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Oh, this summer

We won't regret what we cannot know

Oh, they can lift the roof right off of this house

Yeah they can cancel all our shows

We'll make a break for the bridge after raiding the fridge

Pick up your friends in Baltimore

My parade of ships and a tape full of hiss

And we'll forget what came before

Lyrics by Superchunk

Summer is here and we don’t ever want it to end. The days are longer, routines get upended, the pace of humanity slows just enough to enjoy life, and best of all, outside is in.

The summer of 2020, do-it-yourself quarantine Star Courses were all the rage for people to do solo or within their pods. Thousands of you showed up to ruck and submitted Hit Lists to cities from all over the world - thank you!

Now you can do an Endless Summer Star Course and earn a patch - you choose between a 12 miler or any Sprint distance (5k/10k/15k) using our ready-made hit lists - this time with friends. Grab your sunglasses and ruck whatever city you find yourself in this summer.

How It Works

STEP 1: Download the hit list for your city.

DOWNLOAD HERE. Choose from 5k, 10k, 15k or 12 Miles. If your city doesn't have a hit list, create your own. Pick the waypoints for a 12 miler (scaling down the mileage to one of the shorter distances above is easy to do on your own), fill out this form and we will add it to the public folder as soon as possible so that others can complete it too.

STEP 2: Get a rucksack (or any backpack) and some weight.

10 lbs if you weigh under 150 lbs and 20 lbs if you weigh over 150 lbs or want more of a challenge. Check out Ruck Plates, the best weight to ruck.

STEP 3: Plot your route and go to the waypoints.

Take a picture at each for more fun. Share with us on social @goruck for bragging rights too.

STEP 4: If you are the goal-setting type, make it to all of the waypoints in the following prescribed time limits:

12 miler - 5 hrs

Sprint distances: 5k - 2.5 hrs; 10k - 3 hrs; 15k - 3.5 hrs

Tips For Staying Safe:

• Bring a buddy or three, especially if they are 4-legged friends. If you're rucking alone, go out during daylight hours and avoid any areas that could be dangerous.
• Bring your cell phone in case of emergency.
• If a waypoint is a location (park or beach or building) that is currently closed, pick a new spot nearby - do not break any laws or unnecessarily tax law enforcement now or ever.
• Bring plenty of water and snacks to stay hydrated and energized.

Good luck and get rucking! Check out the Star Course Hit lists here.

Welcome to the 12 Mile Timed Ruck. This kind of ruck march has been historically utilized by the US Army, and it’s an excellent opportunity to get your mind right, work on your pace, and test the gear you’ve chosen for GORUCK’s Heavy, Tough, or City Ruck events.

You’ll need to either maintain a 17:30 minute pace the entire time or intersperse some ruck shuffles with your regular rucking pace in order to make the time hack of 3.5 hours. NOTE: Running with a ruck is NOT recommended under any circumstances. We suggest planning a route that is as flat as possible and avoids traffic crossings.

Details

• Minimum 3 people
• Distance: 12 miles
• Time Hack
• Standard - 12 miles in 3.5 hours or less (17:30 min/mi pace)
• Advanced: 12 miles in 3 hours or less (15:00 min/mi pace)
• Minimum ruck weight: 10 lbs. If you’re preparing for a GORUCK event, you should carry the weight listed in the event requirements. Advanced ruckers should complete it with 45 lbs dry.
• Share on social media and use #RUCKCLUBCALLOUT and tag @goruck

Baseline Functional Fitness Test

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 023 candidates in October 2022. This year’s Selection Candidates and GORUCK Games athletes will take on the test themselves. Now, we want GORUCK Nation to give it their best shot. This test is meant to serve as a way to check in with yourself and your fitness goals.

Learn more about the BFF Test HERE

Welcome to the Buddy Carry Ruck. Just a normal day out rucking with your friends…until the last mile. For the ENTIRE LAST MILE, 20% of your group has to be up in a buddy carry. If they aren’t in the air, then they aren’t moving. You can do this however you want: Fireman’s carry, 2 person carry, 3 person carry, you could do 8 people if you want. It’s totally up to you, bonus points for being creative. The casualty can rotate, so it does not have to be the same person the whole time. Also, no using your kids as the casualty, that’s cheating. One important note, NO RUCKS on the casualties.

Details:

• Minimum 4 person teams but the more the merrier
• 20% of participants up for the last mile of the ruck, math rounds up. So if you have six people, then two people must go up for the last mile.
• 4 mile minimum but go as far as you want
• Minimum ruck weight: 10 lbs
• Share on social media and use #RUCKCLUBCALLOUT and tag @goruck

Buffalo Soldiers were U.S. Army regiments composed exclusively of black American soldiers, formed during the 19th century to serve on the American frontier after the Civil War. The Buffalo Soldiers played crucial roles in westward expansion, the Indian Wars, and early National Parks, all while overcoming intense racism and segregation, thereby proving black military capability and paving the way for greater integration.

