CrossFit provides a method for a personal journey to constantly improve oneself physically, mentally, and spiritually. The intensity of the workouts often makes you question your physical and mental capacity. I heard Greg Amundson say that "The biggest improvement that CrossFit athletes experience is between the ears." The mind can allow us to achieve greatness or cause us to fail. There are only two ways to fail...quit or die.


Since starting CrossFit I have always had a deep appreciation for the Hero WODs. I grew up on various Military Bases as my Father served in the USMC as a helicopter pilot. I remember when we got the news of a helicopter crash involving his squadron while lifting off from a carrier off the coast of Okinowa. He lost good friends, most of which had their families living in Hawaii while they were deployed. I remember seeing these families pack up and move back to the mainland. I often wonder what happened to the children.


I was introduced to CrossFit by a fellow Police Officer back in 2005. "Fight gone bad" on my first day? Really Rochet? Well, I was hooked. "Murphy" came to be my favorite workout. I remember the days when every six months or so we would see a new Hero WOD. Now, I think it's almost three a month. I went to "Randy" Simmons funeral. (Hero Workout #10). I was a new SWAT officer myself at the time and was taken back at how he died. More so, I was incredibly moved by what type of man he was outside of law enforcement. He left two children behind that loved and admired their father. He led a group of inner city youth from his Church who were left without a great mentor.


My personal desire to become a better husband, father, and find some inner peace pushed me to find a way to appreciate life and honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice and to those left behind. Since opening my own CrossFit affiliate with my wife in 2009, I have missed completing many of the new Hero WODS. The Challenge I came up with for myself was to complete all the Hero WODs, as prescribed, in the order they were posted. To add to the challenge, I decided I would do one Hero WOD a day, six days a week, resting on Sundays. When I started the challenge there were 50 Hero WODS.

20110418

Monday - April 18th, 2011


U.S. Army First Sergeant Michael "Hammer" Bordelon, 37, of Morgan City, Louisiana, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), based out of Fort Lewis, Washington, died on May 10, 2005, from injuries sustained when a car bomb exploded near him in Mosul, Iraq on April 23, 2005.

He is survived by his wife Mia; children Mike Jr., Jacob, and Johanna; mother Dolores; and sister Doreen Scioneaux

First posted April 17th, 2011





Hero WOD #54 since February 14th, 2011

"Hammer"

Five rounds, each for time of:
135 pound Power clean, 5 reps
135 pound Front Squat, 10 reps
135 pound Jerk, 5 reps
20 Pull-ups
Rest 90 seconds

Times: 1.57, 2.17, 2.43, 2.57, 3.54 (Total time 19 minutes 51 seconds)


I felt another new Hero WOD coming.  I finished my Hero WOD Challenge on Friday.  Saturday was a main site rest day and this one came up on Sunday.  On Saturday I did a SealFit workout which consisted of three rounds of: 30 hand release push ups, 30 squats, 30 KB swings (1.5 pood), and a mile run while wearing a twenty pound vest.  Sunday is always a rest day so I did this one first thing this morning.  I'm thankful for the extra rest day because my hands were torn up from the 180 pull ups on Thursday.  It was bitter sweet to see this WOD come up.  I have come so custom to doing a Hero WOD that I didn't know what Monday would bring.  I'm glad I could spend my Monday morning honoring this Hero and his Family.
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