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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. Today’s edition was chalked up while hanging out at the Mid-Atlantic Affiliate Challenge. You can watch our Day 2 story on Instagram.
Special thanks to Rebecca Kock and the entire 12 Labours CrossFit crew, Score Sherpas, Church St. Coffee, Norse Stength, Power Supply, and Revive Cryo Spa for being super awesome and welcoming this weekend.
There are 39 days until the first Regional events kick off.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.” — Matt Biondi
CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES
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Grandma Peggy is 91-years-old and she’s been doing CrossFit for three years. No one has ever smiled as much as Melissa Doss while failing a clean PR. Annie Thorisdottir hits a new 6RM deadlift PR at 352 pounds. Jenn Jones turns a home improvement project into a workout. Jacob Heppner sees your weighted L-sit muscle-up and raises you weighted pegboard climbs. Val Voboril does triple-unders in slow motion.
OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTING THIS WEEKEND
CJ Cummings clean and jerks 407 pounds to set a new world record. George’s Lasha Talakhadze snatches 478 pounds for a new world record. Mattie Rogers power snatched 209 pounds and power cleaned 255 pounds to another gold medal.
THINGS TO…
WATCH: Masters Women 50 – 60+
Tommy Marquez and Pat Sherwood break down the Masters leaderboard and some of the fittest ladies heading into the Online Qualifier in just a few weeks.
WATCH NOW.
KNOW: Mid-Atlantic Affiliate Challenge Stats
Over the two-day competition in Maryland, there were 95,695 pounds lifted in the max clean and jerk and max snatch and 32,926 calories rowed among the 70 plus teams. Thanks to Score Sherpas for the awesome stats.
EAT: Chocolate Avocado Bread
This bread is made with buttery avocado goodness and chocolate, a great combination of healthy fats and nutrients. The chocolate hides the flavor of the avocado and you’re left with a chocolaty tasting bread that is soft and moist.
NOM NOM.
NOM NOM.
BUY: The Reebok CrossFit Toddler Kit
If you want to have the cutest CrossFit kid on the entire planet you’ll want to buy this onesie with matching socks and cap.
THE CUTEST KID.
THE CUTEST KID.
CHALK UP AFFILIATES
CrossFit 7220 raised more than $14,000 to support Wyoming Institute for the Disabilities and the Equestrian Center at Ark.
Lily Hamill, owner of Stone Coast CrossFit, has a goal of rowing 1,000,000 meters this year and she’s already nearly half way.
Jim Crowell is the new OPEX Fitness CEO.
CHALK UP READS
“A CrossFit Pregnancy: Healthy Mother, Healthy Child” by Ian Wittenberger, CrossFit Journal
At 35 weeks pregnant, Nicole Peyton, an avid CrossFit athlete of more than four years, was still doing CrossFit. Though she’s aware of the stigma that often surrounds pregnant women who do CrossFit, Peyton, 30, says she never considered giving up the fitness regimen.
“There are people in my life who think it’s crazy that I’m still dong CrossFit at 35 weeks pregnant,” she says, “and I think that’s because they don’t understand. They don’t understand that CrossFit’s infinitely scalable and that I can modify things.”
Weekly trips to the local farmers market to load up on fresh fruit, veggies and quality meat helped Peyton keep her nutrition in check.
“Honoring the Heroes” by Jason Martin, MidState CrossFit
Late May of 2016, I stumbled upon a list of all the CFHQ posted “Hero” WODs. These kind of workouts, long and mentally difficult, have always appealed to me. Coming from an endurance background, the long grind has a place in my heart. These workouts also inspire the same sense of accomplishment I felt starting out CrossFit. To just finish most workouts is an achievement when you start this stuff. It’s the same for these Hero WODs. No matter your fitness level or experience, just finishing is an accomplishment.
It was a point of reflection for me. I just turned 40. I have been doing CrossFit for a number of years. I wanted to do something difficult and long term. Something different. So I did all 175 of the main site posted Hero WODs in 315 days.