S02E81 WRAP UP LEGENDS MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 PART 1

Special guest Amy Edelman @amyfitnyc returns once again with Dave, both of whom recently competed at the @_legendschampionship presented by Mayhem Athlete @mayhemathlete in Cookeville, TN on December 8-11.

Amy, Dave along with Sam discuss the experience and the challenges, including the highs and lows competing over four days and nine events.

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S02E81 WRAP UP LEGENDS MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 PART 1

[00:00:00] David Syvertsen: Welcome back to the Her Fit podcast. I'm Coach David Sarton here with my co-host, Dr. And coach Sam Marie. And for the second time, our third time. Third time, we are here with our special guest, Amy Edelman. Hi everyone. Amy, thank you for coming back. Thank you. We are now a week out from finishing out the Legends Championship at CrossFit Mayhem in Cookville, Tennessee.

That's what this episode is gonna be about. We are going to kind of do a deep dive into workouts, mental state, what kind of goes on, you know, the ups and downs throughout the weekend. We both have, we both went through them as pretty much does every single athlete that goes out there. And you know, Sam, you know, we'll probably start asking some of the questions.

I have the workouts, so you don't have to worry about that. We'll get into the scaling a little bit, but I don't wanna talk too much about that. We're actually gonna do a separate episode on that next week. So just be on, be on the lookout for that when it comes to how to scale comps and how you can relate that to your gym and your, and yourself even.

But before we get into the actual workouts, that's like the fun stuff to talk about, the actual weekend. Just wanna give a shout out and a thank you to, to a lot of people. I'm not gonna list them, like, you'll run an award show where you just listen to someone, list off 90 people. But Joe Linton, Bob Jennings, those are the masterminds behind the Legends Championship.

And then CrossFit Mayhem and not just Rich Froning and, and Rory McCarran, the, the entire community at CrossFit Mayhem, they shut down their gym for an entire week. That needs to be known. You know, if you're a CrossFitter, imagine having your gym shut down for an entire week so that strangers from outside the country can come in and, and compete there and use your bathroom to make them dirty all weekend.

So that, I just wanna say huge thank you to the medical staff. To all the volunteers. There is a lot of them, and I actually, this is my third Legends championship. This was by far the best operation we've ever seen. And I think it's because Bob and Joe are just getting better at what they do every year.

They, they put a lot of effort into that, which I love. But they had a huge support system there and I just wanna give a huge shout out, Amy opening thoughts on just like kind of what the actual experience of that, not even the workouts. Yeah, just the environment, the gym, the layout, all this stuff.

[00:01:59] Amy Edelman: Yeah. I thought it was amazing.

I mean, the preparedness of it, the professionalism, professionalism of it was fantastic. I had mentioned, I think in something I posted by far, I think one of the best competitions that I had, participated in. Yeah. And I mean, everything was on time to the t Yeah. The warmup area was great. Mm-hmm. , so I think it was really well

[00:02:24] David Syvertsen: done.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Definitely the best warmup area you've ever had. You know, full rig you had air runners and plane machines. You rarely had to wait for stuff. If you did, it was a, usually a very short amount of time. They corralled us two heats before our heat. And the guy that was in the corra that talked to us prior to the workout, I think his name was dj just an awesome dude.

And they were so good at explaining standards and us understanding flow so that when you got out there, there weren't any questions on what to do. And I would say two nights before the comp right, we had that meeting on Instagram. And they, they went over all the workouts. And those are always kind of messy, right?

Like you're talking about nine workouts. You have people asking dumb questions, and then you have people asking the same question over and over. And it's frustrating to watch, and I'm sure it's frustrating for Joan Bob to do, but in that time they went over every workout and they went over flow. And they're like, all right, so after this and this workout, you have to move the bar to here.

And then the box there. And then Amy and I were texting that night, like, I forgot, sorry, I hope someone's gonna tell me what to do. , like, you forget. It's overwhelming. It's overwhelming, yeah. But what they did a good job of prior to the workout, and it never felt rushed that they went over exactly what you have to do, what you can't do, reinforce em of standards.

And that's just another sign of a competition that used to be at a, you know, a local box. You know, you sign up, you show up to something now that you're qualifying for, you're paying a lot of money for, you're staying in a hotel for almost a week for. , these guys have matched that level of progression with their judging and the back end stuff.

So just a huge shout out to those guys. I don't, I don't think they could have done a better job, even though I'm sure they said they could. So let's get into, I wanna talk about Amy's experience a little bit. All right. And this will maybe tie into, we'll probably get deeper into it with the actual workouts when we get into them, but Amy, if you did not listen to one of the previous two episodes with her on to sum them up, you know, she, she at once, she got done with quarter finals this past year.

She really amped it up in and out of the gym. She got, from my perspective, probably in the best shape of her life. I Right about would you say that? I agree. Yeah. Yeah, . And she really truly went all in. And I think that's one, like, she, you know, there's a lot of positives that I took from her over the weekend, but that was probably the number one thing.

And everything kind of just their bullet points under that, that she really went all in on, on everything. and Amy, let's just talk about where your head was at. You know, we got where your head was at leading up to the comp. Mm-hmm. , but what, like the travel day, getting there to the hotel, going food, shopping, being by yourself for the first time and how long?

Right? Very long. Yeah. What was, what were, what was your mindset once you actually landed, like foots on feet on the ground there?

[00:05:00] Amy Edelman: I was definitely nervous, but I felt confident at the same time that I was ready. Cuz I think I had done a lot of the prep prior, like we had talked about just mental prep, physical prep, all of that.

So I did feel confident going in, but of course it's a lot. It's, it's, you're in a new place and you have to get yourself familiarized with how to get to the gym. Mm-hmm. where to get food, where your hos, all that stuff. Yeah. So I think it was great that we went down on Tuesday. Yeah. And we had the full day Wednesday to kind of get ourselves together.

Yeah. Together. And I think that was. that huge. So important. Yeah. That was huge. Yeah. We got to move a little bit in the gym, in the hotel on Wednesday, so yeah. So that made I think a huge difference.

[00:05:43] David Syvertsen: Yeah. There are people that show up Wednesday. Yeah. They go to the check and they compete the next day. I can't do that.

Like, I, I really think that extra day or just that extra night of sleep in between Yeah. If you can swing it, you know, financially and work wise, logistically, it's the way to go.

[00:05:56] Amy Edelman: Yep. I mean, I spent Wednesday, I think, cooking my food Yeah. For the week and prepping all that so I didn't have to do it right at night after the workouts

[00:06:06] David Syvertsen: and stuff.

So, so we, we were, you know, we were, we took a car to the airport, we checked in all this stuff, right? We still don't have the workouts before the flight. And we're like, oh man. Like, I want something to think about, you know, and I wanna have less anxiety about it. So we're on the plane and we're at the point of the flight where pre.

where they start saying, all right guys, put your phone on airplane mode, store this away. Sort that away. I'm like, I'm gonna check the website one more time. You know, I clicked to refresh 87 times in the last two hours and all the workouts are right there. So bef, you know, we're starting to like pull out of our, our spot at the airport.

