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The real cost of eating healthy

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.” — Mike Brown’s t-shirt

THE REAL COST OF EATING HEALTHY.

 

Getting to the root of obesity.

“But eating healthy costs so much more”. With the introduction of the dollar menu at most fast food restaurants, that’s hard to argue. A Mickey D’s salad is going to run you about $7 versus a McDouble for $2. In many low-income families, that could feed everyone dinner.

According to research from Harvard and Brown, diets that include fresh fruits and veggies cost about $550 more per year on average.

The solution?

Put your money where your mouth is. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is spending $3.4 million to try to help.

The program is called Más Fresco. It’s goal? To increase the intake of fresh fruits and veggies among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) enrollees by providing them with additional credits for fresh produce.

Sounds legit.

So far more than a thousand Southern Californians have enrolled in the program. With programs like these recognizing and taking action against the link between poverty and obesity, our country is getting somewhere — taking baby steps in SoCal.

COFFEE BREAK CONVERSATIONS

 

What to tell your friend who’s always repping that can of FITAID…

Let’s make this official. FITAID is looking for a few CrossFitters to volunteer at Regionals to work their booth, hanging with fans, passing out FITAIDs, and probably meeting a few of their stacked lineup of athletes stopping in to refuel and refill. If you’re in Salt Lake City, Albany, Nashville or West Palm Beach and wanna throw your hat in the ring, shoot them an email

HIP HIP HOORAY

 

Three things to kick off your Friday that’ll make it seem like 4PM already:

  1. Amazon announced they’ll begin offering free two-hour Whole Foods delivery via Amazon Prime. The service is kicking off in Austin, Cincinnati, Dallas and Virginia Beach.
  2. Move over Halo Top, the kings of “the cream” Ben & Jerry’s have a new line of healthy ice cream. BuzzFeed tried them all and gave them multiple thumbs up emojis. ???
  3. On this day in 1942, daylight savings time was officially established. Thanks Roosevelt for that extra hour. 

THINGS TO…

 

EAT: 21 High-Protein Breakfasts Under 300 Calories

Please don’t skip breakfast, but also please don’t have pancakes every day either. If you need some ideas that are relatively quick and easy to prep then these 21 should get you started.

THAT’S FOUR WEEEKS OF BREAKFAST.

 

HEAR: Powerlifting and #MeToo

More than Macros hosts Riki and Brandyn dive into a much-needed conversation regarding sexual misconduct in the world of powerlifting and fitness in general.

ME TOO.

 

LEARN: Open Prep Guide

Packed full of nutrition, training tips and injury prevention, this quick guide will help have your best Open yet and stay healthy during the five weeks of competition.

GET THE GUIDE.

 

DOWNLOAD: The NCFIT App 

Now you can follow along with NCFIT’s CrossFit and competition programming right from your iPhone, and it’s totally free. 

SORRY, iOS ONLY.

 

BUY: Valentine’s Day Wine Bundle

Don’t get caught without something special for your swolemate. Add a Valentine’s Day wine bundle from The Vine Yard to your cart and you’ll be ready for Wednesday. 

A LITTLE WINE GOES A LONG WAY. 

 

Today’s edition of the Morning Chalk Up is fueled by

CHALK UP COMMUNITY

 
  • ALL EYES ON ME — Ahead of Junior Nationals in two weeks, 14-year-old Morgan McCullough hit a 266 pound snatch PR. Morgan is the youngest 105kg lifter to qualify for Nationals this year. He also has the sixth highest entry total among 17 lifters. 
  • 10 QUESTIONS — CrossFit Malibu is located in one of the most posh cities in Los Angeles County. For the past eight years though, they’ve been keeping it old school, operating out of a World War II Quonset hut with outhouses, an outdoor shower and changing areas instead of day spa facilities. Owner Mike Anderson sat down with CrossFit Journal to answer a few questions
  • HAPPY 10 — MBS CrossFit in Broomfield, CO is celebrating their 10th anniversary as an Affiliate. They’ll be barbecuing up and of course having a community WOD. 
  • FITTEST ON EARTH — The trailer for the new documentary comes out today most likely on YouTube. According to Amazon before the page was removed, it listed the release date for “The Redeemed and The Dominant: Fittest On Earth” as March 27th. 

CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES (a highlight reel around social media of CrossFit pros and average joes)

Somehow SLC CrossFit has found a way to make the Assault Bike even harder • Now look at the speed of that RX Smart Gear Evo bearingSHAPE magazine dove into how Olympic athletes are using RP Strength’s meal prep guidelines to maximize their training and health benefits • Kylie Morrison, congratulations on your first unassisted pull-up • Kyla Shoemaker hit a 275 pound deadlift PR • Colleen Fotsch hit some 235 pound clean and jerk doubles.

…and we need 350 people to like this photo so that the owner of CrossFit Proper bleaches his hair blonde. 

The worst kept secret…Travis Williams isn’t competing as an individual this year. Travis will join Sheila Barden, Rachel Garibay and Jordan Cook on team Southside Takeover in the South Regional. 

Also going team, in the West Regional are Jamie Hagiya, Chelsey Grigsby, Teddy Hwang and Andrew Kong. They’ll be competing as Torrance CrossFit

Reads

CHALK UP READS

“Finding Intensity in CrossFit Again” by Cara Kobernik, Breaking Muscle

I’ve never been an intense exerciser. I don’t have an intense personality, and while I work quickly and with intent, there is no real spark to anything I do. When I first found my body was capable of any athleticism, it was distance running. Training for half marathons was something I discovered my body could do, and this was before CrossFit was available in my area. I’d go out for long runs, nursed injuries, and ran six half marathons one year, finishing the season with the Portland marathon. I haven’t run a race since.

Shortly after the marathon, a CrossFit gym opened in my small town. I really liked the difference in workouts as compared to running, and I was learning a lot because everything was new. I tracked all my workouts in my journal, recorded lifting gains, and looked forward to getting up at 4:30 in the morning to go there. I went four days a week. That may not sound intense, but for me, it was more intensity toward exercise than I’d ever had. Sure, training for a marathon is intense, and mentally my brain likes endurance, but finding the spark to push through the end of a CrossFit workout was something I had to learn, and am still learning.

After several years, my intensity waned. I can’t pinpoint the cause; probably just life in general. I stopped going to the gym as often and stopped using my journal.

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CHALK UP CALENDAR

2/10: Costa Rica w/ VoyEdge RX (Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica)2/10: Strength Is (Moorpark, CA)

2/10: Mirror Image CrossFit’s Cupid’s Clash (Panama City, FL)

2/10: New WODs On the Block – The Third Wheel (Nationwide)

2/10: Tuff Love (Boulder, CO)

2/10: A League of Their Own: A Women’s Only Challenge (San Antonio, TX)

2/10: Mayhem Showdown 2018 (Cookeville, TN) 

2/16 – 2/18: Iron Sharpens Iron (Miami, FL)

2/17: Lovers and Lifters (Springfield, KY)

2/17: Steel Rail Shootout 2018 (McComb, MS)

2/17: Wynwood Throwdown (Miami, FL)

2/17 – 2/18: The Shred Fest (Orlando, FL)

2/22: CrossFit Open 18.1 (Worldwide)

3/1: CrossFit Open 18.2 (Worldwide)

3/8: CrossFit Open 18.3 (Worldwide)

3/10: Women Who WOD (Barbados)

3/15: CrossFit Open 18.4 (Worldwide)

3/22: CrossFit Open 18.5 (Worldwide)

3/23 – 4/26: Garage Games Junior Open (Worldwide)

4/7: Battle of the Badges (Anaheim, CA)

4/7: The Revolution (San Antonio, TX)

4/14: Battle for the Mountain (Dawsonville, GA)

4/14: Appalachian Games (Asheville, NC)

4/14 – 4/15: Mid-Atlantic Affiliate Challenge (Columbia, MD)

4/14 – 4/15: WOD Wars Fitfest (Dunedin, FL)

4/21: Festivus Games (Nationwide)

4/28: Battleground SoCal (Wimington, CA)

4/28: Girls Gone Rx (Cincinnati, OH)

4/28 – 4/29: Walter’s Cup Throwdown (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

5/4 – 5/6: European Masters Throwdown (Budapest, Hungary)

5/5 – 5/6: Tribal Clash (Quarteira, Portugal)

5/5: Cinco de Mayo Classic (San Antonio, TX)

5/5: The Locomotive Games III (Youngstown, OH)

5/11 – 5/12: Beast Mode Games (Greenville, SC)

5/19: Raising the Bar for Recovery (Medina, OH)

5/19: East Coast Battle (Hanover, MD)

5/26: Beauty is a Beast 2 (Rocks Beach, FL)

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