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Feb 16, 2024 | 
morningchalkup.com | Julia Papworth |Emily Beers |Ben Bergeron |Patrick Cummings
Photo Credit: Allison Bruce Enjoying Morning Chalk Up? Access additional exclusive interviews, analyses, and stories with an Rx membership. Countless CrossFit workouts will lay you out on the ground, “dying.” But on October 13, 2023, CrossFit Reveille member Tim Sheffield actually did. After completing his usual late morning class, Sheffield experienced a sudden cardiac arrest. Most people’s stories might end there. Thankfully, Tim’s doesn’t.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
morningchalkup.com | Emily Beers |Teaganne Finn |Nicky Freymond |Ben Bergeron
Enjoying Morning Chalk Up? Access additional exclusive interviews, analyses, and stories with an Rx membership. After failing to find a reason behind the chest pain that had been plaguing her for 18 months, Ella Combs’ doctor told her she would simply have to learn to tolerate the pain. “I was taking anti-inflammatories and antibiotics for four or five months and nothing improved the pain.
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
morningchalkup.com | Nicky Freymond |Austin Heaton |Sarah L. Appleby |Ben Bergeron
Photo Credit: instagram.com/brute.strength/ Enjoying Morning Chalk Up? Access additional exclusive interviews, analyses, and stories with an Rx membership. Since 2013, Brute (previously known as Brute Strength Training), has been a big player in the professional sport of CrossFit. Linked to athletes like Fee Saghafi and Dallin Pepper, Brute, headed by CEO and owner Matt Torres, has come to be known as one of the elite training camps.
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Feb 5, 2024 | 
morningchalkup.com | Austin Heaton |Emily Beers |Kay Wiese |Ben Bergeron
Enjoying Morning Chalk Up? Access additional exclusive interviews, analyses, and stories with an Rx membership. When reviewing the 2023 Open, we noticed something pretty interesting among the world’s top athletes. It turns out that among the top 50 men and women on the worldwide leaderboard, many of them had their worst Open workout finish on the exact same workout.
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Dec 1, 2023 | 
morningchalkup.com | Nicky Freymond |Austin Heaton |Teaganne Finn |Ben Bergeron
Enjoying Morning Chalk Up? Access additional exclusive interviews, analyses, and stories with an Rx membership. The first Italian woman to ever compete at the CrossFit Games as an Individual, Elisa Fuliano ended the 2023 season in Madison in 20th place, taking home a 2nd place finish on Test 3: Inverted Medley.
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Nov 29, 2023 | 
morningchalkup.com | Emily Beers |Maggie Weaver |Julia Papworth |Ben Bergeron
Photo Credit: https://www.instagram.com/nc.fit/ Twenty-seven dollars and 36 cents. That was the average coach pay to run a group class at a CrossFit facility in 2023, according to the annual State of the Industry report put out by Two-Brain Business. This number–$27.36—at CrossFit facilities is up considerably from $21 in 2022 and is higher than the average group class coach pay of $26.46 across all types of gyms.
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Nov 28, 2023 | 
morningchalkup.com | Austin Heaton |Sarah L. Appleby |Emily Beers |Ben Bergeron
In the CrossFit community “Bodybuilding” is often viewed negatively and is most often associated with a shortened range of motion on many movement (half reps), long rests, lack of functional movements, lack of mobility, and generally just unhealthy habits.
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Nov 22, 2023 | 
morningchalkup.com | Nicky Freymond |Joe Genetin-Pilawa |Brian Friend |Ben Bergeron
Photo Credit: @ellsimmo93 Just over a month prior to 2022’s Strength in Depth Semifinal, Elliot Simmonds tore a ligament in his back. He couldn’t walk, couldn’t sit down but was determined to compete, just as he had been doing since 2014. He showed up to the competition not having trained for six weeks and gutted it out, barely missing a qualifying spot.
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Nov 20, 2023 | 
morningchalkup.com | Emily Beers |Maggie Weaver |Gabrielle Kassel |Ben Bergeron
Enjoying Morning Chalk Up? Access additional exclusive interviews, analyses, and stories with an Rx membership. Nine percent: That’s the industry average for monthly client churn according to data released by the popular client management software company PushPress. As for CrossFit-specific gyms, that number sits at 7.63 percent, meaning the average gym with 100 members loses between seven and eight members each month. Ok, so why does this matter?
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Oct 19, 2023 | 
morningchalkup.com | Ben Bergeron |Julia Papworth |Emily Beers |Austin Heaton
Photo Credit: CrossFit Northlake West, Vibrant Photography We got a question on Chasing Excellence recently from a coach and yoga instructor who feels stuck trying to get members of her gym into her yoga classes. While it’s not a huge part of our business model, we have successfully offered yoga at CrossFit New England and think it can be a valuable addition to our members’ overall health and fitness when done right. I’ve found Yin yoga to be an outstanding balance to CrossFit.
