How to Ruck: A Guide to Rucking

With the huge number of high tech gyms, exercise trends and fitness fads, knowing how to ruck gives a simple, easy, and functional workout option that’ll lets you build durable fitness with minimal equipment.  Rucking is good enough to train elite military forces and more than enough to help you build your body, your fitness, … Read more

11 of the Best Boots for Rucking

Rucking is a great, natural way to get (and stay) in shape with a minimum of gear, especially if you live in the outdoors and adventurously.  All you need is a good backpack, a little weight, and a good pair of rucking boots.  Find the best boots for rucking that fit your needs and purpose … Read more

7 Best Shoes for Rucking

Rucking is one of the simplest, cheapest, and most effective ways to stay fit and adventure-ready, and all you need to get started is a good rucking backpack, a little weight for your ruck, and a good pair of shoes.  But with so many options, it can be tough deciding to wear boots or wear … Read more

The 12 Best Travel Workout Equipment Pieces You Need to Stay Fit Anywhere

Getting a workout on the road with just your body weight is possible and very easy, but having the best travel workout equipment steps things up – allowing you to train for strength, muscle, and performance anywhere, in a way that you can’t with just bodyweight exercises.  However, sifting through the thousands of trendy (and … Read more

5 Great Rucking Workouts for Every Fitness Goal

With all of the benefits of rucking, it has quickly become a mainstream fitness trend worth repeating.  A rucking workout is cardio for the man that hates cardio, while building strength and injury proofing the body โ€“ thatโ€™s hard to beat considering itโ€™s a free workout.  Unfortunately, as millions of veterans can tell you, walking … Read more

5 Essential Resistance Band Stretches for Shoulders

Every athlete and anyone who goes to the gym will shoulder pain at some point.  However, the best insurance policy against shoulder pain and injury is a good stretching and mobility routine that aims to maintain and extend the range of motion in the shoulder while building strength throughout that range โ€“ especially at the … Read more

Tabata Workouts for Travelers

The Tabata workout is one of the easiest, most effective workouts for travelers as it can be done with no equipment, takes as little as 4 minutes, and provides a very effective cardio workout. Tabata isnโ€™t actually a single workout, but instead a format of workout in which you can plug in any โ€œhigh intensityโ€ … Read more

DIY Resistance Bands with Handles: A Travel Gym for Resistance Band Squats and Deadliftse

My lower body travel gym that’s small enough for carryon travel: A compact suspension trainer + heavy resistance bands with handles The travel gym that I always keep with me, consisting of a compact, travel ready suspension trainer and heavy resistance bands with handles (such as the Rogue Fitness Shorty Monster Bands I reviewed) allows … Read more

What is “Forge The Flow”?

Forge The Flow is a “no gym fitness” approach to staying healthy and feeling good. Calisthenics, sandbag training, rucking, mobility, and more, to stay fit and ready for anything. Carlos’ story As a former Marine and adventure traveler with 7+ years on the road, Carlos knows more than a few things about staying fit for … Read more