Posted on 05/25/2025 7:04:55 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Memorial Day is for remembering those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.
As Americans honor the day in their own ways, people across the country will be participating in a tough fitness challenge honoring fallen Navy SEAL Lt. Michael Murphy.
The challenge, known as "the Murph," consists of a variety of strength training and cardio activities, which Murphy himself used to complete during SEAL training.
Murphy’s former SEAL roommate, Kaj Larsen, told Fox News Digital how he also participated in these workouts, which have turned into a national movement of patriotism.
"Murph and I would often run to the pull-up bars and then do this workout where we did 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups and 300 air squats, and then we'd run back to our barracks room," Larsen said.
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I don’t believe anyone can do 100 strict pull-ups.
I still have my 5-BX book of Basic Exercises issued in the USAF back in 1966. Every so often I get it out and LOOK at it.
Trying to become more muscular in 1990 caused me to blow out a mitral valve, had open heart surgery, now have a mechanical valve and am on blood thinners.
They only exercise I have done since that day is open and close a book or walk up a short flight of stairs.
I did the Mini Murph, which is 1/2 of each thing, this morning with 40 others, with another group of 30-40 who started an hour later. The top group do it with a 20 pound vest or plate carrier. The pullups are often Kipping pullups, which is easier than a strict pullup. It was time capped at an hour, and almost everyone finished some version of it.
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