When Jock Itch asked YHC to Q Ruck Ready, I responded with, “Does a bear s#!t in the woods?” Saying yes can be a scary thing, but I encourage you to say it more often, that is of course, if your schedule allows it. Saying yes can cause you to step out of your comfort zone. But see this is where the magic happens, as it creates opportunities for growth. Only being weeks away from the GoRuck T/L, I knew I could deliver a beatdown that would somewhat prepare the PAX for the what is in store for them. Only being at Ruck Ready once, and never Qing there before, I consulted with the pros Piper and Jock Itch to get a handle on the coupons. Much appreciated. After typing up the workout I sent it to Jock Itch. A quick reply of, “Holy Crap!” told me it was just right. Here’s how it went down.

12 PAX showed for some EC at 0440. 7 took on a beast of a log and 2 took on a smaller one. In this case, size mattered. Nice work men.

Welcome Party

Sumo Squat High Pulls x 20 IC

Surrender Step Ups x 10 left, x 10 right IC

Ruck Curls x 20 IC

Ruck Tricep Extensions x 20 IC

Ruck Rows x 20 IC

Front Squat Merkin Press x 10 IC

Rinse and Repeat however I forgot the Surrender Step Ups the second round. We made up for it later.

Grab a coupon and mosey to the Soccer field. I had dropped off the KBs and DBs before EC and so those without a coupon double timed with YHC to pick them up and bring them to the soccer goal closest to the parking lot.

9 vs. 9 Team Competition

YHC picked 2 TLs See Thru and Fertile

Pick a number between 1 and 10 (my number was 2)

Fertile was closer and got 1^st pick

See Thru got the next 2 picks

Alternate picks until teams are made

Starting at one end of the soccer field, your team needs to get the following coupons to the other end as fast as possible.

40# sandbag

60# sandbag

35# pole (2 man job)

40# KBs or 40# DBs

25# KBs or 25# DBs

Casualty PAX that you must Fireman Carry

Casualty PAX that you must Buddy Drag

Twist: teams had to decide who their casualties were beforehand. Once selected, I told them to be the casualties for the other team so they would actually remain dead weight and not try to help their team.

See Thru’s team came in first. It pays to be a winner.

Losing team carried both team’s coupons back to the start point, minus the PAX casualties, and then performed 5 burpees with their ruck while the winning team stood over them doing pelvic tilts (some decided to do the DX hand motions of “Suck it”). It was awesome. I needed String Bean’s forearm boom box to play the DX intro.

Recovery lap around the paved track (not including the woods). I cut it short because we had recovered enough. We only did half a lap.

Back at the soccer goal TLs See Thru and Fertile were fired and 2 more were chosen. This time I chose Bono and Pied Piper.

Pick a number between 1 and 10 (my number was 8)

Pied Piper guessed it exactly and got 1^st pick

Bono got the next 2 picks

Alternate picks until teams are made

Standing beside Bono and Piper as they picked, they forgot about YHC. Piper scored the final pick. Both TLs were smart and knowing the casualties would be for the other team picked the two heaviest PAX.

Repeat above challenge to the other end of the soccer field. This time after getting to the other side, one of the casualties had to be picked up from the ground by each PAX. For those that couldn’t do it solo, they paired with someone and lifted the casualty twice.

Piper’s team won. MVP goes to Ma Bell for being the deadest weight of the morning.

Losing team carried both team’s coupons back to the parking lot, minus the PAX casualties. No burpees since it was a further distance than before.

Mosey back to the flag and circle up for more PT.

Max rep merkins with your ruck. Has to be full range of motion. When your forms goes to s#!t or you can’t do anymore, drop to your knees and do as many as you can from there.

Ruck Rows x 50 IC

Sumo Squat High Pulls x 20 IC

Surrender Step Ups x 10 left, x 10 right IC

Surrender Step Ups x 10 left, x 10 right IC since I forget about them during round 2 of the welcome party

Ruck Curls x 20 IC

Ruck Tricep Extensions x 20 IC

Front Squat Merkin Press x 20 or until 6:15 OYO

Prayer Requests: Cold Cut’s loss of his father; Vanilla’s brother’s family traveling; Enron’s wife’s best friend and Piper’s wife’s sorority sister passed away and the service is today; Patch’s wife has a colonoscopy today, Bono climbing out of his hole.

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Moleskin: Bono shared some powerful words. When life gets tough, when you’re in the trenches, take one step, look to your left and look to your right, and find a brother to pick you up. Don’t go at it alone. Take one step at a time.

Today was hard, but it was easier doing it with all of you guys. It was actually a lot of fun. Think about doing that alone. No thanks. Stronger together. Iron Sharpens Iron. I’m already sore. Until next time.

Thanks Jock Itch for giving me the opportunity to lead.