Tag: Murph

  • Murph Friday

    9 brave souls took on Murph Friday!

    Mossy around the school and the track for a mile to get to the main playground.

    10 rounds of the below with each round consisting of the following exercises.

    • 10 pullups
    • 20 Merkins
    • 30 squats

    After we completed the 10 rounds we headed back to the parking lot with the normal stop at the track to make sure we got the full mile in.  Total millage equaled 2 miles with a nice little beat-down in the middle.

    COT, Name-a-rama, Number-rama

    Strong work for all that showed up and as always it is a privilege to lead such a find group of men.

     

  • Big Data – It’s what you do with it!

    We did the Murph led by Honeymoon at a new location. It was……………………great as always!

    A lot of mumble chatter today around BIG DATA as last time Honeymoon Q’d he never posted a back blast. That is concerning for those of us who enjoy hearing the updates on the podcasts!

    Sooooo, if Honeymoon posts a back blast, the BIG DATA administrator could use this as the one Honeymoon missed, but otherwise, please count our results!

    Remember – its not important that we gather all the data, it’s important what we do with it. What DOES TYA do with it???????????

     

  • The Murph* 1.0

    9 faithful and 1 FNG posted for our inaugural attempt at The Murph* (explanation and our revised version to follow).  Here’s how it went down:

    Start promptly at 0530 to run the VITA trail and head to pull-up bars.  Following a brief/ineffective tutorial on kipping pull-ups, begin 100 pull-ups, 200 merkins and 300 squats.  Note: the pull-ups were on a team number, and the merkins and squats were individual goals.

    At 0602 we pulled the plug and ran the VITA again.  The PAX, minus the Q, engaged in some plank work and ended on time.  Viral took us out.

    NMM:  For those who don’t know, “The Murph” is a Crossfit WOD named after Navy Lt Michael Murphy who died in Afghanistan in 2005.  If you have seen the movie or read Lone Survivor, you know about his sacrifice.  Needless to say, we didn’t wear body armor, and we didn’t attempt the full 100 pull-ups per person.  This was more of an intro to a Crossfit classic, and I think we learned some things:

    • We’re going to need to learn to do kipping pull-ups to ever get to 100 per person.
    • Kipping pull-ups will rip even well established calluses right off your hands.
    • The Murph needs to be done in a 1 hr workout vs a 45 min slot.
    • We were close enough in this attempt that I am 100% that we can all do this!
    • Circle K can crank out some pull-ups!  Who knew?

    YHC has no idea how everyone else did, but Circle K completed our version, and YHC was 40 squats from being done.  Everyone else can post their results or not, but I know everyone put a very good dent in it.  Strong work by all!

    Special welcome to FNG – Patrick Murtaugh, now known as Bartles and Jaymes.  Zima is EH’ing after only one workout!

    Stay Classy,

    Toga

    Announcements:

    • 2nd F Event Friday 1730 at The Answer- Pre Convergence chance to hang with Gnarly Goat
    • CONVERGENCE 0700 Saturday, DogPile with GROW school led by Gnarly Goat at ET’s immediately following the workout
    • BRR is oh so soon
    • 9/17 F3 team at Reese Strong 5k: http://www.reesestrong.org/reesestrong-5k/
    • 9/24 F3 Team at Spartan, see Toga or just signup
    • See Flashdance if interested in Festy run, early Oct.