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Good morning! This is the Morning Chalk Up, your daily roundup of the fittest news in the CrossFit® world.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.” — Unknown, via Sara Sigmundsdottir
THE COMPETITION FLOOR
CHALK UP CALENDAR
October 22: The Zombie Games (San Diego, CA)
October 24: Wodapalooza Online Qualifier for teams starts
October 30: Battle of the Beasts (Colchester, UK)
November 3: CrossFit Liftoff
November 4: ICON Athlete Camp (Park City, UT)
November 20: CrossFit Invitational (Toronto, Canada)
ATHLETE ROUNDUP — Alessandra Pichelli deadlifts 400 pounds. This guy with one arm and one leg climbing over an obstacle course wall will inspire you.Morgan is 13 years old and he can pause squat 344 pounds for 3 reps. Helen Harding, Masters 40-44 champ, shows us what 9 unbroken muscle-ups looks like. Sara Sigmundsdottir finishes up her day with 10 pegboard ascents. Alec Smith does handstand walks along paralettes. Jared Enderton hits a 315 pound high-hang snatch…can we say Liftoff anyone?
SPEED READ
IN 2 MINUTES — Julie Foucher sits down with Diane Sanfilippo, the author of the NY Times bestselling book, “Practical Paleo” to discuss the importance and utility of nutrition challenges and food for the average crossfitter. The Mount Pleasant Tiger’s basketball team has spent the last six weeks training at CrossFit Tico for the winter basketball season. Student members of the Iowa State University on-campus CrossFit club organized a lift and 5k run to bring students together. Not 100% sure whether he’s an affiliate owner or not, but Robert Bruce is being sentenced to house arrest and probation for setting up a charity to raise money for families of Sandy Hook Elementary School then nearly $30,000 of the $100,000 raised “to pay personal expenses and fun his CrossFit business.”
HACKED — Emails released between Coca-Cola VP and an outside consultant for the beverage giant and the Hillary Clinton campaign reveal big-soda’s coordinated political strategy to influence health policy at the local, state and federal level. One executive wrote, “The DC team continues to execute a robust campaign with Congress and the agencies to ensure that policy recommendation on a soda tax is not included in the final guidelines.”
Introducing Powr Cupl — Meet Fat and Darlene, two fitness enthusiasts who are getting married December 11, then leaving to travel the world for six months. They’re literally selling everything they have (except the condo) to venture out to see what the world has to offer. Along the way, Fat and Darlene hope to “inspire couples to grow stronger together – in their relationships, in business, [or] in fitness.” Signup to follow their journey at powrcupl.com.
AFFILIATE CORNER — CrossFit Crux’s teams are doing a 10 minute WOD every hour for 24 hours to raise money for Special Olympics Canada. Another amputee finds a home at a CrossFit affiliate, this time at CrossFit Mystic: “This is the first time I’ve felt like a real athlete again since losing my leg. I finally fit in…I feel strong and capable. It’s an incredible feeling. For the first time in my life, I feel whole. My life is finally restored back to the way it was before the crash.”