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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” — Maya Angelou
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CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES
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Roundup — Garret Fisher hits a 310 pound snatch PR. Happy 33-rd birthday to Stacie Tovar. More leaked photos of the Nike
Metcon 4s emerge. Kaela Stephano hits a 24 pound weighted strict muscle-up. Stefi Cohen hits a 390 pound back squat for four reps.
USA Starts Lifting Today — Brian Reisenauer and Alyssa Ritchey kick things off for Team USA today at the 2017 IWF World Championships in Anaheim, CA. Here’s FloElite with who to watch, how to watch and when to watch.
With your second cup of coffee…Pro MMA fighter and retired gymnast Madison McElhaney throws down the “olynastics” gauntlet for Alec Smith.
Cardiologist Dr. Michael Emery, who oversees rookie athletes at the NFL Combine on the longevity benefits of CrossFit…“Part of the benefit of CrossFit is that it helps ease that aging process.”
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COFFEE BREAK CONVERSATIONS
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What to tell your friend who likes track and field…
Got hurdles? Julie Williams hadn’t been inside a gym in 20 years. Now the 59-year-old is hitting CrossFit Hydro in Omaha, NB five days a week. Her biggest hurdle? “Not comparing myself to others. I have to push myself to be more aggressive and eliminate that self-doubt. I’m stronger than I think” — wise words, we think. Her advice for your friend in her forties: “you’re not too old to get started. I’m stronger than yesterday but not as strong as I will be tomorrow.” #preach.
What to tell your friend who’s working on their pickup lines…
Try this next time: “AMRAP my arms around you and never let you go! WOD you think about that?” Could work.
What to tell your friend who’s convinced saunas will help you live longer…
Where’d you hear that? Without any real evidence to support the magic of saunas, the health myths and longevity legends have pretty much been accepted as commonplace fact. That is, until the University of Eastern Finland followed the bathing habits of 2,300 men for 20 years — yuck. But, luckily they discovered that those who used saunas regularly experienced “dramatically fewer deaths from heart disease or stroke,” as well as a bunch of other cool health benefits. Maybe Mat Fraser was onto something.
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THINGS TO…
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WATCH: Impact of CrossFit on At-Risk Youth
Gerald Parker is a magistrate for the Montgomery County Juvenile Courts in Ohio. Instead of just sentencing teenagers, he’s bult a program at Centerville CrossFit to teach them life lessons through CrossFit.
RAISE EM RIGHT.
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DO: Lift Weights with Lydia Valentin
Because three-time Olympic medalist Lydia Valentin is in SoCal to compete at IWF Worlds, she thought she’d head over to Red Wolf CrossFit in Huntington Beach to lead a weightlifting seminar.
ONLY 25 SPOTS.
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EAT: Paleo Chicken Chow Mein
Just cause you have that Chinese food craving doesn’t mean you can’t satisfy it — or feel guilty while doing it, thanks to Nom Nom Paleo.
NI HAO.
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BUY: 30% off Wine by Margaux Alvarez
The holidays are officially here, and whether you need wine to get through them or just enjoy them with friends and family, Margaux Alvarez’s vineyard is offering 30% off until the end of today with code “DABC.” Seriously though her wine is excellent. We went through a case way faster than we’re willing to admit.
STOCK UP.
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Quick Hits —
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Timeless CrossFit in Franklin, MA officially opened their doors. When their former box “changed hands to another fitness company, closing the CrossFit component, several of her athletes put their talents together to help make her dream of Timeless a reality.”
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CHALK UP READS
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“Why Women Need Iron” by Unknown
Women need iron. Not the vitamin. The barbell.
We are trained by the world around us to have f****d up ideas about our bodies; iron unf**ks them.
We are supposed to be as thin as possible, as small as possible, perhaps until we disappear; iron teaches us to take up space.
We are taught that the only good direction for the scale to go is down, and to agonize ritualistically when it goes up. Iron teaches us the power of gaining weight for strength and gives us another weight to care about – the weight we are lifting.
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CHALK UP CALENDAR
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11/30: CrossFit Liftoff (Online)
12/1 – 3: Atlas Games (Montreal, Canada)
12/2 – 3: Rogue Winter Classic (Cleveland, OH)
12/2 – 3: Winter Classic V4 (Macon, GA)
12/2: Anthem CrossFit’s Reindeer Games (Pensacola, FL)
12/2: Vekter Games IV (CrossFit ReVamped, Columbia, MD)
12/9: Ho Ho Ho CrossFit Kids Competition (Riverside, CA)
12/9: The 2017 Reindeer Games (Del Mar, CA)
12/9 – 10: WOD GODZ 2017 (Shreveport, LA)
1/11 – 14: Wodapalooza Fitness Festival (Miami, FL)
1/27: Winter Chiller (Fairmont, WV)
1/27: NorCal Masters 2018 (Richmond, CA)
1/27 – 28: The Fittest Experience (Austin, TX)
2/3: No Weak Links “V” (Whitesboro, NY)
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