MLK Day - Jan. 15, 2024

NOON CLASS CANCELLED

DUE TO THE EPIC SNOW STROM THERE WILL BE NO NOON CLASS TODAY. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 5 SEASONS WE ARE TAKING A SNOW DAY.

6AM, 9AM, 5PM AND 6PM AS NORMAL!

"MLK DAY"

For Time

• 63 Cleans (95/65 lb)

• 64 Wall Ball Shots (20/14 lb)

• 64 Pull-Ups

• 65 Kettlebell Swings (53/35_

• 68 Front Squats (95/65 lb)

Background: This “MLK Day” Tribute/Memorial WOD is dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who became a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968. His birthday (January 15, 1929) is celebrated as a national holiday in the US, on the third Monday of January.

The significance of the rep scheme:

– 63 Cleans: the year he delivered his famous “I have a dream” speech

– 64 Wall Balls: the year King won the Nobel Peace Prize

– 64 Pull-Ups: also the year of the landmark civil rights voting act in the US

– 65 Kettlebell Swings: the year of his “How long, not long” speech at the Selma to Montgomery marches

– 68 Front Squats: the year King was assassinated.