AO: ao_abduction
Q: Scarecrow
PAX: Bunsen, Disco, Flo, Friar Tuck, Go Blue, Legs, Pythagoras, Scarecrow, Topless, Training Wheels
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP:

Side Straddle Hops – 4 count – In Cadence – Ready Position – Move x 20

Merkins – 2 count – In Cadence – Ready Position – Move x 12

Mountain Climbers – 4 count – In Cadence – Ready Position – Move x 15

Imperial Walkers 4 count – In Cadence – Ready Position – Move x 5

THE THANG:

Background: The Bert WOD is dedicated to U.S. Marine Cpl. Albert Gettings, 27, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, who died on Jan. 5, 2006, while conducting counter-sniper operations in Fallujah, Iraq. Cpl. Gettings was serving as a team leader with the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, at the time of his death.

Every quarter, Cpl. Gettings’ fellow Marines in Fox Company complete a special CrossFit workout in his honor as part of the Cpl. Albert P. Gettings Award ceremony.

He is survived by his wife, Stephanie Palimino; parents, David and Juliet; and sister, Cori.”

START THE CLOCK

• 50 burpees
• 5-yard murder bunny, mosey 95 yards and back 95 yards to your block, reverse murder bunny for 5 yards back to start
• 100 merkins
• 10-yard murder bunny, mosey 90 yards and back to your block, reverse murder bunny for 10 yards back to start
• 150 lunges (easy way)
• 15-yard murder bunny, mosey 85 yards and back to your block, reverse murder bunny for 15 yards back to start
• 200 air squats
• 20-yard murder bunny, mosey 80 yards and back to your block, reverse murder bunny for 20 yards
• 150 lunges (easy way)
• 15-yard murder bunny, mosey 85 yards and back to your block, reverse murder bunny for 15 yards back to start
• 100 merkins
• 10-yard murder bunny, mosey 90 yards and back to your block, reverse murder bunny for 10 yards back to start
• 50 burpees

COT:

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
— Benjamin Franklin

It’s natural to want to skip right to the last part — just hand it off, cross your fingers, and hope it doesn’t fall apart…

But real leadership demands presence.

I Do — I demonstrate, you observe. Every step done correctly.
We Do — You step in. We work together. I correct. You adapt.
You Do — I step back and hold the line. You carry the weight.

This is leadership — not delegation, not babysitting, not throwing someone in the deep end and hoping they swim.

It’s what separates influential mentors from insecure managers.

If you’re not engaged, you’re not leading.