May 25th, 2020 By King Louie

Six men showed up this morning to challenge themselves to ‎Lieutenant Michael Murphy’s favorite “Body Armor” workout, nicknamed “The Murph” in his honor this Memorial Day. R2D2 attempted to get a double dip of running + The Murph. When YHC arrived R2 and 2 others were waiting. With 2-3 minutes to go there was a brief bit of mumblechatter, and we began after the arrival of Urlacher. By the time we finished the first mile, there were six of us in total. For those in F3 somehow unfamiliar with The Murph…. Here’s what it is:

1 Mile Run
100 pull ups (cinderblock bent over rows for those concerned with social distancing and being on the bars)
200 merkins
300 air / body weight squats
1 Mile Run

Counting was done OYO and everybody enjoyed some mumblechatter about social distancing, getting fat, and drinking during the pandemic. Once everyone finished / decided they were done, we finished up with the mile run mostly together and prayed it out. Sterling went home so his M could do “a half Murph”? R2, Blip, and Kilowatt went to Starbucks for some outdoor coffeeteria after.

Thanks for joining me this morning to honor those fallen in battle with Michael Murphy’s workout, men! Great job on doing both R2! Even if you feel like your sets were lacking and incomplete, you did more than anyone who ran only. And more than YHC considering YHC didn’t pre-run! Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day.

Murph, The Murph