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.

20110414

Thursday - April 14th, 2011


U.S. Army First Lieutenant Todd W. Weaver, 26, of Hampton, VA, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillary Regimant, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assualt), based out of Fort Campbell, KY, died on September 9, 2010, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with a roadside bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

He is survived by his wife Emma, daughter Kiley, parents Don and Jeanne, and siblings Glenn, Adrianna, and Christina.

First posted March 18 2011



Day 52 of the Hero WOD Challenge

"Weaver"

Four rounds for time of:

10 L-pull ups
15 push-ups
15 chest to bar Pull-ups
15 push ups
20 Pull-ups
15 Push-ups

Time: 18 minutes 57 seconds


Paced the pull-ups from the very beginning.  Did the push-ups unbroken until the final set.  The first two rounds felt really good and for a moment thought I could speed up.  My goal was to complete the WOD under 20 minutes.  Another successful day.  It's tough enough to see the names of the children left behind but to see a picture of such a beautiful little girl is almost to much.  Just a reminder to those that aren't familiar with military personnel.  These are real men and women dedicated to real families.  Let us honor their service.  "It's not how they died that made them heros, but how they lived."
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