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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...

[Morganton, NC] By Brianne Fleming bfleming@morganton.com Morganton will be hosting its very first Murph Challenge on Monday, a nationwide and annual Crossfit fundraiser to benefit The Lt. Michael P. Murphy Memorial Scholarship Foundation, which is in honor of a fallen military hero who gave his life to save another while at war in Afghanistan. Some might also know the name Michael Murphy from the 2013 film “Lone Survivor,” which is based on the true story of four Navy Seals on the Operation Red Wings mission in Afghanistan. Murphy is played by actor Taylor Kitsch and is known as the man...

Here's the same link: Lone Survivor Trailer Hope they do it justice. I didn't know it was this far along.

ON Monday, inside a warehouse turned gymnasium on an empty street in Gowanus, Brooklyn, a group of well-educated, accomplished New Yorkers chose to start their holiday with one of the most punishing workouts on earth. That workout, bluntly known as Murph, is as simple to explain as it was difficult to complete: a one-mile run followed by 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups and 300 squats, followed by another mile — all for time. No picnic, and yet by 10:30 a.m., the gym was swarming with social workers and food bloggers, as well as F.B.I. agents and former Marines, who grunted and...