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"Murph" is probably CrossFit's most famous "Hero" workout (a specific routine named in honor of a fallen hero) and Murph is usually performed by American affiliates on Memorial Day. The announcement of this event was controversial because it was also done in the 2015 CrossFit Games where a number of athletes suffered serious heat injuries. [20]
The regimen of a one mile run, 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups, 300 air squats and another mile run, while wearing the body armor vest, is named the "Murph Challenge" in his honor. [30] The Body Armor workout became popular among SEAL teams everywhere as it could be done almost anywhere and required very little equipment. [32]
Jessica Johnson, 25, had been doing the “Murph Challenge” — a fundraising challenge consisting of running a mile, then doing 300 squats, 200 push-ups and100 pull-ups, before finishing with ...
On memorial day, Zuckerberg participated in the annual Murph Challenge to honor the Navy SEAL Lt. Michael P. Murphy who was killed in Afghanistan.
Her best performance was on Murph, in which the athletes completed in the over 100 °F (38 °C) temperatures in the afternoon. She won the event in 39 minutes, 10 seconds, more than a minute ahead of the next closest female athlete, Alethea Boon of New Zealand, and quicker than all the male athletes bar one, Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson of Iceland .
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The 2015 CrossFit Games were the ninth CrossFit Games, which were held on July 21–26, 2015 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. [1] Ben Smith was the men's winner, and Katrin Davidsdottir was the women's winner.
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