GORUCK Challenge

[madmonday]

thanks d666

if i go under too long you got to come get me big man . . .  or i might tie your beard around my waist like those folks that put their kids on a leash.  if you feel a tugging give me a pull.

was just looking through the goruck site & they have some great work outs & seem to have come a long way. anyone that hasn't had a look in a while should take a look see . . .

[Finn666]

@madmonday:

…  or i might tie your beard around my waist like those folks that put their kids on a leash.  if you feel a tugging give me a pull.

lord have mercy

[Nerkg]

@Finn666:

@madmonday:

…  or i might tie your beard around my waist like those folks that put their kids on a leash.  if you feel a tugging give me a pull.

lord have mercy

What? This is common in the USA

[joesaintjohn]

Oh yeah, it's a requirement in Oklahoma. Kids must be leashed at all times.

[zhivago]

that explains a few things…

tabata 4 rounds 30 sec each rest 10 sec in between

lunges with sandbell overhead to start move it out front on the way down and back up overhead on the way back up
spider man push ups

squat press w/ sandbell
wood chops on knees w/ sandbell 30 sec R 30 sec L then rest

burpies x5 (angry words)

suitcase sit ups w/ sandbell overhead
plank pushups

crushed it!

[seanocono]

Okay, it's been a while since I posted in here.  Still working at it.  I'm definitely getting stronger, but Z's little piece of advice re: increasing the weights was good for the ole' perspective.  I was literally planning a purchase of a 45lb. bell that day.

I have 3 weeks of Paleo in the books.  Zero slip-ups.  I feel great.  It takes a little bit more planning (I get hungrier, sooner), but it's absolutely worth it.  My energy is through the roof; and, most importantly, my digestive problems have dramatically improved.

Unfortunately, I am going to crash hard tonight.  I'm getting together with a bunch of old college buddies that I haven't seen in a long time.  I know I can eat right, but beer will be consumed.

[zhivago]

whoa!!! as rick flair would say

exaggerated lunges w/ KB's
push ups w/ feet in bandit loops

backwards lunges
spider man crawl

skater lunges

bicycle sit ups
orbital planks left then right 1o secs each way

everything else 30 sec x 4 rounds

[madmonday]

burned my neck at the range last friday with hot brass & have been using that as an excuse to slack off on continuing my GORUCK Challenge prep work.  the great thing is i feel like shit without the random workouts  >:(,  so i will be attempting a more structured routine sooner than later. will keep all posted

zee i always took you more for a  Big John Stud or Bob Backlund kind of guy.

that whoa!!! was motivating . . .

[DougNg]

@madmonday:

burned my neck at the range last friday with hot brass & have been using that as an excuse to slack off on continuing my GORUCK Challenge prep work.  the great thing is i feel like shit without the random workouts  >:(,  so i will be attempting a more structured routine sooner than later. will keep all posted

zee i always took you more for a  Big John Stud or Bob Backlund kind of guy.

that whoa!!! was motivating . . .

Jody had some brass land right between the "girls" last Saturday…me and the two guys (that I don't know) in the next lane had a pretty good laugh at her expense

[zhivago]

thanks Monday, kinda feeling like King Kong Bundy after hitting the scale this morning, need to jog more I think?

I always try to remind myself that weight isn't really everything and the way you feel and the way your clothes are fitting etc is much more important. Along those lines, things are going well out here in CO, but dropping 20 or so is really not as easy as it use to be that much I am certain of…

Doug, you take your "girls" to the range? People give me some pretty dirty looks when I take Ryder 

[DougNg]

Anybody get to the point where they've burned out yet? Every three months, I take a week off to recharge the battery

I used to work out six or seven days a week, long hard workouts. Then I started to notice that I would either plateau, backslide, or get a cold out of nowhere. I was pushing my body too hard and my body pushed back

Taking a week off also helps prevent injuries from overtraining. I just took a week off a few weeks back

Z: Jody comes with me 50% of the time. She's a pretty good shot, and if anyone gave a dirty look at her at the range because she's a woman with a gun, she'd probably leave a ring shaped burn mark on them

[zhivago]

No no, bad attempt at humor that didn't convey…awesome that Jody goes to the range with you man!

[DougNg]

Last weekend, I asked her what she'd like to do for Mother's Day Weekend

Answer: Iron Man 3, shooting, BBQ

I married the perfect woman

[derivative666]

*yes sir

[zhivago]

today I went for more of a where am I at approach to the work out

7 exercises 25 reps each, just body weight. 3 rounds

lunges (prison style)
jump squats
push ups
supermans
jump squats
squats (prison style)
double crunches

great stuff!

Also, started DDP Yoga yesterday and I am pretty stoked on it. Mixing Skogg, DDP and Big Z work outs I think we are starting to get somewhere. I'll keep ya posted.

[DougNg]

I'm pretty sure Tabata means "eff you gaijin" in Japanese…

[Chris]

@zhivago:

Also, started DDP Yoga yesterday and I am pretty stoked on it. Mixing Skogg, DDP and Big Z work outs I think we are starting to get somewhere. I'll keep ya posted.

Yeah, Doug made a good call on the DDP/Skogg combo.  Those really compliment one another well.  Thanks for that, Doug.

(And thanks for the Tiger Balm suggestion, too- my wife just laughed when I said I was going out to buy some, since her mother apparently used it for everything; aches, pains, sprains, hangnails, warts, indigestion, whatever…)

[zhivago]

Yesterday but here it is none the less

Tabata 30 on 10 off 4x each

Side squat lunges w/ steelbell
close in (diamond) push ups

Trunk twists w/ steelbell
one legged bird drops with Kettlebell

ropes
big waves double arms 4x
1 minute rest
sidewinders 4x
1 minute rest
waves alternating arms and squatting up and down 4x

Stood on the edge of the cliff: Mt. Hurl
came back down

Ropes rock, try em if you can!!!

[zhivago]

mixing it up a bit but sticking with Tabata none the less
4 exercises 10 sec rest in between x4 rounds, as opposed to 2 exercises 10 sec rest in between, x4 rounds.

squat lunges
grasshopper pushups
around the worlds w/sandbell
side to side jumps

dips off a bench w/ sandbell in lap
supermans
one legged planks right, then left
crunches

high knees for 1 minute

can you say sweaty…

[derivative666]

Well boys officially down 50lbs.  Yesterday was Skogg level 2 roots and a 3 mile ruck. Today level 2 intervals and a 3 mile ruck.

Last week took the week off from Skogg System

"Obstacles are stepping-stones That guide us to our goals"