As humans, we must do hard things to reach beyond our potential and expand our capabilities. It is through struggle, failure, re-calibrating, and perseverance that we learn to succeed. Within that struggle we often motivate others who see us, to do their best too. Being a witness to someone else’s success elevates us; we want …
“Ladies and Gentlemen, START YOUR ENGINES.” Jumping right into a soul crushing training session without a proper warm up can severely limit your training experience. But by adding in a specific warm up procedure, you can reduce your chance of injury, maximize your potential output, and have more fun learning your body and preparing for …
Learning how to effectively scale workouts is a vital skill for every athlete. Scaling allows anyone, regardless of their ability level or the amount of time they have been working out, to receive the same stimulus from a workout. It also allows two athletes of widely varying ability levels to compete against one another. GORUCK …
After being an avid runner for years, I started obstacle course racing to try something new and I tried a few Spartan Hurricane Heats as well. While training for a 12 hour version back in 2016, people on Facebook were sharing notes on the best rucksack to use, and everyone recommended a GORUCK rucksack for …
What seems like almost a decade ago, a friend of mine mentioned some exercise article where the participants were on the beach and in the water with heavy backpacks. I thought that sounded ridiculous and would shrug it off with “Let’s just stick to wine festivals and 5Ks” sentiment. My laziness was not conducive to …
Just like a home gym, your workouts can be simple. No need to overcomplicate a ruck and sandbag workout – that’s the whole point of our gear is that it’s a multi-use tool in one. Special Forces has been been training with minimal equipment and reaching the tip of human performance since forever. It’s not …
