Fight Gone Bad 6 participants give it their all during the annual event that occurs at various affiliates around the world. Shogun Crossfit, which is located at Kadena Air Base raised over $9,000 for charities such as the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. More than 75 service members, spouses and others participated in the event Saturday. (Matt Orr/Stars and Stripes)
Fight Gone Bad 6 participants give it their all during the annual event that occurs at various affiliates around the world. Shogun Crossfit, which is located at Kadena Air Base raised over $9,000 for charities such as the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. More than 75 service members, spouses and others participated in the event Saturday. (Matt Orr/Stars and Stripes)
Air Force Capt. Nathan Dennen at the end of the sumo deadlift high pull portion of Fight Gone Bad 6 held at the O'Connor Gym Saturday. Fight Gone Bad is an annual event held at Crossfit affiliates all over the world with the main aim being raising money for charities. (Matt Orr/Stars and Stripes)
Chance Wiggins does a sumo deadlift high pull during Fight Gone Bad 6 held Fight Gone Bad 6, a fundraising fitness event, Saturday held at the O'Connor Gym Saturday. More than 76 athletes competed and raised over $9,000 for charities. (Matt Orr/Stars and Stripes)
Air Force Captain David Kilpatrick adds scores to the scoreboard at the end of the second of five heats of Fight Gone Bad 6, a fundraising fitness event, Saturday held at the O'Connor Gym Saturday. More than 76 athletes competed and raised over $9,000 for charities. (Matt Orr/Stars and Stripes)
Senior Airman Raymond Firne, rows for calories during Fight Gone Bad 6 Saturday, at the O?Connor Gym. Crossfit affiliates from around the world held the annual event at their gyms to raise money for charities such as the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. Crossfit affiliates from around the world have so far raised over $2 million dollars for charity. (Matt Orr/Stars and Stripes)
Air Force Capt. Terry Fregly completes a 20 inch box jump during the final heat of Fight Gone Bad 6 Saturday. Seventy six athletes from Shogun Crossfit raised over $9,000 for charity as part of the annual event. (Matt Orr/Stars and Stripes)
Athletes participating in Fight Gone Bad 6 at the O?Connor Gym, Saturday raised more than $9,000 for charity. The annual event is held at Crossfit affiliates around the world to raise money. As of Saturday more than $2 million dollars had been raised. Matt Orr/Stars and Stripes (Matt Orr/Stars and Stripes)
Air Force 1st Lt. Ashley Jensen, lead trainer for Shogun Crossfit, finishes up a minute rowing portion of Fight Gone Bad 6. One point was awarded for each calorie raised. Participants in Fight Gone Bad 6 raised money for charities along with other Crossfit affiliates from around the world. As of Saturday, more than $2 million had been raised during the annual event. (Matt Orr/Stars and Stripes)
Air Force 1st. Lt. Mark ?Sloppy? Cerni, completes a push press during the final heat of Fight Gone Bad 6, Saturday. He ended with the highest score Saturday with 390 points. (Matt Orr/Stars and Stripes)
Air Force Capt. Nathan Dennen, recovers on the ground after completing 17 minutes of pain during Fight Gone Bad 6, held at the O?Connor Gym. He finished the heat with a very respectable score of 274. (Matt Orr/Stars and Stripes)
KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — The O’Connor Gym on base was transformed into house of pain Saturday as 76 athletes took part in Fight Gone Bad to help raise money for charity.
Fight Gone Bad is a Crossfit workout where participants move between five exercise stations at one-minute intervals.
With dozens of fans cheering them on, the participants thrusted a 20-pound ball to a 10-foot target, pumped out 75-pound deadlift high pulls and 75-pound push presses. They also performed 20-inch box jumps and worked out on a rowing machine.
The workout — designed to simulate a 15-minute mixed martial arts fight with a one-minute break after each 5-minute round — has become a sort of measuring stick for a Crossfit athlete’s cardio and strength capabilities.
Crossfit affiliates from around the world have raised more than $2 million for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, Crossfit Kids and Camp Patriot. Saturday’s event raised more that $9,000, according to event coordinator Air Force 1st Lt. Ashley Jensen.
“Today was unbelievable and went way beyond my expectations,” Jensen said after the event.
For the participants, the event was more than simply doing a 17-minute workout.
“Fight Gone Bad is a great program and we can’t do enough for our fallen soldiers and their families,” said Technical Sgt. Jeremy Collert. “This is a great way to give back to them.”
