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 …
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The Potential for Greatness Lives Within Each of Us
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 …
Sandbags 101: How to Scale a GORUCK SRT Workout
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 …
Sandbags 101: Sandbags v. Barbells
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, …
Sandbags 101: The Benefits of Sandbag Training
Fitness has changed dramatically in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and has been completely redefined from the gym or studio setting. People all over the world are building their own home gyms – which can look like anything from a full squat and barbell garage set up, to some free weights and a yoga …
HULK
I train like a HULK. I eat like a HULK. I ruck like a HULK. I live like a HULK, every day. I’m 6”3 250 before I feed the house and wash it down with a few beers and I don’t want my pants crowding my junk, ever. I hate that. My neighbor’s a skinny …