🪽 Haley Adams Gets Her Wings — Joins Red Bull

February 5th, 2026

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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up.

In today’s edition:

  • 🪽 Nine-time CrossFit Games athlete, Haley Adams, is officially joining the Red Bull athlete roster.

  • 🏋️ The Open is almost here. With just weeks to go, these four small adjustments can make a big difference on the leaderboard.

  • 🏃 Alexander Rončević is stacking majors. The former HYROX World Champion just claimed his second major win of the 2025/26 season.

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I feel a lot better right now than I have in a long time this time of year. So I'm just really excited to have a solid base going into this year,””

Haley Adams, the newest athlete on the Red Bull roster, on her preparation for the 2026 season.
INDUSTRY

Haley Adams Joins Red Bull Roster Heading Into the 2026 Season

Credit: Red Bull

Fan favorite CrossFit Games athlete Haley Adams has earned her “wiiings” as a Red Bull athlete, the energy drink giant announced recently. 

  • She joins an elite roster alongside fellow competitive fitness athletes Laura Horvath, Jonne Koski, Victor Hoffer, Luka Ðukić, and Noah Ohlsen. 

As Adams heads into the 2026 season, she’ll do so wearing a Red Bull cap and backed by the global brand. 

First up for the nine-time CrossFit Games competitor (three times as a teen and six as an Individual) is the Open in three weeks, followed by Quarterfinals and then the Mayhem Classic on her home turf in Cookeville, Tennessee. She says she’s already excited about the entire season. 

  • “The last couple of months have just been kind of grinding in the quiet and the off-season mode. I feel a lot better right now than I have in a long time this time of year. So I'm just really excited to have a solid base going into this year,” Adams told the Morning Chalk Up.

She looks to the Mayhem Classic as a competition at which she’ll thrive, and in her words, she’s feeling “really good right now – happy, healthy, fit, and (she) thinks it’s going to be a good season.”  She acknowledges that she’s much more prepared this season, compared to last, and she’s confident her performance will reflect that.

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SPEED READS

🚨🚨 The CrossFit Open is Coming: The 2026 CrossFit Open will take place February 26-March 16, so get signed up now!

🏋️📋 How to Run the Open Without the Chaos: CrossFit shared a straightforward playbook for affiliates on running the Open smoothly — whether that means folding workouts into regular classes, hosting Friday Night Lights, or blocking off dedicated heats. The message: plan early, communicate often, and make the Open feel like a community event, not a logistical mess.

⌚🤫 Garmin’s Screen-Free Move: A briefly leaked product page suggests Garmin is working on a screenless wristband—the CIRQA Smart Band—aimed squarely at the recovery-tracking space dominated by Whoop. The minimalist band would push data to the app rather than display it, signaling that Garmin may be ready to challenge Whoop with a simpler, subscription-friendly alternative.

🚲⚙️ Why You Still Suffer on the Echo Bike: The Echo Bike punishes small inefficiencies — poor setup, disconnected arms and legs, and sloppy pacing all tank your output fast. Coach Monroe Miller’s video explains why it feels harder than a regular bike and why mastering rhythm and position matters more than raw effort if you want to suffer less and move better in workouts.

ICYMI:  CrossFit mom launches movement-based board game to get kids off their screens. (Rx Article)

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE

4 Tips to Help You Crush Your 2026 Open Workouts

Credit: Frank Nguyen

It’s almost that time again, and CrossFitters are in the gym sweating it out and getting ready to crush the CrossFit Open this year. 

  • Whether this is your first Open season or your tenth, if your name is on the leaderboard, you want to do well. 

Check out the recommendations below to start “fine-tuning” and optimize your performance in the weeks remaining before February 26.

HYROX

Alexander Rončević Claims Second 2025/26 HYROX Major, Sets Sights on Worlds

Credit: Scott Freymond

Last October, the 2023/2024 HYROX World Champion Alexander Rončević set a new World Record at the first Major of the season in Hamburg, finishing in 53:16. 

  • The previous WR was set by Hunter McIntyre in 2023 at 53:22.

This season, Rončević is racking up wins not only as a solo racer but also as an Elite Doubles competitor. In Hamburg, he raced alongside 2024/2025 World Champion Tim Wenisch, and they won with a time of 49:17. 

Representing Red Bull and the shoe brand, On, last weekend at the Phoenix Major, Rončević finished just a second away from matching his previous WR and two seconds away from beating it. 

It’s safe to say that he is at the absolute top of his game. 

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