The physiology behind Murph: A brutal CrossFit® workout

💦 🏃‍♀️ Around the time of the year, the CrossFit® community does ‘Murph’, the hero WOD in remembrance of the fallen Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy, who was killed in action in Afghanistan on June 28th, 2005.

😧 A classic CrossFit® workout that pretty much everyone fears, except maybe for Kari Pearce and Josh Bridges

🩸🫀To have a closer look at the physiology, I measured muscle oxygenation with @moxymonitor and heart rate during the entire workout.

What happens to the muscle during each section of the workout?

⬅️ Swipe left for some translational physiology.

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