Drew
For time:
Kraus
200-meter run
30 pull-ups
30 hand-release push-ups
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Scott
400-meter run
25 pull-ups
25 hand-release push-ups
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Good
600-meter run
20 pull-ups
20 hand-release push-ups
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Cully
800-meter run
15 pull-ups
15 hand-release push-ups
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Night Stalkers
269 box step-ups
Perform the full workout with a weight vest.
Each round honors one of the Night Stalker Heroes, who died in a helicopter crash on Sept. 17, 2025.
♀ 1.5x bodyweight deadlift, 14-lb vest, and a 20-inch box
♂ 1.5x bodyweight deadlift, 20-lb vest, and a 20-inch box
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Stimulus and Strategy:
Today, we have a Hero workout in honor of Chief Warrant Officer 3 Andrew “Drew” Gunnison Cully, 35, of Ozark, Missouri, and the legendary Night Stalkers of C Company, 4th Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR). Cully died on Sept. 17, 2025, when his MH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a training mission near Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. He was serving with C Company, 4th Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) — the legendary Night Stalkers. Born May 12, 1990, in Springfield, Missouri, Cully graduated from Missouri State University, was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 2013, and advanced to captain. He later achieved CW3, served as an instructor pilot, earned a master’s degree, and was selected for the elite 160th SOAR. He is survived by his wife, Layne, and children, Lennox and Abbott.
Each section of this workout honors one of the heroes who died in that helicopter crash. As with many Hero workouts, this workout is a long grind and is more about the effort and your mindset than the scoreboard. The pull-ups and push-ups are challenging, but each movement should not take longer than 1:30 to complete on any round. The deadlifts are intended to be moderately heavy, where 4 reps can be completed consecutively. Try to complete Kraus in under 5 minutes, Scott in under 6 minutes, Good in under 7 minutes, Cully in under 8 minutes, and the step-ups in under 15 minutes.
Intermediate option:
For time:
Kraus
200-meter run
20 pull-ups
20 hand-release push-ups
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Scott
400-meter run
15 pull-ups
15 hand-release push-ups
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Good
600-meter run
10 pull-ups
10 hand-release push-ups
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Cully
800-meter run
5 pull-ups
5 hand-release push-ups
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Night Stalkers
269 box step-ups
♀ Bodyweight deadlift, no weight vest, and a 20-inch box
♂ Bodyweight deadlift, no weight vest, and a 20-inch box
Beginner option:
For time:
Kraus
Run/walk 1:00 away from the gym, then back
20 jumping pull-ups
20 hand-release push-ups from knees
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Scott
Run/walk 1:30 away from the gym, then back
15 jumping pull-ups
15 hand-release push-ups from knees
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Good
Run/walk 2:00 away from the gym, then back
10 jumping pull-ups
10 hand-release push-ups from knees
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Cully
Run/walk 2:30 away from the gym, then back
5 jumping pull-ups
5 **hand-release push-ups **from knees
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Night Stalkers
150 box step-ups
♀ Challenging but manageable deadlift load, no weight vest, and a 20-inch box
♂ Challenging but manageable deadlift load, no weight vest, and a 20-inch box
Resources:
Running | Position Drill
The Kipping Pull-Up
The Hand-Release Push-Up
The Deadlift
The Box Step-Up
Jumping Pull-Up Progression
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- no vest
- 205# DL (unbroken)
26:20
Today I don’t have sufficient energy to complete this Wod.
Headache hit me in the run 😭😖
25/20/15/10 kipping pull ups
25/20/15/10 push ups hands release
Deadlift @120kg (1,5 BW)
Run m 200/400/2:30/1:30 (headache hit me)
Stop it. No BOX STEP set up.
