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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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“The words you speak create the culture you live in.” — Adam Bright
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Wodapalooza Gains Sanctioned Status
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What happened?
Yesterday, CrossFit HQ announced that Wodapalooza 2019 will be an official sanctioned event and qualify one male, female and team to the 2019 CrossFit Games. It’ll now be known as the Wodapalooza CrossFit Festival.
This has been happening a lot lately.
Wodapalooza is the 7th official CrossFit sanctioned event to be announced in recent weeks. These sanctioned events are part of major changes to how athletes qualify for the CrossFit Games. And because of the rapid expansion of CrossFit across the globe, four of the seven sanctioned events so far will be hosted overseas.
FUN FACT: There are now more CrossFit affiliates in other countries than in the United States.
Who gets to compete?
Wodapalooza is one of the most inclusive competitions out there with nearly 1600 competitors and 40 divisions. And you can snag 20% off your registration today with code “WZACHALKUP18.” The online qualifier for individuals kicks off tomorrow.
For the elite athletes, there are three ways to qualify:
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The top 20 athletes from the online qualifier will earn a spot.
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The top 20 male and female athletes from the 2018 CrossFit Games will receive an invitation to skip the qualifier and go directly to Wodapalooza.
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The past winners of Wodapalooza will get invites, but it’s still TBD on how far back these invites will go.
Elite/Pro teams can also request an invite.
Anything else?
In addition, CrossFit also further clarified what happens when an athlete who has already qualified for the CrossFit Games takes the top spot at a sanctioned event:
“As with all CrossFit-sanctioned events in the 2019 Games season, should the top male or female athlete at Wodapalooza qualify for the CrossFit Games by other means, then the number two podium finisher will receive a Games invitation,” CrossFit said in a press release.
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Dubai CrossFit Championship Sends Out Invites to Past Winners
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What happened?
Over the weekend, the Dubai CrossFit Championship sent out invitations to all previous winners, the Morning Chalk Up has learned.
Oh, invites are fancy.
Up until last week, all athletes were required to complete the online qualifier in order to secure a spot for the first sanctioned event. This announcement comes just two days before the start of the three-week online qualifier which will narrow the field down to the top 37 male and female athletes, and 10 teams.
So who got one?
Noah Ohlsen, Mathew Fraser, Bjorgvin Karl Gudmundsson, Annie Thorisdottir and Sara Sigmundsdottir all received an invitation to bypass the online qualifier and compete at the finals in December. The reason there are only two females is because Annie won in 2015 and 2017.
We previously reported that Sara Sigmundsdottir was registered for the online qualifier. It seems likely that she will accept her invitation.
Athletes have until October 7th to accept or decline their invitation and we’ll update you as we confirm.
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Coffee Break Conversations
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What to tell your swolemate the next time he miscalculates the weight on his bar, again…
Barbell math. It’s the 11th general physical skill of CrossFit. Well, thanks to this handy dandy new website, Barbell Math, you don’t have to fuss with adding up all those 10s you have stacked on the barbell. All you have to do is select the plates you already have on the bar when you get that big PR and Barbell Math adds it up for you. Done and done.
What to tell your teammate now that the 2018 CrossFit Team Series has wrapped up…
Rest up, buttercup. Especially now that the season is changing this is a great time to focus on recovery for a hot minute. And we mean actual recovery like meal prepping, sleep, massage, meditation, socializing and believe it or not, doing nothing or lying on the couch watching your favorite series.
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Things To…
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WATCH: Life After the Fire
In 2007, Robert Strawder was left with third-degree burns over more than 75 percent of his body. After six weeks in an induced coma, he awoke to discover his new limitations and abilities. Jason Cook of CrossFit Potrero Hill knew just where to help Robert start.
GETTING BACK INTO GEAR.
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HEAR: Adrian Bozman at CrossFit Novato
The Crossfit Games head judge, Adrian Bozman, visited CrossFit Novato last weekend. He dropped into a workout, coached a class, then sat down with Andy Boone and the CFN7 Podcast to discuss garage gyms, health and wellness, and the future of CrossFit.
