Eva, Jolie, and Annie. CrossFit legends and yes guys they are way fitter than you.
Only one evening class today at 5:00 pm. Make note. Thanks for understanding.
Also we will be leaving the gym on Saturday morning after the workout. Plan to be at the gym with your gear and be ready to leave at 10am.
Here is a link to the photos of the house that we are staying at. http://www.vrbo.com/225551
Here is a quick check list of things I am hiking with.
- Camelback with extra bladder or 2L bottle of water (both mixed with Gatorade diluted)
- 8 Zone bars
- Sunblock (small tube), chapstick
- running shoes
- Gaiters
- synthetic socks
- Tylenol
- running shorts
- long sleeve shirt
- hat
- sunglasses
- trekking poles
No more no less. Light is the key here. We will be going 0 to 10,800 ft. in about 10-12 hours of hiking. I have done this hike four times before and its legit.
Jake emailed me this late and I thought you guys would enjoy it.
During Special Operations selection training, you’re subjected to a brutal series of physical and mental tests. Depending on the program and the time of year, between 60 and 90 percent of candidates won’t finish. Fun stuff.
But it taught me something important: Pain does not stop the body. There’s nothing that hurts so badly that you can’t keep going just a little longer.
Extreme and continuous stress teaches you to break daily life down into short, measurable goals. You make it to breakfast, and then you focus on making it to lunch. Sometimes your mind refuses to project beyond the immediate future: running one more step, swimming one more stroke, grinding out just one more push-up. Everybody hits bottom at some point. You get to a place where you’d do anything to make the pain stop. If your mind breaks first and you stop running, or wave for a support boat on a swim, or raise your hand during a beat-down to say that you’re done, you’re officially “weeded out.” You’ve quit. You’re part of the majority, but you still feel like a loser.
Fortunately, there’s a loophole: If your body breaks first, they won’t hold it against you. Every guy in my squad had the same perverse thought at some point: “If I can just push myself hard enough to black out, I’ll crash in the sand, take a nap, and wait for the medics to revive me. I’ll get a nice little break, and then rejoin the pack.” So we ran harder. We pushed. But we hardly ever got those naps.
I remember being on a run, soaking wet and covered with sand. We’d just gotten back to our feet after calisthenics in the surf and a series of sprints up and down a sand dune. Then the instructors took off sprinting again. I didn’t think I could make it any farther, but I knew I could never live with myself if I stopped running. So I put my head down and sprinted as hard as I could through the soft sand. Pain surged through my body, and the only conscious thought I can remember was that the air I was gasping into my lungs had turned to fire. I focused my eyes on the heels of the instructor. The pain was getting worse, but I kept going. I could hear another member of my class behind me, struggling to keep up with the pack while puking between strides.
Guys who went through the training with me had similar experiences. They’d hit bottom one day, and think they could finally reach their breaking point if only they pushed a little bit harder. But it never worked. The agony would only increase. But so would their capacity to keep going. Pain, in other words, never actually broke our bodies. Which isn’t to say we weren’t incapacitated from time to time by hypothermia, hypoxic blackout, hypoglycemic shock, or some other things you find in the dictionary a few pages past “hell.” But passing out was acceptable. Quitting wasn’t.
I’m a civilian now, running a facility and training people. Every now and then, I hear someone say, “I can’t.”
Frankly, that’s bull****. Next time you’re tempted to say you “can’t,” remember that what you’re really saying is, “I don’t want to.”
WOD
As many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:
5 Deadlifts @275#
8 Kettlebell Swings @70#
2 Rope Climbs
Link for the Profile of the Guy who wrote the article, Craig Weller.
http://barefootfts.com/instructors/Craig+Weller/
I totally can do rope climbs all day but for those who cant what might the substitute be?
Towel pullups.
Hey Justin, my buddy Michael wants to come & hike cactus to clouds with us, is there room? Robin has met him & can vouch that he’s a great addition to the crew!
See ya @ 5!
Yes Melanie your friend can come. Here is a link that shows the photos to the sweet pad in Palm Springs that we are staying at. Check it out!
http://www.vrbo.com/225551
It’s WOD’s like this one that will make me regret opening my big mouth yesterday.
Sinclair: Are you asking this question for me. I am rubbing my ankle already
uh, er, um….yeah thats it chip, that was for you……..and matty.
Sinclair – how many towel pull ups = a rope climb? 10… and 3 weeks for your ankle to heal.
Zinger from chipper. I’m substituting with a brisk walk around the block while drinking Dos Equis.
Brook — Hope all went well and we all wish you a speedy recovery!
Thanks Jusin, all is well and I am on the road to recovery. Hope the cactus to clouds went well?