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Danny Amon

@thedannyamon

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25 years of lifting and still having fun. I post hikes, random lifts, and a few odds and ends as a 40-something in his prime.

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I waited two years for this one, and this was immensely gratifying.

After a…bathroom emergency…at 14000 feet in 2024 forced me to bail on the sawtooth traverse and sprint back to the parking lot, I needed to redeem myself with the mountain I’d been dreaming about since the previous year.

Came prepared, hiked like a madman with @cwheels_97, and loved every minute of my time in this incredible place. My first class 3 sure was one to remember.

Car to car in 9.5 hours, and The Narrows didn’t look bad in person. Hardest part was trying to eat 750g of carbs the day before without causing massive GI distress 🤣.

#fit #fitfam #14er #14ers #14ersofcolorado #14ersummit #longspeak #class3 #hike #hiking #getoutside #outdoors #adventure #climb #climbing #rockscramble #summit #view #beauty #nature #gym #lift #crosstraining #weightlifting #cardio #endurance #fitspo #instafit #denver taken in Longs Peak by @thedannyamon

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a year ago

This is a tiny facsimile of this hike and how truly enjoyable it was, but it’s a good highlight reel. My second 14er was a gem, and it was a privilege to climb it in such a gorgeous day and with great company @dagriz85 @kisselmissile. Had to navigate some esophageal spasms 2/3 of the way up, but I always pack liquid antacid on long hikes these days 😎. Going to have to tame my summit fever if I’m going to step up to class 3s and higher elevations, but o can’t wait to try!
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#fit #fitfam #14er #14ers #14ersofcolorado #14ersummit #hike #hiking #getoutside #outdoors #adventure #climb #climbing #rockscramble #summit #view #beauty #nature #gym #lift #crosstraining #weightlifting #cardio #endurance #fitspo #instafit taken in Humboldt Peak by @thedannyamon

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3 years ago

Last weekend I took my first big step in what I imagine will be an increasingly stupid desire to climb higher and more sketchy mountains, and I’m totally ok with it 😎. Mount Massive was my first 14er and will always be one of the most uniquely cool feelings I’ll ever have. I went from a peak hike elevation of 7000 before this trip to a warmup on the Manitou Incline at 8700, overnighting at 10000, and finally slogging my way up around 14,429. It was as epic as the word demands and I imagined it would be. I’ll definitely be back for more next year, but I hope to hit some of the more interesting stuff on the east coast in the meantime. Climb on!
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#colorado #hike #hiking #wilderness #14er #mountains #mountmassive #woods #climb #climbing #gym #fitness #weightlifting #crossfit #fit #fitfam #instafit #instagood #vista #landscape #outdoors #beauty #cardio #elevation #mountainclimbing
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4 years ago

Mount Washington via Huntington Ravine (8/15/26).

Got off work at one and showered, then drove 9.5 hours to a Walmart in Gorham to car camp. I’ve been wanting to hike Mount Washington since I got to admire it from a lighthouse in Portland, Maine in 2018, and a chance conversation while climbing facilitated this type-2 adventure.

Huntington was an absolute treat! There’s some rock-hopping through a boulder field before you hit the real fun stuff, but I found it to be pretty fun itself, as far as those things go. The class 3 climbing was worth the trip…sustained enough to give you some time with it, some serious exposure at points, and pretty straightforward. It was the first experience my two young friends had with this type of hiking, and they did great! We also met a group of fellow greybeards that we went up the class 3 section with, and they were a great group of people. On the whole, this route was mostly empty and a nice alternative to the crazy crowds we saw on the way down Tuckerman.

Temperatures were great until we hit the ridge, then the high winds hit us pretty hard and gave a taste of winter. The summit is packed, but it’s nice to eat and go to the bathroom in a cozy shelter.

Round trip was 9 miles and close to 4500 feet gained, and it can take quite a while to get down with all the people. Fortunately for me, my appetite only disappears at high altitudes and I didn’t have a repeat of Crestone Needle…I even managed a two-mile trail run jog to the finish.

Oh, and I got to try New Haven pizza on the way home. Incredible hike, incredible friends, and another great day in the mountains. taken in Mount Washington by @thedannyamon

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2 months ago

Slideshow from Crestone Needle.

The original plan was to do the full traverse, but we wanted to be on Crestone Peak by 730 to beat the storms and were only at Broken Hand Pass by that point, for various reasons.

The adjusted plan to go to the Needle avoided a near 1000 foot descent that we’d have to regain, and as a bonus we got to summit the much cooler and more technical class 4 mountain.

My glycogen load the day before was around 600g carbs, which was ok, but my day of hydration/eating was abysmal at less than 1L of water and 100g of carbs. Everything in me was tapped by the time I descended, and I was only saved by forcing down gummy clusters, some caffeine, and tagging along with a cheery dude named Cade (shout out to you, big dawg).

14.5 miles starting partially down the 4WD trail, 5000 feet gained, car to car in under 11 hours. Annoyingly slow for our normal pace, but we did summit in about 5 hours.

I need to finally get myself on a timed system of hydration/carbs to help correct the errors here, but I’m profoundly happy that my 41-year-old body pushed through this and got me back just fine (despite being certain I’d get rhabdo 😂).

