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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up.

In today’s edition:

• Three key takeaways about the 2025 CrossFit Open from Dave Castro’s Week in Review.

• What’s the “diet doom loop”? And how can you avoid it?

• Lindsey Marcelli, founder of Girls Gone Rx and Compete for a Cure, creates fitness-centered coloring books for kids. Learn more below.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I don’t think we have ever put that out a month in advance, but just to give you some things to think about, or some intrigue, yeah, we will have an Open workout repeat.” - Dave Castro, Director of Sport, on his Week in Review from January 27.

CROSSFIT GAMES

Three Key Takeaways From Dave Castro’s Week in Review

In his Week In Review video posted on Monday, January 27, CrossFit LLC’s Director of Sport, Dave Castro, revealed some intriguing information about the upcoming 2025 CrossFit Games Open, which starts on February 27.

Three Key Takeaways

1. Castro Will Not Be Doing the Live Open Announcements

“Recently, I have been asked a lot on some of my affiliate trips and visits by affiliates if I’m going to do it. I have been asked internally if I’m going to do it,” Castro said. 

After a long pause, he added, “I don’t feel like doing it this year.”

• “I don’t want to…I decided that a few months ago,” he said.

2. If Not Castro, then Who?

After revealing he will not be announcing this year’s Open workouts, Castro threw this out there: 

• “You know what would be cool, is if we could get affiliates to do it this year.”

Castro then asked any interested affiliate owners to put together an “audition video” and tag him on social media, and he will select “at least one affiliate owner” to announce one Open workout.

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SPEED READS

📺 🎥 Unbroken: The Story of the 2024 TYR Cup: The three-day head-to-head battle between the best athletes in North America and the World went down last September in Huntington Beach, CA.

• With 11 events and $160,000 on the line, it was a test of grit, strategy, and teamwork. Unbroken is available to stream free here.

🌎🏆 2025 World Fitness Tour Roster: The highly anticipated competitive fitness tour has now announced 19 men and 18 women, including 2025 TYR WZA winner Lucy Campbell and fan-favorite Dani Speegle. Who will get the remaining pro cards for the 2025 World Fitness Tour’s inaugural season?

• And, the Online Challenger Qualifier I is now live! Register here.

🚨🚨 The CrossFit Open is Coming: The 2025 CrossFit Open will take place February 27-March 17, so get signed up now!

• Bundle and save on 2025 CrossFit Open shirts and Judges course registration here.

ICYMI: The Open Report is back for 2025. Check out Known and Knowable’s Open registration insights from the first two weeks of the sign-up window.

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE

The Diet Doom Loop: 4 Simple Keys to Breaking Free

Do you feel like you've been dieting for years with no progress? Stuck in a cycle of short-term restriction followed by weight regain? 

You're not alone. 

• So many struggle to achieve sustainable weight loss, falling into what I call the "diet doom loop."

But there is hope. By focusing on four key factors, you can escape this frustrating cycle and reach your health, weight, and performance goals.

These aren't quick fixes or fad strategies, and none of them will make you popular on Instagram — but they are the tried-and-true habits my most successful clients have proven to be worthwhile time and again. 

• What may come as a surprise is that they aren’t all nutrition-focused. 

And this is why successful dieters describe it as a “lifestyle” change. It’s a complete overhaul of factors that greatly influence nutrition success.

Consistent Movement

It may surprise you, but a regular exercise routine is about much more than burning calories. 

• While physical activity does contribute to a calorie deficit, the real magic is psychological.

Getting through a solid training session reinforces the belief that you are a healthy, active person – a mindset that naturally spills over to your eating habits. 

• Consistent fitness requires less overall commitment (just 20-30 minutes a day) than changing all your eating habits (which you need to tackle three to five times a day). 

Exercise can, therefore, help someone create that identity more quickly, which can put them in the right state of mind to make improvements in the kitchen.

This is why I often tell people that exercise is the ultimate nutrition hack.

INDUSTRY

Why Lindsey Marcelli and Her Family Created a Collection of Fitness Coloring Books for Kids

Lindsey Marcelli was disappointed when she couldn’t find a coloring book featuring a barbell for her three children.

• “My kids love to color, and I wanted them to be able to color what they love. They enjoy working out with us. They have their own little barbell,” said Marcelli, who has been doing CrossFit since 2007 and was an affiliate owner for eight years.

Further, Marcelli came across a statistic that really got to her. 

• “Only one in four kids are meeting the recommended daily amount of physical activity,” she said. 

So, she took matters into her own hands.

• “I knew there had to be a better way to inspire movement,” she said. “I wanted to create something that blended creativity, movement, and a positive mindset, making physical activity feel less like a chore and more like play.”

The result: Marcelli has now published five books in her Color Me Stronger Collection and is working on more.

• “The collection keeps growing. I love asking my kids what they want, and we expand on that,” Marcelli said. She is also the founder of both Girls GoneRX and Compete for a Cure, which work together to raise money for breast cancer. 

HIGHLIGHTS

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• 🎂Happy belated birthday (1/29) to Caroline Lambray, Sam Kwant, and Jay Crouch.

• Congratulations to Adaptive CrossFit Games athlete Ellen Field on her engagement.

• Congratulations to Jaime Filer, who won the TYR Wodapalooza Gauntlet last weekend.

• Congratulations to Adaptive CrossFit Games athlete Brian Knight, who just PRed his one-arm snatch at 58 kilos/130 pounds.

• 🍼Congratulations to Zach and Samantha George, who will soon welcome their second child.