And I'm like, screenshot next. Workouts, screenshot. I'm not even looking at the workouts, I'm just trying to screenshot everything. And then I sent them all to Amy, like right before you start to lose service. Yeah. So that at the very least we had all the workouts on our phones that we could stare at stress about for the entire flight down.

When you started to get, and we'll get into the workouts, when you started to see the workouts, , where did that help or hurt the mindset?

[00:07:05] Amy Edelman: I think it helped. I think it definitely helped cuz it was nice to see it and see what we're going for or doing and then preparing for it. Mm-hmm. . And a lot of them I was like, all right, I can do that.

Yeah. I mean, of course there was a couple where I was like, oh yeah, .

[00:07:19] David Syvertsen: I mean, no matter yeah. No matter what nine workouts, you're always gonna have a couple. Of course, but,

[00:07:22] Amy Edelman: and it should be like that, right?

[00:07:24] David Syvertsen: Right. Yeah. Like, and if it's not, then you're just a monster, right? , you're just good at everything. Yeah.

But I, I, I, I bring that up because I think it's really important that obviously 90% of the anxiety that someone has prior to it could be injury, sickness, blah, blah, blah, but also you just don't know the workouts. You know? And I could create a workout program for nine weeks that it's a good fitness test that I would get buried in, that I also could create one that I would do well in.

And same with you, so that, you know, there's a little bit of hope in there. There's a little bit of like a chance that it's gonna go one way or the other, and. . I thought that when we saw the way the workouts were, I was like, this is gonna be a good weekend for Amy. And and did you feel that way?

[00:08:02] Amy Edelman: I did, yeah.

Especially the, the first three days. Yeah. I was like, all right, I got this. Yeah, I, I can do, I can do the, all this. Yeah. I didn't, not to go into the details now, but I was like, I didn't think I would be doing as well as I did those first three days, but I was like, all right, I can hang.

[00:08:19] David Syvertsen: All right, good. So now we kind of know where Amy's heads at going into the comp, right?

And that's a big part of, of these long comps. Like if you can't keep your head right, I think the issues that come up, they compound, but if you are kind of like confident, you feel good and you're even maybe on the side of old too confident, I actually think that sometimes that helps you out at a competition that that is this long.

It's good to know where your mind's at. So, Sam, any opening thoughts? On your perspective of the competition, like whether it's the broadcast, the workouts, you know, you've been following it somewhat for the past few years. And then we'll get into the actual workouts.

[00:08:53] Sam Rhee: Yeah. We've broken it down every year, so this year clearly appeared the most professional.

It always amazes me that they have hundreds of athletes all competing in so many divisions, and you could see that at the end when they have all the pictures of all the athletes are just like, holy crap, this is huge. This is as big as the games basically. Mm-hmm. , but for masters. Right. And when I saw the workouts, I, I wanted to not bug you guys too much.

Yeah. Because I'm sure so many people are messaging you guys and everything, but when I saw that, I was like, you know, if you listen to our podcast, you heard what you guys were thinking the workouts might be mm-hmm. and they were right in line with what you were predicting. Yeah. Yeah. Which means to me a couple things.

One is programming does take certain philosophies, right. And. , the programming philosophy that Legends had was very much similar to what you had. Mm-hmm. and thinking about what they wanted in terms of obtaining the fittest athletes out of the masters. You can take away general principles and I was just thinking about that when, when I saw the workouts, when I thought about how you guys had trained, and I thought, I mean, you never know what's going to happen, but I thought you guys had like a clear shot write down the runway to do really, really well in this competition.

I was excited.

[00:10:11] David Syvertsen: Yeah, very excited. I, I, I feel the same way just in, in regard to that. Right. If you go back and listen to what we thought the workouts might be like saying we were pretty accurate on a lot of them and no, no one said information there and you know, you could take one or two workouts and switch it up and all of a sudden you're wrong.

It's, again, it's philosophy and it's not just with Bob and Joe who I feel like I jive with programming wise, but also Rich. Yeah, because Rich did, Froning did and Mayhem Mayhem athlete, right? Yep. He. I've always followed his program. I've always looked at his workouts, and again, you can't predict a workouts like this perfectly, it's just not possible.

But again, you can see trends and you, he might be offended if he's, feels like he's being, he's predictable. That's not what it is. It's, it's a more macro level, just like broad time domains, combination of movements, looking at the qualifier and seeing the flavors, right, that repeat. So I, I do think that if you have a coach or someone that is into programming Savan just did a, they just did a, a programming breakdown.

They should have done a better job with it, but they, they, those guys know programming Taylor Self and, and jr. They know programming, they know competition, programming. And it's interesting that you can just kind of nod your heads to work. Like, I get it. This, this makes sense. This is why this, the reps, the time, the location, all that stuff.

So with that said, let's get into the programming. All right. And I want to get, you know, we'll share some thoughts. We don't want to only make it about like our, our workouts. Right. We'll talk about a few different things. Why a workout, well, like this was in a big event. Some of the logistics that you might not be aware of and then you know, we'll give some feedback on it.

So the first workout was endless ERGs. It was seven minutes max meter row, one minute rest, seven minutes max C2 bike, one minute rest, seven minutes max skier. And then you combine the meters from all three machines and that is your score. It's very simple. It's an endurance test. We'd said that there's probably gonna be an endurance test that Thursday.

[00:12:11] Sam Rhee: You're hoping because you wanted mm-hmm. not to have such a shock to the system with like a short, intense workout. Yep. Yeah. ,

[00:12:17] David Syvertsen: they gave it to you. Yeah. Yep. And you know, the one thing about CrossFit competing, it's hard to put in things that are this long, 20, 25, 30 minutes. Unless you're at the CrossFit games where you just have more, you have more, you know, flexibility.

But when you have 300 athletes that are gonna do this workout, just do the math. There's 300 athletes need to all do their own 21 America, they all need three machines to themselves. Right. Logistically, it's a nightmare. Unless you're at a gym like Mayhem where they just, there was more machines there than so many.

I felt like it was that concept to headquarters. Mm-hmm. , there's so many bikes and rows and skis. Mm-hmm. . And they all work too. Yes. All the mon all the monitors work the entire time. And it's a long time, right. And you have, you know, there're, there's over 300 athletes here. Do some math in your head.

You're looking at 30 to 35 heats of that. And it, it's just a lot to fit in a day. So I do think some people did that first in the, in the, the next one. Second first. And they kind of flip flack and forth. But. I do think that when you are gonna test fitness over four days, there's gotta be something 20 plus minutes like needs to be, you know, because if you don't ever train anything more than 10 to 12 minutes and you show up to cross a competition like a local comp, like you could have a, a, a pretty poor aerobic engine and do well at local comps because workouts, there are almost never more than 12 minutes of course.

And, and there's, there's a lot that goes into training that, and that's something that takes a long time to train. Like if I'm gonna have Amy go work on that time domain, she's gotta work out for 50 to 60 minutes to get better at 20 minutes of work. And like a lot of people just can't do that. So it makes sense.

A lot of people just don't train it and I'm really glad that they put something like that in. Amy opening thoughts on that workout? Amy, this is so funny. She tied for first place in that event. Yeah. Meet meters. Yeah. You know, so literally down to the single meter, don't how it's possible. Yeah. Wow. I

[00:14:03] Amy Edelman: think it was like seven.

