‘This Is Go Time’: First Look at John Cena in ‘American Grit’ Season 2 (VIDEO)

“You’re here because you’ve either lost your grit, or maybe you never had it in the first place,” host John Cena tells the new competitors in this exclusive Season 2 preview of Fox‘s American Grit (June 11 at 9/8c).

And it certainly seems like some of these competitors need work in tapping into that grit. One player even admits that, “My motto is, when the going gets tough, I quit.”

Clearly, that attitude isn’t going to cut it with Cena and his new group of military mentors—called The Cadre—as they try to whip the 17 new recruits into shape.

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Cena’s “Cadre” at Camp Grit on Hampton Island, Georgia, this season includes John Burk, an infantry drill sergeant with the U.S. Army (“Any time I walk in, shut up,” Burk warns competitors at one point); Riki Long, a U.S. Marine; Chloe Mondesir, an ammunition technician with the U.S. Marines; and Grady Powell, a Green Beret.

As you can see from the intense preview below, the challenges in Season 2 test not only the competitors, but have the potential to test the Cadre, as well:

American Grit Season 2, Sundays, 9/8c beginning June 11, Fox