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GORUCK Tough Class 2746

12 hours?

20 miles?

30# Ruck

Log

It’s big, it’s heavy, it’s wood. It’s better than bad, it’s good!

It had a nice smell and a flat bottom that tickled my neck like a Vulcan nerve pinch. I’ve never been crushed before, not that I can remember, but I felt my torso crumbling like a beer can. Being tall is great for grabbing dusty jars from shelves and spotting drunk friends in concert crowds but it does not make carrying multi-man logs easier. It’s like being a Jenga Tower, except the wood blocks are internal organs.

Stretch

Before: I spent an hour and a half stretching while reading on my iPad because I’ve got parasympathetic ADD.  Work makes my hips and mind crusty. Yin style yoga and self improvement books get my mojo juicy again.

After: There are so many creative ways to make a physical being suffer. My thighs chafed as if I barebacked a horse. My hands and forearms were locking up like eagle claws. The next day, my everything was sore.

Extortion 17

A Luminous Egg Over Easy 1 Hr Yoga 10,000M Row 150x Hindu Pushups 10,000M Row 50x 90# DB Swings 50x Bar Dips 200x Twisting Situps

A Separate Reality “A warrior knows that he is waiting, and knows what he is waiting for.”

Not sure what focus is. I felt like crying during the second 10,000M row. It wasn’t because of pain or muscle soreness. The persistent effort was uncomfortable. What use is my comfort? Dorito’s dust and empty ice cream cartons.

FroYo (with 80# Ruck) 50x Sloppy Burpees 12 Mile Ruck 25x Sloppy Burpees

Abs and Ass (and Calve Cramps) 100x Pushups 100x 80# DB Swings 100x Hanging Knee Raises 25x 95# Barbell Overhead Squats 25x 225# Stiff Leg Deadlifts 200x Twisting Situps 100x Glute Bridges 100x Pushups Thanks 1. The sun was warm and the shade was breezy. 2. My legs for carrying me and my back not breaking. 3. @micoolfish for the company.

So Fresh 500x Air Squats 250x Pushups 9 Miles with 70# Ruck 100x Upright Rows using 70# Ruck

So Clean 100x 70# DB Swings 50x Hanging Leg Raises

Outkast Wanted to work out longer but I didn’t. Wanted to workout harder but I didn’t. Perfection is a tombstone and I’ve got self diagnosed tendonitis.  Wondering how much of my physical efforts are a placebo. My mind is flat and wants to quit. My spirit is round and wants to devour the world.

Savasana is the yin 69ing our sweaty labor’s yang. It’s going to happen whether I earn it or not. The question is, will my mind be clear and infinite or stuck to this world like a ghost?

Strawberry (with 70# Ruck) 7 Miles 50x Burpees?

Watermelon 5 Rounds (with 50# Ruck) 20x 225# Deadlift 20x 30# DBs Shoulder Press 20x Crossbody Mountain Climbers   then 300x Twisting Situps

Wade Wilson 100x 30# DBs Squat and Press 100x Burpees 1 Hour Stairmaster 3300 Steps with 50# ruck. 100x 45# Barbell Overhead Squats 200x Twisting Situps

Ryan Reynolds My aim was to hurt myself in a “short” amount of time so I could see a movie. Mission accomplished. Squat and press made me feel like an old lady.  Did burpees because I didn’t feel like sucking my thumb while waiting for the stairmaster which sucked instantaneously. Overhead squats tickled my spine with cleats on. Situps gave me a hernia.

Merry Go Round 3.5 Miles with 70# Ruck + 50# Sandbag

Swing Set 75x 205# Smith Machine Squats 75x 50# DB Clean + Jerks 100x Hanging Knee Raises 100x Back Extensions 100x Jacknife 100x Alternating Side Planks with Leg Raise 100x Twisting Situps

Nurse’s Office Biceps wore out craddling the sandbag like a baby. Then my hands wore out. Then I wore out. 

My knees are surprisingly shitty. So much so that my intention to barbell squat 225# for 100x ended up with me being assisted on the Smith Machine like a toddler with training wheels.