Hannah Clarke: CrossFit fans design a workout to honour mum

Thousands of CrossFit fanatics around Australia and New Zealand have been doing a specific workout routine to pay tribute to Hannah Clarke.  

A ‘workout of the day’ was created this week to honour Ms Clarke and her three children who were burned alive by her estranged husband in Camp Hill, Brisbane.  

The workout, which involves ball throws, burpees and kettlebell swings, has three rounds, one for each of her children. 

Hundreds of CrossFit fanatics around Australia and New Zealand have been doing a specific workout routine to pay tribute to Hannah Clarke (pictured)

Workouts of the day are routines created by CrossFit coaches for their clients - and are often posted online so fitness fanatics can copy them. Pictured: A fitness class after performing the workout

Workouts of the day are routines created by CrossFit coaches for their clients – and are often posted online so fitness fanatics can copy them. Pictured: A fitness class after performing the workout

A 'workout of the day' was created this week to honour Ms Clarke and her three children who were burned alive. Pictured: A fitness class after performing the workout

A ‘workout of the day’ was created this week to honour Ms Clarke and her three children who were burned alive. Pictured: A fitness class after performing the workout

The workout (pictured), which involves ball throws, burpees and kettlebell swings, has three rounds, one for each of her children

The workout (pictured), which involves ball throws, burpees and kettlebell swings, has three rounds, one for each of her children

Workouts of the day are specific routines usually created by CrossFit coaches for their clients – and are often posted online so fitness fanatics can copy them.

Dozens of gyms have held events replicating the workout to pay tribute to Ms Clarke, who was a fitness trainer.

It comes amid revelations Ms Clarke’s killer husband made a chilling final phone call to his three children the night before he torched them all to death in a horrific murder-suicide. 

Rowan Baxter, 42, FaceTimed Laianah, four, Aaliyah, six, and Trey, three, in a ‘very emotional’ state last Tuesday, knowing he would set them on fire and then kill himself hours later. 

Ms Clarke’s brother Nathaniel spoke about the murders on ABC’s 7.30, revealing the thing that ‘cut him the deepest’ was knowing Baxter made them suffer to the very end. 

‘He had a plan that night when he called the kids and he was a blubbering mess. He knew what he was doing then. He had it all planned out, he knew what he was doing the following morning,’ Nathaniel said. 

‘He couldn’t even do it quick. That’s the worst thing. He made them suffer, and her.’

Rowan Baxter and Hannah Clarke

Baxter, 42, had FaceTimed his three children Laianah, four, Aaliyah, six, and Trey, three, (pictured) in a 'very emotional' state last Tuesday, knowing he would set them on fire and then kill himself hours later

Rowan Baxter, 42, had FaceTimed his three children Laianah, four, Aaliyah, six, and Trey, three, (right)  in a ‘very emotional’ state last Tuesday, knowing he would set them on fire and then kill himself hours later

Ms Clarke's brother Nathaniel spoke to ABC's 7.30 on Tuesday, saying he knew of his sister's troubled marriage, but never believed her husband would be capable of murder

Ms Clarke’s brother Nathaniel spoke to ABC’s 7.30 on Tuesday, saying he knew of his sister’s troubled marriage, but never believed her husband would be capable of murder 

Friends said Baxter’s horrific attack on his family last Wednesday had been the peak of his ‘unravelling’, which began when the couple separated late last year.  

Ms Clarke’s best friend Lou Farmer said the situation finally ‘came to pieces’ on Boxing Day when he kidnapped one of their daughters. 

At the time, Ms Clarke had been living with her parents and had suggested taking the kids to the park for a play date.  

But just as she was packing up, Baxter suddenly grabbed Laianah and threw her in the back of his car and took off.  

‘Before he sped off, he said “this is your fault Hannah,” and he took her for four days,’ Ms Farmer said. 

Following the incident Baxter was issued a domestic violence order, which he breached just days later.

Ms Farmer said she had been aware of his controlling behaviour towards Hannah for quite some time, particularly the aggressive manner in which he would speak to her. 

