That One Time CrossFitters Annihilated a Tough Mudder

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“Behind every successful woman is the butt she got moving to get there.” — Unknown (but probably a woman)

Your Meal Prep Just Got Stupid Easy

Like the sound of that?

Do you get FOMO when scrolling through IG and you pass up that one friend whose meal prep game is totally on point? Whether you’re trying to clean up your diet, count macros, or just make your life easier by meal prepping, one thing is 1,000% sure: you have to be prepared. And honestly, it can be a lot of work.

The good news? We stumbled upon this genius service that everyone should know about — it’s called emeals.

How it works.

First, you choose your meal plan. They have paleo, gluten-free, vegan, heart healthy, and even diabetic meal plans. You choose the dishes you want and emeals creates a shopping list and provides all the recipes you need.

Genius right?

What’s even cooler is that you can then submit your shopping list directly to one of their available grocery services (like Walmart Grocery Pickup, Amazon Fresh, and Kroger Click List). You don’t even have to go to the grocery store. Louder for those in the back: YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE TO GROCERY SHOP.

Pretty sweet, right?

We think so. You can manage all of this from an app on your phone. emeals makes their dime from a super affordable monthly subscription service (as low as $5 per month), and they do all the grunt work for you.

Now you can just pick what sounds good, pick up your groceries, and get to cookin’.

Coffee Break Conversations

What to tell your friend who always says seeing a doctor is too much of a hassle…

I don’t buy it. If a professional monster truck driver can do it, so can you. Here’s the latest total badasses who have decided to go steady with Steady MD: Cassidy Lance, Cynthia Gauthier, Kari Pearce, Bethany Shadburne, and Lindsey Valenzuela have joined and you probably should too.

What to tell your friend who thinks you’ve gotta be superhero strong to even go to CrossFit…

First, false. Second, if you come to CrossFit, we will buy you one of these super cool super hero blender bottles from Rogue. Kind of the same, right?

Things To…

WATCH: CrossFitters Dominate Tough Mudder

Remember a few weeks ago when all the CrossFit athletes ran a Tough Mudder X? And then almost all the winners were CrossFitters? Well starting July 14th you can watch the race coverage on CBS.

GONNA’ BE GOOD. 

HEAR: Mental Training for Athletes

Dawn Fletcher, mental performance specialist, and Mentality WOD owner, joins the Brute Strength Podcast to discuss how to overcome anxiety, the importance of maintaining targets in training, and how she feels about essentialism.

TUNE IN.

KNOW: Your Weight Class

Now that the IWF has restructured the bodyweight categories for weightlifters, maybe it’s time you reconsider your weight class. Take this handy quiz from Cal Strength to find your ideal weight class.

WE LOVE A GOOD QUIZ. 

EAT: Slow Cooker Crack Chicken

A low carb friendly slow cooker dish that gives you flavorful chicken to keep on hand all week long. It didn’t get the title by tasting terrible, that’s for sure.

GONNA’ WANT SECONDS.

BUY: All the RXBAR Deliciousness

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BOXES FOR BOXES.

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• FROM HOCKEY TO CROSSFIT — Former Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Joe Corvo is headed to Madison next month after qualifying 1st in the 40-44 age group for the North Central region. “It’s been keeping me up nights, trying to figure out stuff for this guy to do,” said Angelo Sisco, Corvo’s trainer.

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

Bill Grundler is releasing a Masters Athlete Program • Stacy Simmons achieves her goal on the pegboard • Ben Barker gets a 245 pound hang snatch PR • Aimee Everett clean and jerks 90kgs/198 pounds • Alexa Georgoulis gets a 200 pound jerk PR • Kristina Kyle gets her first muscle-up • JoAnna Lodermeier gets her first 20″ box jump.

…and this dog is our spinach spirit animal. 

Legends of CrossFit — CrossFit Covert in Calimesa, CA has a new class. The Legends 55+ meets every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 7 a.m. It’s not just for fitness though. “The goal of Legends 55+ is to help people stay consistently active with attentive coaches and a supportive community. Building relationships is part of the experience,” said coach Jon Ciccarelli.

“Adapting is Not Scaling” by Andréa Maria Cecil, CrossFit Journal 

When it comes to scaling, a back squat can be modified by load or reps. Still, it remains a squat. As for a pull-up, it can be scaled to a jumping or banded one. Still, it remains a pull-up.

But for the former movement, that scale won’t work for an athlete in a wheelchair. And for the latter movement, that scale won’t work for a bilateral upper-limb amputee.

When it comes to adapting, however, “we’re making the movement modification due to the athlete’s limitations that retains the stimulus of the original workout but may not preserve the general movement pattern,” explained Marissa McGuirk, a member of CrossFit Inc.’s Adaptive Training Course Seminar Staff and member of CrossFit’s Level 1 Seminar Staff.

Prospective coaches of adaptive athletes—and adaptive athletes themselves—can consider three strategies to modify workouts: task accomplishment, movement pattern and functional-movement theme.

7/13 – 7/15: Beach Throwdown 2018 (Schevening, Netherlands)

7/14: Mischief Revolution: Battle of the Brewery (Chicago, IL)

7/14: Mountain Town Summer Throwdown (Breckenridge, CO) 

7/14: Espirit De Corps 2018 (Vancouver, WA)

7/14: Belmar Beat Down (Belmar, NJ)

7/14: Atomic Throwdown (Kennewick, WA)

7/14: Fitness for Faith (Livingston, TN) 

7/14: Sweat Angel Showdown (Indianapolis, IN) 

7/14: Barmageddon (Oklahoma City, OK)

7/14: Red, White, and Blue Showcase (Kearney, NE)

7/14: CrossFit for Hope 2018 (Peoria, IL)

7/14: Team SuperFit Charlotte (Charlotte, NC)

7/14 – 7/15: 2018 Freshcoast Games (Muskegon, MI)

7/14: RX’Mas in July (Urbana, OH)

7/15: The Buckeye Games (Akron, OH)

7/15 – 7/16: Lubbock Summer Games (Lubbock, TX)

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 – 7/22: The Rubicon (Centerton, AR)

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

7/22: Iceland with VoyEdge RX

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)

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)

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