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Baseline: Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT)
Whether you’re Jason Bourne or new to fitness, you have to test (and monitor) your baseline. We use the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) because it requires no equipment, it’s easy to score, and it helps measure where you are. EVENTS Push-Ups: 2 Minutes Sit-Ups: 2 Minutes Two-Mile Run Do these three events in sequence, …
DFQ-DW (Don’t F***ing Quit – Drink Water)
GORUCK Selection is really a hydration contest with exercise scenery and Special Forces Cadre included. The goal leading up to Selection is to maximize your training and calorie intake in order to enhance your performance without pushing your system over the edge and exceeding your stomach’s capacity to absorb nutrients. All too often at Selection …
Cadre Dan and GORUCK Heavy, The Ultimate Team Event
The Back Story A couple years and a million lifetimes ago in 2012, Cadre Dan came to me and said hey Jason, we need a new event that’s harder and longer than The Challenge, GORUCK Nation wants more. I was pretty sure that Dan meant Dan wanted more for GORUCK Nation because we were having …
HCL Explained: Mark Webb
GORUCK HCL (Heavy, Challenge, Light), explained. By Mark Webb What is a HCL? For those not familiar, GORUCK has 3 team building events loosely based around SFAS team week. The Light is a 5+ hr fun fest based team event, The Challenge is a 10+ hr more challenging (and the original) team event and the Heavy …
GORUCK Good Livin’ Video
Welcome to team-based Special Operations training. Our Cadre will show you what you’re capable of when you work together. The Challenge is the foundation for all our Events. We are proud its pass rate is 94%.