This is now the second time I've tied .

[00:14:06] David Syvertsen: 7,185 meters. It's like 85 meters. One extra meter could have been like a 1% harder pull just one time. . Yeah. Yeah.

[00:14:14] Amy Edelman: So I mean, that was a little frustrating, but still like I, it, it, I didn't care, but yeah.

[00:14:19] David Syvertsen: Couldn't have them better. Right.

[00:14:20] Amy Edelman: Yeah, I mean I, I, I really enjoyed this one.

Like I said, it kind of set the, set the pace, I guess for the op to open the competition got me mentally ready and I knew it was something that I could do really well at.

[00:14:35] David Syvertsen: Yeah. So what are your thoughts on that workout, Sam?

[00:14:38] Sam Rhee: Well, both you guys took first in it, so you guys were both well prepared for the endurance.

Yeah. It. was not broadcast live. They only broadcast two days worth. Mm-hmm. . And I will say, obviously this would not be a very good broadcast event because watching a lot of people sit there on bikes and ERGs just really, really, really, really boring

[00:14:57] Amy Edelman: and you don't even know where

[00:14:57] Sam Rhee: anyone is right either.

Yeah. And from a programming standpoint, they did say in Savan, like really, really boring. Yeah. But necessary. And that's why they purposefully did not broadcast this one. The other thing is, is that the fact that they did meters as opposed to calories also changes your approach to the workout. Yep. Because it's not about power output, it's about distance.

Mm-hmm. and you obviously sort of work differently to achieve both of those. Yep. Goals I felt. But fortunately David Lance did stream it for our group, our Facebook group on bison and. was a really long workout. Like, and they, I saw the heats, they started early in the morning. Mm-hmm. . And they didn't finish till well, well laid into the afternoon to, to get through all this.

Yeah. So kudos first to programming to be dedicated to spending the resources on such a large Yep. Boring Yep. Endurance event, which was necessary because like you said, if you're gonna, they, their goal was to test for the fittest athlete. Right. Period. Right. And that's what they did. They didn't short it, they didn't say, well, this

[00:16:05] David Syvertsen: is just doesn't make sense.

Right. We can't do it

[00:16:07] Sam Rhee: is not logistically possible. They spent the resources, time, and money to do so, and kudos to you guys for crushing it.

[00:16:15] David Syvertsen: Crushing it. Thanks. Logistically what they did really smart too was they had heat one on the rower. Right. They do the, there's seven minutes, one minute rest, seven minutes on the bike so that no one's on the rower at that time.

All right. And then the skier was behind the bike. So after that second seven minute interval, there's a one minute rest, you would start on the ski, but they brought the next heat out, right? For their row. Yep. So there was a point when someone was on the ski, that means another heat was on the row. So you did have 35 people on the floor at once.

Yeah. Overlapping. Yeah. And it, and it, but it never felt like you were on top because there's that one, that transition, that space. Yep. So you can get to this bike and put your seat where you wanted to make sure the monitors are good, you know, like they could clean all the sweat off before the next athlete.

I felt bad from, ever had my skier after was trip. It was so wet. It was humid that day. It was hum. That was a really humid day. Yeah. And I remember

[00:17:07] Amy Edelman: looking on the floor for the ski, and I just grabbed some chalk, whatever was like a clumpy, wet piece of chalk. And I'm like, all right, let's go .

[00:17:15] David Syvertsen: So I, I wanna give Amy a shout out for a strategy that she gave me.

You're like, I again, when I, I, I never can turn off my coach switch. I just can't do it. But you know, when I'm down there, there are selfish decisions you make. Like have to have to compete. Right. And, but you know, when you're down there, like, I'm usually the one like, hey, like hey, try this, try this. She gave me a piece of advice on the row that honestly I think made the difference for me.

She goes, you know, obviously when you start your seven minute row, you, you row hard for 10, 12 seconds, you settle in. She goes, but she goes every minute on the minute, I would do four really hard poles. Oh wow. Just like, so I'm, I'm pulling like a 1 40, 1 43 for the entire time, but every minute on the minute I would pull down to 1 32 for like four or five poles.

Ah, just get like that little thing because it never blew you up. Yep. And then you were able to go back and settle in. Ah, so you multiply that by seven. It's probably worth, I would say it's probably worth a hundred meters. Yeah. And I'm looking to my right and left the entire. and like, like I'm looking at other people's monitors, I'm like, all right, I'm the second here it here, the second ahead here.

Oh, we're tied. But they were not doing that. Right. And that made the difference. Amy, where'd you get that idea from?

[00:18:24] Amy Edelman: Actually when I was at CrossFit two 12. Mm-hmm. . Okay. The owner, there was a big rower. Mm-hmm. . And he, I remember for like, I think he called it, I think it's called it power tent. I don't know.

Yeah. . But normally it's like a 10 stroke power, 10 stroke. And then it just for like longer rows just to one to get like your energy back up. Mm-hmm. . Yeah. So you don't get stuck in like the. Mundane. Like, all right, I'm rowing. It's hard.

[00:18:47] David Syvertsen: It's hard to maintain the same pace for that long. It is

[00:18:50] Amy Edelman: know, and it just kind of sparks you, I think, physically and mentally.

Yeah.

[00:18:54] David Syvertsen: It's like stimulating. Yeah. And you, you know, you're almost getting a competitive advantage a little bit because no one else is doing it. Right. Yeah. You know, everyone rose hard for the first 10 seconds and then gave away our secret. I don't ever, guys, it didn't work. Don't do it. It didn't work. I, I got hurt.

That was why I got hurt, you know? But that, that was a huge deal. I actually did try to do that again on the bike and the ski, and I couldn't, I was too tired.

[00:19:15] Amy Edelman: Oh, okay. Yeah. I couldn't do it on the ski. Yeah. I'm sorry, on the bike. Yeah. The bike was hard. The ski, I think I did it for like the first few minutes.

Yeah. And I was

[00:19:23] David Syvertsen: like I'm done. I was so tired. Yeah. But the last thing I'll say about this workout, and I didn't really think about this until the day before and I didn't know if I should text Amy. We were like, what should we do? What should we do with the pace The biker is worth twice the meters.

Yeah. I didn't that right. Like when you row 500 meters in two. On on a row. Yeah, that's 1000 meters on the bike, er

[00:19:45] Sam Rhee: Oh. Cuz you're more efficient on the bike, UR and you're doing

[00:19:48] David Syvertsen: more on the bike. So basically I think my score is around 8,000 meters, like a little above it. Mm-hmm. And that like, basically right around was 2000 row, 2000 ski, 4,000 bike.

So if you sold

[00:19:59] Sam Rhee: yourself on the

[00:19:59] David Syvertsen: bike RG you could have gotten more meters. Right. Like, I feel like, and I went into it saying, all right, I'm gonna try to do the bike. I'm not good on that thing. Mm-hmm. I couldn't get it below like one 50. Mm-hmm. Rowan Ski one 40, you know, like Yeah. And I think there's a lot of athletes that are the opposite.