Many of these soldiers also served in California's Sierra Nevada as some of our nation's first park rangers. For this month’s Ruck Club Callout, we’ll perform a service project honoring their service protecting Yosemite and Sequoia before the Park Service even existed.

The Details:

• Begin with a brief story about the Buffalo Soldiers’ early role as park rangers
• Perform a trail cleanup ruck or adopt a section of a local road for cleanup
• Include a moment of silence or reflection in a scenic area
• End with a statement of stewardship, e.g., “We protect what they protected.”
• Minimum distance: your call
• Weight: rucker's choice
• Share on social media using #RUCKCLUBCALLOUT and tag @goruck

This summer, we are honoring the US flag and everything it represents: freedom, valor, and perseverance. From Flag Day on June 14 through Independence Day on July 4, we challenge you to "Capture the Flag" and earn your Anti-Virtual Challenge patch by completing this Stars and Stripes inspired ruck and workout.

As you take on this challenge, we encourage you to dedicate your efforts to Old Glory. Our “Capture the Flag” workout embodies the flag and pays tribute with 4 miles in honor of the 4th of July, 13 reps for the original colonies (stripes), and an additional 50 reps representing the states of the Union (stars).

Grab your family and friends, get out outside and show your support for our Star Spangled Banner this summer.

WORKOUT: "Capture the Flag"

4 Mile Ruck

After each mile complete: 13 Ruck Push-Ups & 50 Ruck Squats

Suggested Weights:
Expert: 45/30 lb
Rx: 30/20 lb
Intermediate: 20/10 lb
Beginner: 10 lb or just throw your water bottle in your ruck!

Your score is the total time to complete 4 miles, 52 ruck push-ups & 200 ruck squats.

There’s no better way to kick off the summer than enjoying some ice cold refreshments with friends. It’s even better if you’re all tired and sweaty. So this month, we are bringing back a summer favorite: the Cooler Ruck.

Plan your route and bring a fully-loaded cooler with you, filled to the brim with hydration (whatever that looks like to you). It needs to be a FULL SIZE cooler which will require a two-person carry. This means you’re going to either need fresh bodies to switch out as you go, or you’re going to end up moving slowly. And yes, we expect ALL empty space to be filled with ice. Bonus cool points for 10 miles or more!

Details

• Minimum distance is 3 miles
• 2 participants or more
• The cooler should be a two person carry—fully loaded
• One cooler for every 8 participants
• You decide how much weight you carry in your ruck
• Share on social media using #RUCKCLUBCALLOUT and tag @goruck

Espionage isn't supposed to be eye-catching, but sometimes rules are meant to be broken.

Think back to elementary school, where Field Day was every kid’s favorite spring event. You got to go outside with friends and compete in various track and field events for ribbons or trophies. We designed this month’s Callout to be similar, but with a heaping helping of our kind of Good Livin’.

Divide your participants into two teams who will compete in several events of your choosing (a handy list of options is supplied below). And you can either designate a prize for the winning team, or let the winners pick the penalty PT for the losers. But regardless, have fun and celebrate with everyone at the end!

Details:

• Minimum 4 people but this works better with 10 or more

• Zero mileage requirement, but feel free to add a distance component if you want

• Pick a few event from options below:

• Centipede Pushups

• Each team creates a single line in the pushup position (rucks on), with the first person’s feet on the shoulders of the second person. The second person’s feet will be on the shoulders of the third person, and so on. The only feet on the ground will be the last person in line. Then both teams will perform as many pushups as possible.

• Sandbag Races

• This is a relay race where each team has a sandbag (you choose the weight), and both teams are lined up behind it. Pick a distance, and then each team sends one person with the sandbag out and back, tagging the next person to do the same. You can choose how the sandbag should be carried (Zercher carry, farmer carry, bear hug carry, back rack carry, overhead carry, etc). First team to send all members out and back is the winner.

• Bear Crawl Races

• Just like the Sandbag Race, but each team will be bear crawling out and back as fast as possible with rucks on. Remember, bears don’t have knees!

• Elephant Races

• Both teams line up in a single line, each participant bends over and extends their right hand forward and their left hand through their legs. The person behind reaches forward and holds the hand of the person in front of them, so that each team is joined by hands and must walk slowly like a plodding elephant. Both teams should be sent to a waypoint and back, the first team to return wins.

• Multi-Legged Race

• This one is a team-based version of the 3-legged race. Line up the entire team and strap the left leg of one GRT to the right leg of another GRT. Then have the entire team move forward as one big line (this will be very challenging). Either pick a certain distance to cross, or a time hack to reach a certain distance.