IT’S BOZ, MAN.
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EAT: Baked Banana Protein Oatmeal
If you love the smell of baked bananas permeating your entire kitchen in the morning, then this protein packed oatmeal recipe from is for you. This clean and wholesome dish will leave you feeling satiated until your next meal.
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPS.
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BUY: Breast Cancer Awareness Products
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Show your support to all who are fighting or have fought Breast Cancer with limited edition Rogue products. Proceeds will be donated to the Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research.
GO PINK WITH ROGUE.
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Chalk Up Community
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AFFILIATE EXCELLENCE 2.0 — Ben Bergeron announced the Affiliate Excellence Seminar 2.0, coming next month to Boston and Denver. He’ll be covering the principles, policies, and best practices that go into building a center of excellence.
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VETWOD 2018 — Compete in VETWOD, the first annual online-only functional fitness competition to benefit Mission 22, an organization fighting against veteran suicide. The workouts will take place over three weeks with podium winners in each workout and overall winners.
CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES (a highlight reel around social media of CrossFit pros and average joes)
Dan Ciano gets a 320 pound clean PR • Danica Patrick tells ESPN she plans to take her level one • Wilson Du began his Renal Warrior bike ride from Santa Cruz to San DIego yesterday • Alexis Johnson got a 175 pound hang snatch and snatch PR at the Beach Brawl over the weekend • Emily Abbott has partnered with WOD Abroad • CrossFit HQ seminar staff member Brian Chontosh won the 24-Hour Isolation Challenge • Rich
Froning got to meet President George W. Bush • Marcy Heppner completed week 7 of 16 of her marathon training • Brent Fikowski is on vacation in Banff • The all new Reebok Flex Power Lite Mid shoe is available for purchase.
…and we thought our shoe game was strong. We were wrong.
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CHALK UP READS
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“Adapting is Not Scaling,” by Andréa Maria Cecil, CrossFit Journal
Imagine you could never do a CrossFit workout as prescribed. Ever.
How would you feel?
“Say I did Murph Rx and I finish in 40 minutes,” offered Marissa McGuirk, a member of CrossFit Inc.’s Adaptive Training Course Seminar Staff.
And say another athlete finishes Murph in 35 minutes with jumping pull-ups. But instead of meeting accolades with pride, the athlete feels defeated.
“Yeah, but I scaled,” might be the athlete’s response to a compliment.
To which McGuirk would say, “OK, you still worked out to the limits of your physical and psychological tolerances. So, you still did awesome.”
She continued: “Imagine if someone, every single day for their entire fitness journey is always gonna (say), ‘Oh, but I scaled.’ That’s the feeling (they have) when they leave the gym every single day.”
This is why McGuirk and other members of the course’s staff emphasize the difference between scaling a workout and adapting it. While both actions are modifications, they can have dramatically different effects.
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CHALK UP CALENDAR
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10/3: Wodapalooza Qualifier – Individual (Online)
10/5: The Hopper (Asheville, NC)
