The WOD - THUR, 31MAY12

Memorial Day

"Heroes Week"

In recognition of Memorial Day, let us remember and honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice.






Warmup:



The Standard Warm-up used at Catalyst Athletics is a series of Dynamic Stretching Drills
that combined with the a modified version of the CrossFit Warm-up is a effecient and effective method for training prepartion.







The "official" CrossFit Warm-up is in the
April 2003 CrossFit Journal .


1-2 rounds of 5-10 reps of:

• Squat or Overhead Squat
  
• AbMat or GHD Sit-up
  
• Back-extension or Good Mornings
  
• Pull-up
  
• Ring Dip or HSPU
  

*Note that for a workout that's dip or pullup-centric, you might want to do something else in the warmup. Followed By: "SMALL"

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Marc Small, 29, of Collegeville, PA, assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), based in Fort Bragg, NC, died on February 12, 2009, from wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher and small arms fire in Faramuz, Afghanistan. He is survived by his father and stepmother, Murray and Karen, mother and stepfather, Mary and Peter MacFarland, and fiancee Amanda Charney. Three rounds of:

Row 1000 meters

50 Burpees

50 Box jumps, 24" box

Run 800 meters

OR

"CARSE"

U.S. Army Corporal Nathan B. Carse, 32, of Harrod, OH, assigned to the 2nd Engineer Battalion, 176th Engineer Brigade, based out of White Sands Missile Range, NM, died in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on February 8, 2011, from wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device.

He is survived by his mother Janis and sisters Megan Brown and Kristin Purdy.




21-18-15-12-9-6-3 reps of:

Begin each round with a 50 meter Bear crawl.

95/65# Squat clean

Double-under

185/130# Deadlift

24" Box jump