Run as RX
Strict thin banded pull-ups
Hand release push-ups
Body weight DL - 55kg
Finish with 269 box step-ups
34:30
205 DL
treadmill
20lb DB on step ups
Ran on air runner
Had to stop 4 min do to cramps during last run lol
285 lb DL
No vest
6:19, 7:25, 8:51, 9:09, 16:25
M/56 👨🏻🦳
Intermediate @100 kg
4:12; 4:55; 5:28; 6:32; 16:30 = 37:37
Intermediate, 45# dbs for push-ups & deadlifts, 25 minute cap
49 step ups
RR-135#-no vest
No weight vest
49:59
120kgs DL - no weight vest - 20 inch box
56:57
M 55/210/6’
Intermediate scale on the reps, didn’t wear a vest.
deadlifts @#225.
39:44.
39 / M / 5'9" / 144lbs
No vest, 50lb dumbbells deadlifts, 22" box
Kraus 200-20-20-4: 5:27
Scott 400-15-15-4: 7:12
Good 600-10-10-4: 8:17
Cully 800-5-5-4: 8:23 (seems dubious... maybe only ran 600m?)
Night Stalkers: 20:09
Total including rest: 51:28
Deadlifts were too easy, but carrying the dumbbells to the park and back made up for it...
36:17 not Rx. The named WODs without a vest. I harbor enough ankle and shoulder injuries to even own a vest. 4:33/5:22/5:57/6:10. Runs at a moderate pace. Pull ups: 12-10-8/12-8-5/12-8/15. Probably didn't need 3 sets in the round of 25. Pushups all 5s. DL @ 255lb which is not Rx either. They felt really heavy nonetheless. Step ups with a 20lb DB in a backpack. Held a good pace and finished in 12:15. Some body parts thought it was Chad and started cramping, but we negotiated for it to happen at a later time.
26:40 scaled a bunch
No weight vest
225lb
Reduced pullups and pushups by 5 each round
Ran about half distance
130 stepups 20"
John (37:24)
* Kraus: 4:51
* Scott: 5:29
* Good: 5:49
* Cully: 6:36
* Night Stalkers: 12:39
Rx
265lbs
20lbs vest
71:01
RXD with #20 weight vest
41:53
Scaled to intermediate
but only 100 step ups
35:45
m/56/180
For my notes
done after boxing class
400 800 1200 1600 bike
vest 9Kg box 60cm bar BW kipping pull up
41:40
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
M/34/170
RX 36:27
20# Vest
255# DL
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
36:57
RX 48:40 albeit with a recovering knee injury…
*No vest and 225 deadlift
50:41 RX
49:21
Deadlifts @ 130kg
Intermediate option:
For time: 41 min total
Kraus
200-meter run
20 pull-ups
20 hand-release push-ups
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Scott
400-meter run
15 pull-ups
15 hand-release push-ups
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Good
600-meter run
10 pull-ups
10 hand-release push-ups
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Cully
800-meter run
5 pull-ups
5 hand-release push-ups
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Night Stalkers
269 box step-ups
♂ 100kg deadlift, no weight vest, and a 20-inch box
Drew
For time:
Kraus
200-meter run
30 pull-ups
30 hand-release push-ups
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Scott
400-meter run
25 pull-ups
25 hand-release push-ups
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Good
600-meter run
20 pull-ups
20 hand-release push-ups
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Cully
800-meter run
15 pull-ups
15 hand-release push-ups
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Night Stalkers
269 box step-ups
♀ 1.5x bodyweight deadlift, 14-lb vest, and a 20-inch box
♂ 1.5x bodyweight deadlift, 20-lb vest, and a 20-inch box
FOR TIME 1: 04:46 minutos
Descanso, 30 segundos
FOR TIME 2: 05:10 minutos
Descanso, 30 segundos
FOR TIME 3: 06:05 minutos
Descanso, 30 segundos
FOR TIME 4: 06:37 minutos
Descanso, 30 segundos
FOR TIME 5: 21:38 minutos
tiempos de ronda
R1 | 04:45 |
Tiempo restante: 00:01
195 lbs deadlifts
30:00
40/M/205
60:17 Intermediate
160lb DL
No weight vest
100 step ups
44:35
Scaled strict pull up
47:50
225 DL
48:33 RX
Accidentally did box step overs instead of step ups because I read it wrong
300lb deadlift
no vest
55.17
245 DL
42:16
The goal was to not give up, as with any Hero WOD. 🫡
Intermediate 41:17
4:54/5:36/6:21/6:33/17:57
No Vest
Pull ups
20'' Box
Push Ups On Knees
Deadlift 155 Lb
No Vest
Pull ups
20'' Box
Push Ups On Knees
Deadlift 155 Lb
blue band pullups
sub equal distance row for run
intermediate
only 150 step ups
35:07
Beginner
Jumping Pullups (16" box)
All pushups on toes
Deadlift 125lbs
DL @ 175lb
box step ups took 13:45
Rx 41:51
20lb vest, treadmill at 1%, 345lb DLs
4:20, 5:33, 6:32, 7:02, 15:42
41:09 total 🫡
Great job, and heavy!
