Cant wait to rip this up tomorrow

The Black Keys make thrusters bearable...barely. Way to press on, Adrian! RIP, 1LT Martin.

Very interesting how he tackled the muscle-ups. I cannot begin to imagine how difficult it was to do each one with no momentum at all.

shouldn't this be 07/10/14 in keeping with Lt. Martin's death on the 14th day of the 10th month of 2007? hate to nit-pick but it seems "off"...

If the goal is to calibrate workload, approximately the same amount of weight would be moved by doing 10 thrusters with 170 pounds. I think I will do that (and yes it will probably hurt a bit more)

Female/15 years old/142#/5'2"

Did an easy little WOD this evening (traveling all day):
2 RFT:
3/4 mile run, 25 HR push ups, 50 sit ups
12:11

Wonderfully horrible hero WOD. All of these movements are weaknesses of mine. I'll be doing a lot of strict pull ups and dips on Monday (Sunday is my rest day.) Tom, I say a prayer for you and your family. Your goodness and selflessness are greatly admired and apreciated by so many.

Rough,

Thomas Martin, not forgotten

Good subs for thrusters?

The invitational was amazing. Great competition. Very entertaining

Excellent work Boz!!

It's a throwback watching him perform.

Scaled/modified for my cobalt chromium knee
AMRAP in 25 minutes of:
3:1 pull-ups/dips
75 pound Thruster, 11 reps
14 Knees to Elbows
3 complete rounds
M/55/6’/200
RIP Brother In Arms

Well done brother, be thou at peace.

You are never forgotten.

RIP Brother. RLTW.

Thanks Tom! Never forgotten. Plan to hit this tough WOD tomorrow. Best wishes to your family Sir

MJ

Praying for you Captain Erika Noyes, keep bringing our son's home, your fiancé is waiting for you in heaven. God bless you and the Third Combat Aviation Brigade.

Gar

M/29/136#

Sub'd bar muscles ups and 50kg/110# thruster

3 rounds + 5 muscle ups

Strong work, Boz!

R.I.P. Lt. Martin.

R.I.P. Brother

Tom, you handsome fellow! Think of you every time I see Calvin & Hobbes.

Get Hard, Stay Hard, Go Circus. See you on the other side.

R.I.P. Lt. Martin.

AMRAP in 20 minutes of:

7 jump pull-ups.
115 thruster, 11 reps.
14 leg raises.

4 rounds + 7 reps.

Great work, Boz!

Sub 135# thrusters
4 rounds

3 times… with some subs…

M/26/5'11''/180lbs
4 RNDS + 11 Toes to Bar (All Rx'd)

5 Rds + 7 muscle ups
scaled thruster to 115#
muscle-ups in garage, thruster/T2B in basement

Nice reflection piece on the essence of the hero wods, Boz. Thanks. Love that timer, where's it from?

Sunday musings...

1) Amanuensis. The ultimate resume padding.

FWIW, I use one every day.

2) Libertinage. Oh, those crazy Frenchmen! Brings a whole new perspective to the vetting of candidates for higher office.

FWIW, I've never been to one.

3) Truth. Always tell the truth. How many times have you heard that? Come on, admit it...your Mom drilled that into you from the time you could understand anything more complex than a full diaper.

"Always tell the truth because then you don't have to try to remember which lie you told to whom." "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?" "You can't HANDLE the truth!" It all seems so simple, doesn't it? Tell the truth. There's merit to this, as there is in most of what your Mom taught you, but it's probably more accurate and actionable to remember this the other way she taught it: "don't lie."

Turns out, the world is a little less blackandwhite and a little too grey to hew quite so closely to Mom's dictum. At least when it comes to something very personal for some other person. Remember the Jim Carey movie "Liar, Liar"? Sometimes the truth is really rather painful and telling it might be more than just a bit cruel. Especially if you don't HAVE to tell it, when you can allow kindness to trump a truth that doesn't need to be played.

"Do these pants make me look fat?" QED.

