Wednesday "JT" Hero WOD August 2/17
WHY WE DO HERO/HONOUR WODS
he·ro - noun
1a: a person who is admired for great or brave acts or fine qualities
1b: a person who is greatly admired
Honour
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high respect; esteem."his portrait hangs in the place of honor
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a privilege."the great poet of whom it is my honor to speak tonight"
Hero workouts - I understand them, I appreciate them, and I fully support them. It’s tragic that we need to continually add new Hero WODs to the CrossFit library, but sadly, the nature of global conflict, police work, EMS and firefighting will always be such that we lose good men and women, and with such loss, new hero WODs emerge.There is something magical and inspiring about the response to Hero WODs being posted on CF Indestri or the main site. People get charged up to perform a workout in honor of a person 99.9% of them likely did not know. They post their scores, their condolences, “RIP Brother” or “RLTW.” It’s an awesome display of community and support.When hero WODs come up, either on the main site or at your local box, they are often accompanied by a backstory. I have seen many CrossFit affiliate website as we do at Indestri, when they post “D.T.” or “Nutts” or some other hero workout, also post the details of the particular person for whom the WOD was named. This gives the athlete a little extra incentive to push harder during the workout as well as give a greater understanding of why.But to me this is why we do these...
Fallen but Never Forgotten
CrossFit’s Hero WODs are challenging tests of fortitude—but they also represent something greater, lets take a closer look at workouts created to honour our fallen. I am going to highlight a few that I know the story well enough to speak on. Most of these I read about in the journal. If you want to understand CrossFit better and on a deeper level then you must go back and start to read the journal.. (Link CrossFit Journal)
Case 1 ( of way to many)
Even after being knocked to his knees from a gunshot wound to his back, Murphy calmly sat back up, steadied himself and continued the call, knowing that it was the only way he might save his men. Once the call for reinforcements had been completed, he returned to the fight with an MH-47 Chinook helicopter on the way. Out running its escort of attack helicopters, the Chinook rushed into the battle for a daring daylight rescue. Attempting to set down in tremendously rugged terrain filled with hostile militia, the Chinook was hit by a rocket propelled grenade. The eight SEALs and eight Army Night Stalkers aboard were killed, leaving Murphy and his men to continue the fight. When the battle ended, Murphy and all but one of his men had been mortally wounded.
“Murph” was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his gallantry on June 28, 2005. Only one other serviceman has received the award while serving in Afghanistan.
Case 2:
The Hero workout McGhee, first posted on CrossFit.com on April 15, 2010, was submitted to CrossFit headquarters by Staff Sgt. Brendan Souder to honor his friend, Cpl. Ryan McGhee, after the Army Ranger was fatally wounded by small-arms fire while operating in Central Iraq.Myself as a friend of many EMS and Military personnel ( many of our coaches and members) It’s hard enough to wake up in the morning and find another Hero workout posted on CrossFit.com. It would be unimaginable to think of seeing the photo and name of a friend or loved one above that workout.
"CrossFit Hero workouts are just another expression of this sense of brotherhood, and they are uniquely suited to a unique community."
Every Hero workout has a special person behind it, and CrossFitters around the world struggle through the WODs in tribute to the deceased protectors.
Case 3.... My Case
I had a workout posted when my father passed away just a few years after my mother passed away. I was 36 and my son Q was a few months old. I wrote an honour wod a month or so later for them as I was looking for an outlet of grief and frustration. They weren't military or EMS or any kind of CrossFit regulated Hero, but to me they were my biggest hero's. I mentioned it to a few people that I was gonna do this workout and then that night I see it posted on a Saturday on Indestri's Website, I wasn't a coach or an owner.. I was just a member who was in need of an outlet, and there it was a listed as a Partner wod on a Saturday. Tyson said to me, "my parents were partners and it was fitting and a little sadistic to try alone" :)I went planning to do it by myself and to my surprise the gym was packed.. and I had no partner... then Brad McKean said "need a partner?" I barely knew him back then.. but he was right there and willing. We suffered through it, we finished last I think ... and after I left Indestri with many high fives and hugs, I got in my truck drove a block bawled my eyes out and laughed at the same time.. I did it because ...
- I rarely ever cry
- I needed to cry
- I was overwhelmed by the support of this community
- I laughed as I found it funny to be sitting in a car alone crying :)
Why am I telling you this?
I have lost a lot of things in my life.. BUT I have gained so much in return. For example, This community was gained and it re-enforced why I became a Coach and when I was deciding to buy Scott's shares of the gym it was what re-enforced my decision.So to me.. This is why we do, Hero/ Honour wods and it's a part of what makes CrossFit great, it's why the community is better then any other out there. The ability to come together to honour someone and for a moment maybe sympathize with the people who lost their loved ones, to be a community that understands, yes it is exercise, but it is more.When these wods show up on the blog ( like today) we step up and forget about our pain and pour someone elses it into the workout.The Hero workout is more than a test of physical ability. It bridges the gap between the body and the mind, emotion and experience, and gives us the chance to do more than just remember our heroes. It gives us the chance to sweat, bleed, suffer and grieve for our fallen heroes one rep at a time.Represent today..Stouty.
Wednesday August 2, 2017
Focus:
10 min EMOMOdd: HS Holds 30 secEven: HS Walk 20ft.
Hero WOD "JT"
In honour of Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jeff Taylor, 30, of Little Creek, VA who was killed in Afghanistan.
"My husband was a warrior and a man who believed his purpose in life was to defend the freedoms that each of us enjoy today." Erin Taylor
"JT"21-15-9 reps for time of:Handstand push-upsRing dipsPush-ups.Lvl 2 Fitness21-15-9 reps for time of:Pike push-upsBox dipsPush-ups.Lvl 1 Technique21-15-9 reps for time of:Seated Db PressBox dipsBox Push-ups.
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