downtown Throwdown (Prattville, AL)

11/30: CrossFit Liftoff (Online)

12/1 – 3: Atlas Games (Montreal, Canada)

12/2 – 3: Rogue Winter Classic (Cleveland, OH)

12/2: Anthem CrossFit’s Reindeer Games (Pensacola, FL)

12/2: Vekter Games IV (CrossFit ReVamped, Columbia, MD)

12/9 – 10: WOD GODZ 2017 (Shreveport, LA)

1/27/18: Winter Chiller (Fairmont, WV)

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