4) GPS. This parenting gig is hard, man. Mentoring and coaching? They're pretty tough, too. It's that journey vs. destination thing, I think. You know, "it's not the destination but the journey that counts", or some variation of that. I call BS on that, and I'll bet you do, too. The destination DOES matter. Eventually ya gotta just get there, wherever there happens to be, and whenever eventually happens to, well, happen.

That's what makes those gigs--parent, coach, mentor--so tough. It all matters, destination AND journey, and the more you care about your child, athlete, or student the more they matter to you. Which is the more important though? For you as the parent, coach, or teacher I mean.

Two children from two different families set out to climb a mountain, journeys observed by parents who are involved in the planning and execution of these odysseys. Child and parent agree that achieving the summit is the goal, that having done so signifies success. All are aware that there is a well-established route to the peak, a direct path that offers a predictable and timely arrival with a high likelihood of summiting.

Both parents encourage their children to take this easier route; neither child does so. Both children safely reach the peak. One parent rejoices for the goal has been achieved without injury, the other expresses disappointment because the path chosen did not conform to the parent's plan. The correct outcome occurred, but in this parent's mind the wrong process got them there, and for this there is no joy.

This parenting, coaching, mentoring thing is hard, man.

Here's one man's take, for whatever it might be worth. Goals are important; destinations matter. There should always be one, a goal, a destination, programmed into that little GPS of life we all carry around for ourselves and for those we guide. And just like the GPS we use on our real-life travels, that little "life GPS" contains not only the most direct, quickest route to the destination, it also contains within a nearly limitless number of alternate routes, all of which will eventually deposit our traveller at that same destination.

We parents, coaches, or mentors are kinda like the voice in the GPS. Do we scold when the driver misses a turn ("take an immediate U-turn..."), or do we simply recalculate the route and plot a new course from a different direction? My bid is that we do the latter, that we behave like a "GPS+" that not only re-calculates the route but does so with an eye not only on the destination but also on choosing the safest route available from wherever that new launch point might be. You see, I think the journey DOES matter, but the only thing that should really matter about the journey to us, the parents/coaches/mentors, is that it be safe. "You have arrived at your destination" should be accompanied only by high-fives.

And maybe a tiny sigh of relief.

I'll see you next week...

10x2 speed deadlifts with heavy band @ 100kgs

1 min skipping between each set

Rest 5 mins then

Modified WOD Rx'd weight.

1 round in 14 mins.

Couldn't do any more muscle ups due to sore elbows so I called it a day.

I wish could have pushed through in your honor, but I have it all I had to give today. RIP.

Thanks for posting the video. I workout in my basement/garage with a low ceiling, and never thought of muscle ups from the ground.

m/33/5'10"/170

4 rounds + 4 thrusters at 115 pound

thrusters knock me down

rest in peace tomas

As rx'd 4 rounds. Hoped for 5. Muscle ups got me. RiP Tom.

2 Rounds + 1 Muscle-up (135 pound Thruster)

RIP 1LT Thomas M. Martin

2012-10-14: Sub: 2MU's/4X20#DB thrstrs/6T2B. 16rnds in 25mins.

RIP Tom

5 Rounds, Thrusters at 115 lbs.

Go Boz!

M/19/150

Sub: 3 pullups/3 dips= 1 MU, 95 lb thrusters

2 rounds + 7 MU and 5 Thrusters

M/19/150

Sub 3 pull ups/3 dips = 1 MU
95 lb thrusters

2 rounds + 7 MU and 5 Thrusters

m/42/5'8"/175

The only thing not modified today was the 25 min.
3 ring pullups/3 ring dips=1 muscle up
65 lb thruster
knees to elbows.

barely 4 rounds.
I'll do better next time Tom.

44/m/176cm/73kg

Muscle-ups from an L-Sit-position (low ceiling).
115# Thrusters

5 rounds + 5 MUs

Started with a 3:30 round and tried to maintain a slow but steady pace. MUs in singles, Thrusters 7/4, T2B 9/5 (round 1 unbroken).
Whole body tremor afterwards.

