Today we’ve got a Hero WOD in honour of Luke Tamatea. We’ll have a modified option for the farmers carry with kettle bells. Just one class at 4.45pm
WOD ‘Tama’
800m Single-arm barbell farmers carry (20/15)
31 Toe to bar
31 Push up
31 Front squat (42.5/30)
400m Single-arm barbell farmers carry (42.5/30)
31 Toe to bar
31 Push up
31 Hang power clean (60/42.5)
200m Single-arm barbell farmers carry (60/42.5)
Cpl. Luke Tamatea, 31, of Kawerau, New Zealand, was killed by a roadside bomb on Aug. 19, 2012, while serving with the New Zealand Defence Force in the Bamyan Province of Afghanistan. Tamatea was posted to 1st Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment and was serving his second tour in Afghanistan at the time of his death.
He was an avid CrossFit athlete and enjoyed body weight exercises and practicing farmers carries over long distances in preparation for Special Forces selection.
He is survived by his wife, Sarah Erb; and children, Kyla, Kaytlen, Nikita and Keira.
