July 1, 2022- Viola

“Viola”
20 Min AMRAP:
400 M Run
11 power snatches (95/65)
17 pull ups
13 power cleans (95/65)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Alex Viola, 29, was killed Nov. 17, 2013, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, from wounds caused by an improvised explosive device. Originally from Keller, Texas, Viola was an engineer assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. He was awarded numerous awards for his service, including the Army Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the Army Service Ribbon.

Viola traveled often and worked out at many CrossFit affiliates. Some of his favorite movements were pull-ups, power snatches and power cleans. He also enjoyed running.

–BOX NEWS–

We are so excited to announce we are doing a full month of Hero Workouts for the entire month of July! Every day will be a new hero wod to complete. There will always be scaling options including team versions, reduced loading/reps, etc. Don’t let the workout intimidate you – you can do this!

We will be doing a challenge this month- if you complete 20 of the 31 Hero Workouts throughout the month, you will earn a specially designed CFA Hero Wod Tshirt! In order to qualify, you’ll need to be logging all of your scores in SugarWOD. You can download the app for free, sign up as a member of CrossFit Antietam, and input your times each day. Our gym code is 3690 to join us there!