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CrossFit Games Event 2 Announced

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“If you think you haven’t yet done enough, and you could do more, you might begin to understand that, the more capable you become, the higher the mountain rises ahead of you.” — Mark Twight

GRAB YOUR BICYCLES LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

WHAT HAPPENED.

Looks like our powers of prediction are impeccable. Last night, Dave Castro announced that Event 2 is going to involve a bike, and not the Assault kind. The bike in the video was a Trek multi-speed with tires that looked like they could handle anything from off the beaten path to pavement.

PREDICTED?

Way back in April, we made the bold prediction that one event at the 2017 CrossFit Games would involved an actual bicycle. Why? Because Madison is home to more than 200 miles of bike trails and in 2015, the League of American Bicyclists bestowed the city with Platinum status (translation: a bikers paradise).

ANYTHING ELSE?

Nada. But we’re wondering who’s going to be sponsoring the helmets and will they come equipped with GoPros?

CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU HIT THE BOX

Looks like more hotels rooms just became available in Madison. CrossFit Stuff is going to have its own tent at Vendor Village, selling some of this gear. OPEX Fitness is hiring a graphic designer. The Nike Metcon 3X in gold and black drops on July 17th. RX Smart Gear just launched a signature Julie Foucher jump rope. Elijah Muhammad took a water aerobics class in Las Vegas. Brooklin Smith predicted that she’ll win the CrossFit Games Teenage 16-17 division. Jeff Evans hits a 385 pound clean double then he hit a 415 pound lifetime clean PR. Ricky Garard is on his way to Madison, WI. Coach Mike Burgener installed a pull-up bar to the back of his truck and Christian Lucero decided to use it for muscle-ups. Sara Sigmundsdottir joins the Rogue Fitness team. Sam and Jenn Dancer, Stacie Tovar, Margaux Alvarezand the three Panchik Brothers are heading to Minnesota to compete in the Tough Mudder X competition this Friday.

JUST LAUNCHED…RPM Fitness just launched a new line of ladies swimwear.

LAUNCHING…CrossFit Invictus’ weightlifting program designed by Jared Enderton.

What to watch with your second cup of coffee...this Asian jump rope battle that’s a cross between America’s Got Talent and the Voice.

Dave Castro on the move to Wisconsin…“The Stub Hub Center had a really nice setup for hosting us with the tennis stadium and with the soccer field co-located, but what happens is it’s a template and it’s a template that we have to get creative with and program certain events around, so I just felt like it was getting tired or maybe it was time to move so we have a new template to work with…At the Alliant Energy Center we saw the vision of the Games happening there.”

THINGS TO…

WATCH: Road Trippin with Brooke Ence Episode 1

Ence and company head down from Santa Cruz to San Diego, then on up to Big Bear for a little SoCal beach to mountain vacation.
EXCELLENCE. 

HEAR: Body Maintenance

On this week’s episode of Lift Like Lawyers, Liz and Zach discuss body maintenance and training you don’t always wanna do like pre-hab; proper warm-up; position training; and practice vs. training vs. competition.
HEADPHONES ON. 

DO: Iceland with Girls Gone WOD Podcast

Joy and Claire and going to Iceland, and they want to bring a dozen or so of their bestest friends (i.e. You) to hangout. Registration deets aren’t out yet but sign up to be the first to know.
LET’S DO THIS. 

EAT: Coffee Rubbed Steak Tacos

There’s never a bad time for tacos, but if you’re looking to change things up a bit, these coffee-infused tacos from PaleOMG should do the trick.
EAT MORE TACOS.

BUY: The Official 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games T-Shirt

Rogue Fitness has the first look at the official 2017 CrossFit Games gear with the release of a t-shirt and shorts.
GET THE GEAR.

CHALK UP AFFILIATES

STORY SERIES: How’d your affiliate gets its name?
“My partners’ husband would always wear an elevation mask when working out, so I started calling him Bane. When it came time to pick out an affiliate name, we just went with it.” — Julie Gerbino, CrossFit Bane in Wilson, PA

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Meet Annalise Moore, the sixth fittest teenager to come out of the online qualifier. She started CrossFit Kids at 11-years-old because her parents were both member of Forged Steele CrossFit in Slidell, LA. Now she’s heading to the CrossFit Games to compete in the Teenage 14-15 division.

CHALK UP READS

“Charity’s Case: How Witt Went From Homeless to an Elite Lifter” by Athlete Daily

Eight years ago, elite powerlifter and Strongwoman competitor Charity Witt was sleeping in linen closets and working 60-80 hour weeks in another country as she tried to put a bad childhood behind her.

Witt, who stayed in Canada working at the same event center that she “lived” at, did this for two years until she moved back to Georgia and —with help of the Hope Scholarship— was able to study biochemistry. It would, she envisioned, change her life.

So would picking up the barbell.

Witt, who is a world-record holder as a 75 kg (165 lb.) lifter, can squat and deadlift more than 400 lb.. She is an elite level powerlifter, a middleweight Strongwoman and full-time med student. But none of this comes easy. She was diagnosed with cardiac arrhythmia at 17, works around scoliosis (likely from being thrown from a horse as a child) and dealt with a ton of backlash from the moment she took an interest in strength sports.

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