CFHQ
Santa Cruz, CA
USA

01 Jan 07

OPS 06

FRAGO 06 to OPOrd 01 — OP GRINDER

Ref: A. OPORD 01 01 Jul 06

Task Organization: Annex A

1. SITUATION

No Change.

2. MISSION

“GOMEZ”

Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes:

10 thrusters
8 pull-ups
150-m run

3. EXECUTION

a. Concept of Operations.
  1. Intent. Complete as many rounds of the exercises as possible in 20 minutes in a safe manner. This is a four-person-team “time specific” workout. The purpose of this workout is to develop cohesion and combat fitness under fatigue conditions through shared hardship, challenges, and competition.
  2. Scheme of Maneuver. The platoon will be divided into teams of four. Each team will require two 25mm ammo cans (70 lbs) and two pull-up bars. All teams will start at the same time. Each exercise must be completed before moving to the next one (all 10 thrusters must be finished before starting the pull-ups, and all pull-ups must be finished before starting the run). The soldiers can rest at any time during the workout. Each soldier has to complete as many rounds as he can in the 20 minutes. The total number of rounds for each team member will be added together to obtain the total score for the team. For example, if soldier A completes 12 rounds, soldier B 15 rounds, soldier C 13, and soldier D 9, the total score for the team would be 49. Spotting is not permitted at any time.
  3. Main Effort. The safety of all personnel, and the development of unit cohesion and combat fitness through shared challenge and hardship.
  4. End State. The safe and successful completion of all exercises.
b. Coordinating Instructions.
  1. Team Organization. Squad leaders can organize their soldiers however they wish. It is a leadership decision on how best to deploy each soldier to accomplish the mission.
  2. 25mm Ammo Can Thrusters. For safety reasons, it is imperative that the 25mm ammo can be lifted from the ground by the proper technique. The ammo can must be placed on the ground upside-down (so that the lid of the ammo can is on the ground). With his back held flat in the proper deadlift position, the lifter deadlifts the ammo can to the hang position, where it remains inverted, with the lid facing the ground. From the hang position, he cleans the ammo can to the rack position (the thruster start position). It is during this transition, from the hang to the racked position, that the ammo can rotates 180 degrees (to end with the lid facing up). This is the start position for the thrusters.
  3. Scaling. The workout can be conducted in PT gear or full battle gear to include vests with plates, depending on the fitness levels of the soldiers. The number of reps can be increased or decreased based on the skill level of the troops.
  4. Scoring. The final score for each team will be calculated using completed rounds; partial rounds will not be counted. For example, if at the end of 20 minutes, an individual completes 12 rounds plus 6 thrusters of the 13th round, his score would be 12. The team that has the most rounds comes in first.
  5. Safety. Ensure that all equipment is checked and serviceable before conducting the workout and that all soldiers are proficient in the required exercises. Safety is every member’s responsibility.
  6. Follow-on Tasks. The next workout will require a 200-meter running route and two pull-up bars per eight-person team.

4. SERVICE SUPPORT

a. Equipment Weights

Ammo Can Nomenclature Qty/Size Type/NSN Weight Contents
Cart 25mm APFSDS-T 30 rds PA125 70 LBS SAND

b. Equipment Requirements. Each four-man team will require two 25mm ammo cans and two pull-up bars (Ref Annex B).

5. COMMAND AND SIGNAL

a. Timer/Score Recorder. Only one timekeeper is required for all teams. All teams begin and end the workout at the same time. It is recommended that at least one person per team start his stopwatch to act as a backup in case the primary timekeeper’s stopwatch fails. A method of recording each team’s rounds is also required.

b. Instructor/Coach. To ensure proper conduct of the workout, use of correct exercise form, and safety of execution, a designated member of the platoon can fill this billet.

Annexes

Annex A – Workout Diagram

Annex B – Equipment

Annex C – Exercises

This article, by BSI’s co-founder, was originally published in The CrossFit Journal. While Greg Glassman no longer owns CrossFit Inc., his writings and ideas revolutionized the world of fitness, and are reproduced here.

Coach Glassman named his training methodology ‘CrossFit,’ which became a trademarked term owned by CrossFit Inc. In order to preserve his writings in their original form, references to ‘CrossFit’ remain in this article.

Greg Glassman founded CrossFit, a fitness revolution. Under Glassman’s leadership there were around 4 million CrossFitters, 300,000 CrossFit coaches and 15,000 physical locations, known as affiliates, where his prescribed methodology: constantly varied functional movements executed at high intensity, were practiced daily. CrossFit became known as the solution to the world’s greatest problem, chronic illness.

In 2002, he became the first person in exercise physiology to apply a scientific definition to the word fitness. As the son of an aerospace engineer, Glassman learned the principles of science at a young age. Through observations, experimentation, testing, and retesting, Glassman created a program that brought unprecedented results to his clients. He shared his methodology with the world through The CrossFit Journal and in-person seminars. Harvard Business School proclaimed that CrossFit was the world’s fastest growing business.

The business, which challenged conventional business models and financially upset the health and wellness industry, brought plenty of negative attention to Glassman and CrossFit. The company’s low carbohydrate nutrition prescription threatened the sugar industry and led to a series of lawsuits after a peer-reviewed journal falsified data claiming Glassman’s methodology caused injuries. A federal judge called it the biggest case of scientific misconduct and fraud she’d seen in all her years on the bench. After this experience Glassman developed a deep interest in the corruption of modern science for private interests. He launched CrossFit Health which mobilized 20,000 doctors who knew from their experiences with CrossFit that Glassman’s methodology prevented and cured chronic diseases. Glassman networked the doctors, exposed them to researchers in a variety of fields and encouraged them to work together and further support efforts to expose the problems in medicine and work together on preventative measures.

In 2020, Greg sold CrossFit and focused his attention on the broader issues in modern science. He’d learned from his experience in fitness that areas of study without definitions, without ways of measuring and replicating results are ripe for corruption and manipulation.

The Broken Science Initiative, aims to expose and equip anyone interested with the tools to protect themself from the ills of modern medicine and broken science at-large.

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