OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTER VS. 2023 CROSSFIT OPEN | EP 1

[@joshikoa]

This was dope! For someone going into it with no specific conditioning and literally learning T2B's minutes before the workout, you put up a great score. Mad respect

[@NateCerwinske]

🤝🤝🙏🏽

[@jater10]

I’m sure he can crush 23.2 since it has a heavy thruster - where his weightlifting will really shine

[@lancefitzhenry5410]

Respect on giving The Open a shot, without even doing Crossfit. Just learning toes-2-bar and then doing 50 in a workout is rough ha. Pacing was a big factor for us non-elites in 23.1. Your weightlifting is probably on the elite level in CF, but doing it under fatigue is another story. Maybe they'll be a heavy barbell or a complex somewhere in the next two workouts. I'm happy to see you try it out, and don't worry, the nauseous feelings go away once your body learns that it isn't going to die. PS. You should probably practice some double-unders. They are bound to show up

[@NateCerwinske]

Thanks for watching bro! And yeah I was sore for a couple of days after😅 also about the heavy complex, look what you spoke into existence 🙏🏽

[@jater10]

The weightlifting is a good base. If he worked on the other skills and the endurance man Nate can really go far in the sport. He is able to do some movements in this first go where most CrossFitters train years for.

[@buildbybh]

AHHH can't wait for you to do 23.2! As someone who did CrossFit for 4 years then transitioned to WL for 3 years, I love that you're switching it up! It's definitely going to be a nice challenge for you. You also have a great shot if you build up your conditioning and skill-based movements!

[@NateCerwinske]

Yessir !

[@JakeCr]

Nice Nate! Respect man! 23.2 looks like a good one and I can’t wait to see the video of you doing it! Glad you’re out trying new things and having fun with it.

[@NateCerwinske]

Just did it tonight! Excited to post the video!

[@kylededden580]

Nice work!! You should do more of these! You’d kill in CF!

[@NateCerwinske]

👀👀👀

[@RonnieSportz]

You’ve got such a strong foundation with your lifting, you have the potential to be a regional athlete, seriously. If you gave this a real run, you could be great.

[@jater10]

I can see that too. CrossFit has seen Weightlifters doing well like Mat Fraser.

[@NateCerwinske]

You guys are convincing me stop 🤣🤣😭

[@MaudBlanchet]

Yeah, you would be really good at it!!

[@jater10]

@@NateCerwinske Not really...but yes

[@Tayman47]

Well they don’t do regionals anymore it’s quarterfinals and semifinals but it would take 2+ years at least of him training other modalities to even sniff semifinals. The bar is so high these days. People have been training for 5-10 years solely in CrossFit.

[@dominicmell647]

Mad respect to you dude! I used to be strictly Oly and died when I first started. Loved seeing that effort from you. Great videos!

[@NateCerwinske]

Appreciate it bro!

[@matthewwilson1887]

Dude this was sick. Huge respect for you, for just going at it. As a CF guy the fact you got MU strung together is impressive haha. Well done man

[@NateCerwinske]

Thanks a ton!

[@geoffkaminski]

Love seeing you do this kind of GPP stuff. And don't worry, the work capacity will come. I remember over the summer I got to my strongest ever, but I got out of breath walking up the stairs so this is pretty impressive on your end

[@NateCerwinske]

Yeah it is really crazy to think CrossFit takes complete polar opposite training styles and outcomes and combines them

[@patrickpiazza5482]

Great to see you give this a shot! Love to see you keep going with it

[@NateCerwinske]

It’s been fun !

[@Ace2021]

Can’t wait to see you take on 23.2! Awesome content Nate

[@MGlow19]

Heck yeah! Good job for even trying! Nice push through the pain!

[@NateCerwinske]

was tuff!!!

[@emerson323213]

Enjoyed this video so much as I train on both on a daily - CrossFit in the AM & OLY in the PM! Keep it up Nate 💪

[@NateCerwinske]

Bro is insane ! 🤣😭

[@lancefitzhenry5410]

I do the same

[@kelcydepooter2296]

First off- amazing job, especially apparently learning half the movements as your warmup!! Second - 175 000 MEN. There is also a women's leader board. :) I think it was something like 317 000 total participants this year!

[@NateCerwinske]

That is crazy !! Almost half a milli

[@dennishena1399]

Solid effort, Sir! Great job!

[@NateCerwinske]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@adamtoussaint9155]

Awesome stepping out of your comfort zone. You did great, hope you get some more.

[@NateCerwinske]

I gotcha! 💪🏽💪🏽

[@nicholasbullo1912]

Can't wait for the shirt collab with you and barbell apparel! I already have Zack's and it's quality 👌

[@NateCerwinske]

LETS GO !

[@StrikeTX]

"Let me just walk into a crossfit gym and do the open" Bruh!! LOL, that was dope. Killed it.

[@NateCerwinske]

haha glad u enjoyed it homie!

[@stephenthompson9956]

Dude not bad for your 1st time. I bet if you redid it you could get through the cleans. Crossfit is all about how you pace it. I also think you would do really well if you transitioned into crossfit. Having an Olympic lifting background is huge

[@NateCerwinske]

Yeah bro I was lowkey hurt I went out so hard I wanted to get at least 1 muscle up!

