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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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“The most dangerous risk of all: the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.” — The Wild Women
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR.
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2017 is drawing to a close, whether we like it or not…
I can’t even begin to sum up this year.
We published A LOT. We wrote more than 270 editions of the Morning Chalk Up — every week, Monday through Friday and even a whole bunch of weekends too. I even remember writing once from inside a tent in the Sierra Mountains.
I’m about to take my first week off in two years and I’m not really sure how to spend it. But one thing I do know, I couldn’t have written all of this without an amazing team behind me and all of you waking up with us every morning. I’m always exceptionally impressed with the questions, fun messages, grammer corrections, and observations that come into our inbox daily. I read every single one of them, so please don’t stop.
So much has changed in the last 51 weeks, not only in this CrossFit lifestyle we love and us as a publication, but the direction we’re heading.
Below you’ll see the top 10 most read stories in 2017. Going through the list we noticed how very few had anything to do with the CrossFit Games. One piece of feedback we hear constantly is a desire to read more stories from everyday CrossFitters. We’ve heard you. It’s in the works. It’s happening.
So while you wait for 2018 and the next edition of the Morning Chalk Up, enjoy reading a few of the stories below. And if you want to drop us a note with some thoughts, leave it here. I’ll be reading through these on my week off.
Merry Christmas,
Justin LoFranco
Editor
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THE BODY IMAGE LIES WE TELL OURSELVES
Each day started with me stepping on the scale and seeing the number slowly go up. There was a constant voice telling me that if I had just kept myself at that weight I would be so much better.
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A LETTER TO RX ATHLETES FROM A SCALER
I don’t want to ask the RX’er to be my partner. I don’t want to slow them down, but at the same time, I want to push myself to go harder to try to keep up.
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RICKY GARARD GETS POPPED FOR PEDS
Those precious moments at the CrossFit Games are ones that I work so hard all year for, and they are moments that I can never get back.
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5 THINGS CANDICE WAGNER SAID ABOUT HER BODY EVERY WOMAN SHOULD READ
Embrace the body you have. Wear it proudly and don’t be afraid to show it off or to expose the things about it you may not like completely. We are all imperfect.
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TOP 10 MOMENTS FROM THE CROSSFIT GAMES
Four days, 623 competitors and 185 events later, the 2017 CrossFit Games was one of the most exciting in history.
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A PLUS-SIZE GIRLS FITTING IN A CROSSFIT WORLD
I began to feel like I may be doing nothing but embarrassing my coach and the owners of my box by being there.
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WHY EVERY GUY IS MISSING OUT ON EMILY ABBOTT
Like many of us, Emily’s tried a little online dating. All was going well until Dave chimed in and said Emily wasn’t feminine enough. Then the Internet exploded.
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13 REASONS KARA WEBB IS THE GOOFIEST CROSSFITTER
Kara Webb has one of the most iconic and genuine personalities in CrossFit. But she’s a total goofball. And we love her for it.
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LETTER TO MY YOUNGER SELF
“One of your best friends won’t make it, but he will alter the way you look at the rest of your life decisions. Remember him. Honor his impact on your life. Do not waste yours.”
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HOW LEFT COAST CROSSFIT SAVED ERIK’S LIFE
It was just after sunrise and 29-nine-year-old Erik Lyon had just finished up a WOD at Left Coast CrossFit. He sat down at a nearby desk to catch his breathe. But Lyon wasn’t catching his breath, he was dying.
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CHALK UP CALENDAR
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12/18 – 20: 6th Annual CrossFit Invictus Online Competition (Online)
1/6: BrickYard Brawl (South Windsor, CT)
1/6 – 1/7: KO in the OK (Tulsa, OK)
1/11 – 14: Wodapalooza Fitness Festival (Miami, FL)
1/11: Row’d Royalty (Worldwide)
1/13: Abominable Snowdown II (Orem, UT)
1/13 – 14: War of the Wods (Greensboro, NC)
1/20: Winter WOD’rland 2018 (Bend, OR)
1/20: Garage Games’ World Wide WOD (Worldwide)
1/27: Winter Chiller (Fairmont, WV)
1/27: NorCal Masters 2018 (Richmond, CA)
1/27 – 28: The Fittest Experience (Austin, TX)
2/3: No Weak Links “V” (Whitesboro, NY)
2/3: Caution Grounds 7 (Hialeah Gardens, FL)
2/3: Output Fitness Trials (Miramar, FL)
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)
2/22: CrossFit Open 18.1 (Worldwide)
3/1: CrossFit Open 18.2 (Worldwide)
3/8: CrossFit Open 18.3 (Worldwide)
3/15: CrossFit Open 18.4 (Worldwide)
3/22: CrossFit Open 18.5 (Worldwide)
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