Last Day of Hunter McIntyre Doing Regionals Live

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Eight days until the CrossFit Games.

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility is being superior to your former self.” — Ernest Hemingway 

A Thief Amongst Fundraising Friends

Background.

On Saturday, June 30, a thirty-year-old man named Timmy Kinner walked into a birthday party for three-year-old and began stabbing people. Before he was taken into police custody, he had stabbed six people, three of them children between the ages of three and twelve. Ruya Kadir, the three-year-old birthday girl, did not survive the attack.

That’s terrible.

Horrible. The community came together to mourn the victims and support the survivors. One of these groups is CrossFit Boise who held a “WOD for Wylie” on Saturday, July 21st. They invited the entire community and lined up sponsors like Lululemon and made gift baskets to be raffled as well as prize money for best male and best female athletes. The day was set to be a great success.

And just like that…

About 40 to 60 people turned out. CrossFit Boise had suggested a donation of $10, but many people contributed more. “People were just throwing cash into this jar,” Boise CrossFit owner Andy Rosenbaum said. At 10:45 a.m., everyone crowded into another part of the gym to watch the finalists compete. During that 15-minute window, someone helped themselves to the donation jar.

No way!

That’s right. Someone stole the donations to a three-year-old stabbing victims family. CrossFit Boise filed a police report and let the public know that, despite being a felony, if the money was returned to the gym there would be no questions asked. They just want the cash back.

But no one returned the funds. Now, the community is rallying again. Rosenbaum said he has received countless donations and offers of help from his members, the surrounding businesses, and people that heard about the crime. A Max Giving page has been set up for Wod for Wylie. 

Coffee Break Conversations

What to tell your friend who thinks she needs to shake up her morning routine…

Worth a try. Recent studies show that there are several benefits to being an early bird such as more time to exercise, choosing a healthier breakfast, and being more efficient in time management throughout the day. Besides, it means you won’t have to say no to HH with your besties tomorrow. 

And since you’ll already be up…

Morning Chalk Up decided it was time to shake things up on our end too. Have you seen our new website? Now you can start your morning with a fresh cup of fitness and a fresh new website too. Pro tip: share it with a friend. 

Things To…

WATCH: A Day of Training with Annie 

Annie Thorisdottir arrived in Wisconsin early to eat, train and get ready for the CrossFit Games. See what a training day looks like for her and how she eats for these long days leading up to the CrossFit Games. 

A MUST SEE.

HEAR: Master the Process and Results Will Come

Logan Gelbrick joins this episode of the We Move Podcast. He’s a former Pro baseball player and founder of Deuce Gym in LA. Along with a corresponding photo essay, Logan discusses leadership, comfort zones and the ways fitness can create better people.

TUNE IN. 

DOWNLOAD: The Games Event App

Pick your favorite athletes to follow on the leaderboard, make your own schedule of events to watch, and see which vendors to check out with the CrossFit Games Event App. It’s available in both iTunes and Android stores.

BE READY. 

BUY: Single-Day Madison Club Passes

Only able to attend for the day? Purchase a single-day Madison Club pass for $350. They’re also available to purchase at the box office on Monday, July 30.

JUST ONE DAY?

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Chalk Up Community

• WOD FOR MAKE-A-WISH — CrossFit Extreme in Maui hosted a fundraiser “WOD for Wishes” workout Friday. CrossFit boxes across the island joined with Make-A-Wish Hawaii for the workout to help grant wishes to kids with critical illnesses.
• KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY — 61-year-old Rod Hamby is proving that age is just a number as he ramps up his training for the CrossFit Games. His brother, Joe, trains him at CrossFit West Plains in MO. “He comes in every day and does the work laid out for him. He never shortcuts warm-ups, accessory work or the conditioning portions. Rod shines when the pressure it on. He’s ready!”
• VERSALIFTS GIVEAWAY — VersaLifts has teamed up with John Glaude over at Obese to Beast to give one lucky winner some free swag, including some free pairs of our heel lift inserts! 

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

Sara Sigmundsdottir gets 32 triple-unders • Margaux Alvarez gets a 30 muscle-up PR • Sean Sweeney teamed up with MuscleStache • Masters champion Dave Hippensteel practices ring muscle-ups for the Games • Dave Castro releases a hint for Team Event 1 • Rogue partnered with State Street Brats for drinks during The Games. 

Hunter McIntyre Still Doing Regional Workouts — Yesterday, Hunter did Events Three and Four and as it stands he would be in 18th place in the South Region. Today is the last day to watch him complete the workouts at Cobra Command CrossFit with Jacob Heppner. Watch the last two events live with Morning Chalk Up and FITAID tomorow at 9:00AM PT and 12:00 PM PT. 

