"Joshie"

In honor of Army Staff Sergeant Joshua Whitaker, 23, of Long Beach, CA who was killed in Afghanistan May 15th, 2007.First posted 22 December 2007

Copied from the CrossFit main page:
"A "Hero" WOD is an event. Each one. Every time they come up, whether they are new or not. These WOD's are special. WE should treat them as such. This is what I wrote when "Joshie" was introduced.

'Another "Hero" WOD. Another knot in the stomach. Another pain, that nauseous feeling that comes with the posting and the reading, unavoidable and untreatable. Another "Hero" WOD.
For some reason the appearance of "Badger" the other day had a lasting effect on me; it stuck with me for a couple of days (the posting, not the WOD from which I'm still recovering). And now "Joshie" arrives and I am nearly doubled over, alone at my computer, alone chez Bingo save for the pet menagerie.

We celebrate primarily the Special Forces heroes here at CF, but what I couldn't shake was all of the other heroes I've read about, regular forces, grunts, jarheads, and swabbies. The soldier killed by the IED; the marine killed by the suicide bomber; the troubled soul, son of a special forces father, lost and unable to find himself who took his own life. I couldn't, and can't, shake the feeling that there is really no way that I can adequately express my gratitude, my respect, my awe for the contribution that these men and women who we have lost, their brothers and sisters now serving, and their predecessors (like my Dad) make and have made."
Man...another "Hero" WOD...Comment #28 - Posted by: bingo at December 21, 2007 6:04 PM'

Ditto...I couldn't have said it better.

WOD 2/21/09:
Completed three rounds for time of:
30 pound Dumbbell snatch, 21 reps, right arm
21 Pull-ups Pull-ups-gravitron 70# assist
30 pound Dumbbell snatch, 21 reps, left arm
21 Pull-ups-gravitron 70# assist
Six rounds of 21 reps: hanging leg raises
Total time: 33:33




Did the WOD with my brother-in law Jeff, it was awesome having a partner run through the WOD with me. Big props for joining in...He scaled it back since it was his first experience with CrossFit, but he went to the main site and liked what he saw. Hopefully he'll get a sip of the Kool-Aid :)



My pull-ups brutally SUCKED today from the pull-up progression WOD I made up yesterday; the reason why I hate missing WOD’s! You NEVER know what will come tomorrow, though I look forward to it daily!

It was an honor doing the Hero WOD; with sincere gratitude Joshie, Thank You.