Like if you're lower body dominant or you just have a biking background or you train the bike a lot. Right. That was something that I think could have helped people that I'm not sure everyone truly realized. I see.

[00:20:22] Amy Edelman: Did you change your damper at all on

[00:20:23] David Syvertsen: the bike? I tried to, yeah. And every time I'd do it, like it would go up jacket, like, I'm like losing concentration.

I did it like three times. I'm like, I'm losing meters on this. Yeah. I did see a few people do that. Like when you sprint as hard as you can on a machine, you you definitely go faster when the damper's higher. . Yeah. So like I was thinking maybe for the last 30 seconds, do it real quick. Mm-hmm. , but I was kind of like worried about just the act of doing that, which slowed me down too much.

I did that

[00:20:49] Amy Edelman: in the last minute. Yeah. I think the last minute I put it up a little bit and then the last 30 seconds I pushed it up all the way and I

[00:20:56] David Syvertsen: was like, just go. Did the pace go down? Yeah. Nice. Good. Yeah, that definitely helps you. So it's too bad you didn't do it a minute. One second. Because one meter, she's still got the a hundred points.

Yeah, that's, I mean that's the most important part. All right, so that was workout one. There was no scaling for that. I don't think everyone did the same thing. The next one, workout number two, Benjamin Button. This was a 15 12 9 double dumbbell thrusters, double dumbbell box, step ups, not step overs.

And then the tank push, which is basically a sled on wheels. You basically have to go down and back twice. That was a hundred feet total. . Definitely 100% workout was about leg stamina. Just being like, you, your legs never get a break in the workout. You're squatting, you're stepping up or you're pushing a sled.

And that's what everyone said about the workout. It wasn't even that hard, like lung wise, your legs were just burning. Mm-hmm. , Amy opening thoughts? I actually

[00:21:49] Amy Edelman: really like this one. Mm-hmm. , I think it was one of the harder ones physically and like I felt it the most, I think I felt this one the most afterwards, but I think I was able to push the hardest in this one.

Mm-hmm. . And I actually really, I liked it.

[00:22:02] David Syvertsen: Yeah. Yeah. It was better than I thought it was gonna be for both of us. Yeah. Like, I thought both of us that was gonna like a, I call it damage control. Like try not to get your butt kicked. Don't worry about winning it. And it worked out. And I'm trying to think, is there a common training thing that we have in the background?

Is there something that we did or something that we just have that helped us do better than what we thought? What did you think made the difference in the workout of maybe exceeding your expectations? If there is anything, there might not be anything that stands out. Well,

[00:22:29] Amy Edelman: I think like for the thrusters, I know I had trained heavy thrusters.

Yep. I mean, I did dumble thrusters I think with 50 in each hand. Yep. Yep. So that I think helped a lot with the 35. Yeah.

[00:22:41] David Syvertsen: You also dominate step-ups, just, I mean, they, they have very long legs. Yeah. you, I mean, they were not easy for you that No, no, no, no. They, I watched, that was one of the workouts I watched you do.

Yeah. And that you were in the pain

[00:22:52] Amy Edelman: cave. Yes, I was, but I was able to, everythings unbroke, stay there. Yep. You were unbroken. Which is I think one of the reasons why I like that workout. Yeah. It hurt really bad, but I was able to stay in it. Yeah.

[00:23:03] David Syvertsen: So we, we both on the sled, no. One thing I noticed about other people on the sled is they get there, and this is a lesson for every CrossFit to learn if you're trying to pursue a score, is when you walk to another movement.

Right. I'm pretty sure we all walked, or maybe lightly jogged maybe jogged as if like we had poop in our pants or something like that. . But like you get to the sled, a lot of people get there and they stop, they regroup, they take two breaths and they go, and you would see this a lot on the sled. They push the sled 25 feet, they stand all the way up, they walk the other side, they put their hands on the sled, they take another breath and they go.

And I knew, I, I don't cycle squatting and stepping up as fast as others. So you have to find a way to make up for that. And what we did was we got to the sled and the second my hand's such a sled, I'm pushing it like now I'm not even lined up yet. I'm just gonna start pushing it. And then when you get to the turnaround, you don't stand, like, I literally like would run to the other side and start pushing it again before I'm lined up.

And you just push, push, push, push, push. And that picks up three, four seconds. And there's a lot of turnarounds. There's 16 turnarounds or 15 turnarounds in that, in that workout. And that if you can pick up two seconds per. , you know, that adds up. You know, and I think a lot of people that if you're trying to compete, it's not always, I need to get fitter.

Yes, you do always need to get fitter, but if you can pick up two, three seconds here, 11 times in a workout that adds up. You should see the margins in some of these workouts. Light close your third place. And then if you were 15 seconds slower, you're 12th place. And it's, if you multiply that by nine events like that is often the.

Transition

[00:24:40] Sam Rhee: time makes so much of a difference. Yeah. When we work out at the gym, one of the things I always do is when we're running, everyone will come in the door and then walk. Mm-hmm. back to where they started. I am a very slow runner, but I will not walk. Once I get in the door, I will jog pretty quick right to where my dumbbell is or barbell is, and that makes my slow running time.

It saves me at least five, six seconds. They got gased running hard, but I run at a medium pace and I just run right into the gym and I pick up that effing dumbbell or barbell and I just keep going. It makes a difference and that those transition times add up. And especially on Wednesdays when I coach, we're doing a lot cardio motor.

Stuff. Mm-hmm. and I tell people, and they're, they're picking up on it. Yeah. Transition time makes a huge difference. It's part of the workout. Don't sit there, go like, just, just find the pace that allows you to not rest. Right. I will say, when I watched this one, the first thing is I think sivan, their programming comments, they were absolutely right.

I think the tank push should have gone first then the thrusters and step ups, because that would've made for, not that this was broadcast either. David actually livestreamed it and I watched it. Mm-hmm. . But it would've made for more exciting finish. Right. To see people finish off on the thrusters and box.

Step up the nine. Yeah. Because the tank

[00:25:56] Amy Edelman: doesn't really move fast to make it like Yeah. Right, right. Exciting. I wasn't, it's like watching a

[00:26:00] Sam Rhee: turtle. It is . I will, I will say though, I was impressed with Amy because you finished and I know that that torque tank. There's a, a pace that you can go that's not so hard, but to increase by.

It's a very fine line. It's Right. And then if you go harder, it's exponentially harder to make it go faster. Yeah. Yeah. But you made that thing at that last, those last 25 or a hundred feet, like you were moving on that thing. I was

[00:26:25] David Syvertsen: like, how did

[00:26:25] Amy Edelman: you get it to, you knew somebody was, was I was close with somebody.

I didn't look over there. One storing the workout. Physically couldn't. I was like, I can't. Right. Right. But I knew something was happening, so I was like, I gotta go .

[00:26:37] Sam Rhee: Like 10% faster is like a 50% more effort. Yeah. Type of thing. And I was really impressed with that finish for Thank you. And both of you guys did.

