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Introducing GoatFit

Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. Today’s edition was chalked up while finally back in our own bed (hopefully) getting a really good nights rest.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“When I push my body, it strengthens my mind.” — Rogue Fitness

CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU HIT THE BOX

When Aleksey Torokhtiy’s tells you to use proper squat form you better do it. The 2015 fittest teen Sydney Sullivan is recovering well after her liver transplant surgery. Tia-Clair Toomey joined the Rehband team. Ten questions with Emily Bridgers. Invictus Masters athlete Teresa Trojanowski hang clean and jerks 250 pounds ahead of Online Qualifier. Maddy Myers hits a 200 pound hang snatch. Meet Ryan Grimsland, the 15-year-old from Clemmons, GA high schooler who currently ranks 44th worldwide and who’s doctors said he would never do CrossFit again just six months ago.

Coming SoonNF Sports’ new documentary series, “Making of a Champion,” which chronicles Mat Fraser’s journey through life and fitness as he trains to win the CrossFit Games again.

With your second cup of coffee…Watch Camille-Leblanc Bazinet try and eat a hard boiled egg (FUNNY).

FIRST GOAT YOGA, NOW GOAT-FIT?

A little while back, we shared a tidbit about something called Goat Yoga — which turns out to be an actual thing, and it’s not a fad just limited to this one Idaho farm. Is it strange? Certainly. Does it still embody the spirit of yoga? Most likely.

We didn’t actually think things could get any stranger, until this little tip arrived in our inbox last night. There’s a farm girl in Arizona who goes by DaNelle, claiming to have started Goat CrossFit, which we have renamed to GoatFit for obvious reasons.

Thankfully it’s not real, we think? You’ll either think this is super hilarious or super dumb, either way you’re going to have to watch it.

THINGS TO…

WATCH: Beating Addiction Through Fitness

40 million Americans struggle with addiction, relapsing an average of seven times before breaking the cycle. Phoenix Multisport is a non-profit whose mission is to rescue people recovering from substance abuse through fitness. To date, more than 19,000 people have sought recovery through Phoenix’s free programs.
HERE’S THEIR STORY.

HEAR: Bouncing Back from an Injury

Jacob Heppner joins Brute Strength podcast to talk about the knee injury that caused him to withdraw from the 2017 CrossFit Open and what he’s doing to rehabilitate mentally and physically to prepare for next year.
LISTEN.

BUY: Grain-Free Chocolate Chunk Cookie Baking Kit

Ever seen a great recipe that you just know you’ll never get around to trying out? Baking these grain-free chocolate chunk cookies from Ambitious Kitchen doesn’t get much easier than with this pre-measured baking kit including everything you need from Justin’s peanut butter to almond milk.
OH YUM!

CHALK UP AFFILIATES

AFFILIATE STORIES  |  15 CrossFit C2L — Naperville, IL
How did you get your affiliate name?
“‘C2L’ stands for ‘Compete2Live’.’ You come across people all the time struggling to overcome obstacles, full of doubt at some points, and determination at others. Then after miles of mud, obstacles, self-doubt, they cross the finish line, get their medal and you see the change. That fire in their eyes. Something that said ‘I did it, and now I can do anything.’ Those people exist in CrossFit. They showed up scared, out of shape and unsure. Then at the end of their first WOD you saw a shift in their mental state. These people had found something to fight for, themselves. They began making major life changes, eating better, being more active, becoming social and pushing themselves. They had determined they were worth it and that they were going to compete for their life every single day.”
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CrossFit Momentum in Nyack, NY is encouraging expecting mothers or new moms to come in and try CrossFit, where they’re prepared to modify and scale WODs as needed.

CHALK UP READS

“Meet a CrossFit Athlete Who Has no Legs and no Arms,” by Kasandra Brabaw, Refinery29

When you type “CrossFit” into a Google image search you get photo after photo of men, and a few women, with rippling muscles lifting a weight so large it almost looks fake.

They’re (almost) all white, and thin, and have no visible disabilities. This is the type of body most people likely associate with CrossFit. But CrossFit athlete Lindsay Hilton, who was born with no legs and no arms, wants everyone to know that people with physical disabilities can also be successful in an intense workout programme like CrossFit. (So can fat bodies, btw.)

Hilton is the subject of a new video from 60 Second Docs, in which she tells her story about living, and working out, with no limbs. “I’m not an inspiration,” she said in the video. “I’m just a regular person.”

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