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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. Today’s edition was chalked up while watching Chris Spealler’s daughter interrupt him during a WOD to give him a big hug.
15 days, 11 hours until the first CrossFit Open announcement.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself…If you are careless and lazy now and keep putting things off and always deferring the day after which you will attend to yourself, you will not notice that you are making no progress, but you will live and die as someone quite ordinary.” — Epictetus
CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU HIT THE BOX
Marcus Filly is doing an “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit today (sorry, we don’t know the time). The Good Dudes (AKA Froning, Bailey and Brigdes) are starting coffee tastings for their new roasting company. Sara Sigmundsdottir snatches 198 pounds plus 2 overhead squats. There aint no party like an unlimited doughnuts & deadlifts party. Glamour put together the top ten work perks and CrossFit makes the list. Nick Uranker does 100 strict handstand push ups in 7:38. Thuri Helgadottir hits 3 snatches at 175 pounds. Lauren Fisher hits a 220 pound post surgery clean PR.
Preview — Rush Club 010, going live next Saturday night in Phoenix, AZ.
Launched — Julie Foucher and Brigid Titgemeier (BeingBrigid) launched their new healthy eating and nutrition company HealthySelf Reset. They’ll be providing weekly shopping lists, menus, recipes, discount codes, programming and access to their private Facebook page
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
“More Than Just a Workout” tells the story of Colin Boesch, a senior at Iowa State University, who does CrossFit to in order to buck the trend of heart disease in his family. His grandfather recently passed away from congestive heart failure and his father had a triple bypass at the age of 39.
ON THE RADIO
Congratulations to the Brute Strength team for hitting their 1 millionth podcast download. To celebrate they’re giving away some prizes. FUN FACT: With 77 episodes, that’s an average of 12,987 downloads per episode.
For their 77th Episode, Adee Cazayou talks about how to stay lean and add muscle. Basically if you’re wanting to grow stronger without growing fatter, this episode is for you.
CHALK UP READS
There, I said it. I’m going to prepare for 26.2 miles by doing a lot of not running.
I’ll admit, the idea of training through another winter for another marathon was not appealing. I’ve done the Big Sur International Marathon for the last three years, and while I love it, my ability to train adequately for it has declined. Last year was the first time I ever cheated on my training plan—skipping five or six of my longest runs and logging only a single 20-miler. Work had just gotten so insane that by the weekend, I had zero energy to cart myself around for hours and hours.
Doing other things is actually really good for the runner’s body. And mind.
CHALK UP AFFILIATES
Shout out to Katie Osborne of CrossFit Formidable for leading her box to be the highest fundraiser in Oregon for Barbells for Boobs.
The owner of CrossFit SouthEnd in Charlotte, NC is being forced to move his box because the space got bought out. Stuart Brauer decided to write an op-ed embracing this challenge and the change.
Several Delaware CrossFit affiliates will be holding a Hero WOD fundraiser for the family of a fallen correctional officer who died in an inmate uprising last Thursday.
If you’re in the Atlanta area on February 11, CrossFit Terminus is hosting a one day Open prep clinic with Emily Bridgers. Cost is $30 and you can signup by emailing here.