STEEL CITY RUCK CLUB

Written by Kristi Devenyi To get us all on the same page - HDT Throwdowns are events hosted by Heavy Drop Training run by Bryan Singelyn. It’s based out of CLE, and the best ruck & sandbag (and kettlebell 😉) training program available. There are Throwdowns across the country in different cities, 12-15 hours of sandbag & ruck workouts with some mileage and “fun” sprinkled in. You can enter competitive or non-competitive for these events, and those in the top three in each city are eligible to compete in the Ultimate Throwdown. This event was open to 26 people across the country who met that criteria, and seven showed up the day of the event for 24+ hours. This was the first Ultimate, so none of us really knew what to expect. I prepared for this mainly just the usual way I train, really. Consistent rounds of HDT for the past 2.5 years, alternating between sandbag & ruck and bodyweight & ruck. Not a ton of long mileage. However, for the past 10 weeks, I have been develop

  New brands of events tend to have lower sign-ups. Why? Because you don't know what it's all about and most people don't like the unexpected. You may not know or trust the brand. You may be unsure if it's worth the cost of registration.  If any of those apply to you about the HDT Throwdown, let me tell you, in my opinion, how it compares to a GORUCK Tough (since most of you are familiar with that event) THE UNKNOWN GORUCK definitely has more unknown. While you still don't know the movements and workouts that will occur at the Throwdown, it's more straightforward. GORUCK events are very cadre-dependent. They could be all rucking or 90% PT. If you answer a question wrong or do any other countless thing wrong, the entire event could change. The difficulty level could vary on team performance or countless other factors.  At a Throwdown you know it will be a mix of workouts, ruck movements, and running...yes, fucking running. You won't know the workouts of movem

  Disclaimer: these events are per my memory of the event. I can't guarantee they are 100% accurate.  It was Monday morning. We woke up in our fancy $60/night hotel after about 9 hours of solid sleep. Q. How do you feel after finishing the Bragg HTB? A. Like I got lip injections To find out how we got here, let's start at the beginning of this Bragg journey. In September 2020, I was in the best shape of my life as I competed in GORUCK Team Assessment.  I needed something to do next. I always do after a big event. The Bragg Double Heavy was just announced and seemed like the next logical step. My buddy Cullen and I registered and made the trip down, only for me to drop (literally) about 12 hours in after a bad step in the water trench on the pipeline trail, causing my already unstable knee to fully dislocate.  If you don't know me by now, my nickname is Dislocaitlin. I have a congentially deformed knee. I had a reconstruction surgery in 2000, but it failed. I now follow-up

I'm not a "writer", but I like to document memories. This is extremely long. I won't take up more space with cute words and flowery phrases. This is just "cut and dry" my experience planning and participating in the GORUCK Whiskey Rebellion Custom BBS. Enjoy! (Any professional-looking picture is courtesy of Eric Perry  @steel.city.shadow . If I stole your picture and you want credit, contact me) I submitted an inquiry for a custom event on July 9, 2019. The theme: Whiskey Rebellion. The events: Heavy merging with a Tough class, followed by a Scavenger. I had a brief couple of emails back and forth with HQ, but they never got back to me with a quote. We were then asked as club leaders to request events for our club for 2020. Fellow club leader, Kristi Devenyi, sent an email requesting a stand-alone Whiskey Rebellion-themed Heavy and Shanksville. We got Shanksville and an unthemed stand-alone Heavy, so I let go of the idea of the Whiskey Rebellion custom. Fast