• Pass the Worm

• Connect several sandbags together with carabiners. Stand your teammates in a line and pass the connected sandbags from one end to the other. If your team is small, the person who started the passing runs down to the end and continues the passing, then the next person moves down so that the line of people keeps shifting and the connected sandbags keep moving. THE WORM CAN NEVER TOUCH THE GROUND. Continue this to a designated endpoint and the team that reaches it first is the winner.

• Ruck Up Relay

• Participants put their rucks into a single line and then split into two teams on opposite sides. Both teams send one person at a time to the center to pick up their ruck, put it on and run back to the line. As soon as the runner returns, the second teammate runs in to get their ruck, and so on. The winning team is the first to have all members with their rucks on.

• GET CREATIVE!

• This list is by no means exhaustive, you’re free to add any kind of physical competition that works best for your club members.

• No weight requirement, use your regular training weight

• Share on social media and use #RUCKCLUBCALLOUT and tag @goruck

The GORUCK TAKEOVER is more than your typical ruck meet-up - it’s a high-energy, full-send community event built to bring people together and show them what the GORUCK life is all about. Think grit, teamwork, and unforgettable vibes - with full support from GORUCK HQ to make it happen.

GORUCK COMMUNITY 5K

• Social Fitness
• Active Recovery Training
• Gets You Outside - in the real world.

To learn more about how you can host a GORUCK TAKEOVER for your community, check out this page HERE.

The GORUCK TAKEOVER is more than your typical ruck meet-up - it’s a high-energy, full-send community event built to bring people together and show them what the GORUCK life is all about. Think grit, teamwork, and unforgettable vibes - with full support from GORUCK HQ to make it happen.

GORUCK TAKEOVER WORKOUT

• 1 Hour GORUCK Style Workout
• Scalable for all levels of fitness
• Get stronger one step and one rep at a time

To learn more about how you can host a GORUCK TAKEOVER for your community, check out this page HERE.

“Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” ― Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

February's Ruck Club Callout is the Heart of Grace Ruck. You pick a charity or organization that helps others and execute a service project for them with your team. A few idea starters:

• Donate non-perishables to a food bank
• Collect used coats/clothing for a homeless shelter
• Food drive for an animal shelter
• Volunteer at a soup kitchen
• Organize a car wash and donate the profits
• Read to residents at a nursing home
• Adopt a local highway or road and clean up trash

Add mileage where it makes sense. For food drives, it's a natural for everyone to carry the items to their destination. For other projects, you might prefer to add 2-3 miles beforehand or to a ruckoff afterwards. Have fun, put in the work, and do some good!

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You’ve seen the movie Predator, right? Deadly alien comes to Earth and attacks a bunch of SF dudes in the middle of the jungle. Well do you remember how Arnold Schwarzenegger ended up tricking the Predator? The Predator has thermal vision, so it can see you all the time. Well, Arnold got smart and covered himself from head to toe in mud so the Predator couldn’t find him. Do you see where we’re going with this?

Welcome to the Mud Ruck. The whole team has to get muddy at the start of their ruck, as muddy as you can (or want), and as always: cool points for being original. Then, once you’re safe from the Predator, head out. Four miles (or more) as a group covered in mud. Nothing too crazy. Have some fun and take lots of pictures!

Details

• 4 miles minimum (distance starts as soon as you are muddy)
• 4 people per group, no less
• Bonus cool points for getting muddy/unmuddy in a fun/unique way
• No weight requirement, use your regular training weight
• Share on social media and use #RUCKCLUBCALLOUT and tag @goruck

“There’s children throwing snowballs, instead of throwing heads, they’re busy building toys and absolutely no one’s dead.”

— Jack Skellington

The Nightmare WOD Before Christmas is a GORUCK community tradition continued by Chris Strasser of Vice City Ruckers as an annual fundraiser and way to spend time with his Ruck Club around the holidays. Chris gave us permission to share a version of this spirited workout of the day with GORUCK Nation and Tribe. The patch will be available on December 1 and we invite you to collectively do this 2-part WOD on December 2 and 9. That said, you can plan your club’s Nightmare WOD any time this month.

Day 1 (Saturday, Dec 2): “Jack Skellington”

Expert/Rx: Ruck (30#/20#) for all movements except burpees Burpees (slick/unweighted)

Scaled: slick/unweighted for entire wod

• BUY IN: 1 mile run/shuffle
• 50 burpees
• 50 sit ups
• 50 push-ups
• 50 air squats
• 50 4ct mountain climbers
• 50 4ct jumping jacks
• 50 4ct flutter kicks

Day 2 (Sunday, Dec 9): “Lock, Shock, and Barrel”

Expert/Rx: Sandbag (60#/40#) & Ruck (30#/20#) for all movements except Russian Twist & Leg Raises use ruck only (30#/20#)

Scaled: Ruck only for entire wod (30#/20#)

• 10 man makers
• 50 plank ruck pull through
• 400m ruck
• 10 man makers
• 50 ruck pressed leg lifts
• 400m ruck
• 10 man makers
• 50 ruck twists (2 ct)