Hang Power Snatch 2-2-2-2-2 (Technique Limited)
Every Minute on the Minute for 12 minutes of:
3 Hang Power Cleans (~55% of 1RM Back Squat)
4 Bar Facing Burpees
Will Power
- Jamison “Still Need a Moniker” Mize
I believe on a day to day basis most of us go through some kind of adversity, whether mental or physical, and are able to adapt pretty easily based on the experiences we’ve had in the past. Every once in a while though, we are faced with something unexpected, uncomfortable, and upon first glance, unachievable. Applied to Crossfit, we all have those days or those WODs that kill us. We look at the make up and say to ourselves, “This is going to suck.”
In addition to these workouts not making us feel great, in a sucking air, feel like you’re going to pass out sort of way, we still want to compete. While competing we will inevitably reach a point where we have a choice to make: Will we pause to take a 5 second break to catch our breath and make ourselves feel momentarily better alleviating the pain for a little while? Or will we accept the pain, push passed the uncomfortable feeling in our lungs and muscles, and finish the movement?
Recently I returned from Tanzania, Africa after having climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, the roof of Africa. I have never needed to dig as deep physically or mentally in my life. To give a short and quick preface, I love the outdoors. Always have. Climbed and hiked a ton of mountains and trails all over the US so giving a popular tall mountain in Africa a try was a natural gravitation. I spent the money, bought the gear, and sat on an airplane for 20+ hours to get there.
This trek was a 7 day accent and decent of the 19,341ft. mountain on the border of Tanzania and Kenya. Seems easy enough, one foot in front of the other and chip away until I’m back down drinking cheap ½ L bottles of beer.
Day 1 and 2 were a breeze climbing up past 14,000 ft. where I would remain climbing around the face of Kilimanjaro before summit day took me the last 5000 ft. on the other side of the rim. Then when I felt like I was on top of the world already, on Day 3, I was taken down by some kind of stomach bug. Chills, diarrhea, loss of appetite, dehydration, extreme fatigue, muscle soreness, and dizziness. I spent the next 3 days with these symptoms while continuing to hike the 6+miles we had to cover daily. It was torture.
Day 6, summit day, I had mostly recovered after a 3 day regiment of antibiotics, but was a frail shadow of myself. I made the decision to push on. Already exhausted, and to make matters worse, our summit day was packed with fun environmental obstacles such as 60mph winds, sub-freezing temperatures, zero visibility, and snow.
After 20 minutes of climbing I was covered in ice and breathing heavily. After 2 hours of climbing, I was fatigued, constantly thirsty, and becoming delirious; whether it was due to the altitude or the dehydration and malnourishment, I do not know. After 4 hours of climbing, my water bottles had frozen and I was in a trance like state really only able to follow the feet of the person in front of me. I was lacking fine motor control and had a strong desire to stop and head back down to lower elevation and warmer temperatures. After 6 ½ hours of climbing I finally reached the summit, snapped a picture with my group, and headed back down.
The funny part about it was, during and afterward, I was telling the guide how I felt. His most common reply: “You’re climbing a mountain.” Apparently the way I was feeling wasn’t necessarily anything he hadn’t seen before, he knew I’d be ok afterward. His main concern was getting me to believe I had something left. As my word and partially frozen camera lens picture proves:
I DID!
@Jamison- Really great article. Climbing Kili has always been on my list of things I want to do. Well done on pushing through the mental and physical struggles to make it to the top.
Wow. Congratulations, Jamison.
Worst part is pushing from Gilmans point to Uhuru- nice work in making it all the way to the top…. Especially with all the other stuff going on with your body! The view from up there is amazing and well worth the pain!
7 days of climbing/cardio…no thank you. Pretty cool accomplishment there, Jamison. Next feat: Sweet Mandy B’s 3x/day for 7 days. Bet you’d get a visit from your ol’ friend diarrhea.
Way to persevere.
Amazing feat Jamison, although I expect nothing less of you based on what I have witnessed during CFC WODs
Barbell strength conditioning day at my office building gym:
A1 4×8 YTWL
A2 4×20 hip thrusters off bench
4 rounds
10 burpees
30 DUs
400m run
22:18
I’m pretty slow on all of these moves, but I will say that the last round of DUs was my best, with strings of 12-7-7-4. Did the runs on a treadmill at 5.9 mph pace.
Jamison your moniker should just be “Will Power” which sounds like a super hero’s daytime name a la Clark Kent, Scott Summers, Bruce Wayne, etc
CFCathlon this am with Matt J & Abbey who were true soldiers for joining me in this one
Row 5k
Airdyne 7.2 miles
Run ~ 3 miles
TIME – 1:04:30(?)
