Hero Wods: their origin and which are the most famous
Sure if you do Cross Training Surely at some point you have heard of them. We tell you what is the origin of the Hero Wods, the Workouts more famous and with more stories of Cross Training, and the reason you have to do them.
What is the origin of the Hero Wods
When we talk about HEro Wods, we refer to Workouts that bear the name of fallen soldiers in combat in the United States. In many occasions the Workout In itself it is because it is a training that the soldier in question made, as for example occurs with the Murph, one of the most famous (we will see how it is later). And on other occasions the Wods They simply bear the name of a soldier for honoring his memory. The Cross Training have always had a very close relationship with the military world and also with the different security forces of a country, since in many occasions they prepare with this sports discipline. For that same reason, the wink of putting them began to gain strength when the company CrossFit He began to incorporate them into their programming in the early 2000s and since then they are included in the ‘benchmark CrossFit Workouts ’not only men have this type of Wods, women are also present. When they have a woman's name we refer to this type Workouts as Girls. One of its main characteristics is that they are Workouts Very hard and demanding. In most cases athletes usually repeat them to see evolution.
The Hero Wods and Girls more famous
There are hundreds of Hero Wods and Girls, here we tell you which are the 5 most famous and the ones that are usually done:
Murph
The Murph, as we have mentioned before, is one of the Hero Wods more famous. It honors a deceased military during the war in Afghanistan in 2005, so he is named. He 'rx'It would be with a Lotted vest 9kg for men and 6kg for women. This is the Workout: For time (for time); 1 career mile 100 Pull ups 200 Push ups 300 Air Squats 1 career mile
Grace
Grace is one of the Girls Wods more famous and what else is done in the routines of Cross Training. It's a wod Short and very intense, which is done with a medium weight. Consists of: For time (for time); 30 Clean and Jerks (61kg/43kg)
DT
DT is a Workout That was made in honor of David Thompson, hence the acronym 'DT', also fallen in combat in Afghanistan. This is this training: 5 rounds For time (for time); 12 Deadlifts (70kg) 9 Power Clean (70kg) 6 Push Jerk (70kg)
Amanda
Amanda is one of the Girl Wods better known and probably one of the Wods more demanding for the complexity of the movements it combines. He Workout is the following: For time (for time); 9-7-5 Ring Muscle UpsSquat Snatch (61kg/43kg)
The Seven
This hero wod honors the 7 CIA agents who fell after the explosion of a bomb in Afghanistan. That is why his name 'The Seven "or" Los Seven "translated. The WOD is as follows: 7 Rounds for Time (for time); 7 Hand Stand Push Ups 7 Thrusters (61kg/ 43kg) 7 Knees to elbow 7 Deadlifts (111kg/ 74kg) 7 Burpees 7 Kettlebell Swing (24kg/ 16kg) 7 Pull ups What do you think? Have you already done any of these Wods?
