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By Gordon Meehl When I say that rucking literally saved my life, I mean just that. There’s no hyperbole in my statement. If not for my regular rucking program, the likely reality would have been that I would have ceased...

Cross training for runners is essential to stay healthy, get stronger, run farther, and keep running for years to come. There are plenty of ways to get stronger and improve your running outside of running: swimming, yoga, combat sports, and...

75 Hard is a mental toughness program that's been around since 2019, thanks to our friend and entrepreneur Andy Frisella. While it's not technically a fitness challenge (instead it's a "transformative mental toughness program"), it does require participants to complete...

Pablo Picasso. Young Acrobat, 1905. BF72. © 2023 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Play. Wonder. Dreams. Curiosity. Boredom. Even procrastination. How is it that these are often the key ingredients for creativity? Try as...

75 Hard is much more than a physical challenge, it is meant to push you out of your comfort zone both mentally and physically. To successfully complete 75 Hard, designed by our friend Andy Frisella, there are a few rules...

I wear Simple Pants 365 days a year for traveling, commuting, rucking, and training. From Colombia to Thailand to Vietnam to Tokyo to the Grand Canyon, at OCR's (Obstacle Course Races), at all GORUCK Events and for my daily life...

By Chad Belger I’m Chad Belger and I’ve been an alcoholic since I was 13 years old. I’ve spent the majority of my life not giving a shit if I lived or died. One night about 4 years ago I...

By Michael Easter Michael Easter here. I wrote Scarcity Brain and The Comfort Crisis. As part of The Comfort Crisis, I spent more than a month in the Arctic backcountry. It was uncomfortable in every way. It was freezing cold...

By Jason McCarthy Just imagine you’re a new recruit with an Army green duffel bag full of stuff they made you buy to start Basic Training. You show up in your bus, and you’re immediately greeted by a shark attack...

12.30.23 "FINALE" 3 ROUNDS: 10 Sandbag Power Cleans 20 Sandbag Front Rack Walking Lunges (total)100m Sandbag Bear Hug Carry 10 Sandbag Squat Cleans 20 Sandbag Front Rack Walking Lunges (total)100m Sandbag Overhead Carry 12.29.23 "5 MILE RUCK" Ruck 5 Miles...

I’ve known Michael Welborn since 2017. When I founded DFW Rucking Crew, he had already begun establishing Green Country Ruckers so we exchanged a lot of ideas and best practices as we both got our clubs operational. So when Michael...

By Emily McCarthy I once knew a guy in college who dove so deep into an intro level philosophy class that he told me he was going to read chapters from Plato’s Republic to his future children. He planned to...

11.30.23 “I am up, he sees me, I am down” FOR TIME: 75 Burpee Sandbag Ground to Overhead with hop over SB *You can also scale this down to a burpee with SB swing. If you use a ruck instead...

Task Force Dagger 5th Special Forces Group - The Legion Thirty-nine days after 9/11, teams from 5th Special Forces Group deployed to the mountainous region of Afghanistan, along the Hindu Kush. The weather was atrocious — sandstorms, black clouds of...

I met Pete Reed in Iraq sometime in 2017. Or maybe it was already 2018. The exact circumstances are muddied now, but it involved war, fighting the Islamic State, crack medicine, and a lot of chaos. Whether it was Mosul...

10.31.23 “MONSTER MASH” For Time: 10 Burpees31 Kettlebell Swings 10 Burpees31 SB Overhead Throws10 Burpees31 SB Push Presses 10 Burpees31 SB Bent Over Rows or Pull-Ups10 Burpees31 KB Sumo High Pull10 Burpees31 Kettlebell Snatches (total)1,031meter Ruck (spice it up by...

United States soldiers may be assigned a multitude of tasks on any given day and must meet rigorous fitness and training standards. That's why Army regulations on uniform (and footwear in particular) are well-defined and necessary. It matters what you...

By Cadre Cleve When I first came on to GORUCK as a Cadre, it was for the New York City 9/11 events in 2015. That opened my eyes to what we do as a company, and even greater as a...

Two years ago right now I was out of sorts. Stressed out, you might say. COVID had suited me just fine, actually — the more chaos around, the calmer I get. I was sleeping fine until I wasn’t. Two years...

When it comes to choosing the best rucking boots, there are only so many options. "But," you just said, "there are countless boot options to choose from! So many brands and styles, different materials. Do I need waterproof? High top...

9.9.23 "SB20" by MTNTOUGH Get a month free of MTNTOUGH so you can complete the entire program using the code ‘GORUCKCHALLENGE’ on the MTNTOUGH website. Download the MTNTOUGH Fitness App on the App Store or Google Play to get started....