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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. Today’s edition was chalked up while watching this CrossFit Elk Grove mom find a way to finish her WOD even though her baby is being crabby.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Making mistakes is the privilege of the active — of those who can correct their mistakes and put them right.” — Ingvar Kamprad
CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU HIT THE BOX
Josh Bridges, do you think it’s time to get a new pair of Metcons? Maddie Shine, chalk looks good on you (we obviously love chalk). Dave Castro, you dropping another movement hint for the CrossFit Open? Ever wonder what it’s like to work at a CrossFit box? Let us introduce you to CrossFit Jääkarhu. Noah Ohlsen says winning the 2016 CrossFit Open wasn’t worth “an underwhelming performance at the CrossFit Games.” When GHD sit-ups are too easy, you do this if you’re Talayna Fortunato. Carly Fuhrer does 13.3 for the first time and would have been 2nd in the world with her score.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Home for the holidays with Brooke Ence where she gets CropFit, unloads an arsenal of automatic weapons and enjoys some smoked prime rib for Christmas Eve dinner.
ON THE RADIO
Jason Phillips started his career as an Abercrombie & Fitch model, later battling anorexia. Girls Gone WOD Podcast sits down with the founder of Mission6 Nutrition to talk about his amazing journey to recovery and how he’s helped countless athletes achieve their fitness goals.
CHALK UP READS
Before I had my son, I had all the time in the world to work out. I could do it anytime, twice a day if I wanted. I had been a runner for years and started CrossFit in 2012 after hearing about the craze. I wasn’t sure I would like it, as I’d never done serious weightlifting in my life. But I quickly found love in the box! It was fast, varied, competitive, challenging and best of all, fun.
And though I got the hang of it, I could never seem to improve much. I felt like that’s “just the way it is” for me — impossible to gain strength or speed in the gym. The thrill of a heart pumping WOD was basically enough but there was always a hopeless longing to actually get stronger.
I was finally able to get back to CrossFit when Jacob was 5 months old. I felt SO rusty, like I couldn’t remember how to do a back squat and box jumps freaked me out. I hadn’t been this weak in years. So how is it that 9 months later, I was in the best shape of my life, able to lift and perform better than ever before?
“My Journey With CrossFit Mayview” by Kimberly Herward
I walked into Crossfit Mayview for the first time in October 2015. Like many people, I was feeling a bit intimidated and very out of shape.
My knees were bruised. My arms were sore. And all I wanted to do was come back again the next day. That first workout sparked something in me. It awoke that athletic and competitive side of myself, but it was also the friendly faces and the cheers of these people who I just met.
I have always struggled with my body image. Crossfit began to change my perspective. I began to appreciate my body for all that it could do rather than putting it down for what I thought it lacked. Crossfit Mayview gave me a safe space where when I worried about how I looked it was only to make sure I was using proper form.
CHALK UP AFFILIATES
Shout out to ITB CrossFit in Virginia, which stands for “In The Box,” for helping one of our Morning Chalk Up team members make ITB her new home for the next few months.
CrossFit KMC in Monticello, Illinois honors a fallen state trooper from 1988. There’s a personal connection to this story. One of KMC’s coaches is the son whose father was involved in the incident and shot four times. Though he survived, his partner did not.
Jason Khalipa to box owners: do you have health insurance?