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Gerald Rucker

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✝️ Faith - 💪🏾Fitness -👨🏽‍⚕️Future DPT
Retired Air Force Veteran
Documenting the journey & Letting His ✨ shine
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God protect all the students as they navigate school. Touch the faculty and staff. Give them unlimited patience and back bones of steel. Fill those rooms with your love.

Amen

You can all do hard things!

#christianfitness #faithandfitness #exercisescience #veteran #fitness by @resilientruck

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I want to try something.

🙏🏾 ADD YOUR PRAYER REQUEST BELOW.

It can be for you.
Your family.
Your health.
Your marriage.
Your future.
Or something you don’t even have the words to explain.

Then pray for one person in the comments and send this Reel to someone else.

Jesus said:

“For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” — Matthew 18:20

LETS SHAKE HEAVEN

#christianfitness #faith #prayer #prayerworks #exercisescience by @resilientruck

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New to the gym? Let’s make it simple.

8 reps? 10? 12? There’s no magic number.

Beginner takeaway: Start with 8–12 reps. If 12 feels too easy, add a little weight. If you can’t reach 8 with good form, lighten it up.

Keep it simple, stay consistent, and build from there.

Follow along as I work my way to becoming a physical therapist. 🩺

#BeginnerGym #StrengthTraining #ExerciseScience #FutureDPT #Veteran by @resilientruck

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Lately, I’ve been learning to just be present.

After 20 years in the military, there were a lot of moments I couldn’t be there for. Life after retirement has given me the chance to slow down and appreciate the time I have with the people I love.

I took a mini vacation with my dad, and those memories are forever locked in.

Time is something we don’t get back. Make the memories while you can.

#Veteran #Retired #Fitness #FaithandFitness #Oakland by @resilientruck

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We spend so much time training everything above our feet that we forget about the foundation.

Lately, I’ve been working on getting my big toe moving and comfortable under load again. This is what I used. Start with both feet, progress to one at a time, and don’t force the range. Control the range you have and build from there.

Progress starts from the ground up.

#FootMobility #ExerciseScience #faithandfitness #fitness #veteran by @resilientruck

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I’ve noticed that the more time I spend in God’s Word, the more my mindset changes. Things that used to bother me don’t hit the same. Situations I used to try to control, I’m learning to give to Him.

It doesn’t mean life gets easier or that I have everything figured out. It means I’m learning to approach life differently because of WHO I’m spending time with.

Brother, keep reading. Keep praying. Keep growing. The change starts within.

Psalm 1:2 🙏🏾

#christianfitness #faith #faithandfitness #fitness #veteran by @resilientruck

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I feel a shift, and His presence. Something powerful is happening in this season of my life. I don’t know what’s in the future but I know Who’s walking with me. And that’s all I need.

#faith #walkbyfaithnotbysight #faithandfitness #fitness #veteran by @resilientruck

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The mission may have changed, but the responsibility to lead never stopped.

To every brother I served with, I pray God continues to strengthen you, guide your steps, and give you the wisdom to lead your family with love, patience, and purpose.

And while we’re working on becoming stronger men, let’s keep our bodies moving too!

Today’s movement: Sumo Squats

The sumo squat uses a wider stance with your toes turned slightly outward, placing greater emphasis on the inner thighs (adductors) while also working your glutes and quads.

A few things to remember:
✔️ Keep your chest up and core engaged.
✔️ Allow your knees to track in the direction of your toes.
✔️ Lower yourself as far as you comfortably can while maintaining control.
✔️ Drive through your feet as you return to standing.

Strength isn’t just about what we lift in the gym. It’s also about what we carry for the people God has entrusted to us.

Send this to a brother you served with. Let him know you’re still in his corner.

#christianfitness #veteran #fitness #faithandfitness #faith by @resilientruck

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New to the gym? Here’s why you might want to try the curtsy lunge. 🍑

The curtsy lunge is a unilateral exercise, meaning you’re training one leg at a time. It challenges your glutes, quads, and hip stabilizers, while also requiring balance and control.

A few beginner tips:
• Step back and slightly across rather than way out to the side.
• Keep your front foot planted and control the lowering portion.
• Push through your front leg as you return to standing.
• Start with bodyweight until you’re comfortable with the movement, then gradually add resistance.

You don’t have to start heavy to make progress. Learn the movement first, then load it. 💪🏾

Save this for your next leg day and send it to your workout partner!

#christianfitness #exercisescience #faithandfitness #veteran #faith by @resilientruck

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Don’t just show up and start lifting. Prepare your body to move. 💪🏾

A good dynamic warm-up gets the hips moving, muscles firing, and body ready for the work ahead.

Warm up with purpose. Then get to work. 🔥

What’s one movement you always do before leg day?

#christianfitness #faithandfitness #DynamicWarmUp #LegDayWarmUp #veteran by @resilientruck

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Before the weight, prepare the body.
Before the day, prepare the heart.

Movement Monday is about getting ready for what you’re about to ask your body to do. That same principle applies to my faith.

I don’t want to rush into the day without first making room for God.

A good warm-up prepares you to move with purpose. Time with Jesus prepares me to live with purpose.

Proverbs 24:27:

“Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.”

Push Day Warm-Up:
• Arm circles
• Band pull-aparts
• External rotations
• Scap push-ups

Prepare first. Then perform.

#christianfitness #faithandfitness #veteran #fitness #faith by @resilientruck

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“Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.” — James 2:17 🙏🏾

Faith isn’t just believing God can do it—it’s moving like you believe He can.

You can pray for growth, strength, discipline, healing, and opportunity, but faith calls us to take action too. Show up. Put in the work. Stay disciplined. Be obedient. Trust God with the results.

🙏🏾 Pray like it depends on God.
💪🏾 Work like He gave you a purpose.

Faith + action. Every day.

#christianfitness #veteran #exercisescience #fitness #faith by @resilientruck

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