by: Jason McCarthy, 10th Special Forces Group, 2006-08 What does the backwards American flag mean? The backwards flag (formally and officially known as the Reverse Flag), dates back to the Army’s early history when both cavalry and infantry units would charge ahead as the Stars and Stripes streamed backwards. When assaulting forward, the star field …
Home fitness popularity continues to gain momentum as more people trade their gym memberships for virtual classes and at-home workouts, much like GORUCK Sandbag and Ruck Training (aka SRT) which we launched in March 2020 in response to the need within our community for virtual training. Perfecting a home gym the old fashioned way can …
Since COVID, plenty of copycats and wannabes are popping up in the home gym gear arena and you need to be careful not to purchase one of the imposters. Here at GORUCK, this is not our first rodeo with sandbags. Our sandbags have been tested and proven at thousands of GORUCK Challenges since 2013 and at GORUCK …
There has never been a better time to own a sandbag than now. Sandbag workouts are quickly gaining momentum as one of the most popular and talked about workouts of the year. Some gyms have already made sandbags a staple in their equipment arsenal, but only recently have we seen significant adoption of sandbag training, …
When my gym closed indefinitely in March of this year, I was unsure of what to do. I had no idea when I could go back, and my interim at-home workouts were not getting the job done. I was desperate for something a little tougher than body weight and resistance band lifts and I didn’t …
OPINION: GORUCK DESERVES THE CREDIT JUNE 9, 2020 There is perhaps no topic more polarizing in the soft goods and carry world than a discussion of GORUCK’s climb (in the span of less than a decade) to the upper boundaries of the backpack market. The strip of Pouch Attachment Ladder System webbing found on most versions, …
