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Greg Glassman Gets Interviewed

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, August 23, and this is your Morning Chalk Up. Did we miss something? Send us a tip at [email protected].

 

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“My legs and hips will come back to life and join me in a few days ? till then we #strugglebus.” – Mattie Rogers

 

THE COMPETITION FLOOR


WHAT THE ELITE ATHLETES ARE UP TO — Mattie Rogers celebrates the big 2-1. Zach Watts with a huge 300 pound snatch PR after completing partner Isabel at a weekend throwdown competition (hat tip from Kate and Lizzie). Maddy Curley does some overhead yolk carries in Belgium. Camille Leblanc-Bazinet got a new haircut. Scott Panchik is on his honeymoon. This is what happens when Katrin Davidsdottir gets startled. Nike presents Mathew Fraser with an all gold Nike Metcon 2 to commemorate winning the CrossFit Games. Julie Foucher celebrates her one year anniversary. Margaux Alvarez presses her own wine by hand. Pat Sherwood shares the two things he really enjoys. For reason completely unknown, 2015 Games athlete Joe Scali did 3525 calories on the assault bike and it took him more than 6 hours.

Not Your Average GrandmaMary Litsheim-Prodromides has four children and four grandchildren. She’s definitely not your average grandmother. “My family thinks I’m a little bit crazy, but anyone who wins the Games has to be a little bit obsessive.” Discovered CrossFit in 2011. 2011 – 1st place Master 50-54, 2012 – 2nd place Masters 50-54, 2013 – 7th place Masters 50-54, 2014 – 1st place Masters 50-54, 2015 – injured, 2016 – 1st place Masters 55-59.

 

SPEED READ


IN 2 MINUTES…
Josh Everett explains why you should consider taking the CrossFit Weightlifting training course. FloElite put together every video you could ever want (or need) to watch for Mattie Roger’s birthdayChad Vaughn’s rap sheet: 2X Olympian, Pan American Games Gold Medalist, 5X Senior World Team Member, 9X US National Champion, Current American Record Holder in the C&J at 77KG (169lb) category – 190 KG (418lb)…BarBend catches up with the CrossFit box owner and coach. Cleveland mom tried CrossFit before breast cancer but said “it was way too hard,” she now does CrossFit and jokes, “After going through chemo and radiation, it’s like, This is hard, but I’ve been through harder.” Meet Daniel Jose, the guy who started the southernmost CrossFit affiliate, on Antartica. Friends and family organized a flash mob for Chris Garceau, CrossFit Coach and army Chinook pilot, upon his return back from Iraq.

PREVIEW: Foucher Interviews Glassman — “What’s happening in the box is a miracle of health, and it looks like this: the affiliates are an oasis from chronic disease…their actions in terms of what they build in their community and culture and what comes out the back door is an unprecedentedly elegant…solution to the world’s most vexing problem. So I’m super proud of what they’re doing, and what we’re doing is working to change the world’s perception inside and outside of the box of that underlying reality, because it’s true. They’re healing where no one else can, the affiliates are.” – Greg Glassman

Virginian Competing in First Competition — “You know what, though? I don’t even care that we got last place. We showed up. We worked hard. We finished strong and I’m proud of that. I didn’t quit, even though I wanted to. That’s half the battle with CrossFit for me. It’s hard. It’s intense. I want to give up a lot of the time, but I don’t. You keep powering through and you always have a ton of people cheering you on.”

HEALTH, MOBILITY & MERCH


The Caffeine and Kilos hat is finally back in stock.

Jason Khalipa explains how to row in less than 60 seconds better than 90% of the explanations we’ve seen.

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