What Is All That White Powder? Trust Me It's Only Chalk... I think

What is all that white powder around your face, should I be concerned? No, trust me it's only chalk... I think.

Why is chalk used in sports? Reduces slip and improves grip because the last thing you need is to be millimeters away from achieving greatness and have it literally slip through your fingers along with your soul.

Over the years I have tried many sports and activities that keep me on my toes, out of all of the three I remain dedicated to; Kickboxing, Bouldering, Calisthenics. 

What do all these have in common? 

Chalk! Copious amounts of Escobar stacks of pure white chalk blocks, broken down into chalk mountains of snow, packed into chalk balls placed into all gym bags I own so as to always have some on me.    

If I was to tell you what makes me enjoy my chalk related sports I couldn't tell you, all I know is that just thinking about them gives me joy and they involve chalk. Rule of thumb is that it involves chalk, I will stick at it. It then should not come as a surprise that I hate swimming and it now makes perfect sense; Chalk is ineffective in water, I can't grip onto anything and my hair gets wet.   

I guess my next venture now is becoming a powerlifter, I hear they use quite a bit of chalk.

Keep safe and have yourselves a very merry quarantine!

As you can see this post was more light-hearted than others but it's not always about being serious, somtimes you just need to laugh at yourself. 

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