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Key Takeaways from the 10 Year Affiliate Summit

Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. Today’s edition is brought to you by GOWOD.

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Mathew Fraser, Katrin Davisdottir, Josh Bridges, Brooke Wells, Willy Georges, Jacob Heppner, Scott Panchik … and many others are using :

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PREWOD: Adapted to the movements of YOUR workout and YOUR weaknesses.

POST WOD: Helps you recover by being adapted to the movements you have just performed!

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission.” — Unknown

Key Takeaways from the 10 Year Affiliate Summit

 

Last weekend, nearly 200 affiliate owners and guests gathered in Whistler for a two-day event. Top brass from CrossFit HQ joined Greg Glassman to sit down with affiliate owners of gyms open for 10 years and longer to answer any questions they have and discuss the current direction of the company. 

A couple of key stats:

  • 193 total affiliates in the room. 
  • 18 different countries. 
  • 804 total 10-year affiliates worldwide today. 
  • 1300 10-year affiliates by next year; 1900 by 2021. 
  • Oldest affiliate at the gathering: Kurtis Bowler, opened Rainier CrossFit in July 2004, 15 years ago. 

One big thing: When asked, affiliate owners gave a resounding yes to whether they’d like to have more of these gatherings, even opening them up to newer affiliates especially for the international community where gyms haven’t been affiliated as long. Affiliate owners are geographically spread out. Outside of the CrossFit Games, there are not a lot of opportunities to network and talk face-to-face. 

  • The last time there was an official affiliate gathering was in 2013 in Big Sky, Montana.
  • The CrossFit affiliate community has more than doubled in size since the last gathering to roughly 15,000+ globally.
  • The 10+ year community is a unique group of owners who have really seen a lot since they affiliated over a decade ago. Many owners expressed gratitude that they had time to network and talk to one another, sharing stories and memories.

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CrossFit and OCR Square Off in Lake Tahoe

 

This Saturday, September 28th, the Spartan Race World Championships will be taking place in North Lake Tahoe, California, and obstacle course racers from across the world will compete in a variety of distances, including the Spartan which takes place across 13 miles, and 30 obstacles strewn about Squaw Valley’s prestigious mountainside that was host to the 1960 Winter Olympic Games. 

Joining in on the race this year will be four elite CrossFitters, all of whom were competing at the Games in Madison just a couple months ago, but they won’t be just competing in the race Saturday, they’ll be going head to head with 4 elite obstacle course racers in an entirely new competition from the mind of Hunter Mcintyre called “The Faceoff presented by FITAID.”

The event will be live streamed all weekend, and you can access links to the stream on Obstacle Racing Media

The Competition: Four obstacle course racers, battle head-to-head with four CrossFit Games athletes in five events across the day. Points will be awarded based on the finish for each event. At the end a male, female, and team champion will be crowned. 

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Things To…

 

WATCH: Buttery Bros At the Ultimate Hawaiian Trail Run 
The Buttery Bros, Heber Cannon and Marston Sawyers, ran through Kauai for the Ultimate Hawaiian Trail Run with Tommy Marquez. See all their muddy shenanigans, big breakfast, and tricycle spills.
SOME DIRTY FUN.

 

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HOW DO THE BEST ATHLETES WORK ON THEIR MOBILITY?

Mathew Fraser, Katrin Davisdottir, Josh Bridges, Brooke Wells, Willy Georges, Jacob Heppner, Scott Panchik … and many others are using :

GOWOD – Mobility First!

The only app offering tailor-made mobilizations!

PREWOD: Adapted to the movements of YOUR workout and YOUR weaknesses.

POST WOD: Helps you recover by being adapted to the movements you have just performed!

DAILY: Adapted to YOUR weaknesses, to YOUR needs!

Chalk Up Community

 
  • PRO-TIP: DUMBBELL SNATCHES — If the dumbbell snatch has always been tricky for you, then check out this Men’s Health guide to the dummbell snatch.
  • BATTLE OF THE BADGES — Earlier this month, officer Richard Salazar organized Battle of the Badges at CrossFit MOB in Thornton, CO to raise money for Jessica Ridgeway Foundation and the Bigelow’s Big Waves Foundation. More than 70 athletes attended, raising more than $4600.
  • HELPING THE COMMUNITY — For the last several weeks, CrossFit Themis in Rib Mountain, WI held a food drive for the Woman’s Community in Wausau. On Wednesday, one of the groups at the gym, Bigfoot Rucking Crew, walked 4.7 miles to deliver the donation. 

CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES (a highlight reel around social media of CrossFit pros and average joes)

Happy thirtieth birthday Amanda Longo • Congratulations to Rachel on her first pull-up • Kate Magee gets her first ring muscle-up Danielle Brandon cleans 220 pounds for three • Happy birthday Jessica LuceroKristi Eramo did her first photo shoot with NOBULLBK Gudmundsson has partnered with CLIMBSKIN • Congratulations to Jennie Butler-Anderson on her 100 pound power clean PR • Sarabeth McLendon Jumper muscle snatches 143 pounds.

…and here are five reasons the CrossFit Open is better than sex.

Watch…this class of first graders getting some burpees in on a school day. 

How to Know if You Should Sleep or Train — Sometimes, a lot of the time, you’re faced with only a few hours of sleep but the desire to train. Here’s how to decide. 

