Murph workout: test your fitness and endurance with this famous CrossFit challenge

MURPH fitness test CrossFit

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Murph workout: test your fitness and endurance with this famous CrossFit challenge

By Alice Porter

3 years ago

3 min read

The Murph challenge is notorious for being one of the toughest CrossFit workouts. But CrossFitter and writer Alice Porter claims it’s the perfect way to test your fitness, whatever level you’re at.

When it comes to fitness, most of us want to make progress. We want a return on our financial and time investment – namely, increased strength, fitness and/or endurance capacity.

And while tracking strength progress is quite straightforward (simply noting how much more you’re able to lift now compared to when you started will give you the best answer), it’s slightly harder to know if your actual fitness has improved.

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