Thursday May 5

May 4th, 2016
by:

HeroMichaelBordelon1

Announcements

Specialty Classes Today – Beg. & Int. Olympic Lifting Class at 5:30pm.

Dragon Boat Racing – Saturday, June 11. (Non-mandatory practice on Sunday, June 5th). Sign up at FTX. Deadline to sign-up is 5/15. Talk to any of our trainers. Space is limited to 20 persons. $35 ea.

FTX CrossFit – Fire Team Challenge & Fundraiser – Saturday 6/18. More info and sign-up here. Sign-up for both event participation and being a volunteer.

Strength / Skill work

None today.

WOD

Hammer

Five rounds, each for time, of:
135/95 pound Power clean, 5 reps
135/95 pound Front squat, 10 reps
135/95 pound Jerk, 5 reps
20 Pull-ups
Rest 90 seconds

U.S. Army First Sergeant Michael “Hammer” Bordelon, 37, of Morgan City, Louisiana, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), based out of Fort Lewis, Washington, died on May 10, 2005, from injuries sustained when a car bomb exploded near him in Mosul, Iraq on April 23, 2005.

He is survived by his wife Mila; children Mike Jr., Jacob, and Johanna; mother Dolores; and sister Doreen Scioneaux.