“The answer is a bit complicated. According to experts, it primarily boils down to just how tired you are. To make the best decision, you need to assess your recent sleep history and determine whether you’re merely feeling sluggish or you’re woefully sleep-deprived.”

Tia-Clair Toomey Will Do the Open in Australia — Tia-Clair Toomey told BOXROX that she will be doing the entire Open back home in Australia, after training all year in Vermont with Mat Fraser.

— “The first week, Shane and I will be heading over to Australia and doing the whole Open back home. It’s been 12 months since I’ve been home so it’s definitely going to be a nice time to see the family and friends.

— “She will be flying back from Cookeville, Tennesse to her homeland of Australia where she will compete at the live announcement of CrossFit Open Workout 20.5. This will take place at the Torian Pro Event in Brisbane.”

Judge’s Course for the 2020 Open –– If you completed the judge’s course for the Open in March, there is no need to take it again. 

Open Tips and Tricks with Alessandra Pichelli — Games athlete Alessandra Pichelli posted her Open tips and tricks yesterday to Instagram. 

— “Use the last Open as your motivation. Be a better you this time! If this is your first year, do the best YOU can do and set a high standard for next year!

— “Brush up on your weaknesses and common Open movements ( Burpees, Toes to bar, Muscle-ups…). Practice fast transitions and minimize chalk breaks.”

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“The Story Behind WIT, The Global Training Retailer,” by Justin LoFranco, Morning Chalk Up 

Located in the heart of London’s financial district, WIT’s 18-month-old gym and retail space is Mecca for the burgeoning training category.

Built just steps from the London Stock Exchange, the vision was “to give the training consumer a curated multi-brand product selection that we think they deserve,” said CEO and Co-Founder Dan Williams.

Below WIT’s store is a full CrossFit affiliate, running classes from 5:30 AM to 7:00 PM at night for 200 members and more than 100 drop-ins a week.

“We are for the serious trainer,” Williams said in an exclusive sit down with Morning Chalk Up.

Back in 2015, Williams, who was inov-8’s UK account manager at the time, approached Sam Kitching, WIT’s other co-founder with an idea.

That year, they launched multiple pop-up shops in London’s trendy Shoreditch district. The following year, they opened a full retail store in the same neighborhood.

In 2017, with plans to merge a full retail and training experience, WIT launched its first funding round and met their £840,000 target in seven days. By the time they closed the crowdfunding campaign, WIT had raised more than £1,200,000 from 389 investors.

Since the opening of their new store 18-months-ago, the brand has been on a meteoric rise in training. Today, they ship worldwide, averaging 30-40 countries daily.

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CHALK UP CALENDAR

9/26 – 9/28: Heart of America (Springfield, MO)
9/27 – 9/28: Autumn Games 4 (Albuquerque, NM) 
9/27 – 9/28: Battle at the Banks (Cincinnati, OH)
9/27 – 9/28: The Greenville Games (Greenville, SC)
a 9/28: 2019 Pound-4-Pound Competition (Denver, CO)
9/28: Masters of the Midway: Individual (Lake in the Hills, IL)
9/28: The Shipwreck 4 at Harbor Park CrossFit (Racine, WI)
9/28: Firewall Frenzy 2019 Partner Comp (Holliston, MA)
9/28: No Mans Land 5 (Painesville, OH)
9/28: Country Tuff Competition (Richfield, UT)
9/28: Can You Dig It Delaware (Delaware, OH)
9/28: Bloodline Barbell Brawl (Lehigh Acres, FL)
9/28: Bring The Heat X (Katy, TX)
9/28: Rookie Rollout 4 (San Diego, CA)
9/28: The Fat Man Little Boy Showdown (Oak Ridge, TN)
9/28: Battle Cancer Competition (Madrid, Spain)
9/28: Fight of the Elements (Gland, Switzerland)
9/28: 4th Annual Kilo CrushFest (Hampton, VA)
9/28 -9/29: Beer City Beatdown (Asheville, NC)
9/28: Masters of the DMV3 (Alexandria, VA)
9/28: OUTWOD Chicago (Chicago, IL)
9/28: OUTWOD Richmond (Richmond, VA)
9/28: OUTWOD Suffolk (Suffolk, NY)
9/28 – 9/30: Duality 2019 (San Antonio, TX)
9/29: Labor Of Love (Newington, CT)
9/28 – 9/29: CrossFit Krypton Training Camp (Chesapeake, VA)
10/3 – 10/21: Dubai CrossFit Challenge Online Qualifier (Online)
10/5: The Grit Games (Jacksonville Beach, FL)
10/5: Second Annual Sona Slam (Johnson City, NY)
10/5: Nashoba Learning Group FUNdraiser (Woburn, MA)
10/6: Barbells and Babes Liftoff (Middletown, NY)
10/6: My Mommy is Stronger Than Your Mommy (Houston, TX)
10/12: Push Pull For Pancreatic Cancer (Elgin, IL)
10/16: 2019 Graveyard Games (Kenosha, WI)
10/19: Battle for the Bell VIII: End Bell (Southbury, CT)
10/19: HYROX Miami (Miami, FL)
10/26: CrossFit Turbine’s 2019 Strongman Classic (Carol Stream, IL)
10/26: CrossFit Roots Anniversary Party (Boulder, CO)
11/2: Best of the Wurst (New Braunfels, TX)

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