Awesome. You finished in second and you finished in fifth. Yeah. So you guys, after two events were like,

[00:26:49] David Syvertsen: yes. Yep. Right. I think, yeah. I think we were in both in first after the first day. Yeah. Which is just cool. Just both from bison. Like that's just like a cool thing to me. That's probably selfish, but like I just thought it was cool.

Yeah. Well, I think

[00:26:59] Sam Rhee: from a confidence building standpoint Yes. To, to finish first on the first day sort of legitimized that you guys belonged. Belonged and that you guys were in good position.

[00:27:10] David Syvertsen: Yeah. It felt, it felt good. Yep. My one critique on the workout would be, and I actually, I said this on Sivan, I was thinking the same thing while I was down there.

Is if you are gonna keep the sled last and you kind of wanna know who's in front, I would've made the, if it was possible, I'm still not positive. If it was. To make the sled 50 feet down, 50 feet back, because sometimes when you're pushing a sled, like at, there's people that get lapped in that workout. So you're pushing a sled like a slow turtle.

Right. And there's other people doing it too, but you don't know if they're on their first trip down back or their second. Yeah. And I think it would've been cool if they kept the boxes down further and they made the sled pushes go 50 feet down. Now you know who's in front. Right. The other ones you're not really sure.

Right. Yeah. So I, I, that would be my one kind of critique on that workout, because again, I think one thing you guys need to know about these workouts, you have to test fitness, logistics have to work, but you do wanna make it as fun to watch as possible. Right. Whether it's a spectator or someone watching on a stream, you know, you don't ever wanna be like, what round are they on?

Mm-hmm. , who's in front mm-hmm. , you know, and that, that's part of it. Yeah.

[00:28:12] Amy Edelman: And I think on the, the, the dumbbell and box movement. Yep. You had helped me a lot with that too. Yeah. Where to put your dumbbells. Had to move your, cuz you had to move your dumbbell and then move your box to the next section. I see.

But you're trying to move this big wooden box, but you have your dumbbell somewhere. Mm-hmm. . So Dave, I had watched Dave do it before and I noticed that he stepped over the box right to on his last rep. And then he took his dumbbells and then he told me later, move your dumbbells to the side. Right. So that way you can just slide your box through.

Ah. Because I think some people, especially for the women, like where our handles were mm-hmm. , they were on the side as opposed to the men who were on top, top easier to pick it up. So we would have to like flip it and move it. And he said like some women were trying to like pull it over their dumbbells and Yeah, it was kind of a.

A mess. Yeah. Until that

[00:29:01] David Syvertsen: was figured out. Yep. But that's, that was helpful. It hel it's helpful to have other people, whether it's a coach or just someone you know, competing. Like there's subtle things like when you're competing, it's part of what makes it stressful. Like every little thing matters in your head.

Mm-hmm. probably too much. That's like one thing I didn't do a good job of this weekend, but it's like every little thing does, like the seconds matter. Mm-hmm. . So if, how do you get your box from point A to point B? If you don't put thought into it, you might be losing out on some time. Yeah.

[00:29:26] Amy Edelman: And it take, took energy.

Yeah. Like it took work to have to move. If you had to move your box over the dumbbells every single time,

[00:29:32] David Syvertsen: that's exhausting. Yep. Yeah. All right. So workout three we both did this workout four. We're just gonna do them in order as listed. So we're on day two now, and bison is actually doing the squad on Friday.

And yeah, it's Amy's birthday on Friday, so she's like, you're actually gonna have us do that. I have to do this again. . This one's called Unforgiven. Love the workout because it's so classic. CrossFit, that's why I really want bison to do it. Five rounds, 18 to bar nine, shoulder to overhead. 54 double unders.

All right. The shoulder overhead was 1 35 95. It went down to 1 15, 75 for masters. 50 plus, and then 60 plus 95. 65 plus 75, 65, 55. And they also in this workout had the toast bar decrease for 50 plus and the jump rope decrease once you got the 50 plus. So stimulus wise it was pretty much the same for everyone.

It. , Tobar, sh shoulder, head, shoulder to overhead, unbroken, pretty much. And then, you know, can you keep your shit together on the double unders? I think the biggest separator in this workout, I think what got tested the most were the tobar. Like if you were someone that could do 18 in a row or a big chunk on that first set, but on set three, four, it turns into twos, threes, that's where you would see a lot of separation.

I, I passed, I think three or four guys in my heat on the last two rounds of tobar. Hmm. We're all pretty much the same speed jump rope and shoulder overhead. But the tobar, that's all, that's, that's 90 reps in under 10 minutes, you know, it's a lot. Amy opening thoughts on that workout? How, because you are a little nervous going into this one.

I was,

[00:31:10] Amy Edelman: yeah. Because of the, the toes to bar. Yeah. So I mean, I'm, I'm okay at them, but not, it's not my, my strongest. But I think my first three rounds I felt pretty good. And then round four I kind of declined a little bit on my, on the number I did in my. Sets. And then I remember the last round of my toes debar.

I think I had to do like a couple twos. Yeah.

[00:31:33] David Syvertsen: Likes single in there.

[00:31:34] Amy Edelman: Yeah. Yeah. So I think that definitely slowed me down. But but I like this one. This one was, it was fun. Like you said, it's just a good classic cross workout

[00:31:41] David Syvertsen: CrossFit workout. Yeah. Sam, opening thoughts on this workout? Cause you are doing it Friday, you better be here.

[00:31:45] Sam Rhee: I was debating whether to do the 35 like plus or the 50 plus. Like,

[00:31:51] David Syvertsen: I'm gonna, I'm gonna push the gym to do the age skills appropriate. Okay. Yep. Okay, that's cool. And I will write down Rx like, you know, if example, Sam, if you do 1 15, 75 and 44 dubs, it's gonna be rx. So

[00:32:03] Sam Rhee: Amy finished ninth, so it was cap plus 10.

And Dave, you finished sixth, 8 48. It, it ju I don't know. I didn't watch it. I wasn't I didn't, this is one I wasn't able to go back and watch, but it just looked like a toasted bar workout to me. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Yeah. And I think everyone was very positive in general about this workout. Yeah. I didn't see anyone

[00:32:24] David Syvertsen: think Yeah.

Yeah. Like kind of fun to watch. A lot of changing back and forth. Yeah. They had us move up the jump rope every section so you can kind of see who's in front. Yeah. That kind of got a little hairy. Some people just don't jump in the right spot when they like, you know, they move back a little bit, they move forward.

So. Mm-hmm. , that's me. Yeah. It, it, this is probably a tough one for the crowd to know who's on what round, unless the, the positive is there's only eight people in your heat, so there's not much to keep track of. So it's funny how basically all eight of us were together after the first two rounds. Like no one was really pulling ahead, no one's falling.

But then once round three came, like once the, I always see like the middle of the workouts, that's usually where things are. One and lost not the end. And that's, it's, it was all Toast Bar. Like you said, that it was a toast bar test more than the other. If they wanted to make it a more balanced gymnast lifting test, the barbell probably should have been another 30 pounds for the guys and 20 for the girls.

Yeah. So that, that, that was a fun workout. Bison, if you're listening, you are gonna be doing that on Friday. All right. The other workout on Friday, this one, this one got my attention the most when I first saw it. I'm like, that's a cool workout. Yeah. It was called Saved by the Bell. All right, so you have three intervals here, right?

