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Good morning. It’s Tuesday, June 7, and this is your Morning Chalk Up. Did we miss something? Send us a tip at tips@morningchalkup.com.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“A woman should be 3 things: intelligent, strong and badass.” – R.H. Sin
THE COMPETITION FLOOR
41 days until the 2016 CrossFit Games…
More all access CrossFit Games tickets are going on sale today.
A look back at Brent Fikowski’s journey to qualify for the Games after back-to-back disappointing Regionals finishes. “…I was trying to decide if I still wanted to compete in CrossFit.” – Brent Fikowski (West – 1)
“It’s obviously nice to win at regionals; it’s a confidence booster, letting myself know I’m doing the right things in training. But beyond that, there’s not really much else to it … I’m up against a whole new crowd at the Games. So it’s not really comparable to regionals.” – Mathew Fraser (East – 1)
GAMES PREP
Ben Smith is settling into the Games-pre grind churning out clean and jerks at285 pounds. Samantha Briggs hits 42 ring muscle-ups followed by 20 weighted bar muscle-ups. Lots of snatches and volume for Jamie Hagiya. Thuri Helgadottir hitting some sandbag thrusters. Kristin Holte hits some deficit strict handstand push-ups. Scott Panchik kicks off Day 1 of training with power cleans.
Even heavier Grace – Sara Sigmundsdottir hits Grace at 220 pounds. It’s unclear what the time was, if it was done as an EMOM, or what, but she completed 30 clean and jerks at 220…damn.
Sheila Barden in the Raw – “I failed more than 30 snatches, at weights varying from 135 to 165 today. I failed to finish Heavy DT for the fourth time in my life. I had to modify the weight on more than one WOD today, just so I could finish. I’m not perfect, I have bad days.”
SPEED READ
IN 2 MINUTES…
This 12 year old Massachusetts cancer survivor, who was diagnosed at 10, joined CrossFit to keep her strength up for the tough journey ahead. She now wants to inspire other kids suffering through the same thing, saying: “For kids that get diagnosed with cancer – think positive the whole time. Be brave, and don’t think about the bad things. Think about the positive things.” Can you beat Miranda Oldroyd’s AMRAP 3 score? Daniel Petro does a Turkish baby get-up, yikes! We don’t normally post Transformation Tuesday pics but this one is pretty awesome. Jenny LaBaw keeps things constantly varied by doing lunges on a tight rope. Brooke Ence hits an office WOD at at Kill Cliff HQ. Happy anniversary to the director of Faith RX’d Becky Conzelman!
HEALTH & MOBILITY
In honor of summer and all the wonderfully fresh food that it brings, Pure Pharma has put together some recipes to try out this summer: paleo shepherds pie + chocolate coconut protein bars. Men’s Fitness put together five workouts to do while traveling. Misfit Athletics walks through a butterfly pull-up progression. Here’s an ab complex to work into your routine: 5 hollow “pulses,” 5 tuck ups , 5 Straddle-ups, and 5 hollow body scissors. Sarah Loogman (California – 15) works to help strengthen her dad through CrossFit. Colleen Fotsch dropped into a local gym in SoCal and did the men’s weights.
WHAT YOU’LL WANNA BUY
Doughnuts & Deadlifts just released new summer gear last night.