Wednesday, 5/2/2012

Today is a hero WOD!  This Marine is a hero in every way possible.  I encourage all to read the story through the link on this post!  These are the men who fight every day!  These are the men who allow us to enjoy the freedoms we do so every day!  Please read his story and then give this workout everything you have, and do so knowing how lucky you are just to be doing so!

http://www.forcerecon.com/1stLt-Travis-L-Manion.htm

Warm up:  Choice

Strength: None

WOD:  "MANION"
              SEVEN ROUNDS FOR TIME OF:
              -RUN 400M
              -29 BACK SQUATS 135# / 95#

POST TIME AND GET AFTER IT!

First Lieutenant Travis Manion, 26, of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, assigned to 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based in Camp Pendleton, California, was killed by sniper fire on April 29, 2007 while fighting against an enemy ambush in Anbar Province, Iraq. He is survived by his father, Colonel Tom Manion, mother Janet Manion, and sister Ryan Borek.