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A Bronze Medal

Good morning. It’s Monday, August 15, and this is your Morning Chalk Up. Did we miss something? Send us a tip at [email protected].

 

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar

 

THE COMPETITION FLOOR


Annie USA Weightlifting
Morghan King: 6th
Jenny Arthur: 6th
Kendrick Farris: 11th
Sarah Robles: 3rd, Bronze

ANNOUNCED: The 2016 CrossFit Liftoff, powered by Rogue, starting on November 3, 2016.

Games 2017…The Florida Times Union reported that Jacksonville is “one of the three finalists for the annual CrossFit Games,” along with Boston and Minneapolis.

WHAT THE ELITE ATHLETES ARE UP TO — Brent Fikowski is growing his wings. Congratulations to Katie Hogan and Scott Panchik, who both got married this weekend, but not to one another. Thuri Helgadottir practices some fingertip pull-ups. Annie Thorisdottir got dressed up and went out for dinner in New York City. Sam Dancer did 150 kneeling wall balls for time.Elijah Muhammad hits a 305 pound snatch PR. Looks like someone hacked Jacob Heppner’s Instagram. Jacob also has an affinity for stealing other athletes slippers at the CrossFit Games. Morghan King got engaged at the Olympics. Cassidy Lance is actually a really good diver. Camille Leblanc-Bazinet had to sneak into the track to get a workout in. Lauren Fisher gets back into the swing of things with some pause front squats. Colleen Fotsch hits some pause clean doubles at 230 pounds.

Grid Athlete spotlight: Alison Scudds of the Baltimore Anthem.

Provo, Utah is fittest city in America right now with a majority of the GRID athletes on location, training and prepping for the first matches to kick off this week. Good luck Alyssa Ritchey, Carleen Mathews, Sarabeth Phillips and Chelsea Potter!

Instagrams you should be following…@EMOMoftheDay, run by Jason Khalipaposting a daily EMOM workout.

 

SPEED READ


IN 2 MINUTES…

This is what an Olympic gold medal looks like up close. CrossFit HQ has introduced CrossFit anatomy to it’s long list of specialty training courses. The“chair traverse” is the newest fitness challenge to sweep the Internet. This is how CrossFitters go grocery shopping. High school volleyball, swimming, cross country and golf athletes in Wyoming have been training with a local CrossFit box to prepare for the upcoming fall 2016 season. Two new pairs of NoBull trainers released. CrossFit 309 will complete a hero WOD every hour for 22 hours to recognize our heroes.

We wish we were kidding, but…the Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry added of dangerous cults. Sadly, they wrote: “Be ever alert—the enemy prowls about like a roaring lion. Sometimes he’s wearing a CrossFit workout shirt.”

Special shout-out to one of our home boxes, CrossFit Proper – AKA the happiest gym in Corona – who’s partnered up ABC Hopes to help those with special needs like down syndrome and autism improve their fitness and nutrition. If you’ve got a “case of the Monday’s” give this video a watch and share it on Facebook.

HEALTH, MOBILITY & MERCH


For a limited time, you can grab a Caffeine and Kilos Team USA t-shirt or muscle tank. Buy a pair of Kill Cliff’s “jorts” and get can any other apparel item for $15 off with code “JORTS.”

Try this: stationary deficit lunges, brought to you by Carleen Mathews. We don’t even know who Erica Cook is but if you’re looking to work on grip, forearm strength then this exercise is sure to help with that.

Coach Mike Burgener is going on a Weightlifting Level 1 tour through a dozen or so cities: Anchorage, AK (Aug. 27-28) Canton, MA (Sept. 3-4) Varese, Italy (Sept. 3-4) Monrovia, CA (Sept. 3-4) Dallas, TX (Sept. 17-18) Sao Paulo, Brazil (Sept. 17-18) Lisses, France (Sept. 24-25) Auckland, New Zealand (Oct. 1-2) Berlin, Germany (Oct. 8-9) Calgary, Canada (Nov. 5-6) Baton Rouge, LA (Nov. 12-13) Queensland, Australia (Nov. 19-20) Miami, FL (Nov. 19-20) Chandler, AZ (Dec. 3-4).

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