Men s Health
“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.
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Campaign developed by Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney and iProspect
Iconic brand Ampol has returned to the nation’s roadside launching ‘Far and Wide’ a wide scale, integrated campaign via Saatchi & Saatchi Australia and iProspect, that celebrates the distance Australians travel, great and small, day-in and day-out.
The campaign idea centres on Australia’s sheer vastness and how it’s part of our country’s identity to drive extraordinary distances without blinking an eye.
Ampol Australia executive general manager Joanne Taylor reveals that the revitalised Ampol brand maintains the company’s values and core proposition that customers can rely on: “For over a century, Ampol has been there to help Australians get where they’re going, no matter the journey. With the relaunch of the Ampol brand, the campaign showcases how Ampol is a part of the fabric of Australian life, with fuel that connects the nation.
This 40-Year-Old Completed a Murph Every Single Day for a Year
That s 730 miles, 36,500 pull-ups, 73,000 push-ups and 109,500 squats. Mar 2, 2021
In February 2020, as early signs of the coronavirus pandemic began to grip the US, 40-year-old California native Graham Dessert busied himself with a formidable undertaking: complete 365 Murphs in 365 days.
Named in honor of the late Navy SEAL Lt. Michael P. Murphy, the grueling CrossFit workout consists of a 1-mile run, 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups, 300 squats, and another 1-mile run to seal the deal all while wearing a weighted vest.
Dessert tackled a Murph every day, come rain or shine, until his challenge ended on February 20, 2021. That s a total of 730 miles, 36,500 pull-ups, 73,000 push-ups and 109,500 squats over the course of 365 days. Why? “I guess it just intrigued me… I like doing hard things,” he told