A New Place for Addicts in Phoenix —  At the Phoenix Sober Active Community and Multi-Sport, every person who participates is clean and sober. Phoenix welcomes any and all but require only that you have been clean and sober from drugs or alcohol for 48 hours before entering one of their classes. The non-profit was founded in Boulder, has three locations in Colorado, and is expanding nationwide. “The answer that we are looking for for addiction of any kind is community – bottom line – you need to be plugged in to
other people with the same issue and the same problem. Then you can kind of create a form of solutions and that’s what works – it’s proven to work. To be able to provide a physical outlet as well as a recovery outlet at the same time – you kill too birds with one stone.”

Katrin Davidsdottir is Proud to Be a Woman With Muscles — Reebok recently launched a campaign with The Movemeant Foundation and The Women’s Strength Coalition, two organizations dedicated to empowering women through fitness. Katrin made a short video with Reebok and also sat down to chat with Shape Magazine to discuss how she got where she is today and why she’s far from finished.

“What’s in Store as CrossFit Games Returns to Old Format?” by Morning Chalk Up

Day 1 is typically reserved for lengthy off-site outdoor endurance events which test athletes aerobic capacity but also take a considerable toll.

In years past there have been multiple ocean swims, a triathlon around Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, half marathon row, 7K trail run at the Aromas ranch and a 3-mile run plus swim, just to name a few. Programming these events mid-week makes sense for the fan festival experience too. They’re long, difficult or impossible to spectate, and the crowds are thinnest on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

In a teaser video posted back in June, Castro let on that “we’ve prepared the best test that we’ve ever done, that we’ve ever created. I’m looking forward to athletes arriving and being dealt a day one that will go down in the Games history books for its difficulty and challenge.”

So far, we know that Event 1 involves a road bike, which suggests a lengthy 10+ mile bike, and Event 2 will be 30 muscle-ups for time. Top athletes will do this workout unbroken and the time cap is unlikely to be much longer than 5:00 minutes. In the Fall of 2017, Cody Anderson did 30 muscle-ups with a weight vest in 3:06.

A long event 1 followed by a short Event 2 suggests a lingering Event 3 behind the curtain that will leave athletes looking for a rest day on Thursday.

7/21: Second Annual Summer Showdown (Nicholasville, KY)

7/21: Swole Wars II (Burleson, TX)

7/21: Sacred Pines Invitational (Ladson, SC)

7/21: Battle at the BallPark (Peoria, IL) 

7/21: Summer Partner Throwdown (Hammond, LA)

7/21: The Freedom Games (Greenwood, SC)

7/21: The Duel: Competitor vs. Cancer (Nevada, IA)

7/21 – 7/22: The Rubicon (Centerton, AR)

7/21 – 7/22: Fit Nation Thunderdome (Fort Myers, FL)

7/22: Iceland with VoyEdge RX

7/27-29: CanWest Games (Coquitlam, BC)

7/28: Garage Girls Hard Core Fit (Watkinsville, GA) 

7/28: Garage Girls CrossFit HardCore (Boca Raton, FL) 

7/28: AZ FitCom Competition (Phoenix, AZ)

7/28: Summer Knights Showdown (Springfield, IL)

7/28: Savage Wolves CrossFit Classic (Nazareth, PA)

7/28 – 7/29: CF Summer Circus (Des Moines, IA)

7/29: Summer Sizzle (Wadsworth, OH) 

7/30: Legends of Lebo (Pittsburgh, PA)

81 – 8/5: The CrossFit Games (Madison, WI) 

8/4: Lumberjack Lift Off (Buckley, WA) 

8/4: G-Town Throwdown (Georgetown, MA) 

8/4: US National Parks Tour with VoyEdge RX

8/4: War at the Shore (Neptune City, NJ)

8/5: Sure Shot Shootout (Greenville, OH)

8/11: Red Raider Backyard Brawl (Coatesville, PA)

8/11: 2018 Rimrock Ruckus (Billings, MT)

8/11: Survival Games 2018 (Wooster, OH)

8/11: The Warhorse Games (Kansas City, KS)

8/11: War of the Roses (Pasadena, CA) 

8/18: Bladium CrossFit Fossil Games (Denver, CO) 

​8/18: The Revolution: Articles of Confederation (San Antonio, TX)

8/18: Summer Slam Royal Rumble (Oakdale, CA)

8/18: CrossFit Krypton’s Compete for a Cure (Chesapeake, VA)

8/18: CrossFit Endure Granite Games Throwdown (Windsor, CO)

8/18: MKT CrossFit Granite Games Throwdown (Columbia, MO)

8/18: Rocky Mountain Throwdown (Fort Collins, CO) 

8/18: Crossfit Krypton’s Compete for a Cure (Chesapeake, VA)

​8/18: Mayhem on the Mountain (Pelham, AL)

8/18: Crossfit Charlevoix Granite Games Throwdown (Charlevoix, MI) 

8/18: Battle in the Boro (Washington, NJ)

8/18: Troy CrossFit Granite Games Throwdown (San Diego, CA) 

8/25: Iron Belle and Femme Royale Women’s Competition (Austin, TX) 

8/25: CrossFit Sua Sponte Summer Slam (Raleigh, NC)