Kay Wiese

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10 (More) Books to Add to Your 2024 Fitness Reading List

Feb 15, 2024 | morningchalkup.com | Nicky Freymond |Kay Wiese |Patrick Blennerhassett |Austin Heaton

Enjoying Morning Chalk Up? Access additional exclusive interviews, analyses, and stories with an Rx membership. In case you missed it, we recently published a list of ten books to add to your 2024 CrossFit reading list. We combined titles recently released, within the last year, and some older classics that you may have overlooked. Hopefully, you tracked down a few of them, and they spoke to your CrossFitting soul, inspiring you and informing you with each unique voice, lesson, and anecdote.
Lauren Kalil Becomes the First Woman To Call Play-By-Play at a Major CrossFit Event

Feb 13, 2024 | morningchalkup.com | Kay Wiese |Maggie Weaver |Emily Beers |Ava Kitzi

Enjoying Morning Chalk Up? Access additional exclusive interviews, analyses, and stories with an Rx membership. “What if I sound dumb? What if my voice is too high-pitched? What if people think I was only hired because I’m a chick? What if I am only being hired because I’m a chick?”These were the questions and self-doubt running through Lauren Kalil’s mind the night before she stepped behind the microphone at the 2024 TYR Wodapalooza in Miami to call play-by-play.
CrossFit, Children, and the Kansas City Chiefs: The Evolution of Joshua Al-chamaa

Feb 12, 2024 | morningchalkup.com | Julia Papworth |Austin Heaton |Joe Genetin-Pilawa |Kay Wiese

Photo Credit: @crossfitgames When Joshua Al-chamaa and his CrossFit Invictus teammates were crowned the Fittest on Earth at the 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games was the best moment of his life. Al-chamaa had an incredible week in Madison with his team. Everything came together perfectly at the right time. “The mantra for the whole year was going for gold. So we had that clear vision in mind that we wanted to win.
From IT to the CrossFit Games: Getting to Know Europe’s Up-and-Coming Star, Jelle Hoste

Feb 7, 2024 | morningchalkup.com | Austin Heaton |Emily Beers |Scott Freymond |Kay Wiese

Last year, an unknown six-foot-two-inch tall athlete out of Belgium caught everyone’s attention at the 2023 European Semifinal when he won an incredible three events and finished fourth overall in his first-ever Semifinal. That man was Jelle Hoste. From there he went on to have a phenomenal rookie year at the CrossFit Games where he finished 10th overall and had five top-10 event finishes, including an event win.
Where Are The Biggest Performance Gaps Between Elite and Average CrossFit Athletes in the Open?

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.
Ella Wilkinson’s Workout of the Week

Feb 2, 2024 | morningchalkup.com | Joe Genetin-Pilawa |Emily Beers |Kay Wiese |Mike Halpin

Enjoying Morning Chalk Up? Access additional exclusive interviews, analyses, and stories with an Rx membership. Today’s workout is programmed by up-and-coming UK athlete, Ella Wilkinson, who trains out of High Performance CrossFit with JST Compete. The 23-year-old was a high-level gymnast as a child but an ankle injury changed her fitness trajectory and her mom introduced her to CrossFit.
The Open Report: Week 2

Feb 1, 2024 | morningchalkup.com | Mike Halpin |Julia Papworth |Nicky Freymond |Kay Wiese

Credit: https://www.instagram.com/crossfitgames/?hl=en Enjoying Morning Chalk Up? Access additional exclusive interviews, analyses, and stories with an Rx membership. Days until the 2024 CrossFit Open: 28(Register for the Open now)The Open is “Unknown & Unknowable”… but there are, thankfully clues. “From the beginning, the aim of CrossFit has been to forge a broad, general and inclusive fitness.
How Lauren Fisher Channeled Her Grief Through CrossFit

Jan 31, 2024 | morningchalkup.com | Julia Papworth |Kay Wiese |Scott Freymond |Emily Beers

Photo Credit: Lauren Fisher I PR’d everything the week my mom died. Lifts, gymnastics, workouts–it didn't matter. I also cried while on the Assault Bike, but not for my usual reasons. The gym was the only place I felt like myself, the only place I felt safe. It is incredible how powerful grief can be. We have seen it countless times across professional sports - athletes summoning superhuman strength amid personal tragedies to turn in performances nothing short of spectacular.
NOBULL Merges With Tom Brady’s Wellness and Apparel Brands, TB12 and Brady

Jan 30, 2024 | morningchalkup.com | Kay Wiese |Scott Freymond |Austin Heaton |Mike Halpin

Enjoying Morning Chalk Up? Access additional exclusive interviews, analyses, and stories with an Rx membership. This morning, NOBULL announced that they would be merging with seven-time Super Bowl Champion Tom Brady’s health and wellness company TB12 as well as his apparel brand Brady Brand. One big thing: Fans of the brand have been speculating since the end of 2023 what NOBULL’s next move would be after their title sponsorship deal with CrossFit came to a close in December of 2023.
“Pancakes for Roger, Inc.” Launches First Competition in NYC, Kansas City

Jan 25, 2024 | morningchalkup.com | Teaganne Finn |Maggie Weaver |Emily Beers |Kay Wiese

Enjoying Morning Chalk Up? Access additional exclusive interviews, analyses, and stories with an Rx membership. A seemingly simple request for pancakes has turned into a not-for-profit organization and is now a competition in February with two locations. Susan Combs launched “Pancakes for Roger, Inc.” in honor of her father, Major General Roger E. Combs, who served for over 39 years across three military branches.