🥇Why Team Outcast's SoCal Win Was So Impressive

October 1st, 2026

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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up.

In today’s edition:

  • 🏆 With zero Games champions, just one podium finish, and a roster that doesn’t train together, Team Outcasts entered Gymreapers WZA SoCal without the rĂ©sumĂ©s of their rivals. Eleven events later, they walked away with $120,000.

  • 🌎 Sixty coaches from 28 countries were selected for the second annual Red Bull Coaches Camp in Brazil. For three days, they dug into performance, recovery, skill development, and the science behind preparing athletes to race.

QUOTE OF THE DAY
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We opened our HYROX Training Club with 80 students already committed to the project, and in less than three months, we were approaching 250. We didn’t just open a gym; we built a community that reflects everything I believe in as a coach.”

Coach Marianna Salomao of Brazil.
COMPETITIONS

Why Team Outcast’s Gymreapers WZA SoCal Win Was Extra Impressive

Credit: Scott Freymond

Last weekend, the 2026 Gymreapers Wodapalooza SoCal took place in Huntington Beach, CA, featuring the first-ever “Battle of the Camps,” an exhibition-style competition showcasing some of the world's fittest CrossFit athletes.

 Originally, Justin Medeiros and Ellie Turner were slated to compete on Team Outcast, but they were replaced just a couple of days before the competition by Domit and Farlow after Medeiros suffered a serious injury, including a broken jaw and concussion, when he was hit by a car while riding his motorcycle.

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SPEED READS

🔥 🏋️ Too Intense for Beginners? While critics knock CrossFit for its intensity, this Essentials article argues that popular protocols like the Norwegian 4x4 prescribe all-out efforts without the coaching, scaling, or progression built into a CrossFit class.

📅🔥 The Countdown Is On: CrossFit has announced the dates for the 2027 Open, giving athletes their target as the road to next season gets underway.

🤖💪 What If Your Workout Adjusted Itself? A new Samsung patent describes an AI-powered exoskeleton that could track movement speed, joint angles, and muscle signals, then automatically change resistance or assistance while you train. It’s still only a patent, but the concept points toward a future where fitness tech doesn’t just track your workout — it changes it in real time.

ICYMI: Fall Into Recovery – Seasonal Foods That Support Muscle Repair (Rx article)

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE

Red Bull HYROX Coaches Camp Hosts 60 Attendees From 28 Countries in Its Second Year

Courtesy of Red Bull

Earlier this month, 60 HYROX coaches, selected from a pool of 1300 worldwide applicants, attended the second annual Red Bull Coaches Camp at the Red Bull Bragantino Soccer Academy in Atibaia, SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil. 

Representing 28 countries, attendees participated in classroom sessions, workshops, and collaborative learning experiences. 

  • Experts from HYROX 365 Academy and the Red Bull Athlete Performance Center led the three-day event, with the mission to elevate coaches to an elite level by equipping them to guide their athletes in preparation, skill acquisition, recovery, and performance development.

The experts leading the experience were Piers Plowman, former competitive HYROX athlete and Education Manager at HYROX 365 Academy, and Dr. Adam Storey, a prominent sports scientist and member of the HYROX Sports Science Advisory Council.

Another council member and exercise physiologist, Dr. Bryna Chrismas, also attended, along with Jack Birch, strength and conditioning coach at the Red Bull Athlete Performance Center.

HIGHLIGHTS

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  • 🎂Happy birthday (10/3) to Dylan Malitsky.

  • Happy anniversary (10/5) to Jonne Koski and Emilia Leppänen.

  • Check out this little training piece by Alyssa McElheney, where she reps out 350 unbroken wall balls.

  • Henrik Haapalainen takes on the “Side Quest Challenge” from Rogue, which is a max-weight one-arm suitcase hold with 140 kilos/308 pounds for 30 seconds.

  • 🙌Congratulations to CrossFit Mill Street, “The Mill” in Vienna, VA, on celebrating their 10th anniversary last weekend. What an amazing community you all have there!