CrossFit posts Hero workout for Laura Schwartzenberger

CrossFit posted a Hero workout named “Laura” on May 30, 2026, adding the session to its official Workout of the Day archive as entry 260530. The company said the workout honors Laura Schwartzenberger, 43, an FBI special agent who was killed while executing a search warrant related to a violent crime against children. (crossfit.com) CrossFit’s post lists the workout as a partner event and identifies it as a Hero WOD, the label the company uses for workouts dedicated to military, law enforcement and first responders killed in the line of duty. (crossfit.com) Laura Schwartzenberger died on Feb. 2, 2021, in Sunrise, Florida, according to the FBI’s Wall of Honor. The FBI says she was killed while executing a search warrant and notes that she had joined the bureau in 2005. CrossFit’s May 30 post repeats that she was killed during a search warrant operation and says the warrant was tied to a violent crime against children. ### What exactly did CrossFit post on May 30? The May 30 entry on CrossFit.com is titled “Laura” and appears in the company’s Workout of the Day archive for 2026. (crossfit.com) The session calls for partners to complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 21 minutes of a 30-calorie row, 20 burpees over the rower and 10 power cleans, with one person working at a time. The prescribed loading is 105 pounds for women and 155 pounds for men, according to the post. CrossFit also told athletes to compare scores to an earlier posting, 210213, indicating the workout had appeared before in the company’s programming. (fbi.gov) ### Why is this workout called a Hero WOD? CrossFit’s May 30 write-up says, “Today’s Hero workout honors Laura Schwartzenberger, 43,” directly identifying it as a memorial workout. The company’s benchmark page for “Laura” says the workout is dedicated to Schwartzenberger and describes her as a longtime CrossFit athlete and a member of CrossFit Vice along with her two sons. (crossfit.com) The earlier CrossFit posting for the same workout, dated Feb. 13, 2021, used similar language and gave more background on her FBI career. (crossfit.com) That post said Schwartzenberger spent the last seven years of her career pursuing people who committed crimes against children. ### Who was Laura Schwartzenberger? The FBI says Laura Schwartzenberger joined the bureau in 2005 and died in the line of duty on Feb. 2, 2021. The Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI says she first worked in Albuquerque and later became the first female FBI SWAT team member in that office before moving to Miami. (crossfit.com) Tunnel to Towers says Schwartzenberger was 43 and was killed alongside Special Agent Daniel Alfin while serving a federal court-ordered search warrant in a crimes against children investigation in Sunrise, Florida. (crossfit.com) CrossFit’s own benchmark page says she was a longtime athlete in the CrossFit community. ### Was this a new workout or a repost? CrossFit’s May 30, 2026 entry tells athletes to compare results to 210213, and the earlier Feb. 13, 2021 page shows the same workout under the same name. (fbi.gov) That indicates the 2026 posting was a republication of an existing Hero WOD rather than a newly designed memorial workout. The 2026 archive still lists “Laura” under the date code 260530, making the May 30 posting the current official reference point on CrossFit’s site. Readers can find it in CrossFit’s 2026 Workout of the Day archive and on the standalone entry page for 260530. (t2t.org) (crossfit.com 1) (crossfit.com 2)