This is a wild guess at the time but I think it was 1:04 and some change. Doesn’t really matter just wanted to give a good effort in the 60ish min time domain. I ended up doing the airdyne first due to logistics and we were supposed to go 9.3 miles but had to shrink the distance since we only had 2 airdynes that could work for the 3 of us and 7.2 miles is where i ended up being when Matt J finished his 2k row so we rolled with it.
5k row was 19:47 for me. I was soft on the first half and had the pace at 2:00-2:05/500m then got realistic and kept it 1:50-1:57 for the back half so that i could finish sub 20 mins. every 1000m split got faster i believe. Run time is a mystery but i pushed it on the back half of the back half and nearly paid for it as my right quad just started to knot up on me in the last 2 mins but i made it w/o a full on cramp happening thankfully. Again can’t thank Matt/Abbey enough for joining me as that’s what it’s all about, sharing in the misery and then being stronger for it. Let’s see what I can cook up for the next episode muhahaha….
Wow Jamison. Amazing. I think your moniker could be Kili or Killer.
I can’t wait to climb a mountain after reading that article, sounds about as fun as ebola. Nice work though, strong effort.
Jamison, great article and awesome pics.It’s something I’ve always wanted to do sans the getting sick part. I think a super hero moniker would be appropriate esp. after being your wodding partner a couple of weeks ago. To see someone get progressively faster after 5 rounds of hell was inspiring.
Even though I have no desire to do that, it is an amazing testimonial of drive determination and mental fortitude. Wear that accomplishment proudly!!
Fitting that today’s blog title is Will Power
CFC-Athon w Alex and MattJ
5k row: 22:24
7.2 mi bike
3 mile run 23:23
About 1:05 ish
Row was manageable. Didn’t know how to pace so after the first 2k I started doing power 10s every 500m. Helped keep me focused
The bike was awful. I felt that my airDyne was going thru mud. After Matt finished I switched to his and it was tons better.
The transition to the run was harder than I had imagined. Found my stride after the first mile.
Good change up for my training….been feeling in a rut so it was good do me to get thru this
Nice work Jamison!
Great article Jamison, Solid will power to continue whilst sick but clearly well worth it.
Hang Power Snatch 2-2-2-2-2 -> worked up to 115#
Every Minute on the Minute for 12 minutes of:
3 Hang Power Cleans @125#
4 Bar Facing Burpees
Finished each round in about 21s, so definitely need to bump up the Power Clean weight next time around
Jamison – Amazing story! Thank you for sharing! It seems like you are always going on such incredible adventures.
Regarding the first pic – where is/was our new CFC sign being made? That’s a cool photo.
@ Jamison: BADASS! That is amazing! I would have lost it at sub zero temps, forget that and get me a beach and a mai thai! :=)
@ Brett Raz, I just spit my coffee out reading that! hahahahaha!
At Alex, Abbey, and Matt J: Wow. You people are crazy!
@ Alex
Cyclops? Really? That’s one of the superheros you mention? I suppose it could have been worse, like Aquaman or Robin or The Flash.
@ Jamison and anyone else who enjoys feats of mind-f*cking and mental grit.
https://www.goruckchallenge.com/Events/Details?id=214
All Cadre (the guys who run this) are ex-special forces, real special forces too, like Recon Marine, Green Beret and other Operators that do not fall into the traditional military capacity (at least they do not list them on the site).
A friend of mine (and fellow crossfitter) signed up for this event next June in Chicago. A brief run down of the event:
It starts at 1 AM
It is 10-12 hours long
It is 18-20 miles
You have to carry a backpack with bricks (4 if you are 150 or less and 6 if you are over 150) with you the entire time.
You will get wet at some point (probably, I don’t really know)
The route is kept completely secret, you get the start time a week before the event.
Here is a much better explanation:
http://www.gorucknews.com/military/the-goruck-challenge-explained/
Here is a great review of the event:
http://70sbig.com/blog/2012/06/go-ruck-challenge-review/
Here is another:
http://ccfnsc.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/goruck-challenge-kansas-city-now-i-know-what-lovehate-means/
Cool Factor:
$10 of every entry fee goes toward the Green Beret Foundation
Here is their official training advice:
“Beer, aka the latest in advanced cellular repair technology, is the official drink of the GORUCK Challenge. Don’t take the Challenge so seriously. Go for a run or two, have fun, and just do it. It’s all mental.”
I also bought one of their rucksacks, which are made in America and guaranteed for life.
If you are interested and sign up, let me know, I would love to do this with other CFC’ers.
