But the CrossFit Hero WODs – or workouts of the day – are what really mark CrossFit as a U.S. military-friendly sport. Designed to honor a specific fallen military member or group of fallen ...

Michael Murphy. This year, on Veterans Day, there's another Hero WOD (CrossFit's name for routines named to honor fallen service members) well worth your time: 'Chad', a simple workout with an ...

Michael Murphy who died in Afghanistan on June 28, 2005. Known as a Hero WOD (WOD = workout of the day), Murph was first posted on August 18, 2005, and is completed every year on Memorial Day by ...

MILWAUKEE -- CrossFit athletes were in Bay View Park in Milwaukee Sunday, Aug. 12 for a special "hero workout," or WOD. Milwaukee Police Officer Charles Irvine Jr. was killed when the squad he was ...