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This is Functional Fitness‼️

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Every Memorial Weekend, CrossFit affiliates from around the world take part in the same Hero workout, called Murph.
It’s a workout that has become synonymous with CrossFit, not just for its brutal toughness, but for what it represents. "Murph" is not simply another workout we do in a class to increase our fitness before moving on to whatever else we have going on in the day. It is a workout designed to honor and remember the men and women of the armed forces that have lost their lives in defense of our freedom. And as is the case with every Hero workout, it has a story of courage and sacrifice behind it.

Murph is named after Navy Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy, who was KIA (Killed in Action) in Afghanistan on June 28th, 2005. He was 29 years old. After graduating from Penn State University in 1998, Murphy rejected offers to attend law school and instead accepted a commission in the United States Navy and became a SEAL in July 2002. For a man whose nickname was "The Protector", the decision made perfect sense. When Murphy was in the 8th grade, he was suspended from school for fighting with bullies that were trying to shove a special needs kid into a locker. And Gary Williams, author of “Seal of Honor,” a biography of Murphy, recounts a story where Murphy protected a homeless man who was collecting cans from a gang of thugs.

In early 2005 Murphy was assigned to SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team ONE as officer in charge of Alpha Platoon and deployed to Afghanistan. In June of that year, Murphy was leading a four-man reconnaissance team in Kunar province as part of a counter-insurgent mission (the other men in Murphy’s team were Danny Dietz, Matthew Axelson and Marcus Luttrell). During the mission the team encountered a group of local goat herders.

A discussion was held among the four SEALs regarding the rules of engagement and what they should do with the herders, who were being held at gunpoint.
Eventually the men decided to release them, but not soon after the SEALs were surrounded and ambushed by an overwhelming Taliban force. Murphy, who was trying to reach HQ via satellite phone, willingly exposed himself to enemy fire by stepping into a clearing where he MIGHT get a signal to make the call. Murphy was shot in the back, but still managed to calmly complete the call for reinforcements and return to his position to continue the fight with his men. HQ sent an MH-47 Chinook helicopter to rescue the team, but while attempting to set down in rugged terrain, the helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled gr***de, killing all 16 men on board.

Murphy, Dietz, and Axelson were all KIA. Luttrell was the only survivor and was eventually rescued after several days of wandering the mountain and being protected by the people of an Afghan village.

The actions and story of the SEALs on June 28th, 2005 are portrayed in the film Lone Survivor.

Murphy was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his courage and sacrifice that day. All three of his men were awarded the Navy’s second-highest honor, the Navy Cross, for their actions. The men who were killed in the rescue attempt were also honored. These included Petty Officer 1st Class Jeff Taylor and Lt. Michael McGreevy, who were posthumously awarded Bronze Stars for Valor and Purple Hearts.
CrossFit HQ’s Russell Berger, who served in the 1st Ranger Battalion, writes of these men: “These men were fathers, husbands and sons. They were brothers to their fellow SEALs. They were also CrossFitters. In their actions, these men embodied the values and spirit of true heroes, and to immortalize their courage, bravery and self-sacrifice, the CrossFit Hero workouts were created.”

Say it louder for the people in the back‼️

Scream it for people with kids.

I beg you. Don’t get your kids hooked on this garbage from a young age.

There are countries in Europe that have banned many of these items or banned some of their ingredients like the food dyes. So they get a better (albeit still unhealthy) version of our junk food.

When I grew up in the 70s and 80s, we didn’t really know how bad these things were for us. There’s no excuse to live off these types of fake lab foods any longer.

CrossFit prescription for nutrition:

“Eat meats and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat”

I know it’s hard but dadgummit, these foods should not occupy the majority of your shopping cart.

Stay out of the grocery store isles. That’s where the fake, boxed, lab created food is found.

Real food, like you find a nature, is on the perimeter of the grocery store. Happy hunting.

Coach Fergs~