1st day back to the 6am in almost 2 weeks! Body still recovering after two triathlons in 7 days…
Snatch @ #55
Metcon @ #65 (first 8 rounds, then dropped to #55) Felt bad about dropping down after I told Bryce.
I feel weak.
Unbelievable story, Jamison, super impressive!
On a totally separate note, if anyone is not traveling this weekend, a group of us are getting together Saturday afternoon @ Happy Village to celebrate some engagements, a birthday, and life in general. Hamm’s are $2. Nuff said.
Will post another update later this week.
@ Joe P
Sounds fun I am in.
Great article Jamison – really enjoyed reading that and great pics. Brought back some great memories – I hiked the Machame route to the summit on Kilimanjaro in 1998, one of the greatest experiences of my life!
No workout posts for me lately, been down for the count sick for the past six days, headed to Australia Thursday for 9 days for work and will try my best to hit CF Sydney/Melbourne. 1 week + behind on Strength 2.0. Getting soft already!
Congrats Jamison!
That’s an awesome story Jamison. Congrats on pushing through.
Snatch – worked up to 115. Got 125 once but couldn’t string together another. I need a lot of work on these. Might be time to join the Oly class.
Metcon @ 125#.
All cleans unbroken except for the one that just slipped out of my hands. Burpees were rough.
Fastest time was around 20 seconds… slowest probably about 37 due to the failed clean.
@Sommer
Bittersweet summit. Glad I made it but zero visibility. We were in a total white out and couldn’t see a thing.
Does Aquaman even have a real name?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0kvdi3GGA0
Hang Power Snatch 2 Rep:
95-115-135-145-155(x)
Did my EMOM Hang Power Clean & Bar Burpees @ 155#…fastest round was about 17 seconds.
What’s wrong with calling Jameson “The Mize” as a play on former WWE Champion and Real World star “The Miz”? Sometimes the simplest nicknames are the greatest.
Joe is Cyclops not good enough for you? He was team leader of the X-Men! I couldn’t remember Wolverine’s last name off the top of my head w/o having to look it up so I would have used him on the list but had to go with names i could recall off the cuff on the spot.- at least I didn’t go with Remy LeBeau aka Gambit right?
Alex- Wolverine (Logan) doesn’t have a last name…everyone knows that.
I think we need a moniker suggestion box followed by a vote from CFC members.
I’ll accept whatever the system produces.
Worked on technique today, so didn’t really go heavy.
2-2-2-2-2 (maybe more, forgot to count) hang snatch @ 55#. Bryce told me that my technique is looking a lot better on snatches, so I will move up (slowly) in weight next time.
3 power cleans, 4 bar facing burpees x 12 rounds (every minute on the minute) at 55#. Finished all rounds unbroken between 23 and 26 seconds, so next time I will up the weight.
Great article Jamison.
Worked up to 135# today during the snatch portion. Didn’t feel to bad at all and only got the faster cue from Bryce once or twice instead of every single rep.
For the WOD I used 140#. Ended up getting every round done under 26 seconds. All cleans were unbroken. I unintentionally added a difficulty to the WOD by picking a spot in the room that caused my bar to roll while doing the burpees over it.
@COTC – Wolverine has a last name. It’s Howlett.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine_(comics) (wfs)
Didnt Homer Simpson change his name to “Max Power”?
http://youtu.be/vDA-SAwz2VQ?t=10s
@ Joe P that looks tough thats the kind of event that would make a billy goat puke!, find the reference.
Find the reference? Are you kidding me? I am a straight male raised in the 80′s I know a Rambo quote when I see one.
Weakness wod:
Get as far up on the ladder as possible in 12 mins:
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10…..reps
Front Squat – 225#
Ring Hspu
RUNGS – 7+5 front squat
Front squats felt as good as ever at 225# and all rungs unbroken on these except 7 which was 5+2. i got soft mentally and should’ve gotten all 7. Ring hspu are still an adventure as my form absolutely sucks. was reduced to 3s and 2s after the 4th rung. need to learn to use legs much better than i do know and reduce the banana back. we’ll get there but a fun one nonetheless
I think i left my blue capped blender bottle after the noon class. if anyone sees it please put in the kitchen. I will be back either tonight or in the am to retrieve it
I know classic !
@ Jamison: Wow! What a great read! I can’t even imagine that experience; not something I would even ever attempt so hats off to you! I will reflect on your experience when I feel like giving up and taking a DNF. I think anyone who reads what you went through would push through a 20 min. workout. Seems kinda easy now in this perspective no matter what the workout is or your nemisis.
I know you don’t know me, but you just earned a ton of respect from me!
