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Happy Friday and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. Tomorrow is April Fools. WOD accordingly.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Have an unrelenting belief that things will work out, that the long road has a purpose, that the things that you desire may not happen today, but they will happen. Continue to persist and persevere.” — Brad Gast
CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU HIT THE BOX
Alyssa Ritchey stopped doing CrossFit last year to focus on Olympic weightlifting and she placed 27th in the South West region. BarBendinterviews this 16-year-old paraclimber (he was born missing his right arm below the elbow) who was a national swimmer but gave that up for climbing because it wasn’t very thrilling. How does NoBull talk to CrossFitters without saying CrossFit? Sara Sigmundsdottir did 30 pegboard climbs for time with CrossFit Mayhem. Preston Smith captures the Northern Lights in Iceland and they’re stunning.
WHAT TO TELL YOUR MASTERS FRIEND WHO’S DISAPPOINTED IN THEIR OPEN PERFORMANCE…
First off, congratulations for finishing the Open and stop getting down on yourself. If you think you have what it takes to be a Masters competitor, you might want to consider CompTrain Masters, put together by coach Ben Bergeron — he coaches Katrin Davidsdottir, Mathew Fraser, Brooke Wells and Cole Sager. This year, they had enough qualifiers that it made sense to make special t-shirts and racerbacks. We’re told it’s around 300 across all divisions. Dang.
THINGS TO…
WATCH: Brooke Ence on Body Image
Brooke Ence and Michael Cazayouz from Brute Strength sit down and talk about Brooke injury and withdrawal from the 2017 CrossFit Games season. Both Brooke and Michael discuss body image from both a girls and a guys perspective.
TUNE IN.
TUNE IN.
KNOW: 17.5 By The Numbers
Tommy Marquez takes a look at the overall results from 17.5 to pull out the most interesting stats. In week 5, there were 21.1 million thrusters completed and 1.54 billion pounds of weight lifted.
TELL ME MORE.
TELL ME MORE.
EAT: Your Avocado Toast Just Got Better
Yes, it’s actually possible. Thanks to Ambitious Kitchen, here are 16 new toppings for you to try on your avocado toast.
<3 AVOCADOS.
<3 AVOCADOS.
CHALK UP AFFILIATES
FOR YOUR NEXT BUSINESS PLANNING IDEA…This kinda-sorta but not quite CrossFit gym asked some buddies to open a coffee shop next door and now they both work together. The coffee shop serves locally sources food and health beverages while the health conscious consumer can get in a workout next door.
Williamston CrossFit in Williamston, MI is holding a fundraiser WOD this weekend to raise money to buy weekend survival kits, which supplies kids with food during non-school hours in the Lansing, Michigan area.The small town of Higganum, CT welcomed their first commercial gym to the 7,000 person town and it’s CrossFit Ironworks.
CHALK UP READS
“Setting a New Standard: How Liefia Ingalls Made History” by Athlete Daily
Long before she was crowned the first-ever Arnold Pro Strongwoman Champion, Liefia Ingalls was just a CrossFit athlete who wanted to do strength stuff in her backyard.
Ingalls had seen YouTube videos of Strongman competition so, about four years ago, she bought some molds and Googled “make your own atlas stones”. It wasn’t until about a year into her little California backyard experiment that she came across a video of women doing stones in a competition.
“I was like, ‘Oh my god, women can compete in this!,” said Ingalls, who had always preferred deadlifts and pressing over running and burpees.