10/5 – 10/7: International Functional Fitness Federation World Championships (London)
10/6: Beer City Beatdown (Asheville, NC)
10/6: Gallant Gauntlet 2 (Bedford, TX)
10/6: WOD for Water Troy (Troy, AL)
10/6: Cactus Games (Phoenix, AZ)
10/6: Pound-4-Pound Competition (Denver, CO)
10/6: Invictus Boston Barbells for Boobs (Boston, MA)
10/6: Girls Gone RX @ Old Line Crossfit (Millersville, MD)
10/6: The Battle To Benefit Badge (Utica NY)
10/6: Iron Eagle Challenge (Cookeville, TN)
10/6: The Grit Games (Jacksonville, FL)
10/6: Fit For Freedom (St. Peters, MO)
10/6: Fitness Freedom Project Jay WOD (San Marcos, CA)
10/6: OUTWOD (Philadelphia, PA)
10/6: Garden State Open 2018 (Berkeley Heights, NJ)
10/6: T-Town Throwdown (Toledo, OH)
10/6: 7th Annual Dog – WOD (Minneapolis, MN)
10/6: Hulks and Ninjas (Bangor, ME)
10/6: 7th Annual Dog WOD ( Minneapolis, MN)
10/6: Masters & Minors Invitational (Kill Devil Hills, NC)
10/6: Capitol City Classic (Madison, WI)
10/6: Team Scream Crossfit817 (Fort Worth,TX)
10/6 – 10/7: The Iron Clash (Fayetteville, NC)
10/6 – 10/7: 307 Throwdown (Casper, WY)
10/12 – 10/14: Faith RX’d (Denver, CO)
10/13: Barbells For Boobs 2018 (Sutton, MA)
10/13: WOD for a Cause (Bloomsburg, PA)
10/13: C4 CrossFit Co-Ed Classic (Brunswick, NJ)
10/13: 2018 War in the Woods (Norton, MA)
10/13: The Festivus Games (Online)
10/13: Grand Games 2018 (Westfield, IN)
10/13: Push Pull for Pancreatic Cancer @ Red Island CrossFit (Smithfield, RI)
10/13: Barbells for Boobs (Steamboat Springs, CO)
10/13: Older, Wiser, Faster, Stronger (Plymouth, MI)
10/13: The Greenville Games (Greenville, SC)
10/13: Reps For Recovery (Hickory, NC)
10/13: Kal-Haven Trail Ruck (Kalamazoo, MI)
10/13: Fall Brawl (Saint Michael, MN)
10/13: Sweat for Georgia Mae (Wendell, NC)
10/13: Barbells For Boobs (Southaven, MS)
10/13: Wodtoberfest Co-ed Team Competition (Owosso, MI)
10/13-14: Central Florida Throwdown 6 (Lakeland, Fl)
10/13 – 10/14: Box Wars 3 (Fort Valley, GA)
10/14: CrossFit for Kayden (Fallsington, PA)
10/20: BCS Classic 2018 (Bryan, TX)
10/20: Head 2 Head in Hamilton (Hamilton, NJ)
10/20: Fittest on the Valley VI (Lahaina, HI)
10/20: Crossfit Bona Fide Third Wheel Throwdown (Portsmouth, NH)
10/20: CrossFit Katana Samurai Showdown VI: Trio of Terror (Mansfield, OH)
10/20: SE Texas Masters of CrossFit Fall Classic (Cypress, TX)
10/20: Barbells For Boobs (Stamford, CT)
10/20: Filthy 150 Irish Competition (Dublin)
10/20: CFT’s METAvivor Fundraiser (Carol Stream, IL)
10/20: WOD for the Fallen (Columbia, SC)
10/20 – 10/21: The Independence Games (Florence, SC)
10/20 – 10/21: The Lincoln Invitational (Spokane, WA)
10/21: Chalk It Up 2 (Akron, OH)
10/21: Me Jane, You Jane (Santa Rosa, CA)
10/26 – 10/28: JAKTRX Atlas Games (Montreal)
10/27: Tough Temple Invitational (Rockville, MD)
10/27: Rock Your Box Throwdown (St.Cloud, MN)
10/27: Halloween Havoc (Harrisburg, PA)
10/27: Push Pull for Pancreatic Cancer @ CrossFit Trumbull (Trumbull, CT)
10/27: Saberspook THrowdown (Minneapolis, MN)
10/27: Monster Mash (Ann Arbor, MI)
10/27: The Foundry 5K (Steamboat Springs, CO)
10/27: Rock Your Box Throwdown (Saint Cloud, MN)
10/27: Beartown Halloween Beatdown (Lebanon, VA)
10/27: 9th Annual Fall Brawl (Gibsonia, PA)
11/2: Wodapalooza Qualifier – Team (Online)
11/3: The Battle of Port Royal Sound (Okatie, SC)
11/3: Battle for the Badges (St. Louis, MO)
11/3: PPS CrossFit Fall Throwsdown (Portland, OR)
11/3: CFT’s 2018 Strongman Classic (Carol Stream, IL)
11/3: WODamania (Riviera Beach, FL)
11/3 – 11/4: Charlotte Throwdown for Mental Health Awareness (Charlotte, NC)
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