Next year: Capitol Peak! taken in Crestone Needle by @thedannyamon

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2 months ago

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4 months ago

Finally got one of those PRs that I knew was there, doing a clean and push press (+front squat for warmups) at 255. Just barely stayed a power clean, but it did the job.

Audrey tagged along for the end of the workout…that pull-up is coming soon!

#powerclean
#olympiclifting
#performancetraining
#athleticdevelopment
#strengthcoach
#barbelltraining
#girldad taken in York JCC by @thedannyamon

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10 months ago

Some highlights from our amazing family hike (technically on the last day of August, but who’s going to miss a chance to use this song?)

Audrey absolutely blew us away with her capacity on this one, managing all of the 3400 feet of vertical gain on her own and most of the 9.5 total miles.

A good lesson in planning for the unexpected, as the slower pace meant us getting to the car with about minutes of light left in the day. Emergency supplies are always good, just in case 😉.

This is a beautiful area and my second year hiking it, and it looks like I’ll be coming back again next year. Hopefully I can convince the ladies to do the same.
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#fit #fitfam #adirondacks #upstatenewyork #hikenewyork #giantmountain #hike #hiking #getoutside #outdoors #adventure #climb #climbing #rockscramble #summit #view #beauty #nature #gym #crosstraining #cardio #endurance #fitspo #instafit #fitkids #exercise #wellness taken in Giant Mountain by @thedannyamon

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a year ago

14er hike number 2 of the trip: Grays and Torreys via the class 2 Southwest Ridge.

10+ miles and 4000+ vertical feet gained, this one ended up being an absolute joy that I wasn’t quite expecting.

After some…questionable…food choices the previous day at Prost, my insides were howling at me during this one m. Someday I’ll learn that 5000 to 14000+ feet in a couple hours is already hard enough on my stomach and I’ll stop eating like a child before big hikes.

In any case, I was assuming this would be a similar walkup as the standard route, but right off the bat it slapped me around. My cardio was trashed from Longs, but my legs did at least feel great, so it became a mental slog from the very first steps.

The views passing the Chihuahua Lake area and climbing out of the valley to the southwest ridge were incredible, and we were able to make our own trail without seeing a single person on the hike beside us. The walk on the ridge abs final steep ascent through the talus field was really fun and much more difficult than I would have guessed, but my confidence was stupidly high after Longs.

I wouldn’t suggest losing your hiking partners, but my summit fever pushed me to the top before I even realized I had broken away from them. Great cell service saved me there, that’s for sure.

Both summits were packed, and I got to have a lot of fun conversations with hikers from all over the place, plus I remembered to get the better panoramas from my selfie stick this time.

All in all, this was a wonderful bookend to the weekend, and I even got to enjoy a quiet walk down the easy way after going solo. This route is a beautiful alternative to the heavily trafficked standard route, and I’d highly recommend it.

14ers 6/58…on to 2026!

#fit #fitfam #14er #14ers #14ersofcolorado #14ersummit #grayspeak #torreyspeak #graysandtorreys #hike #hiking #getoutside #outdoors #adventure #climb #climbing #rockscramble #summit #view #beauty #nature #gym #crosstraining #cardio #endurance #fitspo #instafit #denver #colorado taken in Grays and Torreys Peak by @thedannyamon

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a year ago

Still have a few more ell bees in me on power clean/push press, but I was a zombie today. I think this is technically a PR, though. Will probably deload next week in the last week of deficit, then go all out the following week. Happy to be semi-lean again, too.
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#weightlifting #oly #usaw #81kg #olympicweightlifting #cleanandjerk #squat #snatch #lift #gym #fitness #instafit #crossfit #yorkjcc #fitover40 #peopleslifts #dadbod #instagood #fit #rogue #atg #mobility #skinnyfat #beardpower #fitdad #thisis40 #girldad #gerd #friday #friyay taken in York JCC by @thedannyamon

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a year ago

Clean has definitely gotten better since I stopped trying to rip it off the ground like a deadlift and started being a little more patient. For the millionth time I’m ready for a PR attempt, but we’ll see how I feel lifting at a different gym while I’m traveling next weekend. Oh, and we’re on week 4 of gallons of snot, so breathing in the lift is mega annoying. Energy is good for almost four weeks deep into the summer cut, and I got way less fluffy this winter, so that’s cool.
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#weightlifting #oly #usaw #81kg #olympicweightlifting #cleanandjerk #squat #snatch #lift #gym #fitness #instafit #crossfit #yorkjcc #fitover40 #peopleslifts #dadbod #instagood #fit #rogue #atg #mobility #skinnyfat #beardpower #fitdad #thisis40 #girldad #gerd #saturday #bigsaturday taken in York JCC by @thedannyamon

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a year ago

Keeping on keeping on. Pretty clean until the last rep, as usual, but the jerk felt consistently better as it got heavier today, so that’s a win. Battling the old diet flu that comes with the first week of a deficit, so I think I can still put in some good attempts at a PR in the next few weeks.
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#weightlifting #oly #usaw #81kg #olympicweightlifting #cleanandjerk #squat #snatch #lift #gym #fitness #instafit #crossfit #yorkjcc #fitover40 #peopleslifts #dadbod #instagood #fit #rogue #atg #mobility #skinnyfat #beardpower #fitdad #thisis40 #girldad #gerd #saturday #bigsaturday taken in York JCC by @thedannyamon

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a year ago