This was going to be simple. We are 13 weeks out from GTE24 – Muthaship and YHC wanted PAX to know their physical baseline. How do we do that? Answer: The Army Physical Fitness Test. We grabbed some sand bags and headed off towards the track. Once we arrived PAX were briefed on the APFT. It consists of 3 evolutions with a standard for each: 2 min timed Merkins (42 reps) 2 min timed Big…
0This workout consists completing 9 rounds of the following 10 Jump over ruck burpees 11 Deadlifts 12 Thrusters 13 American hammers w/ ruck 14 4 count arm circles 15 Outlaw holding ruck 16 Big boys with ruck .1 mile ruck Significance March started on the 9th. 8 movements to represent the 8 days of the march. Torture, March, keep moving or die. We started the 7th round before we had to head to…
2This workout was to honor of those Marines who began the battle for Iwo Jima in February of 1945 2 Rounds 19 Sandbag Cleans 300m Ruck 45 Burpee Step Ups 300m Ruck Significance 2 Rounds = 2 strategic objectives on Iwo Jima 19 Cleans = February 19th was first day Distance is equal to the total runway distance of South Field 45 Burpee Step Ups = the year (1945) and “I’m stepping up, he sees…
1I been thinking about my next Tugboat Q for a while and when a chance to Q opened up I jumped on it. I had this great workout in mind that involved a PT test and some other work to challenge the PAX. After some thought I needed about 1.5-2 hours we really pull this off. Back to square one lead to google in search of a new workout. I found one that looked stupid…
1Let me start by saying up until recently rucking to me has just been walking around with a couple dudes and a sandbag talking about Jesus so I had no idea how to actually Q a ruck workout. I’ll point out the lessons I learned along the way. We started by heading over to the track. Lesson 1: we don’t mosey to our destination, we walk like turtles and talk about pants. As we walked…
4This was my first ever Ruck Q, and although it probably wasn’t as tough as I planned or the guys wanted, we had great fellowship. Plus, after Flag football the day before, my quads and hips were smoked! We did two big loops, one fully around both schools, and the second we cut a little short (Nantan suggestion). On our first loop around the schools we stopped at the pavilion behind the elementary school to…
1After a good pre-ruck with a handful of guys and some tight breakfast fast food talk the Boot Camp guys and the rest of the ruck guys began to show up. I threw some bags on the ground from the back of the Hoe and Shades gave a good disclaimer and I added two things to the ruck disclaimer. First, I let the guys know there was a good chance they were gonna slip and…
5The morning started with a 3+ mile preruck. Met up with the bootcampers and the Q was talking about football, so knew I might want to change the order of our workout, since we needed the field as well. Headed across the street to the football field for some warmup; SSH, cherry pickers, toy solders, and imperial walkers. Evolution #1 Bear crawl 25 yards, 20 overhead press Crab walk (ruck on front), 20 curls Bear…
2In life it’s important to have a battle buddy. Somebody to watch your six, somebody to push you when you want to quit, someone to share the pain with. (Check out the Moleskin for a few more thoughts on this topic.) That’s what we had at Tugboat. YHC and Royale descended on OMS at 0530 for a nearly 3mi pre-ruck sharing the burden of a glorious 60lb sand bag to kick off our Saturday triple-down.…
1Well this is a big deal for me. I’m trying to backblast them all, and even though this Q took place 2.5 weeks ago, here she is. It’s done. For those of you who want a view of what a ruck workout might entail, without the traditional ‘miles’, here is what you’re in for: We had 4 for the pre-ruck, where we got 3.5 miles in, but then upon the 6:30 start, one fell off…
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