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Lucy Campbell Talks TYR WZA Win and 2025 Season
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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up.
In today’s edition:
With a big win at the 2025 TYR WZA, Lucy Campbell gained confidence during her two-year comeback from a wrist injury. We talked to her about what that win meant and more.
Considering redoing your Open workouts to improve your scores this season? Tracy Tucker has tips to help you decide whether redos are a good idea and how to smash them.
We talked with Jason Ansley and Roger Gillros, the event directors tasked with organizing the World Fitness Project’s first three events. Learn about the men’s experience and their plans for the WFP inaugural season below.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“They have been really transparent from the beginning on what they want to do, and the reason I have so much respect for them is that they listen. They’re willing to listen, learn, adapt” - Roger Gillros, World Fitness Project (WFP), Event Director for Europe, on what he appreciates about the WFP team.
PROFILE
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Interview: Lucy Campbell Talks TYR Wodapalooza Win and 2025 Season Plans
Heading into the 2025 TYR Wodapalooza in Miami Beach, Lucy Campbell didn’t have a leaderboard goal.
And why would she?
The 2022 CrossFit Games rookie was returning to competition after having spent the better part of two years recovering from two wrist surgeries due to a condition the surgeon didn’t think would allow her to return to CrossFit.
In fact, her first surgeon told her, “We cannot do anything with this,” Campbell said in an interview with the Morning Chalk Up.
So when Campbell defied the odds to even qualify for TYR Wodapalooza, she admitted that she didn’t have any massive goals. She was simply looking to compete.
“I just wanted to see what it was like to be on the floor again, see if my wrist could handle a weekend that is that intense with the workouts we had,” she said.
Six workouts later, Campbell became the 2025 TYR Wodapalooza champion, beating out the 2023 CrossFit Games champion, Laura Horvath.
Three weeks since her win, Campbell said life has mostly returned to normal.
“It has been back to normal. Friday [after Wodapalooza], it was a 6 a.m. start at the gym, sweeping the floor and Hoovering. It was all quite unglamorous,” she laughed.
Campbell added: “Having said that, I think the potential for this year and how exciting this year can be is massive, so in some ways, no change [to my life], and in some ways, everything is going to change.”
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SPEED READS
🦘 💪 Coaches Congress x Down Under Championship: The Coaches Congress (CC), now in its 11th year, has partnered with the Down Under Championship (DUC) for its inaugural event in Australia, set to take place from October 23-26, 2025, in Wollongong, New South Wales. The event will offer an exceptional weekend of education, competition, and community engagement.
🇨🇦👟Jeff Adler x TYR: Yesterday, TYR released a new “Limited Edition Jeff Adler” colorway of its CXT-2 Trainer. Check it out.
🇪🇸👟Aniol Ekai x NIKE: In an Instagram post yesterday, the Spanish star wrote, “I’m beyond proud to join the NIKE family. This is a dream come true, one my younger self never would have imagined.”
The iconic shoe brand has played a major role in sponsoring European athletes and in developing the sport in Spain. Check out the post here.
🚨🚨 The CrossFit Open Is Coming: The 2025 CrossFit Open will take place from February 27 to March 17, so sign up now!
Bundle and save on 2025 CrossFit Open shirts and Judges course registration here.
ICYMI: The Open Report is back for week three. Check out Known and Knowable’s Open registration insights and learn about the methodology behind his tracking.
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE
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Everything You Need to Know to Smash Your Open Workout Redo Attempts This Season
Redos in the CrossFit Open are always a hot topic.
Should you redo every workout? Should you redo at all?
What are you going to do this time to make this redo count? Is your redo going to impact you next week?
Here are some recommendations I share with my athletes:
Should You Redo?
If you gave it your all on your first attempt but ultimately weren’t satisfied with the results, here are some things to consider as you consider a redo.
Are you looking to qualify for the next stage? If your answer is yes, unless you are in the top single-digit percentage of the world, you should probably redo it.
Did an accident occur during your attempt? Examples of this would be the clock malfunctioning, someone bumping into your camera, your judge miscounting, or you having to switch out a piece of equipment because it broke during your attempt. If the answer is yes, then you should redo and get a better score just from that thing not occurring again.
Are you proud of your effort? You may not feel proud of every workout, but if you feel like you gave 100 percent effort and there isn’t any reason to improve or time to gain to get a better score, then there is no need to redo for you.
COMPETITIONS
Meet the World Fitness Project Event Directors: Jason Ansley and Roger Gillros
In December 2024, we learned more details regarding the team behind the World Fitness Project.
At the time, we knew that six-time CrossFit Games athlete and 2024 Masters CrossFit Games Champion Will Moorad was one of the founders of the organization — but there was more to it at that point.
We learned that he was working in partnership with a group of people, all sharing the common goal of creating something new and providing athletes more opportunities to earn a living while giving fans more events throughout the year to support.
This new league, the World Fitness Tour, will feature multiple live events with lots of moving parts and programming that tests the fittest athletes while giving the community and spectators a meaningful experience.
To pull that off, much care and consideration was put into who to hire for the critical roles of event directors.
The two selected were Jason Ansley and Roger Gillros.
Both names could sound familiar, as Ansley has been part of the Legends crew that put on the Masters Games in 2024 and multiple years of the Legends Championship.
He has also been running the 1st Phorm Monster Games for eight years and recently became the owner of the team competition, Heart of America.
The 1st Phorm Monster Games has been growing rapidly and is now one of the premier events in the Midwest. With help from Games veteran Jacob Heppner, the athletes are provided with unique programming and fans with an exciting experience.
The online qualifier is currently open and closes on February 18. The live event will take place at the Overland Park Convention Center in Overland Park, KS, on July 25-27.
On the other side of the pond, Roger Gillros is the man behind WODLA, whose events consist of the Oslo Throwdown, the Norwegian Throwdown, the Sweden Throwdown, and the Gothenborg Throwdown.
The Oslo Throwdown is northern Europe’s largest competition and attracts the likes of Norwegian superstars Kristin Holte and Matilde Garnes, among many other great athletes. This year, it will take place October 24-26.
The two men have immense experience organizing competitions and community events, owning gyms, and programming.
HIGHLIGHTS
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🏆 Congratulations to Aniol Ekai and Kara Frey, winners of the Picsil Throwdown.
Congratulations to Kristi Eramo O’Connell, who took third place at the Mesa Marathon with a time of 2:48.
Check out this 120-kilo/264-pound power snatch from 19-year-old Icaro from Brazil.
Congratulations to Erica from Tolland CrossFit in Tolland, CT, on her first bar muscle-up.
🙌 Well done to Dip from Alchemy CrossFit in Canada on this 233-kilo/515-pound deadlift.
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