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Happy Friday and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. Today’s edition was chalked up while watching 17.1 live while walking through the airport, literally.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Your greatest mental victory is when you have found comfort in the uncomfortable.” — Cee
CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU HIT THE BOX
Do you want CrossFit HQ to share your CrossFit Open content, live streams, PRs and such? Here’s how. PurePharma, FitAid, ROMWOD and RockTape are giving away four passes to the CrossFit Games including airfare and hotel. Rich Froning and CrossFit Mayhem didn’t waste any time starting 17.1. Tommy Marquez’s ten athletes to watch for the 2017 season. Cody Anderson sprained his ankle 2 days ago.
MUST READ interview of Cassidy Lance on Missing the 2016 CrossFit Games — “I think I was more in shock of, I guess I expected to go and I didn’t and my name didn’t hit that top 5. It was like…is this real?…There was really no thoughts right after. It was just…that sucked.”
THINGS TO…
WATCH: 17.1 Live Announcement
If you missed all the action last night, here’s your chance to catch it for the first time, or if you’re like us, watch it again.
Vellner v. Fikowski — Holte v. Briggs
Vellner v. Fikowski — Holte v. Briggs
HEAR: Ben Smith on Why He Trains
Ben Smith has one of the longest CrossFit careers among individual athletes with 8 appearances at the CrossFit Games, standing on the podium four times. In this episode of Pursuing Health, Ben sits down with Julie Foucher to share his CrossFit journey, why he continues to do it, and balancing owning an affiliate.
GRAB YOUR HEADPHONES.
GRAB YOUR HEADPHONES.
KNOW: CrossFit Affecting Your Sex Drive?
A study from the University of North Carolina published this month in the journal of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise found that men who exercise intensely may have a lower libido than men who exercise moderately or lightly.
THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE!
THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE!
DO: Mid Atlantic Affiliate Challenge
Are you willing to put your affiliate up against the best in Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania and North Carolina? From an invite only elite division to scaled, you can register your four person team to represent your affiliate to compete April 8 and 9th.
REGISTRATION ENDS SOON.
REGISTRATION ENDS SOON.
INSPIRE: Fitness and Beauty in the Raw
Shot in the nude, Johany Jutras’ photo essay “Beyond Strength” on the bodies of female athletes attempts to break down the prejudice against strong women by capturing their beauty in strength.
I WANT TO SEE.
I WANT TO SEE.
CHALK UP AFFILIATES
Julia Goldstein, coach at Put It Up CrossFit in Utah, shares her thoughts on why everyone should try their hand at the CrossFit Open at least once.
The 2017 Nike Junior Nationals kicks off today in Kansas City, Missouri and Crossfit West Chester is sending two athletes to compete: Riley Brown and Shannon McNames.
Austin Colbert took a break from CrossFit for 22 months but he decided to ask his boss to bring him to Aspen CrossFit. “After 22 months away, it wasn’t the strenuous workouts or the goal-setting mindset that CrossFit creates that drew me back. It was the people and the feeling of being bonded to others through literal blood, sweat and tears. That’s what I missed most about training with SouthWind CrossFit in Kansas — my CrossFit family.”
CHALK UP READS
With the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games Open now upon us, the next five weeks are sure to be filled with the inevitable leaderboard chatter and questions about what the Open results predict for the Regional competitions ahead.
One of the questions we see resurface each year—who are the up-and-comers in The Sport of Fitness?
Two names you can expect to hear about are sisters Brittany and Allison Weiss. Although they’ve been athletes for a few years, the 18- and 21-year old North Carolina natives are quick to attest that they’re just getting started.
“This Husband Tried to Mimic His Pregnant Wife’s CrossFit Experience” by SELF
When Blake Milchuck hit the CrossFit gym this weekend, he tried something a little different. Blake and his wife, Kristin, are expecting a baby, and Blake was impressed that his wife could still break a sweat like the best of them—even 37 weeks pregnant. Blake wanted to see what that’s like, so he strapped a 14-pound medicine ball to his chest to find out. The result: a video of Blake hilariously suffering through his typical workout with a “baby” along for the ride. Thankfully, CrossFit Krypton in Chesapeake, Virginia, shared the clip with the world.
In the video, Blake starts with some push-ups, and it’s clear he’s struggling. He holds tight to the medicine ball while he gingerly leaps over a push-up bar. A person off-camera asks him how he’s feeling, and he responds, “It does not feel good.” Meanwhile, in the background, (a very pregnant) Kristin can be seen working out on a rowing machine, making it look easy.