Rx'd
3 rounds

21 pullups/21 dips (sub'd)
155 pound Thruster, 11 reps
14 Toes-to-bar
2 rounds

4 rounds + 15 reps as rxd.

ran 1 mile
2 rounds in 25 minutes of:
3 dead hang pullups/3 dips x7
155# thruster x11
toes-to-bar x14
short chest work out

Very tough WOD, but i loved it!

did
7 bar muscle ups
135 lbs thruster
14 toes to bar

3 full rounds!

4 rounds

Sub-
Bar MU from Box
#75 lb thrusters

Great WOD RIP Tom.

RIP Lieutenant Martin.

5 rounds + 3 MU's

Subbed toes-through-rings for T2B. Really felt yesterday's weighted dips in my triceps at the top of the MU's.

135# thruster
Rings too low for stringing muscle-ups together nicely
TTB on rings (rings were also a bit too low for this)
Not much of a warm-up at all (first round served as warm up)

4 rounds + 7MU + 11 Thruster + 1 TTB

2 Hero WODs, a 5k and weighted dips in 3 days=everything hurts

135# thruster
rings for toes to bar
rings a bit low for mu and ttb

4rds + 7MU + 11Thr + 1 TTB

R.I.P... Will do my best on this WOD.

Musings in the filter 0715...

Did Nasty Girls instead: 14:40

R.I.P.

M/42/210 crossfit beginner
Subbed dips for muscle ups
95lb Thrusters
Toes to bar

6 rounds + 8 thrusters

RIP Brother.

Not as sore as i figured I'd be after my ruck yesterday...

Warmup: 400m jog, 1.5k row, stretch, dip wod from yesterday(35-44-44-44-53-53-53-62-62#)

10 min rest

Today's wod sub'd jumping bar MU's, and 122# thrusters. All else rx'd 3rds + 4JMU's

Cool down-jacob's ladder for 10min and more stretching.

RIP Tom

This was hard and brutal - a real hero WOD. I had to scale both MU and thrusters. For MU I did 14 pull-ups and 7 ring-dips. Thrusters scaled down to 110lb.

3 rounds + 14pu/7rd & 9 thruster.

Great workout! Harder than expected, and the thrusters drained the upper body because of the wod on Saturday and Friday.

RIP Thomas.

Fair winds and following seas on your journey, warrior!

5 rounds .7 muscle ups (40 kg
thrusters)

Age 15
136 pds

7 rounds as rx'd

36/M/168 lbs./67". 4 rounds with 7 muscleups and 5 thrusters. I realized after the third round that I had been doing 15 thrusters and 15 toes to bar so a little extra for me.

4 rounds + 2 MUs, 95lb thruster (14 Oct '12)

5+7mu (subbed bar mu for ring mu / scaled to 135#)

Scaled thrusters to 135#
2 rounds + 7 muscle-ups, 11 thrusters, 9 toes-to-bar

5 rounds......
And I will say that at least I got 5!!!!

M/23/180/5'10"

Scaled

15 chest to Bar pullups
11 thrusters #115
14 toes to bar

3 rounds in 25 minutes , but did another after just for fun

4 rounds !!!

Male 35 5'6/150lbs.
5 rds.
3:1 pullups/dips 100lb. Thruster
I collapsed at the end of my 5th round with a clown image in my mind. Great work-out in rememberence of a hero

Wow! For those of you doing this as prescribed -- you are amazing! This is a painful combo. Well, I subbed 3 pullups/ 3 ring dips for each muscle up. Haven't ever tried a muscle up yet because I don't have a higher mount yet and doing them like in the video looks REALLY hard. Subbed #115 for thrusters because I cannot do a #155 thruster.
All that and I got 2 rounds even. Well, I'm 40yo and have been doing this for a 1 1/2 months after being pretty out of shape, so I guess I'll work harder so I can suck less! :o) 3..2..1..go!

RIP Tom

3 rounds + mu + th + 8 ttb

Thrusters with only 75#. Haven't been squatting lately because of knees. All the rest as Rx'ed.

Fair winds and following seas, young Hero.

