A team rucking along a rugged Texas Hill Country trail near Austin at golden hour

Veteran-Led · Corporate · Military Prep

Carry the weight. Together. Come back tougher.

Launch Pad ATX runs veteran-led corporate experiences — the Executive Resilience Ruck and The Crucible team challenge — plus accurate, all-branch military fitness testing and prep for recruits, schools, and homeschool families.

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Veteran-Led Every Step
ALL
Fitness Levels Welcome
ATX
Austin-Based & Local

What We Do

Veteran-led experiences

Our flagship corporate events — the Executive Resilience Ruck and The Crucible — build leadership and unit cohesion. We also prep recruits, schools, and homeschool families to real military standards.

Corporate · Flagship

Executive Resilience Ruck

A veteran-led, half-day leadership experience. Your executive team carries the weight together on a guided Texas trail ruck and comes back sharper, tighter, and tougher.

  • Veteran-led half day (3–5 hours)
  • Guided ruck with three waypoint leadership sessions
  • Post-event debrief summary for leadership
Corporate · Flagship

The Crucible

A veteran-led team-challenge event for your whole company. Rotating mission stations and problem-solving under pressure with an after-action debrief that turns coworkers into a unit.

  • Rotating challenge & mission stations
  • Final all-team crucible mission
  • After-action review tied to work performance
Youth & Young Adults

Military Fitness Testing & Prep

Accurate, standards-based testing on every event across all military branches — ACFT, PFT, PRT, and more. Know your real score before you ever step in front of a recruiter.

  • All-branch event scoring
  • Timed & graded to standard
  • Recruit coaching & retests
Families & Co-ops

School & Homeschool Fitness

The coach on call for all your family’s fitness needs. We build structured PE and service-prep programming for homeschool students and co-ops.

  • Custom PE curriculum
  • Group & individual sessions
  • Official test administration
A young athlete doing push-ups while a coach times the fitness test

Who We Are

The launch pad to service

Launch Pad ATX exists to get people ready — physically and mentally — for the standards of military service. We provide precise fitness testing across every branch, structured coaching for young athletes and homeschool families, and demanding team challenges that build resilience in recruits and executives alike.

Whether you are chasing a recruiter's benchmark or leading a company through The Crucible, we bring the same disciplined, no-shortcuts approach to every rep.

Accurate Testing

Every event is scored exactly to branch standard, so your numbers mean something when it counts.

Discipline First

We coach the mindset and consistency that carry recruits and teams through the hardest days.

Built for Everyone

Teens, homeschoolers, young adults, and executive teams all train under one proven system.

Corporate Series

Choose your mission

Every package is veteran-led and scaled for all fitness levels — challenge by choice, no one left behind.

Half day · 3–5 hours · 5–15 leaders · Texas trails

Base Camp

$5,000

5–7 team members

  • Full half-day experience
  • All core inclusions
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Full Kit

$7,500

7–15 team members

  • Everything in Base Camp
  • Professional event photography
  • Trail-side breakfast
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Summit

$10,000

7–15 team members

  • Everything in Full Kit
  • Follow-up leadership workshop at your office
  • Custom themes & designed challenges
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Military fitness testing, recruit coaching, and school & homeschool programs are priced per athlete or group. Contact us for rates.

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Ready to test, train, or challenge your team? Send us a message and we'll get you scheduled.

Service Area
Austin & Texas Trails
Instagram
@atxlaunchpad
Availability
By appointment · Half & full day