I found GORUCK through the obstacle racing community on Facebook. Many OCR enthusiasts were also doing GORUCK events and I decided to check them out online. I was immediately drawn to the mental and physical challenge to completing them, so I signed up for a Light, then a Challenge (now Tough). After losing about 100 …
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#KeepTraining: Garage Gym Sandbag Workout
For this workout you don’t need a lot of equipment or space. Just a backpack (preferably a ruck), some weight, and a sandbag. For lunges and tosses, we just used the length of a driveway, doesn’t need to be exact. Let us know if you try this one out, it’s a burner! #KeepTraining The Workout: …
From GORUCK Nation: Embracing the New Suck
Anyone else starting to feel like this weird pandemic isolation period is becoming “normal”? Yeah, me neither. For now though, this is our new normal. We are learning to create and adapt to new schedules and routines. The anticipation of knowing we will eventually be able to gather again with people at our favorite local …
From GORUCK Nation: It’s Not Normal But You Can Do This
Our world looks a lot different this month than it did last month. There’s a lot of uncertainty and a lot of change. This is hard and it’s not normal. But I know you and if you’re reading this, you’ve done hard things before. You’ve been scared. You’ve been uncomfortable. You’ve been worried. I know this …
PRESS: Jason Featured on Never Quit Podcast with Marcus Luttrell
Retired Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, takes Jason into the “briefing room” to hear some of his greatest never quit stories. Jason McCarthy, who enlisted in the U.S. Army because of 9/11 and had the drive to become a member of America’s best – The Special Forces (Green Berets). His involvement in the initial invasion …
How to Track Steps on Your Phone (And You’re Probably Already Doing It)
So you want to start tracking your rucks, but don’t want to shell out the cash for a FitBit or Apple Watch. Guess what? You don’t have to. We all have apps available to us on our phones (yes, Androids too) that afford us the ability to track our steps. You do have to carry …