F/51/5'6/125
Scaled t 20 minutes
7 muscle ups assisted threw transition start from kneeling
11 thrusters 65#
14 toes to bar
4 rounds

4 pull ups/4 dips = 1 MU
Scale thruster to 46kg

Complete as many rounds in 25 minutes as you can of:
7 (4 pull ups/4 dips)
101 pound(46kg) Thruster, 11 reps
14 Toes-to-bar

2rd + 7(4 pull ups/4 dips) + 2 thruster

Dig the thoughts bingo. Good stuff for sure.

M/33/167/5'6

Complete as many rounds in 25 minutes as you can of:
Scaled 7 Muscle-ups - 3pu/3dip x7
Scaled 95 pound Thruster, 11 reps
14 Toes-to-bar

3 Rounds + 21 Dips/3 pullup

3 rounds RX'd

5rnds, 8 thrusters @ work.

Started and got interupted at work 1.1/3 rounds in. Started over about 1hr 45min later

adrian your garage seems to have a really high sealing you could probably do rope climbs. how can you not have somewhere to hang your rings. but I like how you subbed from your knees

M/77"/22/225lbs

4 rounds + 1 muscle up
as rx'd

5 rds 7 muscle ups... WILL DO BETTER NEXT TIME the whole time I was thinking about how tired I was and how bad it hurt not the sacrifice lt Martin gave!

Not how hard it has been for others just was selfish today and for that I apologize.

M/39/230/5'9"

3 full rounds @ 26:49. (@ 25:00 at #10 thrusters)
sub 155 bar for 65lb X 2 DB.

m/47/185

3 rds + 1 thruster

M/20/170/5'9"
4 rounds + 7 Muscle-ups
(135 pound Thruster, 11 reps)

M/21/5'11"/175#
4 round + 4 mu (as Rx)

Scaled to 95# thrusters everything else rx'd...First off have to say "Boz" is an animal! That being said 5 Rounds 1 muscle-up all kipping not strict at all..lol Good Times and Good WOD Felt good to get back in the flow with a Hero WOD..Respect!

M/18/6'4"/170

5 rounds + 7 chest-to-bars for Tom. Subbed chest-to-bars for the muscle ups and up-off-the-ground pushups for the thrusters.

Second Hero--my first ever WOD was a full Murph, which left me literally unable to move the next morning and sore for weeks. It was nothing comparatively, but I was glad to do it for him. God bless our heroes--past, present, and yet to come!

5 rounds + 9 thrusters

Subbed chest-to-bar pull-ups for muscle-ups
Scaled thrusters to 42.5kg

AMRAP 25 min if:
15 dips/pull-ups
40 lbs Trhusters 11 reps
14 toes to bar

4 rounds + 15 pull-ups/dips

Good wod! Hard and great fun!

21 pullup+21dips
155 thru 11
t t b 14

3rounds+15pullup15dips

3 rds + 7 MUs + 1 Thruster
PR first time
209lbs

Complete as many rounds in 25 minutes as you can of:
3:3 = 21 pull-ups:dips
75 pound Thruster, 11 reps
14 Toes-to-bar
Did 3 rounds & 12 pull-ups ....ouch

M/31/5'10/190
5 rds plus 2 toes to bar
Subbed 95 lb thrusters , recovering an acl replacement .

sub 145 thruster for 155. Otherwise, as rx'd.

4 rounds even.

Excellent demo wod - both technically and the thoughts on commemorating a hero by "celebrating life" with this physical test.

I am nursing a shoulder injury of some type so all the more reason to celebrate. the first 2 or 3 MUs took about as many minutes and were excruciatingly painful. Faster after that, either from improved form, endorphins, or shoulder loosening up.

RIP.

3 rounds, subbed 3:1 dips/pullups for muscle ups, 95lb thrusters

Sparta Lives!

Be thou at peace.

M/21/185cm/80,5kg

4 rounds + 2 muscle ups

subed 60 kg thrusters

Did muscle-ups just like in the movie, 'cause I have the same setu-up for my rings

As Rx' 5 rounds, +2 muscle ups. good workout.

