It was cold, very cold—10 degrees cold. Four pax arrived at 5:30 for a 5 mile ruck before bootcamp. T-claps. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP SSH (30 IC) Windmills (10 IC) TTT (10 IC) Squats (10 IC) Imperial Walkers (10 IC Merkins (5 IC)—no comments please, YHC is just coming off shoulder
Author: Donatello
Thirty Steps: Lesson 1—Grab the Rope
My favorite evolution of the GoRuck event required the extraction and delivery of a package—a very large tree log floating in a small nook behind a marina on the Tennessee River. It was probably 18-20 feet in length, robust and awkward, with knots and a slight of a bow—water logged.
Thirty Steps of Humility
GoRuck events have a unique way of exposing your character and revealing motives—often in unexpected ways. You learn things about yourself and you learn things about the people around you. Since planting F3 in Johnson City my approach has been pretty straight forward—get in front and lead—pull the men with
Repetitive Simplicity—Run
Nice DISCLAIMER PRAYER -> No prayer this morning, we have some work to get done COP Jog to the 40 and back High knees to the 20 and back Butt kicks to the 20 and back Carioca to the 40 and back Side lune to the 10 and back THE
GoRuck Simulation
Eleven (11) men left the comforts of home at 8:30 on a nice Friday evening to get a small taste of the suck that awaits in 2 weeks. The PAX assembled in the parking lot for instructions from YHC: I will do his best to give you a real snapshot
Ruckers & Flat Backs
Cool, with 10 PAX getting some serious Ruck training in prior to the boot camp. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP SSH (10 IC) Squats (10 IC) Imperial Walkers (10 IC) Merkins (10 IC) LBAC (10 IC) TTT (10 IC) THE THANG Divided into two groups—Ruckers and Flat Backs. Partner up. Ruckers Partner
Growth & Complacency
A few things I’ve been thinking about over the past few weeks that I’d like to pass along. We have been at this for 16 months now. We have had 280 men post at least 1x. September was our biggest month to date. We hit a high of 68 men
Q School & Burpees
Beautiful morning. DISCLAIMER PRAYER Started off with some philosophical musings on the role of the Q and what needs to be accomplished with the workout. Only requirements are the Disclaimer and COT Hard enough to justify getting out of bed Try not to murder a single body part Keep the
Blackjack & Burpees
YHC wasn’t feeling well this morning. It took all I had to not call in a pinch hitter for the Kingsport Q. Nevertheless, that’s the beauty of F3, accountability, and not wanting to let your men down. I got it done. Sometimes that’s good enough. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP SSH (20
Kingsport’s Officially Launched
Nice and gloomy for the inaugural workout at Indian Highland and the launch of F3 Kingsport. DISCLAIMER Warm welcome offered and a brief explanation of the F3 Mission and Core Principals before the full disclaimer. PRAYER COP SSH (20 IC) LBAC (10 IC, reverse) Windmills (10 IC) Imperial Walkers (10