Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. Today’s edition was chalked up while getting on a plane to head up to NorCal.
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In Case You’re in the Area — Joy and Claire from Girls Gone WOD Podcast are hosting their 200th episode party this Saturday in Denver.
Power Players — With yesterday’s announcement that the Sixth Fittest Woman on Earth, Brooke Wells officially joined the Cellucor team, it’s signaling an early shift in the supplement industry’s approach to the sport of CrossFit. Cellucor’s products are a staple on sites like Bodybuilding.com. We’ll be curious to see if they develop a line to market specifically to athletes. In the announcement, CMO John Hardesty said: “Brooke is a great example showing how Cellucor supports competitors with a variety of goals, training regimens, techniques and body types. What works for a body builder may not work for a CrossFit athlete or a long-distance runner, and we’re here to help anyone and everyone achieve their goals from beginner to pro.” The door has now opened.
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You do it. Nearly everyone does. The biggest mistake Dawn Fletcher, owner and founder of Mentality WOD, sees on a daily basis has nothing to do with lifting technique, mobility or even athletic ability. “Everyone from the competitive athlete to the general gym-goer is way way way too hung up and caught up in engaging whether it’s in feedback via your phone or conversation about stuff that a) doesn’t matter, b) you can’t control, c) is just nonsense,” Fletcher said.
“Whether it’s ‘hey did you hear?’ and ‘this person’s coaching and they’re not’ and ‘why don’t they do more weightlifting?’ All of that chatter is just a waste of time. It takes away from you and what you’re there for.
But we’re so used to doing that, that’s how we just build rapport with others—we talk, we gossip, we look at things online. It’s all just waste and we get caught up in all of that shit. If you don’t think it’s impacting you, it impacts you.”
She knew about the barbell complex for weeks: 3 deadlifts plus 1 hang power clean plus 3 front squats. Amanda Workman had practiced the complex multiple times and had a plan she intended to execute at a fitness competition designed for novice and intermediate athletes. It would be her first time in a competitive venue.
When the big day arrived at CrossFit Influx in Ladson, South Carolina, the barbell complex didn’t go anything like the 34-year-old had planned.
“Under all that pressure, I ended up with an extra plate on one side. I misloaded the bar and couldn’t get the lift,” she said. “Neither me or my partner noticed until it was too late.” Workman was furious. “We had known about the workouts forever and had been practicing how to approach them for five weeks. There’s no way I ever would have expected something like that to happen in competition.”