First one is three minutes. The second one is two minutes. The third one is two minutes. All right. At the start of every interval, you have to run 200 meters on the AirRunner. I had to run, they, they really switched the distances up on us. We were a little confused here, but I had to run two 50. Amy had to run 200 older A groups, I think basically every two age groups, they reduced the run a little bit.

Don't need to get that into that too much. Just think macro level here. You have to do a really hard run on the AirRunner that lasted about 45 seconds to a minute. All right. And then the remainder of your time, you're doing as many alternating hang dumbbell snatches as possible until you get to 75 reps.

All right, so the workout R the task is get 75 hang dumbbell snatches, done as fast as possible after you run hard. And then after every interval there's a one minute rest. And the it, the, I think the catch here was it was a heavy dumbbell. Mm-hmm. , you know, like when you first see like, ah, dude, toss that thing around the RX for the guys in my group was 70 pounds and Amy's was 50 and we did just work with a heavy dumbbell.

Mm-hmm. a couple weeks prior to Yep. The comp, Amy, what were your thoughts on two things? It wasn't from the ground, and I actually could make a case that's easier from the ground mm-hmm. than it is from the hang and then also the weight. .

[00:34:50] Amy Edelman: The, the weight, I wasn't concerned about moving the weight. I, it was more of can I hold onto it and for how long?

Right. Because I knew I could snatch it, but I didn't know if I, how long I could go like un unbroken for, right? Yeah. And then I, I just, my, I was like, I don't wanna go back on to the runner in that last two minutes, right? So ,

[00:35:15] David Syvertsen: we, we both thought going into that workout, it is possible to finish two intervals.

Mm-hmm. , so like, you, you get down, so you just do some math in your head. How many snatches can you do in a minute? Oh, 30. Okay. So you're gonna have two minutes to do snatches on, on that first interval. You, if you're moving well, you don't drop it. That's gonna be close to 60 reps. You're only gonna have 15 left.

So I thought the best scores would be you. Do your 60 snatches, you run again, you have 10 to 15 left, and that is exactly what happened. Mm-hmm. , I had 65 done on that first interval, but I got beat on the second run, so I think a couple guys passed me and but we both finished in that second interval.

And I said the majority of athletes did too. Not,

[00:35:56] Amy Edelman: not all. I think there was maybe one or two women in

[00:36:00] David Syvertsen: my heat that didn't. Yeah. So my question to Bob and Joe, maybe we'll get them on at some point, ask them, was their intended stimulus to be like, all right, a few people finishing the second interval, or almost everyone does.

And when I first saw the workout, I was thinking more people would not be able to hold onto the heavy dumbbell for that much time. And I think I saw Bob comment on Saban's. They just didn't have. Enough heavier dumbbells. Mm-hmm. for, so I think they maybe were thinking it would've been better at 80 pounds for guys.

Mm-hmm. 60 for girls. Mm-hmm. . And now you're talking All right. You can't hold onto for the full two minutes. What were your thoughts on that, Sam?

[00:36:38] Sam Rhee: Yeah. It looked like nobody finished. There was no way they were planning on anyone finishing in that first interval. Yeah. Right. And so you had to sell the second run to try to get back and do your, you know, remainder of your dumbbell snatches.

Yep. How many did you have left, Amy after that first interval? I think I did

[00:36:57] Amy Edelman: 58. Okay. In the first teacher's .

[00:37:01] Sam Rhee: Well, but she got a better spot. Where'd your finish

[00:37:05] David Syvertsen: that workout? She finished third.

[00:37:06] Sam Rhee: You finished fourth? Third. So 5 25. Yeah.

[00:37:10] David Syvertsen: So I'm telling you, rematch. Rematch at rematch at the re

[00:37:16] Sam Rhee: I don't think I have a, no, I do have a 70

[00:37:19] David Syvertsen: unfortunately.

I'll, I'll bring one, I'll bring

[00:37:20] Sam Rhee: one. But yeah, so, you know, it, it was really about getting that second run in and then just like you said, hanging onto that heavy. Snatch. Yeah. Yeah. And I think everyone thought this was a fantastic workout for those reasons. The ground thing I think was for people's back.

Right. To protect it a little bit. For

[00:37:38] David Syvertsen: sure. They were already pulling from the ground multiple times. Yeah. Sandbag cleans, ed lifts and, and power cleans. Yeah. You were gonna say

[00:37:43] 2022_1218_1022: Amy,

[00:37:44] Sam Rhee: I was

[00:37:44] Amy Edelman: gonna say, I forgot to comment that on the, on the before, but I think from the hang I was a little bit concerned cuz I was like, I normally don't pull from the hang, it's usually from the floor.

Yep. But I'm sure it would've finished, it would've taken me longer

[00:37:56] David Syvertsen: too. Yeah. It probably would've been a little slower. I just feel con like, I like that feeling of switching and like not having to stop the inertia. Right. Like we were all Yeah. Lit up. I don't know about the girls, the guys, we were so lit up.

Forearm. Yeah. Forearm bicep. Because like the, the hardest part of the workout was not moving it above your head. It was stopping the inertia. Mm-hmm. in the hang. So that's just all bicep and then you're yanking it back up and. , I like dumbbell snatches, but you could almost get like a little bit of like a recoil at the bottom.

Yeah. You get, you build momentum with rubber hitting rubber and I just feel like, and it's not as taxing on the arm, so I, I don't, I would actually, but it was smart of them to do it from the hang because I'll tell you what, a lot of people don't practice that hang dumbbell snatches for speed and weight.

I, I honestly, I just don't see it that often and with, especially with masters, but I even think with any kind of athlete, when you're doing a lot of fast, aggressive pulling from the ground, which we did multiple times throughout the weekend, that one with the run, I, that bet would've jacked people up big time.

Like I bet a lot of people would've gotten jacked up if they, so that was like a good. Decision from a fitness perspective. Mm-hmm. a preparation perspective. But also when you program these events, there is a certain level of responsibility that the guys programming have for the athletes, of course.

Because honestly, we're gonna do whatever you tell us to do. Right. Right. And if someone's a little too die hard, like, you know, like if it, it, it could end up hurting a lot of people, especially with those age groups. I also thought, just last thought on that, I thought that was one was pretty fun to watch, like as a spectator.

Yeah. It's kind of cool to see like, who gets off the runner first, because you, it's cool to watch people run hard too. Mm-hmm. , like if we ran a mile on that thing, I'm like, all right, this is boring. But running, watching people run 90, 95% speed is fun. And then it's. . It was loud in there too. It, it was, it was loud.

It was fun. Like I hear Ash's voice in my head still like, don't you put that thing down, . She goes, hurry up , hurry. I'm like, I'm trying hurry. But

[00:39:56] Amy Edelman: no. But even on the runner, cuz like, you see, like, I remember the girl next to me in the first run got off first and I'm like, yeah. And I like start sprinting and like, it just, you know, like, you need to move.

