Grouchyjarhead Training

[grouchyjarhead]

20170211:
3 mile ruck with about 15% BW, average pace right around 17 minutes. I have an extremely hilly 1.5 mile loop I like to do for these - it's not the most intellectually stimulating but half of it ends up being all uphill with two of them particularly hard. Finished with a series of planks and some stretching.

[grouchyjarhead]

20170213:
Stand Alone Training. Slowly building up to Level 1 standards. Warm-up followed by a 22 minute run and then some incentive training. 20 minutes to do 16 pull-ups, 40 ruck push-ups, 40 ruck overhead squats, 40 ab wheel rollouts from the knees, and 40 KB RDLs. Swings are still a touchy subject for me - part of me really wants to do them but the other part thinks rushing into them too fast last time caused my setback.

[grouchyjarhead]

20170214:
Ruck HIC. 20% BW for two rounds of 10 minutes (just under 15 minute pace), 5 minute rest between rounds. Planks and stretching later on.

[grouchyjarhead]

20170216:
Ran but no Mission after, back was feeling a bit of so I decided to play it safe.

20170218:
"Fun ruck" with 25#. Alternated half mile loaded carries (weighted ruck plus a 16kg kettlebell) with PT stops: either 50m bear crawls or 50m walking lunges. Did just 1 mile today since the boys wanted to do it with me.

[grouchyjarhead]

20170219:
Fasted today, simply because I felt like I needed to. Ate nothing from dinner the night before until dinner the same night, drank just lemon water and tea all day long.

20170220:
Early start to work due to some training, and since it was such a nice day we took the kids to a big playground the next town over. I got my run in but no SE training, which was okay. Spent some time climbing the equipment with my sons, teaching them how to ride a skateboard (I still got it), and just having fun.

[grouchyjarhead]

20170221:
Ruck HIC. 20% BW for 2x10 min rounds (2 min rest between). Just slightly over 1.3 miles. Plank circuit in PM.

[grouchyjarhead]

20170223:
Stand Alone Training. 30 minutes of interval running, 20 minutes of an EMOM circuit. 16 pullups, 48 ruck push-ups, 48 ruck overhead squats, 48 ab wheel rollouts, 48 two handed swings.

[grouchyjarhead]

20170225:
Tried something a bit new with this ruck today. Did 3 miles with 15% body weight but after every mile I stopped and did a bit of PT. Every stop I would do 10 repetitions of rucksack goblet squats, one-armed rucksack rows, rucksack thrusters, and reverse lunges on each side while wearing the rucksack. It ended up being a nice little workout. Going to do my plank circuit and then make myself breakfast.

[grouchyjarhead]

20170227:
Woke up a bit late as I forgot to adjust my alarm, so I went with a Level II workout today for my Stand Alone Training. 20 minutes of interval running, 15 minutes of EMOM (14 pull-ups, and 36 reps of ruck push-ups, ruck overhead squats, ab wheel rollouts, and two handed swings).

[nickgoldma]

Hey there, what do you use for a ruck? Do you use an actual one or a back pack? Looking for advice. Thank man.