View Full Version : SFAS for Assets, a Taste of the Suck
If any of you assets, non-SF people, want to sample some SFAS/Selection-like training, I recommend a GORUCK Challenge.
Go to GORUCK.com to check it out. It is essentially 12 to 13 hours and 15 to 20 miles of SFAS-like pain and glory. You carry a ruck. But no weapon, not even a rubber 16 or AK. Which is good.
I did one about 2 months ago. Kicked my ass. But I am 50 and most of my class were 20s and 30s, some 40s. It's a ball buster. Def modeled after SFQC training, esp. SFAS. Had a few flashbacks. Cursed myself allot. Felt great afterwards for finishing. Most people that do one do more than one.
To do this you have to be fit, have to train, have to carry a ruck around to get your back and shoulders ready, and lifting and running and whatever else. Allot of these GRCers tend to be CrossFitters (Workout with CrossFit).
I'm not marketing for GORUCK. I dont work for them. Just throwing this out there for anyone maybe interested.
And you SF guys, it's a good gut check, see if you can still do that sort of thang. And GORUCK hires former SF guys to be their cadre, the guys who lead the GRC classes. Cadre have to be former SOF.
Thank you for posting this.
If anyone is signing up for the Houston event in February, PM me, I'd like to arrange a beer night.
Steve
mark46th
10-06-2012, 09:38
I have kids and grandkids. I don't have to prove my manhood to anyone...:D
CPTAUSRET
10-06-2012, 09:44
I have kids and grandkids. I don't have to prove my manhood to anyone...:D
CUTE...
AMEN!
tom kelly
10-07-2012, 18:58
I have kids and grandkids. I don't have to prove my manhood to anyone...:D
I HEAR YOU , HAVE ALL OF THE ABOVE + A GREAT GRANDSON 10 YRS. OLD + A BI-LATERAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; AND NO DESIRE TO TRY CROSS FIT TRAINING. I JUST WALK EVERY DAY @ 5 to 7 Miles A DAY TAKES @ 1 Hr. & 15 Min. TK
I'll be doing the May xx, 2013 for Orlando,Florida if anyone wants a partner :)
SonOfLiberty
10-18-2012, 22:01
MoFo, thanks for this. I have heard of GORUCK, but I figured it was a NE thing only. I didnt know that they had it down south also. I just swore in on Tuesday, and will ship out Feb 20th for Basic. I got my 18X contract, so it's just a matter of time before I reach SFAS. Does anyone think it would be a bad idea to do this challenge 19 days before I ship out?
Sterinn, PM sent.
Thanks,
Mate
CrossFitNH
10-19-2012, 11:50
Does anyone think it would be a bad idea to do this challenge 19 days before I ship out?
I'm doing the GORUCK Challenge two days before I ship out so I would say you are good to go as long as you are in good shape. I will sign back on and post how it went two days from now!
I would also suggest buying one of their rucks. The GR1 I ordered from them is the nicest backpack I have ever owned. It's also a plus that the money goes to a company run by former and active QPs.
Good luck with the Challenge should you choose to sign up!
CFNH
CrossFitNH
10-21-2012, 15:55
To all SF Candidates, I would highly suggest signing up for and participating in a GORUCK Challenge.
It's all about working together with a bunch of strangers (if you don't bring friends) and helping each other make it to the end. I won't go into detail about what we did because I feel as if the unknown is part of the experience. I will just say that my team's Challenge lasted 9.5 hours, and we covered a distance of about 18 miles. My team had 11 members including me, and we all made it to the end together. Like they say on their website: "Signing up is an individual process. Completing the Challenge is a team event."
It was one hell of an experience, but hearing "welcome to the brotherhood" at the end and getting that patch made it all worth it. The fact that 100% of my team completed the Challenge made it even more rewarding. It also helped that we had a really great "tour guide" who would always remind us to "suffer in silence!"
If you do sign up for a Challenge, just remember that you and the people you work with paid to get your asses kicked. :D Don't Quit!
Thank you MoFo for letting us know about GORUCK and sharing your experience.
CFNH
SonOfLiberty
10-25-2012, 12:09
Guys, I've read through these articles a few times and found them to be invaluable. Good tips on mindset, foot care, loading a pack, etc.
http://www.gorucknews.com/selection/selection-class-000-part-1-the-welcome-party-st-augustine-florida/
http://www.gorucknews.com/selection/selection-class-000-part-2-priorities-of-work-st-augustine-florida/
http://www.gorucknews.com/selection/selection-class-000-part-3-lets-make-a-deal-st-augustine-florida/
http://www.gorucknews.com/selection/selection-class-000-part-4-it-pays-to-be-a-winner-st-augustine-florida/
http://www.gorucknews.com/selection/selection-class-000-part-5-old-glory-and-tears-before-beers-st-augustine-florida/
I will attend the challenge scheduled to start at 2200. If by any chance you are also going, PM me. It would be great to know someone there.
Hammock
I just completed my first goruck challenge and if anyone would like to shoot me a PM with questions that you may still have after some research, feel free. My experience with the grc was incredible- definitely a good time to be had.
Like alot of things in life though- It's not for you if you don't want it. From my experience as well as speaking with the Cadre it's designed for you to reach a point in the challenge where sooner or later you ask yourself if you want to be there or not and put out the work. And it's either grind your face into a log and a ruck and keep truckin' or go home. If all the research you've done is watch the videos keep in mind that they make it look easy because you just don't know exactly what's going to happen. Myself, I went prepared and worked on over preparing physically and it paid off.
But myself, just a regular civilian guy, I would say this experience has been priceless for me to see where my weaknesses are mentally / physically so I can be in better shape for more good stuff to come.
All summed up; you will surely put value to the montra "Embrace the suck."