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Inside the 2025 Adaptive CrossFit Games
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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up.
In today’s edition:
🔥 2025 Adaptive CrossFit Games: 260 athletes, 32 divisions, one epic Vegas weekend.
🧠🏋️ Fit body, fit mind. How mental fitness makes or breaks performance.
🏆 The LT Games — Life Time’s bold play in hybrid fitness.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Something I’m going to look at for next year [is] pulling the Adaptive [Games to a] similar week, similar location as the Games.”
CROSSFIT GAMES
The 2025 Adaptive CrossFit Games by WheelWOD — Results and Recap
Credit: @crossfitgames / Instagram
The 2025 Adaptive CrossFit Games by WheelWOD took place this past weekend at Westgate Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV, with 260 athletes competing across 32 divisions during the three-day event.
This is the second year that the Divisional CrossFit Games have been separate from the CrossFit Games Finals, including Masters, Teens, and Adaptive Divisions. The separation has allowed WheelWOD to expand its divisions, increasing from 6 in 2023 to 30 in 2024 and then to 32 in 2025.
There were seven workouts and nine scored events this weekend for the athletes, meaning 900 points were up for grabs. All workout details here.
Continue reading for key highlights and the final podiums for each division.
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SPEED READS
🔨🌎 HWPO Ambassadors — Last Chance!: HWPO Training is recruiting global hard workers to rep the brand—show up, work hard, and earn perks like merch, credits, and early access. Applications close today, Sept. 17.
🔗🔥 Bar Muscle-Up Blueprint: From kip mechanics to linked reps, in this WODPrep seminar at the Age Group CrossFit Games, Ben Dziwulski shows athletes how to progress step-by-step toward BMU mastery.
💡🔥 Purpose Over Product: O2’s Dave Colina reveals how honesty, humility, and hustle built a brand that stands out in CPG — and why CrossFit was key to its rise. Watch here.
😂🏆 Shred Shed Showdown: Josh Bridges, Dallin Pepper, and Jayson Hopper battle through five offbeat challenges — from blindfolded rack pulls to no-handed burpees — all dreamed up by Justin Medeiros. Who walks away with the crown (and bragging rights) as the first-ever Shred Shed Champion?
🌴🔥 WZA Qualifier Is Live: The road to Miami starts now with the 2026 Wodapalooza Online Challenge & Qualifier. With 32 divisions — from first-timers to elites — athletes can throw down solo (Oct. 8–20) or in teams of three (Nov. 13–24) for their shot at the floor in Miami this March.
ICYMI: 🏋️♀️ At 14, New Zealand’s young gun, Tahlia Vosaki, outlifted almost the entire Teen Games field.
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE
How Mental Fitness Unlocks Physical Gains
Credit: @benbergeron / Instagram
The barbell is loaded. You've been chasing this deadlift PR for months. You set up, grip the bar, and...nothing. The weight doesn't move.
What happens next in your mind decides whether this is a stepping stone or a roadblock.
Do you instantly blame your programming, the equipment, or your sleep from three nights ago?
Or do you take ownership, analyze what went wrong, and use it as fuel for your next attempt?
That split-second decision between blame and ownership doesn't just impact your lifting – it influences your whole athletic journey.
In a recent episode of the Chasing Excellence podcast, we discussed how victim mentality is like a weight vest you never remove, pulling down every part of your performance.
Here are some of our big takeaways.
PODCAST
New Not For Time Episode, Featuring Ben Bergeron!
COMPETITIONS
The LT Games – Life Time Enters the Hybrid Fitness Arena
Credit: Life Time Fitness
In the growing world of competitive fitness, new “challenges,” brands, and experiences are continually emerging.
Not only is HYROX expanding its international presence, but competitions like the ATHX Games have also established a strong foothold in Europe, supported by Adidas.
Another event, Apex, held last month in Austin, TX, featured top athletes Hannah Black, Kelly Matthews, and Katelyn Johnson.
We can now add one more to the list.
The details: Life Time, the brand behind the nationwide chain of premium gyms, announced that it has entered the competitive fitness market with its new “LT Games,” which are scheduled for this October.
In the press release sent out last week, a spokesperson shared that, built on a foundation of “Life Time's premium athletic country clubs, elite coaches, unmatched equipment and proven track record of orchestrating iconic athletic events, the LT Games will not only feature top-tier competitions but also inspire, train and recognize the next wave of hybrid athletes through dedicated programs and classes in its clubs.”
Read on for event details, athlete appearances, and prize money.
HIGHLIGHTS
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🎂Happy birthday to Hillary Froning.
Check out this throwback from Riley Martin - everyone starts somewhere!
🔥Ellie Turner is getting in some last minute competition prep before TYR Wodapalooza SoCal this weekend. Let’s go, Ellie!
Peep this throwback to last year’s TYR Cup team prep. Who’s got it this year, Team World or Team North America?
🙌Congratulations to Invictus athletes Brian and Austin, who competed in the Adaptive CrossFit Games last weekend.