yeah, this is december.
photo by jake jensen: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROSKI!
ryan on top, pcme on bottom, nick upside down.
ryan praying i remember to save our lives.
brad, tj:
warm up 20:00 somehow..
:20/:10 - (continuous work) 4 rounds of
squats
frog hops
pushups
burpees
:30 dead hang
:30 bodyweight dead lift for reps
:30 barbell hold @ top of last dead lift
300 meter row
4 rounds
tj: 16/:59, 17/:59, 17/:59, 16/:59
brad: 12/1:03, 11/1:02, 9/1:04, 8/1:02
pullup ladder 1-6-1
jake jensen, ryan scouthern, nick lott:
for some of us adrenaline comes from doing an hour of burpee pullups or intervals on a bike, some experience a rush and get paid. as a saturday fun day i traveled to ogden with nick to meet up with ryan, and jake. we all met at skydive ogden (www.skydiveogden.com). with it being december and have not eaten enough food to substantiate standing up i did not really plan to jump out of a plane from 12,000 feet; next thing i know ryan is getting a tandem rig ready with my name on it. i have jumped before, and both times experienced my stomach wanting to jump out of my throat, but its december and who gets to jump out of planes in december (other than all 10 of us in that plane)?
the flight up is calm, and fast; just like the door opening up and people falling to the ground. after reaching our destination ryan skooted me to the doorway and pushed me out. nick and jake were there to fly with us. i have yet to understand how one acquires the amount of control and skill involved during free fall. once settled, and falling roughly 100 mph nick and jake met up to form a little three-way teamster formation - during which, nick flipped to his back and fell looking at me upside down.
a :60 free fall allows for skydivers to fly in plenty of positions, create plenty of formations, and have tons of fun. another way to practice free fall is to fly in a wind tunnel. after we jumped out of a plane, nick and ryan took me to fly in ifly (iflyutah.com). watching nick and ryan was encouraging at first; once i began, my body arched, wobbled, spun, and shot me into the glass. after :30 my back was tired, and the discouragement set in. the stability needed to "sit fly," "fly head down," flip, turn, and so on comes with minutes and even hours of practice.
nick has over 1,500 jumps under his belt. he is a professional videographer for skydive ogden. he jumps several times a day during the season, and spends plenty of time in the wind tunnel. ryan is a professional, sponsored skydiver with the title "national champion in advanced vertical formation skydiving." with over 5,000 jumps, he, and four others created a team and spent hours upon hours jumping and tunnel flying together to pretty much destroy their competition this passed competition in Chicago. during competition they "turn points" - create formations - and are allowed only :30 to do as many as possible (each formation giving 1 point).
it was an honor to spend time with these dudes this weekend during their work/fun/hobby, but most importantly their sport. while they cannot measure their power output bro, they, just like many other professional athletes spend years and years, months and months, hours and hours preparing for a less than 1 minute event. shout out to these guys for showing me a good time and allowing my brain to conjure up some activities to help with their flying.
