Patch - GORUCK TRIBE - 2022

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GORUCK Tribe brings organization and inspiration to those of you who choose the harder path. Tribe is a way of life, the Cadre and community are the accountability. The theme of year 2 is LIFE HAS RISK.

Within each year, each month has a theme and a unique patch that will ship out automatically when you subscribe.

2022 GORUCK Tribe patches:

• January - Risk
• February - Strength
• March - Courage
• April - Breathe

January Details

Workout: MILLER HERO WOD:

• 3 Mile Ruck
• 12 Rounds:

6 x Sandbag/Ruck Rows
6 x Burpee Squats (Full Burpee with Jump followed by Squat)
6 x 4 Ct Mountain Climbers
6 x Rucksack Getups 

• 3 Mile Ruck

Rucking: 1 mile/day, every day. Use baseline weight.

Book: The Mission the Men and Me - Pete Blaber

Additional Tasking: Write down something positive that you want to do this year, and what you need to do to be ready. As opposed to cutting things out that you think of as negative, add a goal to your life that is positive. It works better.

February Details

Workout: Hero Wod DT
(1X IN February)

15 minute AMRAP:
- 3 sandbag hang cleans
- 3 sandbag press
- 6 push ups

Significance: This month we will honor USAF SSgt Timothy P. Davis "DT" who was killed on February, 20 2009 supporting operations in OEF when his vehicle was struck by an IED. You pick the weight and if you want a single or a double serving of shared pain.

Rucking: 1 Miler , 2 Miler, 3 Miler, 4 Miler, 5 Miler - ALL TIMED at baseline weight for you, or 45/30 (heavy). At least 2 full days rest between each one. See how you do.

Book: A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway

Quote: “The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”
― Ernest Hemingway

March Details

March Details: Courage

Workout: "Harrison"
(1X IN February)

15 minute AMRAP:

• 3 Sandbag Hang Clean (#60/#40)
• 3 Sandbag press (#60/#40)
• 6 Ruck push-ups (#30/#20)
• 12 Sit-ups with Ruck on chest (#30/#20)

BONUS WOD:

FALL OF BAGHDAD

Infill: 2000m Ruck (#30/#20)

34 rounds of:

• 1 Sandbag CLUSTER (#60/#40, which is a full squat clean +thruster)
• 3 Ruck Push Ups (#30/#20)
• 5 Mountain climbers

Exfil: 2000M Ruck (#30/#20)

Significance: Calvin Harrison was born in March

Rucking: 3x 3 mile Rucks using heavier than “normal” on all 3. 30 use 40/45/50 20 use 30/ 40/ 45 45 use 50/60/70

Book: Generation Kill

 Additional Tasking: Courage is contagious. Reach out to at least 2 people and tell them why you believe they are courageous. Then do something that tests your courage, physically or mentally.

April Details

Workout: "Piestewa"
(1X in April)

6 rounds:

• 400M Ruck
  
• 7 "Double Push Up" Get Ups with Ruck On

Hold water in mouth throughout entire workout like Apache Run.

Significance: Lori Piestewa was the first Native American woman KIA. Ambushed in the attack where Jessica Lynch was taken POW. Her surname is derived from a Hopi language root meaning "water pooled on the desert by a hard rain"; thus, Piestewa (Hopi: [piˈɛstɛwa]) translates loosely as "the people who live by the water."

Rucking: RUCK: -3x 1 mile “Apache” Rucks. Mouth full of water. Only nose breathing.

-12 miler Timed. Go hard.

Book: Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor

 Additional Tasking: Dedicate 5 minutes a day to a breathing practice/meditative/box breathing technique.