As rx'd, 4 rounds + 2 Muscle-Ups.

Not sure why, but I came into today's WOD feeling tired and a little beat up, and it didn't get much better during the WOD. Was shooting for 5 rounds at the outset; 10 minutes in, I thought I would be pretty happy if I got 4. Thrusters were nasty, and muscle-ups are still a goat. Completely drained at the end - it was all I could do to get the last 2 muscle-ups.

subbed 7x chest to bar pullups & 11X#85 front squats.

Bum shoulder

5 rds

sub 3:3 pull up and dip

4 rds plus 21 pull up and dips
11 thrust

RIP brother

Rest easy brother.

M/30/155/5'9"
Rx'd 5rds, 7 MU
Too many cleans, too many rests from BW Thruster.

I've heard about crossfit through many friends and wanted to get into it, and I found this website so I didnt have to join an expensive gym. I'm pretty strong and thought I was in good shape... wrong. I did 6 terrible rounds of this workout today. I supplemented the muscle ups for standard pullups since I need to be able to do those for the military. Started at 10 each round and dropped to 7 each round. Started the thrusters at 125 and dropped it to 105 then 95! WEAK. And could hardly do 10 reps of the toes to bar per round. I'm convinced crossifit is badass!!

Did the 1st round using 155# and scaled the following 5 rounds to 145# thrusters, otherwise as prescribed.

Scaled (135lbs Thrusters)
4rounds+7

6 rounds rx'd!

0 rounds

M/35/5'4"/147lbs
Subbed 115lbs for thrusters
5 rounds plus 6 thrusters

absolutely brutal

MOD (4 pull ups, 4 ring dips = 1 muscle up)
115lb vs. 155lb thrusters

3 rounds

M/52/190lb

ouch!!!!

25 minutes
7 Muscle-ups (progression, kipping, rings 1.50m)
105 pound Thruster, 11 reps (47 kilos)
14 Toes-to-bar
4 rounds 7MU and 6 thruster.

Thrusters 5-5-5-5-5-5-5
135, 140, 145, 150, 155, 160, 165

Run 1 mile
7:07

asst'd MU's
95lb thrusters
4 rounds + 7 asst'd MUs

28 pull ups
28 dips
115 thrusters x 11
14 toe to bar

2 rounds plus pull ups and dips
finished round 3 at 30:15

Love the Boz footage!

M/22/5'11"/184

3 rounds + 2 MUs

failed on MUs in rd 3 so went to pullups to finish.

3 rds rx'd.

4 + 6 Toe-to-bars

Used 135# for thrusters

2 rds thn ripped pectoral at 16 min
Subbed 21 Pullups/dips for mu
All else rx

m/27/6'3"/240

subed 2 pullups and 2 dips for muscle ups

made it through 2 rounds and 9 thrusters.

5 rounds

#35 for thrusters
modified mu

15:00 of
5 Pull Ups
7 Dips
5 95# Thrusters
7 K's to e's

7 Total Rounds
Need to do 20 Minutes next time.

Day 169
M/45/6'0"/190

CFWU x 3

Subbed 3 pull-ups & 3 dips for each Muscle Up
Scaled weight to 115# for Thrusters
Toes to bar as RX'd

3 rounds + 4 Muscle-up subs

50/M/180
Sub'd
45 lbs thruster
7 PU's
7 Dips
14 knees to chest dip bar

Lame oh. First day back

50/M/180
Sub'd
45 lbs thrusters
7 PUs
7 Dips
14 knees to chest
6 rounds
Time to get back

m.32.69.175;

MOD (4 pull ups, 4 ring dips = 1 muscle up)
sub'd 95lb thrusters
toe-to-bar as rx'd

2X mu (4, 4 sub'd), thrusters, t2b's;
2X mu (4, 4 sub'd), thrusters, t2b's;
6 thrusters, t2b's rx'd;

~ 2.5 rounds;

M/26/205

4 rounds

14 dips/14 pullups per round for muscleups
155x1,145x1, 135x2 thrusters, kicked my A
11 toe to bars

M/26/205

4 rounds

14 dips/pullups per round
155x1, 145x1, 135x2 thrusters-kicked my A
11 toe to bars per round

2 Rounds/ 6 Muscle Ups RX.

3 rounds
subbed 135# thrusters

Stopped with 2:12 to go.

puked again, great work out

Sparta Lives! Rest in Peace brother.