Will honor these Hero's on Sat
to give it the proper effert and time they deserve.
Practiced Snatch Balances
Nice, Mike, looking forward to seeing the result!
Rx 42:00
295# DL
20# vest
RIP to the fallen Night Stalkers
Rx’d: 37:47, DL @ 265#
Rd 1 ≈ 4 min., Rd 2 ≈ 5 min., Rd 3 ≈ 6 min., Rd 4 ≈ 7.25 min., Step ups ≈ 14 minutes
M/ 173#/ 42.75+y/ 68”
Hell yeah, bro!
Nice CN!
RX: 42:11 with no vest and 16in step up. #225 DL
RXd in the garage gym this morning. 295 lb Deadlifts.
”Kraus” = 4:16
”Scott” = 5:40
”Good” = 6:03
”Cully” = 7:00
”Night Stalkers” = 14:12
38:45
With honor. This was an absolute grinder of a Hero workout especially those 269 step ups at the end. Glad I double checked them before I started, was about to do them to 24". Picked a bad time to do heavy legs on the previous days "rest".
*total time includes rests.
Awesome job, James!
Great work, JG
Excellent!
Around 40' min.
DL rx+ 120kg
Strict pull ups (20,15,10,5)
Deadlift BW +25lbs (185)
No weighted vest
44:02
sub row for run
20
10 (5 banded)
10 banded
5 banded
no change to HRP
No Change to DL
270 (1 for the Airborne Ranger in the sky)
total time: 44:40
Nice sentiment with the extra rep!
Intermediate but subbed rows for runs. 250m/500m/750m/1000m.
175 lbs deadlifts. Step ups might have only been 18”. No vest.
M/44/175 lbs
Intermediate with jumping Pullups. 265 deadlifts. Body weight 265. 48:20. My first hero workout. Can’t wait for more. Good job everyone
Kraus
200 m run
20 jumping pull-ups
20 hand-release push-ups
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Scott
400 m run
15 jumping pull-ups
15 hand-release push-ups
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Good
600 m run
10 jumping pull-ups
10 hand-release push-ups
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Cully
800 m run
5 jumping pull-ups
5 hand-release push-ups
4 deadlifts
Rest 30 seconds
Night Stalkers
150 box step-ups
20” box / 125 lb for deadlift
29:20
No vest, Rx bar (225lbs) and rep scheme, 44:35
49:43
Rx’d
245-lb Deadlift
56 yo M/ 5'9"/ 147 lbs
7 mile run 1:02:29
rest approximately 90 minutes then
49:05
in a 20 lb vest
rowed the meters instead of running them
deadlifts with 220 lbs
Awesome Quinn
Runs as Rxd, jumping PUs, Rx HRPUs, DLs@-145# - 16 inch step ups*
Wore 20# PC for entire duration
29:51
*left knee still not ok, but will never miss an opportunity to honor fallen soldiers in my small way, as able. This hits especially close because of Mr. BG & my Missouri roots.
Rest easy, with respect & gratitude to all who serve & those who love them.
