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“I graduated from medical school on May 11, 2005,” he says. And that’s when things got hot. He was on a plane to Afghanistan two days later. “Then on June 28, we got the call that the Chinook [helicopter] had been shot down and a Navy SEAL team was missing.”
Operation Red Wings went as tragically as a mission can. Early on the morning of the 28th, the military dropped four SEALs Lieutenant Michael Murphy and Petty Officers Danny Dietz, Matthew Axelson, and Marcus Luttrell about 10,000 feet high in the Hindu Kush Mountains. The team was to provide reconnaissance for an impending action against guerrilla leader Ahmad Shah.
Murph World Record Holder Hunter McIntyre Shared How He Trains for the CrossFit Workout
McIntyre breaks down his best advice on how to prepare for the infamously tough CrossFit workout. Apr 22, 2021
Memorial Day is just over a month away, when fitness enthusiasts all over the country will perform CrossFit s notoriously difficult Murph workout as a way of commemorating the holiday and honoring fallen U.S. service members. Named after the late Navy SEAL Lieutenant Michael Murphy, the Murph consists of a 1-mile run, 100 pullups, 200 pushups, 300 air squats, and another 1-mile run all done wearing a 20-pound weighted vest.
Athlete Hunter McIntyre says he set a world record during the Murph Challenge 2020, when he performed the notoriously difficult CrossFit workout in just 34 minutes 13 seconds. In a recent video on his YouTube channel, he shared his advice for how to best train for the Memorial Day Murph this year.
The 2020 HYROX World Champions will have a hand in picking their challengers for HYROX Dallas.
Last updated on January 7th, 2021
In December of 2020, Hunter McIntyre and Lauren Weeks won the HYROX World Championships, which took place in Hamburg, Germany. Now, both
McIntyre and Weeks are hand-picking their opponents for HYROX’s Feb. 20, 2021, Dallas, TX event, which is taking place at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center.
That’s right. The current champs are working with HYROX to pick nine other athletes that they think will pose the greatest threat to their fitness throne. Specifically, McIntyre tells BarBend that he’s after fitness and endurance focused athletes such as elite CrossFitters. This isn’t too much of a surprise as the two sports have a history of crossover appearances. Both of the champs have competed in CrossFit, as have HYROX athletes Samantha Briggs, who won the CrossFit Games in 2013, and Adam Klink, who has competed in six Regional events.