Baxter's horrific murder-suicide last Wednesday had been the peak of his 'unravelling' which began when the couple separated late last year, friends said

Baxter’s horrific murder-suicide last Wednesday had been the peak of his ‘unravelling’ which began when the couple separated late last year, friends said 

Baxter flooded his Facebook site with photos and videos of his children, describing them as 'my world'

Baxter flooded his Facebook site with photos and videos of his children, describing them as ‘my world’

Hours after his final phone call with his kids, Baxter doused the family in petrol and set their car alight before stabbing himself in the chest

 Hours after his final phone call with his kids, Baxter doused the family in petrol and set their car alight before stabbing himself in the chest 

‘He was one step ahead of her all the time. He knew conversations that she hadn’t talked to him about, maybe us or another person. He knew of it and prompted her,’ Ms Farmer added. 

She said Baxter would demand sex from Ms Clarke every night and wouldn’t speak to her for days if she didn’t comply.     

The dad-of-three finally reached a breaking point last Tuesday which was evident in his hysterical phone call with his children.

‘He was very emotional, very upset,’ Mrs Farmer’s husband Simon told the ABC.  

‘Hannah noticed there was a distinct change… a high level of emotion, he was crying.’  

Best friends: Ms Farmer said she is yet to break the news of the family's death to her little daughter Heidi (pictured)  who was best friends with Hannah's daughter Laianah

Best friends: Ms Farmer said she is yet to break the news of the family’s death to her little daughter Heidi (pictured)  who was best friends with Hannah’s daughter Laianah 

Lloyd and Suzanne Clarke, parents to Hannah Clarke, break down at a vigil to remember their murdered daughter

Lloyd and Suzanne Clarke, parents to Hannah Clarke, break down at a vigil to remember their murdered daughter

Hannah Clarke's brother, Nat (far right) was five hours into his shift in Moranbah, in far north Queensland  when he received an earth-shattering phone call that changed his life

Nathaniel Clarke (right) brother to Hannah Clarke looks on during a vigil to remember murdered mother, Hannah Clarke

Nathaniel said his sister’s husband had given off red flags in hindsight, but he never believed he would be driven to commit murder

The next morning, Baxter doused his family in petrol and set them alight while Hannah was dropping the children off at school.

The three children died at the scene while Hannah succumbed to her horrific burns in hospital later that day.

Baxter then took his own life by stabbing himself in the chest.

Nathaniel said his sister’s husband had given off red flags in hindsight, but he never believed he would be driven to commit murder. 

‘Hannah had her suspicions that he might try to do something to her, but we all thought, “No, he couldn’t”,’ he said.  

‘It was just a vicious attack to make her suffer as much as he could and that was it. I still can’t get over it.’ 

Best friend of girl, 4, killed in car fire murder-suicide still doesn’t know her mate is dead 

The best friend of Hannah Clarke’s youngest daughter still doesn’t know she is dead as her mum can’t bring herself to break the horrific news to her little girl.

Ms Clarke’s best friend Lou Farmer told A Current Affair on Tuesday she is still struggling to tell her young daughter Heidi her best friend was killed in the incident.

‘My ten and seven-year-old they understand. I can’t even go there with Heidi. Heidi and Laianah were best friends,’ she said, choking back tears.

Ms Farmer, who had known the slain mum-of-three for four years, revealed she had recently got together with the Baxters for a party shortly before the tragedy.

Lou Farmer, who had known Hannah Clarke for four years, became emotional as she recalled the last time she spent time with the mum and her three children

Lou Farmer, who had known Hannah Clarke for four years, became emotional as she recalled the last time she spent time with the mum and her three children 

‘We had the most perfect pool party, and wines, and the best afternoon. I just don’t know how to tell my little girl that Laianah, her best friend is gone,’ she added. 

Ms Clarke’s three best friends spoke out on the tragic incident in an emotional interview where they revealed they had feared her husband Rowan Baxter would harm the family.

Friend of 17 years Nikki Brooks said she spoke to Queensland Police just one week before the murders to give a statement regarding Baxter’s breach of his Domestic Violence Order.

‘I looked the detective in the eye and I said, “I think he’s going to take them all out,”‘ Ms Brooks said.

‘She said, “I’ve got a bad feeling too.'”

Best friends: Ms Farmer said she is yet to break the news of the family's death to her little daughter Heidi (pictured)  who was best friends with Hannah's daughter Laianah

Best friends: Ms Farmer said she is yet to break the news of the family’s death to her little daughter Heidi (pictured)  who was best friends with Hannah’s daughter Laianah 

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