Benjamin Bunn, CrossFit affiliate owner at Cigar City CrossFit in Tampa, FL, has a Special Forces background and unique respect for rucking. He spent over sixteen years in the army and about half of that in Special Forces. “A big part of training in Special Forces is utilization of the ruck. It’s hard work and …
The fifth annual GRT Reunion has come and gone and my 10-hour drive home from Jacksonville to Richmond provided me with ample opportunity to contemplate not just the physical and mental trauma experience as a result of low crawling through a 174-person tunnel of love, but more importantly I found myself reflecting on the extraordinary …
Oftentimes an official “Bring Your Kid to Work Day” will involve a tour of mom or dad’s office, a basic overview of the company and a fun kid-friendly activity. But here at GORUCK we do things differently. We decided to give our kids an education in rucking. Now some of these kids are no strangers …
It was the middle of the night and there we were, all 200 of us, in the middle of some park in Jax Beach, Florida, not far at all from HQ. The details of how we got there were pretty standard stuff. Ruck to the beach, play some games like who’s got goosebumps and cookies …
I recall my first Tough like it was yesterday. It was a Zombie-themed event in St. Augustine and at the time I had no idea what I was getting into, but I loved the fact that it would require and test not only physical ability but also mental strength and resilience. And that it did. …
26.2 Miler Star Course — After Action Review (AAR) Los Angeles, March 9, 2019 I was curious to see where this event stacked up between the Tough Challenge, our classic event, and the 50 Mile Star Course I did last year that beat me up pretty good and was a lot harder than I expected. …