Well done, well said
Excellent work, and well said, BG!
Great work getting it done, and under 30min!
Deadlift 130 kilos
Gilet lester 9 kilos
Intermediate with kipping pull-ups, strict hand release push-ups
125# deadlifts
Scaled to 150 - 15” box step-ups
Time 54:21
Great work!
Awesome!
36:52
Nice job, Luis!
Awesome!
Really wanted to honor this crew today, but the back had a big vote, so…
250m row
4 pull-ups (first vote)
30 HR push-ups
4 DL, 195#
500m row (second vote)
25 HR push-ups
4 DL
269 BSU
25:10
63/5’8”/160
Total respect to the 160th and peace to these soldiers’ friends and families.
I think the real goal is honoring their legacies with hard work & your mods accomplished that! Way to work around what's not working! Strong as always, Jim!
Way to adapt and put in the work when parts of the body aren’t working so well!
Good job pushing thru, JR
Great!
Weight vest for just the step ups
56M
37:37 intermediate
165# DL/20” box
M 53/78kg/175
RX
51:13min. resting time included
Kraus 5:43
Scott 7:42
Good 9:00
Cully 9:21
Night Stalkers 15:27
10 kg vest included of course
Fantastic!
Thanks Favo K!
RXd 50min
Beginner option:
For time:
For time: 3:10,3:00,2:55,3:12,6:48
165 lb dead lifts 12" box
200 Single unders for run
Lunges for step-ups
Rx-
225# for DL (roughly 1.2x BW), otherwise Rx
46:39
Hero WOD so screw the timer, do the work. However, I knew Rx DLs were not going to be a thing as soon as I got out of bed this morning (the back was in no mood for it), so did what I thought would be safely sustained at the end of warmup. The call to wear the plate carrier was made at the end of warmup as well. Gonna feel this later.
With gratitude. RIP brothers.
What Chance said. Way to show up.
That's awesome, Lincoln! Great work! Your back & my knee can file complaints together tomorrow, or later today!
Excellent, brother
I’ll do everything for these heroes
Nice work!
man, i miss OG CrossFit.
You mean like this workout?
This one seemed pretty OG to me. Just my perspective, no judgement.
that's a workout to remember 💪
On vacation. Limited equipment. No vest. Modified by subbing
- pull ups : bent over DB rows @ 35#
- 1.5x BW deadlifts : 8 reps of deadlifts @ 110#
- runs were outside around the tennis courts nearby. Used Strava to track distance.
- step ups were on an 18” bench, according to my phone lol
Time 34:44
Way to get this one in even on holiday!
Intermediate 34:30
16" box and wore 20lb vest for step up portion only. 130 lb deadlift
Well done!
Kraus 5:53
Scott 6:30
Good 7:57
Cully 8:55
Night Stalkers 13:80
51;52
Vest x
rx/kraus 5:30
scott 6:40
good 7:55
cully 9:05
269 box step ups 18:36
46:30
4:42- 5:14-5:14-5:03 total time 22:03 then steps 20:56 for the steps
41:08 total
Warm up of double under and light barbell complex 65# 2 rounds
Rx 31:25
*With a 20lb. Weight Vest
*Deadlift at 250lbs.
*Bodyweight = 165lbs.
”Kraus” = 3:11
”Scott” = 3:55
”Good” = 4:59
”Cully” = 5:20
”Night Stalkers” = 12:00
Rest in Peace Night Stalkers!
**I performed this workout earlier this afternoon. Since I’m an Affiliate Owner I have access to CrossFit Affiliate Programming and I looked ahead to tomorrow’s WOD to do it early.
Incredible! I question sometimes whether or not you are human.
I can’t believe the times you put up, as strong as you are. And I can’t believe the weights you put up, as light as you are. Another eye-popping performance.
Tempos de atleta elite, mas nunca vi em nenhum evento de elite 😮💨
Clearly leading by example at they affiliate! Another great one in the books!
*that