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🏋️♂️ R.A.D x Rogue Drop a Global Lifting Challenge — Are You In?
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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up.
In today’s edition:
🏋️♂️ R.A.D and Rogue kick off the Tin Slingers Challenge, turning local affiliates into worldwide lifting throwdowns.
⚠️ Eating less isn’t always healthier — under-fueling can tank your metabolism, drain your energy, and sabotage long-term progress.
❤️🔥 In 2013, Tammi Saunders, a newly divorced chain-smoker, walked into a CrossFit class and began a 12-year journey that rebuilt her entire life.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
In ‘the uncomfortable’ is where change happens and growth happens…where all the good shit happens in life.”
COMMUNITY
It’s Lifting Season: R.A.D and Rogue Fitness Collab for Tin Slingers Challenge
Credit: Easmah Captures
Last weekend, R.A.D athletes (along with other elites, local gym members, and the brand’s superfans) gathered in three gyms across different parts of the world to kick off the Tin Slingers Challenge.
The event coincided with the launch of two new colorways, as R.A.D strives to meet the demand from its loyal athlete community.
Worth noting: R.A.D also launched its new DBE Underwear collection, featuring Danielle Brandon. The line officially drops on November 20.
ICYMI: Justin Medeiros, Josh Bridges, Danielle Brandon, Trista Smith, Aimee Cringle, Lucy Campbell, Jay Crouch, Noah Ohlsen, Jake Douglas, and many others threw around some heavy weights last weekend, competing for some big checks and bragging rights. In typical R.A.D style, the events were held at local affiliates, packed with spectators and participants – the vibes electric, intimate, semi-chaotic, but all in the best possible way.
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SPEED READS
🔥🛍️ Black Friday Home-Gym Equipment Deals: Garage Gym Reviews dropped a massive roundup of the year’s best Black Friday fitness sales — and it’s basically a cheat code for upgrading your setup. If you’re eyeing some sweet new equipment, this guide shows you the biggest discounts and tells you exactly where to strike before inventory disappears.
⚖️🏋️♂️🚴 The Real CrossFit Test: On this episode of Varied Not Random, Pat Sherwood and Adrian Bozman dive into how to balance CrossFit with another sport. They break down pros and cons, how to prioritize, and why time (not magic programming) is the real limiting factor. They also tackle the big question: can your “side sport” actually help your CrossFit training?
🩲🔥 R.A.D’s DBE Underwear Drop: Check out the latest launch from R.A.D, a limited-edition collection of underwear, boxers, thongs and more, dropping today! With a bold name, clean design, and full gender range, this isn’t your average gym gear add-on.
🎯☄️ CrossFit’s Secret Weapon: The humble wall-ball — a simple squat-and-throw combo that builds full-body power and delivers a brutal cardio dose. The article from CrossFit breaks down crisp technique, common faults, and a benchmark test to see if you can hang: 150 reps in six minutes.
ICYMI: 📉 Jayson Hopper is out. The 2025 Games champ joins last week’s exits, Alex Gazan, Maddie Sturt, and Paige Semenza as the WFP withdrawal list grows.
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE
When Eating Less Backfires: Rethinking What ‘Healthy’ Really Means
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For decades, we’ve been told that eating less is the key to better health. Cut calories, skip meals, shrink your portions—that’s how you get results, right? But while there’s truth in the idea that energy balance matters, eating less isn’t always the best way to improve health.
The principle of calories in versus calories out (CICO) is scientifically sound; it explains weight change at the most basic level. But your body isn’t a simple calculator. It’s a dynamic, adaptive system influenced by hormones, metabolism, stress, sleep, and the quality of the food you eat.
That means while calorie balance is important, there’s often more involved in achieving proper health than just eating less.
Let’s explore why under-eating can have negative effects and how properly fueling your body can promote long-term health.
POLL
🧤 Cold Gym Reality Check — What’s your winter warm-up actually look like? |
Last week, we asked: 👕 Be honest — what’s your winter gym fit?
🧥 Puffer + lifters, fashion over function. (9%)
🧦 Mismatched socks and vibes. (4%)
👖 Sweatpants season, don’t @ me. (26%)
🩳 Shorts year-round, no matter the temp. (52%)
🧢 Beanie stays on. Always. (9%)
No real surprises here, even in cold weather, squatting in pants is no fun…
COMMUNITY
From Chain-Smoker to Affiliate Owner: How Tammi Saunders Turned Her Life Around
Credit: Amber Guerrieri
The year was 2013, and Tammi Saunders was far from healthy.
She was smoking nearly two packs of cigarettes a day and felt like she was “living the same day over and over again.”
“I didn’t have any direction, I didn’t have any goals, and I was newly divorced,” Saunders, now 57, told the Morning Chalk Up.
Her brother had found CrossFit the year before and tried to get her to join, but she was resistant. “I was like, ‘Look, I have cigarettes to smoke and junk food to eat,’” Saunders said, laughing.
But then one day, her daughter decided she wanted to try a CrossFit class, so she agreed to go too. Saunders felt uneasy and out of her depth, but she noticed something in the people at the gym that she wanted.
“They had a quality of life. They had health,” she said.
Watching them, Saunders realized how important it was to be part of a community, and to “be doing hard things with other people.” In the past, she often gave up on herself, and she didn’t want to do that anymore.
HIGHLIGHTS
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🔥Jayson Hopper’s in the hot seat on a recent episode of the Boys Interrupted Podcast - watch him eat a hot chip and suffer the consequences.
Great work to Nick Mathew, who just completed his first HYROX in 1:10.58.
😮💨Watch Tom Wright of the UK PR his snatch at 142 kilos/313 pounds.
Congratulations to Nacho of Argentina on this 141-kilo/310 pound thruster from the Adidas SouthFit Challenge.
💕Congratulations to Morning Chalk Up alum Preslie Hirsch and Dalton Ott, who are newly engaged.