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.
BFF Test Pro Tips from HQ
We’ve created the new standard in GORUCK PT. The GORUCK Baseline Functional Fitness Test (aka BFF Test) is similar to the Army PT test and was previewed by our Selection...
Tough As Nails & Mean As A Snake: Cameron Brackett's Story
By Cameron Brackett On January 10th, 2021, I completed a 10-mile run. Three days later on January 13th, I sat in the exam room of my hematologist and was told...
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...
GORUCK America: Steel City Ruck Club’s Whiskey Rebellion
TLDR: This AAR (After Action Report) encompasses 3 different events hosted by Steel City Ruck Club and there are a ton of photos of all that Good Livin’, so the...
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...
CHAD 1000X Nutrition
By Dr. Mike Roussell CHAD 1000X is coming up and for many people (myself included) completing 1000 steps consecutively in one workout is a stretch both physically and mentally. It is...
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,...
Serendipity Is Life at Its Sweetest Moments
By Emily McCarthy The parts of life that can unfold and surprise you, better than you could ever have imagined. Not to erase tough times, but to provide support from different...
Freedom of Expression
By Emily McCarthy Back when I was young and dumb, I traveled to a North African nation in the summer of 1998 to visit a college friend who was enrolled in...
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,...