[@patrickbrady8515]

Just saw your 23.2b thruster on the leaderboard. That’s elite.

[@NateCerwinske]

🙏🏽

[@BEM-vf3kx]

Dude this is so cool!!! U about to smash the 1rm thruster!!!

[@NateCerwinske]

💪🏽

[@xpswebstar420]

Glad you are trying Crossfit. You are a natural. Matt Fraser was a weightlifter before he became a Crossfit champion so you can do it too.

[@NateCerwinske]

😳😳

[@kylereid2986]

Nice work my dude! This year (2023), there was actually over 320,000 people registered for the Open (counting all of the divisions: Rx, Scaled, Foundation, etc), which is still less than a few years ago when over 400,000 were registered. With a little more training and skill development, you could really crush this sport!

[@NateCerwinske]

That is crazy !!

[@justinromero2970]

Hahah zyns before a workout are a no go. It’s constricts blood flow and make your heart have to work a lot harder. Figure it out the hard way 😂

[@NateCerwinske]

For sure I did 🤣

[@camerongray7767]

Awesome job mate

[@NateCerwinske]

Thanks bro!

[@shawnT379]

This was fantastic!

[@NateCerwinske]

Thanks!

[@hiwords]

mad respect. 23.1 was not easy. you have a great base built already if you stick with crossfit. hope you stick with it bro

[@NateCerwinske]

We will see lol!

[@brincollington09]

What the heck! Those cleans didn't look heavier than an empty bar 🤣 that right there shows how strong and body aware you are! Let's see 23.2A&B and 23.3 💪🏼

[@Menopause_and_Metcons]

Respect 🙌🏼

[@NateCerwinske]

🙏🏽

[@RonnieSportz]

I’ve been waiting for this moment

[@NateCerwinske]

LMAO

[@lukestratt]

Lol This was fun to watch

[@NateCerwinske]

Lol glad u enjoyed !

[@DGILtv]

Lmaooo duuuude letssssss goooo!!! Ttbs get grippy!!

[@NateCerwinske]

Forearms we’re trashed 🤣

[@Th3phenom]

Applaud you for trying something outside your wheelhouse

[@NateCerwinske]

🤘🏽

[@hamm0155]

When it cuts in with “it was at this moment “ 😂🤣🤣

[@NateCerwinske]

Big time lmao

[@bobcal1483]

Been waiting for you to try Crossfit. You'll crush it.

[@NateCerwinske]

💪🏽💪🏽

[@LaceyMediaProductions]

Mad respect for taking on the open with no training! You actually did really well!!! Can't wait to see 23.2 A and B! Especially for a heavy Thruster! I think you're gonna kill it! Definitely subbed

[@NateCerwinske]

Appreciate it !

[@bloodstoneDX]

Legit, you found a solid CF coach

[@NateCerwinske]

He’s a g ! 🤝

[@jamesperry2644]

You have a lot of potential pal, your hitting toes to bar, muscle ups and you have never done CrossFit before! You will enjoy that Thruster big dog :)

[@dylanreithel6212]

Dude nice work, seriously great showing. Your foundation for CrossFit is there man with olympic lifting. If you just work on the pacing and cardio you would be great at it. One other tip, go lighter on the caffeine before these workouts no joke, your heart rate will spike from the workout alone, it's only 14 minutes so no need to add the higher starting heart rate just from caffeine. Pure beta-alanine is a great pre-workout by itself for CrossFit so you can get those endurance benefits without the elevated starting heart rate! The heart rate messes up a lot of people because it feels super foreign being at a 160+ HR for 10 minutes straight. 10/10 video though, would love to see you rock 23.2 with the shuttle runs, burpee pullups and then max thruster. It's a wild one by CrossFit standards even

[@NateCerwinske]

I took your advice for 23.2 tonight and it helped tremendously! Just gotta go buy some beta alanine haha 🤝

[@dylanreithel6212]

@@NateCerwinske glad it helped! Burpee pull-ups and shuttle runs can get spicy lmao excited to see what you hit on the thruster though. I’ll be keeping an eye out for that video

[@vanesa1407]

So DOPE! Kid have skills…. Definitely you should do CrossFit just to switch it up !!!

[@NateCerwinske]

might have to!

[@reneevanvleet6328]

That looked tough, but you did pretty damn good!

[@NateCerwinske]

Was very rough! Appreciate it bro!

[@TramTran7]

I wanted to do the open workout too 😂 watching you read how many people are doing the open made me laugh lol

[@NateCerwinske]

Lmao you should do this weeks! Hope you’re doing better tram ! 💪🏽

[@francesbayly8881]

Awesome! Loved the video. The open truly is humbling. 🎉😅Check out Tia Claire Toomey do the open, she is the current games winner and pregnant…. She is still in the top 10% 🤯

[@NateCerwinske]

That’s insane

[@Synday]

that was an awesome video and fun bro

[@NateCerwinske]

Hell yeah baby glad u liked it!