[00:40:07] David Syvertsen: Yep. Yeah. Now he, someone in the older age group that I talked to last year were kind of somewhat friends Instagram, right? And he's like, Hey, when you're , when you're done with the AirRunner, he goes, just fall right off it. You know, just like, let let the treadmill push you off and it'll put you back.

Instead of grabbing the thing, stepping on the side, getting off. He goes, I'm telling you it's gonna make a difference. And in my head it was like, what are you thinking before the workout save? I'm like, I'm gonna fall if I try . But the guy next to me, the guy at Ryan Smith, he ended up winning the whole thing.

I beat him by one second in that workout and. , but I think I had 65 after the first set. He had 60. Oh. And I finished one sec. So he beat me on the second run, but I watched the video day's video. He had this technique of getting off the air on it to the dumbbell. I was like, I gotta practice that. Like yeah, that needs to be practiced.

It was literally like got to his two 50, judge says done. And he basically just like jumps off like the thing just propelled him back to his dumbbell and he was on it in like one second. Like, I'm grabbing the sides, stepping onto the side. Don't get hurt. Yeah. You know, like be careful. And so that's something that, about that workout, there's skill in everything.

Yeah. You do like it, it really, you get reminded at comps, like how you get off an AirRunner matters. Mm-hmm. , you know how you get into a row. We talk about that at the gym sometimes, right? Yeah. How many people waste so much time getting in and out of a rower? Mm-hmm. , it matters. Hmm. Yeah. All right. That was the end of day two.

I think Bo both in a decent spot. Were you in first or second after the day? Do you remember? I think we were both in. I think we followed, I think it was the second. Yeah, I was too. So we both just followed each other all day. Yeah. So now the the first workout of day three, cj. All right. PTSD here.

Okay. Cool workout. Jim's gonna be doing this one as well. 21, not this week. 21 15 9. Power cleans guys. One 15, ladies 80 bar facing burpees. Classic. Like I love that there's a 2159 still after all these years. Mm-hmm. like, it's like the rep scheme that everyone's like, oh boy, yeah, that's gonna hurt. The weights went down at 50 plus down to 95, 65 and then 60 to 64, it went down again, 75 to 55, and they also reduced the burpees.

They did 15, 12 6 on the burpees. So all the, the 60 plusers just did a little little less work there to maintain the stimulus of, Hey, can you sprint through this? So nasty workout. This is like your Fran type where you're just sprinting and hoping you could hold on or like I said, talk to a couple of the guys out there.

There is a skill that I'm still trying to develop. I don't think I did a good job here is going 90, 95% speed. Hmm. Like going 100% speed. Nobody can do that for three minutes. And that this workout was three plus minutes and, but this workout was too short to like really truly pace. So there is skill and being able to go 90 to 95% speed and then being able to pick it up at the end.

Both good workouts for us, just movement wise. This was Amy opening. Thoughts on what you saw and what, was there anything different about the workout that you did not expect?

[00:43:06] Amy Edelman: I just remember it being fast. Mm-hmm. . Yeah. Watching everyone go so fast. Mm-hmm. , anything I didn't expect? No, I think it was pretty, I mean, I knew, I knew people were gonna move, and I knew people were gonna move on the burpees faster than me, and I just had to move the barbell as fast as I could.

Mm-hmm. . But I like this

[00:43:23] David Syvertsen: one too. This ones fun. Yeah. Yeah. It's, it's a, it's fun to go as fast as you can sometimes. Yeah. You know? Yeah. And just, you know, whether you can hold onto it or not. You know, we peach pacing here all the time. Gotta be safe, right? Yeah. But sometimes it's fun to be like, all right, let's see how fast I can do this.

Just go. Sam, what are your thoughts on this one?

[00:43:38] Sam Rhee: Yeah, I would like to hear what you have to say because we talked about this and it was a tough one for you for a number of reasons. Amy finished fifth, you finished 15th. So, you know, I know you don't like talking about reasons other than your own personal responsibility about why things.

Mm-hmm. don't always go the way Yep. They're supposed to. Or that you would hope for them to go. But it also is enlightening for most of us to actually hear. The reality of it. I mean, if there's a reality to it, you should, you should

[00:44:08] David Syvertsen: tell us. Yeah. I mean there's definitely I've been thinking about this since the flight home.

I'm like, man, I def definitely never want to go on, on a public platform and be like, this happened and this happened. You know, like, because I'll say this, I, I would be pissed if if I, if I won, or anyone that finished behind me in the standings went out and be like, I didn't come in this place because I got this.

You know, like, I just don't, you can say that in your own circle to your family and your friends, but like public platforms, like a podcast, or even in my opinion, social media, like, it's just not, it's not a good look. So I, I went into this workout saying I can win this. And I truly felt like I could go out there and had a, on the set of 21, I got no rep on five cleans.

And I did watch the video. They, they were probably no reps. I was not getting my elbows through like we were all muscle cleaning. Mm-hmm. all going as fast we could. And it's funny, I go out, I had like the strictest judge in the con. There was one judge there that was the strictest. She was pregnant and she was a good judge.

And she, you know, you go out there and I'm always introducing myself, thanking them for their time. I feel like all athletes should do that. And I go out there, I'm kind day, she goes, I will give you no warnings on your elbow .

[00:45:15] Amy Edelman: She's like, I see you and I know what you're gonna do.

[00:45:18] David Syvertsen: Yeah. She's like, she's like, I will give you no warnings on your elbows.

Because the head judge was saying like, Hey, we're having a lot of problems on this workout, guys. Mm-hmm. Like people, some people are getting their elbows through and they're not getting no rep. Like you have to show not a true, like, front squat. Front rack, you just gotta get the elbows on front past parallel, right?

Yeah. And so if you're looking for the side profile, see the elbows coming front. Yeah. I, I turn around my first rep, no rep, and it was, it was legit. I watched the video and then I do like four or five, no rep again, four or five, no rep again. So I ended up doing 27 or 28 cleans on that. No 26 cleans on that first work on that first set.

And I was still on the burpees first. and I'm like, okay. Like, and this, that workout was similar to what I talked about last year. Remember last year I talked about that double dumbbell front squat where I just felt like it was so intense. Yes. Mm-hmm. , like we're all on top of each other. Yeah. It was loud.

Yeah. And that workout, I try to keep awareness of where people are. I had no idea.

[00:46:12] 2022_1218_1022: Mm-hmm. ,

[00:46:13] Amy Edelman: you were in the front row. So they had a staggered too. I was in the back row. You were Oh, you were in the back. Right. Okay. I didn't, that's right. I didn't see you do

[00:46:20] David Syvertsen: that word. Yeah. I was in the, I was in the back row and Yeah.

No, they didn't post the video of the city. It was an ugly video. So anyway. Right. I don't wanna get too deep into it, but the, it was just a lot of commotion and there's bars flying. You see people doing burpees, you don't know where people are. Mm-hmm. , I hear Ash screaming her head off, right? Mm-hmm. and I get to the fifteens on the bar first.

Mm-hmm. . I'm like, all right, I'm in a good spot. Mm-hmm. , like, I always feel like if you can get through the fifteens, you're gonna be fine. Right. Get through the fifteens, starting to feel a little heavy, little dizzy. Do my set of 15 burpees. Now I get up from the 15 burpees. I'm still the first person back to the bar.

