NEWS & STORIES
A blog about what we love: people, rucking and training, the military, manufacturing, local pride, dogs, and the finer things in life. Like beer.
Walking with Weight - Todd Torrance's Rucking Story
Video Credit: Brendan Custer // @brendancuster By Todd Torrance Growing up in Syracuse, NY didn’t lend itself to putting many opportunities in my way, especially with how well public school...
MANAGING STRESS WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS (AND RUCKING)
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...
Fuel Your Ruck: Power-Packed Snacks for Long-Distance Performance
By: Mike Roussell, PhD Rucking doesn't just rely on physical strength and mental grit—it also demands smart nutrition. To fuel your body for the miles ahead, you need strategic snacking...
Mastering Hydration for Rucking: A Guide to Essential Electrolytes
By Mike Roussell, PhD Hydration is more than just water; it's a delicate balance of electrolytes lost through sweat, especially during demanding activities like prolonged rucking.The amount of electrolytes lost can...
19 Expert Rucking Tips to Make you Better Today
Rucking is an exercise that has many benefits (we counted 23 benefits here). It’s functional fitness for people who want to save time, torch calories, gain muscle, and build good habits....
Strategies for Soreness, Low Energy & Trouble Sleeping
By Dr. Mike Roussell The first time I ever did a Tabata style workout, it was all out front squatting a 90LB Sandbag - 20 sec on / 10 sec off...
Ruck to Unlock the Holy Grail of Health: Metabolic Flexibility
By Dr. Mike Roussell Rucking unlocks a wide breadth of health benefits such as improvements in strength, endurance, and resilience while also helping with reductions in stress and lower back...
Free Rucking Workout Plans | Beginner to Advanced Training Program
Rucking is a simple exercise: walking with weight on your back. It’s a low impact, full body exercise rooted in military training that is free and easy to start. You...
Ruck March Standards
The ruck march (or “rucking”) is a staple of military training. All United States Army infantry recruits must complete hours-long ruck marches. In other branches of the military, special operations...
Physical Benefits of Rucking
Rucking crushes calories, spares your joints, is linked to longer lifespan, and protects against almost every disease imaginable. Unlike dime-a-dozen fitness fads, rucking has been around forever, since hunter-gatherers carried...
National Forest Lampoon with GR2
By Dan Zehner Provisions for the Expedition When you have three kids, setting out for a day is like packing provisions for a month long Arctic expedition. They need more layers...
Nutrition Tips for Cold Weather Rucking
By Dr. Mike Roussell I love that rucking is an all season fitness pursuit. When I first was introduced to GORUCK and saw overnight GORUCK Events in Buffalo NY in...
Rucking vs. Running
Rucking vs. Running: Pros and Cons Rucking and running each build character, improve fitness, and positively effect mental health, but they're functionally quite different. Which burns more calories? Which is...
Post-Meal Rucking
By Dr. Mike Roussell One of the biggest health problems that we are facing at a population level is insulin resistance, the precursor to diabetes. The CDC estimated that 98...
Benefits to Rucking & Your Back with Dr. McGill
To travel, to get around town, and to workout — movement is necessary. As we get older, finding a safe and effective way to move becomes essential for injury prevention,...
The Beginner's Guide to Rucking
Rucking is effective, accessible, and requires little equipment. That means you can start right now, change your body & improve your mental health, and make real progress early on. Refreshing,...