Ruck It – MATA Mile August #RuckingChallenge Round 3

6 posted in the gloom for round 3 of the GORUCK August #RuckingChallenge. During the 1960s, the Military Assistance Training Advisor (MATA) Course was established at Fort Bragg, NC, to prepare non-Special Forces officers and Noncommissioned Officers (NCOs) to advise and train foreign and indigenous forces. Incorporated into the course was a circuit training task that many Special Forces teams used for physical training in preparation for deployments. The training course was called the “MATA Mile” and consisted of stations for physical activity spaced out with runs/rucks in between each station.

For the purposes of this morning, the stations remained stationary at the Gazebo corner of Union Point Park. The rucking between stations was completed by doing a single lap of the road around the park.

While one partner exercises the other rucks 400M (or a single lap of the road around the park) as fast as possible. Then flap jack so that the other parter exercises while the other rucks. Then move on to the next “station.”

The 4 stations were (ruck optional):

– Ruck squats
– Plank hold
– Lunges
– Flutter kicks

Round 2 was a 1-mile team ruck. Using a Sandbag or another sort of
team weight (get creative), ruck 1 mile while alternating who carries the
load or carry it together but you must finish as a team.

**If you are doing this alone, do each station for 3 minutes, then ruck 400m. (3 min max ruck squats, Ruck 400m, 3 min plank hold, ruck 400m… etc)

The choice of weights was either Bitcoin’s 40lb sandbag, a 30lb cinder block, a 30lb taped block of bricks. The mile was out S. Front, Right down Middle, Right onto Broad and back into the park.

Pax completed this morning with just a moment to spare so no time for Mary.

Prayers for those starting school this week, near and far, especially those that are new at their schools.

We’ve got a lot to do next week, so Ruck it will start early at 0515 next Monday. Bitcoin on Q.

Mr. Roboto
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