Le Endurance challenges are often used to test one's physical limits. Such is the case with Robert Hartley, co-owner of CrossFit® Inevitable in Elizabethtown, KY. In September of this year, the American took on a challenge that we think is insane: complete 31 Hero WODs within a time limit of 31 hours.
Her words?
“I needed to do something to push me further than I ever have.”
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What is a Hero Wod?
Un Hero WOD it's a training dedicated to a fallen soldier, to honor his memory. The challenge "31 on 31" by Hartley, to put it in a nutshell, was created with the intention of proving that anything is possible.
Plus, according to the post's Instagram caption, his feat of endurance was meant to be like a tribute to the "31 fallen of the Kentucky State Police", as Hartley is a member.
“Never set limits and know that your mind will take you to places that seem impossible.”
Below are theii the 31 workouts Hartley completed in the span of 31 hours, starting at 8:30am Sept. 12, through 15:29pm Sept. 13, 2022.
He finished 31 workouts with just one minute left before reaching the time limit.
31 Hero Wods Performed By Robert Hartley
1) Tol
4 rounds for time:
11 burpees
121 single-unders
14 air squats
121 single unders,
48 sit-ups (butterfly)
2) Miller
24 rounds for time:
141m sprint
14 overhead walking lunges
3) Huffmann
27 mins AMRAP (as many rounds as possible):
5 bar muscle ups
19 employees
53 jumping air squats
299m runs
4) Bush
Buy-in: 28 burpees, then 2 rounds for time:
10V-up
11 push ups
374m runs
Then, 28 burpee buyouts.
5) Tevis
4 rounds for time:
5 cleans & jerks (36kg sandbag)
26 sit-ups
5 cleans & jerks
16 back squats (36kg sandbag)
6) Mobley
4 rounds for time:
5 thrusters (43kg)
28 lengths
5 thrusters
31 hand release push-ups
7) Uzzle
600-meter run buy-in, then 2 rounds for time:
5 chest-to-bar pull-ups
28 back rack lunges (43 kg)
19 HR push-ups
64 air squats
600m run buyout.
8) Powell
7 min AMRAP:
8 burpees
18 thrusters (20kg)
9) Brady
4 rounds for time:
11 thrusters (43kg)
9 power cleans
17 back squats
10) Barret
No time cap, complete:
35 deadlifts
Unbroken sets of five, increasing with each set; the lifter's score is the total weight.
11) McNeely
4 rounds for time:
2 bear crawls — 30m
9 front squats (52kg)
7 push presses
Rest for 3 min and then follow up with the hero WOD “Childs.”
12) Childs
4 rounds for time:
4 power cleans (52kg)
8 thrusters (52kg)
13) Thurtell
15min AMRAP:
393m runs
9 burpees
29 back squats (43kg)
14) Ward
4 rounds in:
5 min AMRAP with 1 min rest (23 min total)
4 push presses (60kg)
23 burpees
7 sit-ups
3 bear crawls (10m)
15) Smith
24min AMRAP:
4 power cleans (43kg)
26 back squats
1973m runs
16) Hutchinson
6 rounds:
7 pull-ups
7 push-ups
5 toes-to-bars
then,
4 rounds:
7 sumo deadlift high pull (43kg)
7 employees
5 hollow rocks
Then,
2 rounds:
7 burpees
7 thrusters (43kg)
5 strict pull-ups
17) McCoun
9 rounds for time:
6 ring dips
9 pull-ups
Then:
3,2km run
18) Pickard
2 rounds for time:
26 clapping push-ups
26 sandbag walking lunges (36kg)
26 sit-ups
26 sandbag back squats
26 burpees
742m runs
19) Martin
20 min AMRAP:
20 Hand Release Push Ups
20 pull-ups
20 employees
20 toes-to-bars
20 burpees
20 air squats
20 sit-ups
20 sandbag lunges
20) Cunningham
2 rounds for time:
24 back squats (43kg)
24 lunges (43kg)
24 push presses (43kg)
24 sit-ups
24 burpees
24 Superman
24 sit-ups
24 push presses (43kg)
24 lunges (43kg)
24 back squats (43kg)
21) Harris
7 rounds for time:
6 bar-facing burpees
8 empty-bar thrusters
Then ran 3,2km
22) Clifton
9 rounds for time:
4 front squats (32kg)
7 back squats (32kg)
5 sandbag sit-ups (4,5 kg)
Then, run 1,6 mile
23) PD
12 rounds for time:
6 burpee tire broad jumps
5 tire flips
Buy out: 2 partner carries — 50m
24) Johnny
12 rounds for time:
3 sumo deadlift high pulls (43kg)
6 burpee tire flips
5 tire jumps
34m bear crawl
25) Adkins
6 rounds for time:
9 burpees
9 thrusters (43kg)
6 chest-to-bar pull-ups
26) J.C
For time:
800m runs
5 squat cleans (43kg)
50 double-unders
5 squat cleans (43kg)
800m runs
5 squat cleans (43kg)
50 sit-ups
5 squat cleans (43kg)
800m runs
27) Leonard
3 rounds for time:
250m sandbag carry (36kg)
28 push-ups
250m farmer's carry (2 discs of 20kg each hand)
28 sit-ups
250m runs
28 burpees
28) Tribby
25 burpees per buy-in, then 10 rounds for time:
3 pull-ups
8 power cleans (43kg)
7 front squats (43kg)
Then, 4,3km run
29) Chrisman
3 rounds for time:
6 push presses (43kg)
23 sit-ups
15 burpee pull-ups
800m runs
30) Gibbs
For time:
191m farmer's carry (2 discs of 20kg each hand)
5 toes-to-bars
10 overhead walking lunges per leg (20kg)
20 pull-ups
30 burpees
40 push-ups
191m farmer's carry (2 discs of 20kg each hand)
40 push-ups
30 burpees
20 pull-ups
10 overhead walking lunges per leg (20kg)
5 toes-to-bars
191m farmer's carry (2 discs of 20kg each hand)
31) Room
31 min AMRAP:
9 sandbag thrusters (43 kg)
5 push-ups
4 pull-ups
100m sprint/run between rounds