5 MU's
10 thrusters at 95lbs
15 toes to bar

4 rounds

Can not string MU's together and can not get a good grip even though I use chalk....

subbed pull ups and box jumps for muscle ups and toes to the bar...got through 5 rounds and just started thrusters a sixth time when time caught up with me...
did 85lb thrusters

11 90lb thrusters
7 2:2 pullups/dips
14 K2E

5 rounds plus 3 2:2 pullups/dips

4 rds
tough workout

7 Jumping Muscle ups
11 55lb thrusters
14 K2E

5 rounds

Hands are killing me!! :)

4 rnds + 7 MU

As rx'd, 3 rds + 6 MU.
Thrusters very heavy, broken 6/5 1st set then 4/4/3.
MU started strong (7 unbroken), singles by the end.
Luke. Dodged another "business" proposal.

M/48/5'11"/234 I Served with the Cavalry when I was in the U.S.Army too. Brother Tom, Job well done! You and Your Family are not alone. May God Bless All of You!

3 rounds
110# thrusters
jumping muscle ups

as rxd @ HCHS

3 rnds + 3 mu

Gone but not forgotten Brother! Thank you and God bless everyone left behind!

Semper Fidelis!

bar MU
145# thrusters

4 rds + 4MU

We will remember Tom

7 Pull ups
7 Ring Dips
135# Thrusters
11 TTB

3 + 3 Thrusters

115lb thruster
3 rds

AMRAP in 8 Minutes of:
7 Knees to Elbows
11 Thrusters

Frankie 6 + 6 (35)
Mr. Murley 5 + 7 + 9 (20#)
Joyce 6 + 7 (15)
Mrs. Carey 6 + 7 + 6 (35)
Mr. Carey 6 + 7 (20#)
Wendy 3 + 7 (35)
Crystal 10 + 6 (12#)
Ricky 5 + 7 + 6 (35)
Jason 6 + 7 + 5 (65)
Jack 6 + 6 (75)
Kyle 4 + 7 (35)

No energy level today...

2 rounds

115 scaled thrusters

Not my best effort

7 Pull Up to chest
11 Thrusters 135#
14 Toes to Bar
3 Rounds

Scaled back to #115 thruster and they still slowed me down. MUs and T2B not too bad.
5 rounds. Could have put in 5 more MUs but when i looked the rings, and then at the clock, I just collapsed.

6 rounds
used 12kg dumbbells for thrusters
Done on balcony gym

M/36/5'11"/195

25 minutes:
7 pull ups
7 dips
11 95 lb. Thrusters
14 toes to bar

4 rounds + 7 dips

HS Rows 90x14, 180x11, 270x7

4 rounds

2 Rounds with Bar Muscle-Ups which were a real struggle for me for some reason.

m/42/160

4 rnds as rx'd

3 rounds and 4 thrusters
Muscle Ups subbed with CTB pull-ups and hand-release push-ups

m/38/5'9/170
CFWU-2. Superman. Row 500m.
3 rounds + MU & 5 thrusters.
Bad attitude w/thrusters. Tweaked back a little early on so that didn't help. Only 2's on thrusters w/pause at shoulders each time. Need to get to next rep instead of pausing. MU pretty broken after 1st round of 5+2. Mostly 2's.

3 sets + 7 dips

3 sets + 7 dips

4 rounds. used 60lb dumbells for thrusters

52/m/186

With all due respect to Lt. Tom Martin.

Scaled thrusters to #135, rx'd remaining. 3 rds +7.

RIP

very scaled

7 strict neutral grip pullup
7 dips
11 135# thruster
14 t2b

4 rounds + 1 pullup

m/41/5'8/240

4R + 2 MU (scaled) bar MU swinging forward from floor, 50k (70%) thrusters.