Epic Race Gear Podcast: 004
Podcast Episode: 004 Jeff Butterworth – GORUCK Weirdos, Welcome to the Party, Prepare to be Smoked and Given Coupons for Good Living
In this episode we talk to Jeff Butterworth owner of RX Strength Training in Somerville, MA and his experiences participating in the GORUCK challenges and how he trains his athletes for those events. We go over the beginning of RX Strength training and his history as well as training for a GORUCK Challenge, endurance events like a Spartan Beast, and his love of GORUCK sandbags and kettlebells.
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| Time | Topic |
| 10s | RX Strength Training The Beginning |
| 2:03:00 | BSC? Bad for OCR? |
| 4:00:00 | GORUCK |
| 5:00:00 | Toughmudder |
| 6:23:00 | How good is the gear? |
| 6:30:00 | How many Rucks do you need?? |
| 7:15:00 | What’s in Jeff’s GR2?? |
| 7:56:00 | Sandbags |
| 9:30:00 | Packing a Sandbag |
| 11:00:00 | The GORUCK Challenges |
| 13:00:00 | Bringing people together |
| 14:00:00 | The Spirit World |
| 14:30:00 | The Welcome Party |
| 15:00:00 | Getting Smoked |
| 16:00:00 | The Weight |
| 17:00:00 | Coupons for Good Living |
| 17:30:00 | The Heavy: The Ultimate Team Event |
| 20:00:00 | Weirdos or GRT? |
| 21:00:00 | Selection |
| 22:00:00 | Where to Start |
| 24:00:00 | Training for an event |
| 25:00:00 | Sandbag workouts for training by RX Strength Training |
| 26:00:00 | Why the Barbell isn’t always the best for GORUCK events |
| 26:30:00 | Sandbag 500 100 Power Clean, Squats, Shoulder to shoulder, Shoulder load, Sit ups |
| 27:30:00 | The WORST thing ever |
| 30:00:00 | When to start training for an event |
| 32:00:00 | Nutrition?? |
| 34:00:00 | Probar |
| 37:00:00 | Lickies and Chewies |
| 39:00:00 | P28 Bread |
| 41:30:00 | Events at RX Strength training |
| 44:30:00 | Rob Pirelli |
| 45:30:00 | ILCH (Iron, Light, Challenge, Heavy) Aug. 19th 2016 @ RX Strength Training |
| 50:00:00 | Getting in touch |
| 51:00:00 | Why you should do a GORUCK |