Fun one with Abbey and Alex this morning:
5000m row (~19:24, 1:54.4 average 500m pace)
7.2 mile on the Airdyne (ugh)
3-mile run (could’ve been worse, could’ve been better)
~1:04:50
I’m looking forward to seeing what Alex cooks up for the next long WOD…
@Drew Logan is Wolverine’s last name. His first name is James
@ Jamison – Congrats! I am a very big fan of Diarreah! (lose weight quick)
NERDS!!!!!!!!
@GeneD — Logan is not Wolverine’s last name. It’s the last name of the first person he killed.
http://marvel.com/universe/Wolverine_(James_Howlett) (wfs)
Am now regretting catching up on the blog while eating…
I love all the nerding out theres been lately.
Fish, you ready for another season of Ohio State football?
@ Brian C
I’m all signed up already, so jump on in if you are going to do it.
1 AM event time.
@ Joe P.—You retort #35 was classic. You couldn’t have said it better.
Did today’s class.
2-2-2-2-2 Hang Snatch
Worked up to 175. Had a couple fails at 175 but then got 2 straight.
Did the metcon hang cleans @ 195#.
Pre-Wod–10 mile bike ride
Congrats on the engagement Suzanne! I am assuming since I found out everyone knows as I am the last person to hear anything.
Hang Snatch up to 155#.
MetCon @ 135#.
Still working out some minor lower back pains that I get a lot with front squats/thrusters and any hang movements. Felt it a bit on the Snatch so I stopped a little early and kept the MetCon weight low. Tried to go as fast as I could on the burpees to make up for the lighter clean weight. Times all between 12-15 seconds.
Jumped in today’s WOD
Hang power snaha!!!!!
Worked my way up to 165 but just couldn’t land 165 today, pretty weak!
Metcon used 185 for hang power draino (not too bad for the old fart!)
Felt pretty good for all 12 minutes
Burpees felt pretty good too
All rounds between 14-17 seconds
I’m paying for it now as my right shoulder feels like mush!
Snatch: just worked up to 125#. Still feel like my technique is all over the place, but the last pull of the day was the best one, so we’ll go from there.
WOD at 135# which is nearly 60% of my back squat, but that says more about my back squat than anything else. First few rounds were :20, as I tried to navigate bar burpees over my rolling bar. Last several were all :15 or :16, including three extra rounds just because Randy suggested it and my first few were a bit off on time.
Is that a photo of a laser cutter?! Is no one else excited about this JUST because Jamison climbed some mountain??
Alexa – did you read my post from earlier in the day? It’s a cool pic! :o) It’s a frickin’ laser!
Hang Snatch
75-95-105-115-125 (f)
Not sure why I couldn’t stick 125# tonight. I did it just two weeks ago and 115# feels easy. Its in my head.
Metcon: All rounds 17-21 seconds. No fails.
1-3 125#
4-7 135#
8-12 140#
I was worried that my hook grip would give out in the later rounds, so I started lighter. That was too easy though. My grip definitely feels stronger these days. Now if only I could lean how to snatch….or do muscle ups…..
Hang Power Snatch worked up to 175(x2) failed at 180
Metcon @205
This felt a lot better than I expected. Finished every round about 15-17secs. Then I did two extra rounds with a few others so that Kelly didn’t have to do them alone.
Post wod 3x max dead hang pullups and ring dips.
Hang Power Snatch: 165
Had more in me but was having wrist pain (again, felt this on Monday too) and just left it there to save for the metcon.
Metcon @ 155 x 3, 165 x 3, 175 x 4, 185 x 1, 195 x 1
Hang cleans felt great so I just kept adding weight. I should’ve known to start higher than 55% of my BS since my oly movements are better than my power stuff.
Correction: HPS 165 x 2
Worked around 75# for the HPS – with all the squat snatching we’ve been doing in the Oly program, I no longer prefer powering anything.
Metcon
2 @ 85#, 5 @ 95#, 5 @ 100#
These all felt really good today, wish I would have gone heavier from the beginning. Even 100# felt good.
HPS 115# x 2
Metcon
All at 115#
Felt too good at the end, a bit light but I’m still learning my weights / don’t know my 1RM back squat yet.
Forgot to post Wednesday, but still easing back into higher weights. Snatch up to 70. WOD: 75#, all rounds between 0:22 and 0:29
HPS
95-105-105-110-115
Metcon:
1-6 @ 120#
6-8 @ 125#
7-11 @ 130#
12 @ 135#
Wanted to hit Rx for the last round. Was a little sloppy by then, but, it went up w/o too much trouble.