Hmm. But I couldn't pick it up right away. I was like dizzy as hell. Okay. Right. So I sit there, I wait five seconds, everyone's like, hurry up, what are you doing? Right. Pick it up. And both my legs start to lock up both quads cramping. Yep. So I'm just basically curling the bar. I had to drop the bar after six and then I had to hold one in the hang.

So like I'm getting past a little bit there and the second I start doing those nine burpees, I think there's still only one or two guys that started before me. I was shut down. Both quads were cramping and I'm, I don't know what I'm gonna do with the video. It's actually kind of like good to watch, but it's also kind of hard to watch.

Like could not jump over the bar to the point where like, have you ever done like a really the highest box jump you've ever done? Think about that. What would you do pri? Like you like load up. That's how I was feeling at every rep and every time it just sees seizes. And I had a few reps where I, my body went this way and my knee went the other direction.

And it happened three a times. So I think one of those reps, I kind of jacked it up a little bit. And your, your left knee. Left knee, which, yeah. Which I hurt in the summer. And the there was a rep where I jumped over the bar and my, I didn't get over my foot, hit it and landed flat on my face and I just laid there and like mentally, I'm still in it.

I'm like saying like, I'm fucked. Like you can hear guys. Mm-hmm. again, margin is so small there. Right, right, right. You go from third place to 12th like that. Mm-hmm. . And after the workout, can't get up both my legs. My judge is like, you guys gotta go. Like, they're really on time. I'm like, I need help. Mm-hmm.

And she's like, you have to go. I'm like, I need help. Like, I can't stand up. So I get carried off the floor. Medics on me, can't walk. I'm dizzy for like a good 45 minutes. They're still like hospital, like, we're not sure Ash is afraid. I'm gonna have a seizure. All this stuff, right? Mm-hmm. , I'm wa I'm pale already, like white as a ghost.

They said like, you didn't look like you were there and. that kind of got cleared up eventually, like severely dehydrated from being sick a few weeks ago. Mm-hmm. . Right. And that's where it is a personal responsibility. I could have done a better job leading up to the comp, I'm taking DayQuil and NyQuil, like for three weeks straight.

Mm-hmm. , including the comp. Oh, you were, I was taking DayQuil half hour before my workouts. Wow. And Guy was like, probably not the smartest thing to do, you know? And I was like, all right. Like, I just didn't, I wanted to clear my passages up. Right, right. And he so that was like the kind of like, at that point I kind of knew it was over a, I came in 15th and b like my knee on one of those reps, I really jacked Mindy up and that's all I'm gonna say about it.

Mm-hmm. , I still got to finish the weekend out. Mm-hmm. . Again, disclaimer. I'm not saying that's where the, that's why the result was the way it was.

[00:49:23] Sam Rhee: Have you ever crammed like that ever in your entire life? Never. Never. Wow.

[00:49:26] David Syvertsen: Never. I've cramped before, but nothing like that. Like to the point you literally could not walk off.

There was no exaggeration there. I could not walk off. I had one of the medics pull me off and Travis, one of the competitors that came in third. Mm-hmm. , kick ass dude, Jim, owner of North Carolina, crushed it over the weekend. He helped me come off. So that was like, that's where like my weekend turned and it sucked, you know?

Yeah. And I watched the video. Dave sent it to me after, and it's hard, it's hard to watch. And like, I felt bad for Ash. Like when you watch someone that is else, like if I watched Amy go through that, it would've been like and was hurting. Sure. Like you just like breaks your heart almost. Yeah. You know? Yeah.

Mm-hmm. . So that's where that, that that event went. We had another event. I wanna get into it next. It was two hours later and I still knew, like as I was warming up, I. Still dizzy, still cramping up. But I was like, I'm doing it even if I know it's gonna hurt me in the standings. I knew how

[00:50:13] Sam Rhee: sick you were before you went to the com, so I was kind of shocked that you pulled it together for those first two days.

I thought I did. And the wheel. And when the field wheels finally came off, I was like, I couldn't believe you held it together

[00:50:25] David Syvertsen: for as long as he did. But he held it

[00:50:26] Amy Edelman: together past that too, which is incredible. Yeah. Like it wasn't like, he was like, I'm done.

[00:50:31] David Syvertsen: Yeah. I'm like, I'm probably stubborn to a fault with the sick stuff.

Like I was really, I have not, I had a 1 0 4 fever for like three days, like all that stuff. Right. But I'm like, all right. The next week we trained. I'm like, all right, I'm getting there. I'm so coughing nonstop. Mm-hmm. . And like the funny thing, this is, I'm funny about it now. I got off the flight, I didn't even tell Amy this.

I don't know if I did. Oh no. I got off the flight to Tennessee. Mm-hmm. and my left ear wouldn't pop, and it was so painful. Mm. And I was trying to play it cool, like I couldn't hear outta my left ear. Mm. And I drove, it's an hour, five minute drive. And, you know, I'm a stressful Dr. Traveler in general, but I'm like, my left eye starts going blurry.

I'm so in so much pain. I run to the hotel room and I just bury my face into the, and I'm trying to blow my nose. I'm googling how to pop your ears. I'm doing all this weird stuff, holding my nostrils and blowing up. I didn't know it was that

[00:51:24] Amy Edelman: bad. I

[00:51:25] David Syvertsen: definitely played it off and I couldn't get it. And I was like, I need, I'm gonna go to urgent care.

Like, it, the two days before the cop , oh my God. And I went to, I went to Walmart and I got a decongestion. I'm buying everything. I think I bought $80 worth of stuff and I used two of 'em. And went to bed the night and it cleared up. The next one, the decongestion helped, but they always say, if you're that congested, you gotta do something before the flight.

Mm-hmm. And I didn't, and you get, so I did all this research on it. You get so clogged in between like that passageway between your nose and your ear. You station two and you just can't, it won't open up. Mm-hmm. you can't. And it was so painful. So that's like, I was still, felt like I was still kind of sick there.

But because I did well for two days, I'm like, it's fine. You'll been fine. Yeah. Like, it is totally fine, but the hydration mm-hmm. , you know, I always say when you start to realize you're a little dehydrated mm-hmm. It's too late. Right. Yeah. You know, like you're not, you're not gonna fix it by drinking Pedialyte.

Yes. And that, and it's hard

[00:52:15] Amy Edelman: between workouts too, because you have time, but you don't have that much time mm-hmm. , so you don't wanna sit there chugging water and, and eating

[00:52:23] David Syvertsen: and everything else. And we sweat a lot on the first day. Yeah. For whatever reason, it was humid down there. Mm-hmm. that day in that back room with the machines.

Yeah. So I, I think that's why I do say like, and my Instagram post, I like, I should have prepared better. That's what I think I really came up short on. I see. Like that's, that's fixable. That is something that's an athlete responsibility and Well,

[00:52:44] Sam Rhee: I think when you say if, by the time you realize you're a little dehydrated, it's too late at that point.

Yeah. Right. Yeah. You gotta keep up on that. Yep. That's really a

[00:52:50] David Syvertsen: good, good lesson for sure.