Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness Page #5

And they typically

don't deadlift.

the ranch mini chipper

brought to life

One of the most notorious phases

at the ranch.

There was an event,

the sandbag sprint,

face up the hill.

Run back, grab your sandbags,

throw them over your neck,

And haul ass uphill.

Thorisdottir was this raw

athlete with no technical skill.

She didn't know how to snatch,

she didn't know a ghd sit-up.

She didn't know how to do

a muscle-up, and regardless,

In 2009,

she crushes the sandbag sprint

And takes first place overall.

This wasn't bad, it was easy.

easy?

Yeah.

Stand by!

it was just

the right amount of rep range

For athletes to try

and go for broke

And do the set unbroken,

But if you do so,

you're burning up your legs,

You have to get on a ghd

that's gonna tear up your quads

As your midline breaks down.

I was next to annie

who just went out of the gates.

thorisdottir had

the fastest pace going uphill

And I went, "this isn't gonna

last, this is a bad choice."

And she kept going.

fikowski in front of me,

tried to chase him down.

trying to run

with brent is a challenge

at the best of times.

They were just slow, they were

making the choice to be slow.

Every single guy there

could have been faster.

like, sara, you have

to run the whole time,

you can't stop.

One-third of the run,

"okay, I have to walk."

go-time,

it's time to really run.

that face of the hill is

gonna rip up your legs

And your heartrate's

gonna go through the roof.

run as much as you can,

until you can't run anymore.

You walk a couple steps

and then you run again.

it was the type of burn

that it's hard to put yourself

there in training.

I was like,

this is my event to win.

If I don't win, it's my fault.

you crossed

the finish line

And everybody

was just collapsing.

Nothing left in you when you

finally got off that hill.

Boom, you're on the floor.

you gotta get out

of the finish line.

it's just like flopping

around on the ground,

Trying to find that position

to make the pain go away.

It doesn't matter how you sit,

it's gonna hurt.

damn!

Did I...

what?

you've won your heat

for sure.

Good.

if I understood

your question correctly.

I hated that event 2009,

I hated that event there.

That was hard.

Oh, that was a blast.

I'd like to do that again.

seriously?

Yeah, it was so much fun.

All right, me and this hill,

we bonded today.

How cool is that, we just jumped

on a plane this morning

and we're here.

-That was good.

-That was great.

Good finish for both of us.

I felt that was my event

To lose, or to win.

And I did just that, so I'm...

Really happy.

It was hard, man.

It was a grind.

The last event was like... Hard.

But afterwards you're like,

"I should have pushed

a bit harder."

But like... I maybe did not

think that when I was doing it,

I was sighing, but afterwards,

I was like,

"I should have pushed harder,

dang it!"

But... First day done.

Four days left.

No problem.

maybe do a little hoo-yah

and say goodbye to aromas,

And head back onto a bus

for an hour, hour and a half,

And then get to the airport

To be told that our flights

were delayed.

Which for me

is pretty typical.

We got to the airport

five hours early, first of all,

And then our flight was delayed.

So it was like, "okay, we're

just sitting here forever."

we're trying to find

somewhere to sleep.

There were bodies everywhere.

we were just holed up

outside the gate

And just fell asleep.

If we circle back

to what I said previously,

Which is that I enjoy

human suffering

And when people are totally

thrown off their game,

The ocean does that

almost like nothing else.

the ocean was amazing.

It was like, as soon as you

arrived, you were like,

Wow, this is so awesome.

And then dave announces

that the girls and the guys

Are all starting

at the same time.

We were like, say what, now?

I actually freaked out

a little bit because

Those boys are not

going to hold back

And we're going to fall flat

on our faces in the sand

And they're

going to trample us.

Cole sager was sort of

behind me to the side of me

And he sort of said like,

"brent, I want to let you know

Like I might run you over."

I'm a powerful athlete.

I was a football player

in my past.

So, having just quick spurts

of power can pay off for me,

And I think it did.

You want to start

in front of me, cole?

I was like, "why don't you

like lead the charge,

And I'll take the football

and kind of stand behind you?"

Foot off the line,

foot off the line.

Stand by!

The thing is with crossfit

everybody wants to win.

And even if they're not

a good swimmer,

They want to be

the first in the water.

the swim was

more like a fistfight and a run

More than a swim.

That was the most fearful I've

ever been for myself in water.

That was very scary.

seriously war zone

over there.

People are scratching,

pulling on your legs.

you've got guys

swimming over the top of you.

And you've got no chance

when somebody's twice

the weight of you

And you're getting

pushed down and under.

I'm very comfortable

in the water,

And at a couple points turning

around the buoy, I was like,

"I'm gonna drown right here.

Somebody's gonna pull me under."

it was getting very

irritating, to say the least.

I was almost to the point

where I wanted to grab someone

And pull them to the bottom

of the ocean and tell them,

"hey, stop swimming

on top of me.

I can hold my breath

longer than you."

And then we got hit.

and ben and I got

smashed by this wave.

I didn't even see it.

I got pulled under and tumbled.

I'm like, "just relax,

you won't drown, relax."

I got up on a wave,

I'm like, "I'm doing it,"

And then, "oh, I'm spinning,

I'm spinning!"

All three of us were

taking a breath

And then just...

got up and got

like a gasp for air.

Looked at each other and was,

"where's the shore?!"

And then we started

running for the shore.

I only seen one girl,

so I was like, "I gotta go!

This is the time to go,

you gotta go now!"

I managed to hold on

for a little bit longer

and come over the line,

But I had no idea

if I'd come first or not.

It was just like, I knew

I'd beaten someone, so...

When they said I came first,

I was really happy with that.

There was a wave,

I didn't see it coming.

And it dumped

right on me and ben smith.

Oh!

Oh! I swall--

I got crushed!

It was... Brutal!

I think I got 15 kicks

in my mouth.

People were ruthless out there.

- really?

-Yeah.

I got some scratch marks

and stuff.

that's scratching there?

Yeah, people were

pulling on you.

I knew a little bit would

happen, but people weren't

messing around, so...

Got me a little angry.

It's really hot in the sun,

isn't it?

Thank you so much.

Showering you.

-What?

-It's what whales do.

She squirted all over me.

Revenge.

I'm not gonna name

any names.

I remember after the event,

One girl came up to me

And she was pissed.

She was like, "someone grabbed

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