Capstone CrossFit in Lubbock, TX just kicked off a program called Sober Sundays. Every Sunday, from noon to 2:00 PM, they open their doors to the recovery community with a workout and fellowship to support ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Games Layoffs Signal Big Changes to Come
Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. Today's edition is powered by NOOMA, makers of organic, simple-ingredient sports drinks with no added sugar. Looking to add some new equipment to your ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Games Layoffs Signal Big Changes to Come
Last Tuesday, more than forty CrossFit Games staff were let go. Based on a partial list of names we’ve seen but are declining to publish out of respect for the individual staffers, the majority of ... Continue Reading
From Brain Injury to CrossFit Games
The background. In 2011, Regional athlete Landon Brazell was completing a set of toes-to-rings in an outdoor competition when he lost his grip. He fell from the rings, landing on the left side of his head, ... Continue Reading
15 Things This Volunteer Learned at the 2018 CrossFit Games
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes to make the CrossFit Games go so smoothly? Sure Dave Castro does all the planning and then the demo team makes it look easy, but who does the things no one else ... Continue Reading
Michele Fumagalli Out After Event One
During the women’s Criterium event, Michele Fumagalli fell and rolled off her bike rounding the last turn of her final lap. The chain of her bike popped off, forcing her to pick up her bike and run across ... Continue Reading
A Thief Amongst Fundraising Friends
Background. On Saturday, June 30, a thirty-year-old man named Timmy Kinner walked into a birthday party for three-year-old and began stabbing people. Before he was taken into police custody, he had stabbed ... Continue Reading
Hunter McIntyre Does Regionals
What’s happening? Morning Chalk Up and FITAID are teaming up to present “Hunter McIntyre Does Regionals” live on Facebook starting on Sunday, July 22. Hunter McIntyre is the champion obstacle course racer ... Continue Reading
Raise the Bar for a Child in Foster Care
The story. Place of Hope is just that. A children’s organization providing family-style foster care, housing and support services for homeless families, and foster care for the hundreds of children in ... Continue Reading
10 WODs To Do On The Beach This Summer
Lounging and chugging may enough activity for most beach-goers. But some (read: most) CrossFitters can't quit the sweat for even 1 day. Why? We'll blame the endorphins. Doesn't matter though, these 10 ... Continue Reading
15 Hero WODs You’ve Probably Never Done
Murph. You love it. You love to hate it. You hate that you love it. Regardless, it's probably given you a bit little bit of Hero WOD flu. You know, the bug every CrossFitter catches twice or thrice a ... Continue Reading
When Your Community Hates CrossFit
Background. CrossFit Horsepower prides themselves on serving the community. Their website reads, “Each day at CrossFit Horsepower is a new adventure. A new challenge. A new chance to get to know your ... Continue Reading
Rio Makes No Excuses: How the Rio CrossFit Community Came Together to Solve a Crisis
As Heat 1 of Event 3 kicked off, something was noticeably different about the event. Instead of ring muscle-ups, athletes performed bar muscle-ups on a rig that was donated by CrossFit Crown last ... Continue Reading
Local Affiliates Save Latin America Regional
So what's happening in Brazil? Apparently Brazilian truck drivers have had it with the rising price of fuel and decided to go on strike Thursday, barricading roadways and making it literally impossible to ... Continue Reading
Training Starts Today
It’s midnight. My body’s sore. I’m exhausted. But I can’t sleep. It’d be easy to start playing the blame game. I should’ve ran more. The elevation killed me. These girls were bigger and could move the ... Continue Reading
76, Prostate Cancer, Radiation, and a Hero WOD a Day
Say what? When Marc Tony Joyce came up with the idea to do Hero wods every day through May to raise funds for charity, he thought he’d do them alone at M Squared Fitness in Manchester, United Kingdom. An ... Continue Reading
Regionals Week 1, Day 3 Recap
Three days, 6 events, 240 athletes, and 90 teams; the Europe, East and South Regionals are over. Here are a few highlights from the final day of competition. The First to Two. Salt Lake City CrossFit ... Continue Reading
7 Regionals, 3 Kids and Still One of the Fittest
“This is my life,” said Sheena Hammer, while holding her youngest of three kids in the lobby of the Salt Palace Convention Center. Just a half hour earlier, she’d set the time to beat on Event 3, a ... Continue Reading
Regionals Week 1, Day 2 Recap
7 things you want to know from Day 2. The last athlete gets the loudest cheers. During Event 4, Heat 2 at the Europe Regional, Sara Massoni struggled through the heavy snatches. She didn't actually get ... Continue Reading
Your Guide to Watching CrossFit Regionals (With Calendar Reminders)
All heats and events for the next three weeks will be streamed live on Games.CrossFit.com. To save you the extra click, here are all the direct links for Regionals Week 1. Stream Links Team Events 1 and 2: ... Continue Reading
Regionals Week 1, Day 1 Recap
Five things you want to know. 1. Got handstand walks? A total of 77 teams were unable to complete Event 1. Only 13 teams, or 14% of the field fiished under the time cap. At least one athlete was stuck ... Continue Reading
Age Group Online Qualifier Analysis Events 3 and 4
Remind me. On Monday, April 23, the Age Group Online Qualifier (AGOQ) official wrapped up. For those who weren’t paying attention, the AGOQ is the second stage of competition inviting theta 200 athletes in ... Continue Reading
Hidden Camera Found in Female Bathroom at Switch CrossFit
The story. On April 12, a woman noticed something in the ceiling of the changing room at Switch CrossFit in Clinton Township, MI. That ‘something’ happened to be a hidden camera used to spy on female ... Continue Reading
Age Group Online Qualifier Analysis Events 1 and 2
What happened? In case you missed it, on Monday, Masters and teen athletes wrapped up the second stage of competition known as the Age Group Online Qualifier. For more info on the history of that, you can ... Continue Reading