Andrea Nisler, Fittest 35-39 Woman, Talks 2024 CrossFit Games Season

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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up.

In today’s edition:

• CrossFit Games veteran and former Team Division champ Andrea Nisler reflects on her first Masters Division championship. Check out our interview with the new mom below.

• Experiencing “food boredom” around your lunch choices? We’ve got you covered with 10 (non-sandwich) lunch ideas to keep you fueled and ready throughout the day.

• Australian adaptive athlete Jordan Cabrita has competed on some big stages at the Torian Pro and Down Under Championship. Now, he takes on his biggest contest yet at the 2024 Adaptive CrossFit Games. Check out his story.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Well after the workout was done, I had to go sit against the wall. I thought I was going to throw up. But in a weird way, now that the pain is gone, it was so great to tap into that again”- Andrea Nisler, 2024 Fittest 35-39 Woman on her postpartum return to competition.

CROSSFIT GAMES — MASTERS

Balancing Motherhood and Competitive CrossFit: Andrea Nisler Reflects on 2024 Season

On March 13, 2024, Andrea Nisler gave birth to her daughter, Riley. Around five and a half months later, she was standing on top of the podium as the winner of the 35-39 age division at the 2024 Legends Masters CrossFit Games.

The former individual and team Games athlete focused most of her training on the Masters championship this past season. After having her baby girl, she listened to her body and got back into fitness on her own time. 

Nisler told us that one benefit of training as an individual rather than a team member is being able to follow her own schedule. 

• “It was kind of nice to take more of a step back, knowing I was just an individual and kind of doing what my body felt like that day. Or if I wanted to just hang with my daughter instead, I could do that and skip a metcon and no one was going to depend on me,” Nisler says. 

Nisler’s trip to Birmingham, AL, for the Legends Games was the longest she’d been away from her daughter since she was born. It turns out that the effort was well worth it.

In the months following Riley’s birth, Nisler has had to be smarter with her time while training, jumping into class at her gym, Timberwolf Fitness, and being more “choosy” about where she puts her efforts.

• “I wasn't burnt out. I went into this competition feeling super ready, honestly,” she says. “So it was really nice. I mean, strength still isn't there, so following a strength program was still super important.” 

Nisler took home first place in the youngest age division at the Legends Masters Games, besting the second-place athlete by 54 points. 

Her favorite event was an interval-style workout that required athletes to push past their limits on the Rogue Echo Bike. She says that she hasn’t felt like she pushed that hard since the Semifinals in 2023. 

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SPEED READS

🏃 🏃 HYROX ‘24/’25 Rulebook Updates and Pro Doubles Elite 15 World Championships: The World Series of Fitness Racing has updated its rulebook for the ‘24/’25 season. The updates include movement standards, women’s wall ball volume, and the Elite 15 qualification process. Read the rulebook here.

• Earlier this week, HYROX announced a new addition to its Elite competition series with the “Pro Doubles Elite 15 World Championship.” Check out the details and the dates and locations of qualifying races here.

🎬 🎥 “Through Our Eyes”: The team at B.Friendly Fitness released a video about the 2024 CrossFit Games. It charts their experiences before and after the events at Marine Creek Lake and throughout the weekend. Check it out now.

😎🏆 TYR Wodapalooza SoCal Update: The team at Loud and Live has released the TYR Cup competition schedule. Find it here. And get your spectator tickets!

🦣 🏎️ Constantly Varied Conversations x Known & Knowable: Earlier this week, John Wooley, host of Constantly Varied Conversations and the creator behind Wooley Memeth, held a live Q&A with Mike Halpin from Known & Knowable about the timeline of Event 1: “Lake Day” he researched and published.

💪📋 Rogue Invitational Update — “The C”: Athletes can compete in this community challenge through the month of September. Registration is open now. Learn more here.

ICYMI: PFAA President Brent Fikowski and board member Pat Vellner appeared on the Talking Elite Fitness podcast earlier this week. They provided a lot of information about the organization, its actions, and its plans. Get the key takeaways now.

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE

10 Lunch (Non-Sandwich) Ideas to Help You Nail Your Macros

Don’t get me wrong, I love a good sandwich – especially fresh from the deli! However, this article is all about providing you with other options besides your typical protein between two hunks of bread. 

While reading, please don’t get the misconception that sandwiches are “bad” or don’t have “nutritional value.” 

• Breakfast sandwiches can be pretty “macro-friendly,” in fact. And who doesn’t love a breakfast sandwich after a tough weekend partner WOD? 

This article is simply here to give you other ideas to help you avoid “food boredom” and help you switch it up every once in a while.

• Food boredom is a fairly self-explanatory term that refers to a lack of enthusiasm for certain foods, no matter how much you have liked it in the past. This could even include your favorite foods.

Consider this list a tailorable starting point. 

Not every idea below features a full recipe — this is so that you can change up the ingredients based on your dietary preferences. 

There are also recommendations to change or substitute some ideas to offer variety if you’d like so you don’t feel it necessary to “reinvent the wheel.”

CROSSFIT GAMES — ADAPTIVE

Adaptive Athlete Jordan Cabrita Heads to Texas, Ready to Take on His First CrossFit Games

No matter how hard an athlete prepares, when it’s time to line up and watch the clock tick down, there’s bound to be some nerves. 

• The stress of the performance can hit hard, and for some, it’s enough to prefer to sit on the sidelines and cheer.

That’s not the case for Australian adaptive athlete Jordan Cabrita. 

“Jordan embodies a rare trait, where he absolutely thrives in the competition environment — he loves a crowd, doesn’t experience performance anxiety, and knows how to enjoy the moment regardless of how he places in a workout,” his coach, exercise physiologist Sarah Bradley, tells the Morning Chalk Up in an interview.

Cabrita’s strength is his mindset — and after extensive training and help from his support system, he’s prepared to top the podium in the Intellectual Disability division at the 2024 Adaptive CrossFit Games. 

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