Pierzchala
10 Rounds for Time: Rx+ (20# vest) in 27:54
Connor in 24:14
Chris in 21:49
12 Push-Ups
27 Double-Unders
22 Air Squats
4x50 foot Shuttle Sprints
Wear a Weight Vest (20/14 lb)
With a running clock, complete 10 rounds of the prescribed work in the order written as fast as possible (“For Time“). Wear a Weight Vest throughout the workout. Shuttle Sprint: Each round, sprint four 50-foot lengths (out/back, out/back) = 200 ft total per round.
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This was a really great workout. The squats surprised all of us. We thought that would be the easy part and it wasn't! Double unders are strange in a vest. You just have to get used to jumping a little bit different.
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Background: This workout is dedicated to Ontario Provincial Police Constable Grzegorz (Greg) Pierzchala, who was shot and killed while responding to a call of a vehicle in a ditch just west of Hagersville Ontario, on December 27, 2022.
28-year-old OPP Cst. Pierzchala was dispatched just after 2:30 PM to a vehicle in a ditch. As he exited his police vehicle, he was ambushed by two subjects when they opened fire on the officer, severely injuring him before he had a chance to pull out his own firearm and defend himself. After the shooting, the two subjects stole a vehicle from a good samaritan who also stopped to provide assistance and fled the scene. The subjects ditched the vehicle and fled on foot. They were tracked by a police canine unit and apprehended. Cst. Pierzchala was pronounced dead at the hospital. The two subjects were charged with First Degree Murder of a police officer.
Cst. Pierzchala was originally from Barrie, Ontario, where he was a leader in the wrestling community. He spent some time in the Canadian Armed Forces before becoming a Special Constable at Queen’s Park. He joined the OPP in 2021, and after finishing his training, he began patrolling in a one-person patrol vehicle in April 2022. On the morning of Tuesday December 27, 2022, he was informed he had passed his probation and was now a full-fledged OPP officer. He was then dispatched to the vehicle in a ditch call where he was murdered.
The workout was designed by Coach Andrea Taylor of CrossFit Barrie @crossfitbarrie (Barrie, Ontario, Canada). The reps scheme signifies the date of the incident, 12-27-22.
