563 Alec Blenis- MURPH World Record Holder

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Health & Fitness, Sprinting, Functional, Crossfit, Weightlifting, Fitness, Gymnastics, Crossfitgames

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Alec Blenis- MURPH world record holder, competitive athlete, strength & conditioning coach, and science nerd. Competing in a very wide range of events, including ultra-marathons (50+ ultras complete), obstacle course racing (Spartan Pro Team 2012-2014), CrossFit competitions (Murph World Record 2021), and more, his credentials include a B.S. in Physics from Georgia Tech and speciality fitness certifications including CSCS, CES, PN2, among others.

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Wadcast podcast, I'm your host, Eddie Ifton.
0:05.9	I don't usually have this voice, but I thought I'd throw it in there for this episode.
0:10.5	Would you like it if I did the whole episode like this?
0:12.4	I don't think so.
0:13.8	So I'll switch back to my normal boring voice.
0:17.9	Yeah.
0:18.9	Hey, welcome everybody.
0:19.9	Great show tonight.
0:21.2	We can talk about the semifinals of the CrossFit games, but we're not going to.
0:26.0	No.
0:27.0	We're going to talk about Murf today because Monday, Memorial Day, we celebrate Michael Murphy,
0:34.0	who fought for our country, died for our country, and they created a workout in his honor.
0:41.7	That is a very bad ass workout if you've never done it.
0:44.7	It's run a mile, 100 pull ups, 200 push ups, 300 squats, run a mile, all while wearing
0:51.0	a 20 pound weight vest.
0:53.8	It's a mother fucker.
0:55.3	And I will tell you this, there have been a lot of guys that have tried to break the
0:58.9	world record.
0:59.9	If you're going to break the world record, we'd like to see it on a track.
1:03.9	We'd like to see it all filmed.
1:05.9	So the standards are there, Hunter McIntyre previously owned the world record, has been broken
1:12.2	by today's guest, Alex Blenis, who is a trainer, a very smart intelligent guy that I had the
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