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Get Connected – How to Follow All the CrossFit Games Action This Week

July 31st, 2025

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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up.

In today’s edition:

  • 🏟️ From Albany to the affiliate floor — 2025 Games vibe check.

  • 🎯 Many athletes overlook the basics, but here’s how to fix that.

  • 📲 Everything you need to follow the 2025 Games in one place.

QUOTE OF THE DAY
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This is my ninth consecutive Games trip, and I find it rejuvenating.”

Tiffani Arndt, owner of CrossFit Ground Up on the 2025 Games.
CROSSFIT GAMES

Does the Affiliate Community Still Care About the CrossFit Games? We Asked Gym Owners

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It’s safe to say this year’s season has been anything but normal.

Or have they?

We spoke to a few dozen gym owners to find out where their community stands and asked them:

  • Have the CrossFit Games lost relevance, or is the community as excited as ever to come together to cheer on their favorite athletes?

Read on to learn how affiliate owners described the vibe around the Games at their gyms this year.

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SPEED READS

🧗‍♂️🏋️‍♂️ Individual Event 3 Revealed: The CrossFit Games released “Event 3” yesterday, featuring a couplet of pegboard climbs and increasingly heavy barbell complexes (one clean and one front squat).

🎉🎥 10 Years, Seven Wins (So Far), Infinite Vibes: Join Tia-Clair Toomey and the PRVN crew as they roll through athlete check-in, reflect on a decade of CrossFit Games appearances, and soak in the calm before the chaos. It’s behind-the-scenes banter, baby wrangling, and big gratitude from the G.O.A.T. herself.

⚠️🍹 A Buzz You Didn’t Expect: Check your cans — a High Noon 12-pack recall warns that mislabeled Celsius cans might actually contain vodka. If you grabbed a “Celsius Astro Vibe” from a beach variety pack, it could pack more punch than expected.

🧠🔥 Has CrossFit Lost Its Soul?: James Hobart opens up on CrossFit’s evolution — from messy magic to lasting purpose. In a candid interview, the CrossFit OG talks competition, community, and why he still shows up.

🎤💪 Get Inside Hopper’s Head: Jayson Hopper dishes on mental battles, favorite movements, the grind from training volume, and wild CrossFit Games stories you haven’t heard. It’s unfiltered and full of behind-the-scenes gold from one of CrossFit’s top men’s division contenders.

🎯⚖️ Train for the Middle, Win at the Top: In this video, Training Think Tank coaches Ryne Sullivan and Kyle Ruth lay out a strong argument for why elite CrossFitters must train for balance, not dominance — and how smart programming bridges the gap from gym rat to Games-ready.

ICYMI: 📆 What we know (and don’t) about the 2025 CrossFit Games workouts.

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE

3 Things Most Athletes Get Wrong — And How to Fix Them

Credit: Frank Nguyen

Let’s be honest: most athletes are doing their best with what they know. 

They train hard. They care. They show up. 

  • But even the most dedicated athletes can overlook some of the basics that make a big difference, not because they don’t want to improve, but because no one has taught them what to focus on.

So, I asked Haley Ruth, a fellow Training Think Tank nutrition coach who works closely with athletes every day, what she wishes more athletes would do.

Not the flashy stuff. Not the marketing slogans. It’s the real, behind-the-scenes habits that separate thriving athletes from those just getting by.

Here are three of the most valuable insights she shared.

POLL

Of the seven CrossFit Games events announced thus far, which are you most excited to watch?

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Last week we asked, “What’s your favorite ‘non-fitness’ thing about CrossFit?”

  • ☕ Post-WOD hangs (32.5%)

  • 📸 Memes & inside jokes (11.4%)

  • 👕 New gear & shoes (13%)

  • 🎉 Throwdowns & socials (13%)

  • 🧠 Learning new stuff (15.4%)

  • 🎙️ Podcasts & content (14.6%)

The post-WOD hang was the clear favorite, with all the other options very close — just a few votes separated them.

CROSSFIT

How to Follow the 2025 CrossFit Games: Newsletters, Athlete Instagrams, and More

Credit: Carlos Fleury

We’re just hours away from the start of the 2025 CrossFit Games, and the anticipation is reaching a fever pitch. 

Whether you're at the event in Albany, NY, or watching via live stream from afar, here are some ways to stay updated on everything happening on the competition floor.

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