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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. Today’s edition was chalked up while celebrating Father’s Day. We hope you had a great weekend. Here’s to all the WOD-fathers out there making Dad bods great again.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Indecision is the thief of opportunity.” — Jim Rohn
CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU HIT THE BOX
RxBars are hitting Costco stores in the Los Angeles area. Emily Abbott does some clean and jerks under the watchful eye of helicopters. Dare to try Ben Bergeron’s 100 round WOD? Overhead squat pistols anyone? Nathan Damron hits a 405 pound clean and jerk complex. Kara Webb split jerks 286 pounds. Brandon Ryan, an adaptive athlete with Cerebral Palsy, does box jumps for the first time. Julie Foucher celebrates her 8th year anniversary of starting CrossFit. CJ Cummings won his fourth world title with a 403 pound clean and jerk to make up a 9kg deficit against the first place lifter.
Ben Smith on the new Reebok Nano 7.0 Weave…“The Nano 6 was a good fit for me that was both lightweight and supportive. I’m excited to test out the woven technology in Nano 7 Weave and put the shoe through some solid workouts this season.” Translation, I really liked the Nano 6.0.
WHAT TO TELL YOUR GUILTY PARENT FRIEND WHO’S SECRETLY BEEN SNEAKING THEIR KIDS HEALTHY FOODS…
Why didn’t I think of that? After all, Max Greenfield does it. Ya know, the super hilarious actor who plays Schmidt on the sitcom New Girl. He’s been sneaking protein powder into his kids’ breakfast pancakes and they have no idea. Strong choice for the dad who admits his kids are picky eaters and the extra protein goes a long way. P.S. AboutTime has 20% off their protein pancake mix with code “NATURAL.” Cha ching.
THINGS TO…
WATCH: Pregnant Not Dead
Meet Mandy Eagle, a first time mom who decided to continue CrossFit while pregnant. It was her stress relief, helped her sleep better and kept her energy levels high. Mandy tells her story how she worked with her coaches to scale CrossFit to stay safe and fit.
WATCH.
WATCH.
HEAR: Living with Insecurities
Adee and Michael Cazayoux join Girls Gone WOD Podcast for an episode all about living with insecurities, developing them, ignoring them, hiding them, admitting them, owning them, working on them, and sometimes taking two steps forward and one step back.
TUNE IN.
TUNE IN.
EAT: Cinnamon Walnut Milk
If you liked Cinnamon Toast Crunch as a kid (or still) then you’re probably going to like walnut milk. It’s super easy to make and mixes well with coffee, a shake or just by itself.
THAT’S NUTS.
THAT’S NUTS.
BUY: “Chalk Up Before You Walk Up” Tee and Racerback
Oh hey! We finally have something of our own you can buy and it’s only available for another 11 days so hurry up and pick one up.
ADD TO CART.
ADD TO CART.
CHALK UP AFFILIATES
Teaching Haitian orphans to do handstand push-ups.
Meet Rusty Arnett, a youth pastor from Opelika, AL who doubles as a part time coach at CrossFit Black Knight. Last week, Rusty took a group of high school students down to Haiti for a missions trip. While traveling from village to village, he taught these kids more than just the Bible.
“I’m a youth minister full time and a CrossFit coach part time so teaching kids CrossFit movements on a mission trip was the best of both worlds for me,” Rusty said. “I was super impressed with how fast they picked it up and how eager they were to do the workouts.”
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CrossFit Sweat Mountain in Roswell, GA burned down over the weekend. Not to make light of the tragedy, but the Rogue rig withstood the fire.
A tornado knocked the roof off Singing River CrossFit in Pascagoula, MS and caused extensive damage to the inside.
CHALK UP READS
“How This Dad Inspired His 10-Year-Old Daughter to Become a Competitive CrossFitter” by Men’s Health
When Bob Portell is grinding through the final, gut-wrenching rep of his evening CrossFit WOD, the first person he thinks of is his daughter, Josie.
“When I’m in that deep dark place, I think about how hard she works and pushes in her life and I say, ‘Hey, I can definitely push through this because she pushes so hard every single day,’” says Portell.
Josie was born with spina bifida—a birth defect that prevents proper development of the spinal cord—and has been in a wheelchair since she was 2 years old. But that hasn’t stopped her from participating in everything from track, basketball, and most recently, CrossFit.
“Depression, Hope and Community” by Brandon Ryan, Red H Nutrition
Some days I don’t want to get out of bed. We all have those days where motivation escapes us.
Normally, I’m a very hopeful and optimistic person, but every now again some very unwanted reality comes to visit. The reality in which I speak of is none other than depression, something that I have lived with for most of my life.
Don’t get me wrong, I have a great life and consider myself to be successful for only 32 years old. But depression hits all, however each case may be. It doesn’t matter the color of your skin, socio economic status or orientation, thus this is one way that humanity should be able to relate to one another in.