[@charliewalker9443]

Very good content.

[@NateCerwinske]

🙏🏽

[@jater10]

Was this the first time you did toes to bar? You should try 23.2 since it has a heavy thruster. The top 10,000 are likely close or sure elite athletes bound for the games.

[@NateCerwinske]

Yes in a very long time !

[@valentijnbolle9420]

Please get into CrossFit!

[@NateCerwinske]

might have to eh?

[@leetroche]

great effort. i think with your sports background you should think about joining the CrossFit community. you already have the Olympic lifts down and that's a big advantage.

[@NateCerwinske]

We shall see !

[@trimotionmedia5487]

So sick. Love seeing non CrossFit guys try out CrossFit. Big tip for you would’ve been doing toes to bar on a lower bar, and then doing 5,4,4,3,3, and then just a bunch of singles.

[@NateCerwinske]

Yeah I fumbled that bag for sure lol!

[@garygreenlaw503]

Welcome to the DARK SIDE... Once you start this journey, you don't just walk away...

[@AThakurLifts]

Looked hard asf lol

[@NateCerwinske]

Was killer

[@RonnieSportz]

Time for 23.2a and 23.2b

[@levirodrigues789]

You should do 23.2b pr thruster

[@NateCerwinske]

👀

[@lancefitzhenry5410]

@@NateCerwinske I just watched Anton Pliesnoi hit a 145kg thruster. He transitioned to crossfit almost a year ago. Beast

[@icietla46]

This definitely wasn't his first time doing CrossFit. He got those muscle ups like nothing while it takes people years lol

[@jasonrobin3948]

A return to CrossFit Mabey???

[@NateCerwinske]

Time will tell

[@ninafreda6364]

1rm thruster for 23.2 👀

[@NateCerwinske]

Very good news haha!

[@MichaelRuiz3]

Good job.. but you definitely do Not need pre-workout for CrossFit.

[@NateCerwinske]

Learned the hard way haha

[@joseleandro7138]

Have you ever done the murph workout before??Hahahah

[@NateCerwinske]

I haven’t ! I should try it this year

[@ogkidda7]

Yessir😂

[@NateCerwinske]

Give it a try bro haha

[@Onemattressatatime]

CrossFit hardest workout I ever done

[@NateCerwinske]

On a diff level!

[@onemanswrld405]

The mogger gets mogged by his own mogginess? Now this will be interesting!

[@NateCerwinske]

I got mogged on on every level 🫣🤣

[@therealforestelf]

I probably would've needed 28 minutes just for the t2b thing oO I also can't throw a ball for the life of me lmao - I srsly can't imagine how anyone would not go puke after murdering themselves in 14 minutes 🤢 I don't know, anything cardiovascular that isn't like super low intensity just gives me ♋ that stuff is actually insane, don't make your ❤ explode homie, take care!

[@NateCerwinske]

LMAO

[@xkarteraburr]

I thought I was the only one who puked with the toilet seat down 😅

[@NateCerwinske]

🤣🤣😭

[@TheMotoChick9]

Ex collegiate softball player here. Tried an open workout once after I got back into Olympic lifting. It was insanely hard and humbling. A lot of the top athletes take PEDs anyways. Will never be my cup of tea

[@NateCerwinske]

Yeah it’s probably a whole iceberg of itself just like weightlifting lol

[@tubelance]

“A lot” of the top athletes DO NOT do PED ‘s.

[@TheMotoChick9]

@@tubelance yes they do…..if you look at the stomachs of the top athletes, most of them look like turtle shells which is a side effect of Human Growth Hormone…..it’s called HGH Gut. It’s more noticeable with female athletes

[@tubelance]

Yeah that’s called working out 8 hours a day and eating clean. Your abs get totally ripped. As well as every muscle in your body. They are tested and most of them are just good people and wouldn’t cheat anyway.

[@tubelance]

CrossFitters have blocky, bloated abs for two reasons. They perform powerful, dynamic movements with extremely heavy weights which builds a thick and stable core. And, the high-intensity nature of the training style encourages calorie burning and fat loss meaning the abs are visible.

[@Ashybear10]

Your rowing was good! Sub 3min? 😮

[@NateCerwinske]

A bit too fast !

[@deano9955]

Please get back into weightlifting my stud.

[@deano9955]

I am from Australia 🇦🇺 Know you are motivating people from the other side of the world.

[@christiandavis852]

Dude you’d be great at CrossFit if you were consistent!

[@NateCerwinske]

might try it out!

[@magicmatt1969]

crossfit will diappear from the planet eventually

[@NateCerwinske]

😳

[@magicmatt1969]

crossfit is not a sport, its like a weekend camping trip compared to an all out winter camp aka powerlifting, strongman, etc

[@patrickpiazza5482]

Give this one a shot and get back to us on that!

[@federicobianchini5123]

Good job💪💪💪💪

[@jojorabbit811]

@Nate if you need a CrossFit Gym for any other Open workouts CrossFit Raidho in mesa would be happy to have you.

[@NateCerwinske]

For sure! Thank you for the hospitality 💪🏽🙏🏽