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FMP Chimera – Debrief

The FMP Workout ‘Operation Chimera’ was conducted at CrossFit HEL (Human Evolution Labs) yesterday morning with six extreme warrior-athletes.  This was the first time Brass Ring CrossFit and CrossFit HEL joined forces to provide this kind of workout.  Here’s how it went.

Mission and FMP Workout Brief:

After a short warm up workout, members were assigned positions with one of two fire teams.  Rob and Kevin briefed the mission scenario from the perspective of the mission workload requirements, and then assigned the workout to each phase of the mission.

ALPHA Team was a light and fast surgical strike force.

BRAVO Team was a hard and heavy demolition crew.

Fire Team Rules:

  1. Technical proficiency is required.  In a mission you would not disregard the way you have been trained to clear a room, haphazardly fire your weapon in any direction, or shoot with your eyes closed.  So it is with the elements of the workout.  Do it right!
  2. Fire teams move together.  It is OK to get ahead of the rest of the team while in a phase of the operation, but one member cannot move on to the next phase until all members are finished and can move together.  (That means that if you’re the last to finish a phase, you are putting your teammates and the mission in jeopardy.)
  3. Mentally work from the perspective that it’s not just a workout, but a life or death scenario that punishes those that stop to catch their breath.
  4. A maximum time line of 30 minutes for time on target was established for both teams.  Failure of either team is a failure of the mission.

OPERATION CHIMERA – FMP Workout

Here are a few shots from the FMP workout yesterday.

ALPHA Team working together

ALPHA Team working together

BRAVO Team working together

BRAVO Team working together

Jennifer's KB Swing Technique is fantastic. ALPHA Actions at Objective.

Great KB Swings - Jennifer ALPHA Team

Hard and Heavy - Jerome BRAVO Team

Nigels climbing technique is awesome - BRAVO Insert

Awesome climbing technique - Nigel BRAVO Team

High intensity Burpee - ALPHA Insertion

High intensity Burpee - Junkyard ALPHA Team

Unfortunately the mission went over the allotted time (34:17).  Both teams worked together extremely well though, and pushed their limits to grow both mentally and physically from the experience.

Good Job CrossFit HEL Warrior-Athletes!

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This entry was posted on Sunday, December 14th, 2008 at 12:03 pm and is filed under Coach's Corner. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

3 Responses to “FMP Chimera – Debrief”

  1. Jennifer says:
    December 15, 2008 at 4:19 pm

    Thank You, Rob! We look forward to future training missions and seeing more of you at H.E.L.!

    - Jennifer

  2. Coach says:
    December 16, 2008 at 7:22 am

    Thank you Jennifer. I was really impressed with your warrior-athlete spirit. You are a great example of the benefits of CrossFit and the excellent training at the Lab.

    Looking forward to the next one!

  3. Jennifer says:
    December 16, 2008 at 5:45 pm

    Thanks, Coach!

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