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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. Today’s edition was chalked up while riding around Los Gatos in the RockTape van.
CONTEST TIME: Inspired by this video of a guy eating a donut while doing muscle-ups, the first three people to post a video doing any kind of muscle-up and eating a doughnut will get a free box of Dough Bar Doughnuts delivered to their house. Post your video to Instagram using the hashtag #WillWODForDoughnuts and tag us @MorningChalkUp.
P.S. Tonight we’ll be at NC Fit Saratoga for the final WOD of the original NorCal CrossFit location before they close doors and move to a new location.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“If you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance, run.” — Rudyard Kipling
CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU HIT THE BOX
SOLD OUT…Reserved tickets for the CrossFit Games sold out in less than an hour. It remains unclear if more tickets will become available as Ticketmaster currently shows that “tickets are not available.” General Admission tickets are still available but you won’t have access to the Alliant Energy Center events (think Tennis Stadium equivalent).
Rich Froning does 40 muscle-ups for time but with a nasty burpee EMOM twist. Val Voboril celebrates her 8th year wedding anniversary. Meet Ryan Grimsland, the 15-year-old who placed 21st worldwide in the online qualifier and missed the Games by one spot. CrossFit St. Helens is offering free CrossFit to individuals who’ve been clean and sober for at least 48 hours and Nike is stepping in and giving them free shoes and WOD gear.
Try this CrossFit Linchpin WOD this weekend. It’s beautiful.
THINGS TO…
WATCH: What’s Next for Chandler Smith?
You may remember that Chandler Smith was forced to withdraw from the 2017 CrossFit Open after he lost part of his finger in a tank accident. He shares the story about the horrific accident and his plans for the future.
WATCH NOW.
WATCH NOW.
HEAR: Update with Sydney Sullivan
Sydney Sullivan has battled illness since she was 12-years-old and won the 2015 CrossFit Games 14-15 year old division after being diagnosed with Type 2 autoimmune hepatitis. Sean Woodland sits down with Sydney after her liver transplant surgery and discusses her future plans.
TUNE IN.
TUNE IN.
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CHALK UP AFFILIATES
Looking for an Olympic Lifting Tune-Up? If you live in Iowa, Jared Enderton is stopping at four CrossFit affiliates in four days to host his Olympic weightlifting seminar. If you’ve been a fan of his tip videos, grab a spot at one of these seminars.
Meet Stella, a 3-year-old Ontario girl battling leukemia. Family friends, the Orangeville United and Forest City CrossFit communities are coming together for a fundraiser competition this Saturday. During the competition, Sella will be in Toronto for a bone marrow transplant, but she plans to FaceTime to watch if she’s feeling well enough.
Congratulations to DeepRoots CrossFit, who just opened their doors in Rochester, NY. Wishing David Levesque and Joseph Vachon the best.
Mike Loughman from Airdrie, Canada is planning to walk the 30-day journey from High Level to Airdrie while carrying a five-pound ball and chain this summer to raise mental health awareness. CrossFit 403 is supporting Mike in his journey by training him three days a week to prepare for the trip.
CHALK UP READS
Our story about The Filthy 150, the largest competition in Ireland’s goal of raising $100,000 to send an Irish weightlifting to the Special Olympics.
“What I Wish I Knew When I Started” by Athlete Daily
I wish someone had told me to eat more. When I stepped into a CrossFit gym three-and-half years ago, I wish I had known that you build muscle by eating, not just from lifting weights. I wish someone had told me carbs were OK and all those late nights at the bar were not. That exercise doesn’t “undo” your crappy lifestyle but it can inspire you to change it.
I wish I had known that not everyone is destined to have visible abs and defined arms, but if you spend years focused on becoming as strong as possible, and forget all that, you can have the body you always wanted. You can look better at 30 than you did at 20. And the funny thing is, it won’t even matter as much to you by then. Those abs are for bracing you on heavy squats, those arms are for holding well over your bodyweight overhead on a jerk. They are for bench pressing- yes, you bench press now, too. I wish someone had told me how much I’d enjoy powerlifting.
I wish I had known that muscle was cool, and how hard those people I saw on my first day at CrossFit had to work to look a certain way. That “being “bulky” is incredibly challenging as a female and taking creatine in your post-workout shake isn’t going to get you there. I wish I had started taking creatine earlier.