11/18/2021 - - Black Diamond GrowRuck Style
AO: May Watts Elementary School
When: 11/18/2021
PAX:
Number of Pax: 18
Pax Names: Aladdin, atat, Augustus Gloop, Baby Hands, Big Gong, Blinky, Blues Clues, Bush Push, Cable Guy, Curds, Daisy, Glenn, Parks and Rec, Riunite, Sam Walton, Serena, Urban Cowboy, Wide Right,
DR Names:
Number of FNGS:
FNG Names:
QIC: Gordon's
Introduction
Preblast ⬛💎 VQ – Thursday 11/18/2021
5:00 AM sharp.
Special location: May watts elementary school.
800 S Whispering Hills Dr, Naperville, IL 60540.
GrowRuck inspired workout. We gonna be under the weight for an hour. Rucksack with the weight or vest is required for this work out. We will be doing series of exercises on the hill and trails. No water emerging (as much as I wanted 😊).
We live in society where mediocrity is often rewarded. Mental toughness is only available for those who challenge the status quo and push themselves in the place where you have never been before and overcome challenges. Let’s get after it and detest mediocrity.
HC below.
Warm-O-Rama
5:00AM
Rucksacks and vests from the beginning.
Motivators from 10.
Mosey around the lake with the ruck – 0.7 mile.
The Thang
5:10AM
Everyone picked up a sandbag, run around the lake with 4 corners/stops for quick PT.
-25 squats
-15 merkins with dragging sandbag under you after each rep
-25 mount climbers
-25 rows
5:25AM
Hill work with sandbags:
Bottom of the hill – 25 shoulder taps – run up the hill with sandbag, down the hill.
Bottom of the hill. 25 shoulder taps, 25 mount climbers , bear crawl with dragging sandbag under you up the hill, after down the hill.
Bottom of the hill. 25 shoulder taps, 25 mount climbers, 25 lunges. run up the hill with sandbag, down the hill.
Bottom of the hill. 25 shoulder taps, 25 mount climbers, 25 lunges with sandbag, 10 front squats/the clean with sandbag. Bear crawl with dragging sandbag under you up the hill.
5:50AM
On top of the hill: 25 mount climbers, 25 flatter kicks, 50 big boys, 25 American hammers, 1 min plank on elbows, star gazers.
6:00 recover.
Circle of Trust
Coming back from grow ruck I was thinking about what insights and take aways I had. Here are 3 that had biggest impact.
- Everybody can deliver and perform when it’s comfortable and conditions are great but in high stress environment with low visibility, when you tired – that’s the biggest question. Can you react fast enough, perform, suffer through and deliver ? You most likely never can do that unless you put yourself through these moments and push yourself into that environment.
- Never thought about of F3 as mechanism for creating and growing leaders. Peer led workout in rotation fashion – that’s great mechanism. A guy that never led anybody in his life become a leader for the first time he takes on Q. And he will never be the same person from that day on.
- Good leader must be brave and vulnerable. When you first come out you are the 6, You are on the ground and somebody reaches out to you with the hand. Next month May be you the guy who give a hand to somebody who is on the ground on his back . And I will be on the ground again in the future. Love and vulnerability create a great leader but also create environment for leaders to come of their egg shelf.
Naked Man Moleskin
Coming from GrowRuck and having a lot of inspiration I thought about putting GTE BC style on the guys, but wasn’t sure if PAX attendance would be as strong giving a fact that a lot of them never did rucking before. But was impressed by number of people. Great push by everybody, @Blinky – some serious crazy weight that day, 50# vest & 80# sandbag. COT on top of the hill with view on the lake and sun coming up. Great morning over all. Coffee tasted amazing afterwards.