At GORUCK, we are firmly committed to two things: Rucking and the Special Forces Way of Life. Every single thing we do must be viewed through those two lenses. You’ve heard a lot from us on Rucking (and you’ll continue to), so I’d like to take a few paragraphs to talk about what we mean …
The goal was pretty simple, as goals are. Build a travel ruck that would thrive in Baghdad, NYC, and the mountains of Afghanistan. Or any mountains for that matter. And four plus years later of working toward that simple goal, rucking the world over a couple times and back, GR3 was finally ready. There were …
It’s not the 80+ miles of rucking, or the lunges with 100 lbs on your back, or the Devil’s mile. It’s not the bear crawls or the sandbag babies or the low crawls on a rocky, dirt road while you’re pushing your 60 lb ruck forward, one inch at a time. It’s not the lack …
I didn’t expect it to go like this. 5 months ago, we instituted a new initiative where every GORUCK Challenge class organized a “Service Action” – something that made their community a little better. GORUCK Nation has spearheaded gravestone cleaning operations, food donations to homeless shelters, stuff like that that nobody at the end of …
Showing up each weekend in Anytown, USA or sometimes Anytown, International isn’t always easy. GORUCK Cadre in a lot of ways are just like everyone else, they have friends, family, and things they do for fun. Leading classes though has it’s own rewards and that means a lot to them too. If you’ve ever …
A couple months ago Big Daddy and I were hangin’ at HQ, team room style. Bud Heavy in my right hand and a smile on my face and I’m like, ya know, this year’s been a bit slow, the whole laying tracks thing and all… He smiles because he knows exactly what I’m about to …
