Meme or good full body exercise? I walked 3 miles with 10kg in my backpack and while it was more difficult than walking without any weight then only effect I felt was spinal decompression
>t. skelly
Meme or good full body exercise?
Meme or good full body exercise? I walked 3 miles with 10kg in my backpack and while it was more difficult than walking without any weight then only effect I felt was spinal decompression
>t. skelly
>destroys his knees and spine for military training
You are doing military training right? Don't tell me you're actually destroying your body for fun
I read about it and thought I'd try it out, only done it once
>Some people do it for special forces training
What is it meant to achieve?
They do it for special forces training because special forces requires tons of rucking. Most famously you have to ruck like 12miles in under 4 hours to become an army ranger. Your average person definitely can’t do that without training. Even freak PT studs should probably prepare. Military work requires hauling of gear over long distances so one of the testing parameters is rucking.
Its not that bad, it is because they hit you with it while you are sore from 16 hour pt days, that is how otherwise healthy people get demolished by 120lbs for 10-20 miles.
Not necessary. Some people do it for special forces training. Reached the general populous because CrossFit and people wanting to larp as soldiers and operators. Just stick to normal lifting and cardio.
I got scoliosis coming back home from school with my backpack full of books
It all depends on how the pack sits on your frame. If it's just off a fraction it will feel awful and hurt your body.
Are you a fragile old lady?
Doesn't take much to aggravate or trap a nerve.
not a meme but don't rush to increase the weight and don't run with it. your knees will be fine. i prefer a vest to backpack.
Use a weighted vest at least. Did you even bother in using your brain at least once?
Get a good pack, don’t go heavy, use the best shoes you can afford, don’t push yourself too hard or too fast especially if you’re walking on pavement. Army has problems with people blowing out their everything because they don’t follow any of this. They’ve got kids running around in basic training boots with 80lbs on hard ball thinking they’re tough.
But is it cardio or strength training?
It’s S-tier cardio. I did nothing but rucking for 6 months and could run a sub 5 minute mile weighing 80kg while squatting 120kg for ten sets of ten.
Both. The idea that these are mutually exclusive is bullshit.
I am a wilderness first responder and I lead groups on 3 month long through-hikes around Montana and Idaho in the summers.
It is the best cardio for fat loss that I have ever encountered.
I bulk for 9 months of the year, and then I drop like 50-60lbs in 3 months doing these hikes. 10,000ft of elevation up and down some days. Slow cardio with high incline and weighted.
I carry an 80lb pack because I carry medical supplies and an extra weeks worth of food (because new hikers always underestimate how much food they will need).
Hiking packs are much more supportive than regular back packs though. They connect around your hips. Loading a regular backpack up heavy will just fuck up your back.
Ironically, when I am hiking, my hunger levels drop to basically nothing. I usually just eat beef jerky, dried mango, and a package of velveta mac'n cheese at night, like 1800 calories max.
My record is going from 235lbs down to 160lbs in 2 months hiking.
Its also just the most rewarding experience in the world. Disconnected from the internet and "real world" and just doing long slow cardio for 12 hrs puts you in a meditative trance state. Then you get to start a fire, cook a meal, and sleep in a hammock under the night sky without any light pollution.
Every group I lead says it transforms their lives entirely.
picrel is me summiting a 12,000ft peak. I had to heli-evac a hiker later that day. Found him with a broken ankle off the side of a trail. Was a solo hiker who got real lucky that I happened to be hiking the same unpopular trail.
Lol yeah a few years back I did a season of field work carrying a bunch of heavy equipment and shit up in the mountains off trail. Excellent exercise, I literally could not gain weight doing that if I wanted to. Dropped about 60 lbs over the summer, and also felt fucking great because I was just wondering around in sunshine and fresh air out in the wilderness all day every day, and would often go about a week without even encountering another human being (depending on the area).
Do you carry when you're out? I'm always worried I'm going to end up running into a grizzly. Or hurt myself like ankle guy. So I stick to short trail when I'm alone
I carry, but more for people than bears. I have had encounters with grizzlies dozens of times. 99% of the time they see you and run. They know that humans mean nothing good for them. They will also try and get at your food if you don't hang it well.
The only time you should worry about them really is if you run into an old one that can't hunt and forage normally, a mother with cubs, or if you run into one before the winter hibernation that is still out looking for food.
Mid summer though, most of the bears I run into are juveniles who spook easy, or big lumbering dumbies who are more concerned with munch huckleberries than chasing down prey.
I dont think that matters as much as having the weight supported with a hip strap so that your core is taking the weight.
When packing a hiking bag, you do tend to put the weight at the bottom for balance.
I think the cardio of doing a brisk walking pace up steep elevation is definitely a bigger factor, but carrying a heavy pack is also engaging your stabilizer muscles every second you wear it, which I also think adds to the caloric burn too. I know that my conditioning after the hikes is better than anything else I've experienced. I did a marathon a week after getting back from my 3 months of hiking and I came in the top 30% of finishers without any training for it. I didn't have to stop the whole time.
>Hiking packs are much more supportive than regular back packs though
Ever used one of those packs into which you can slide weights? Where abouts should the weights hang in relation to your back? High/mid/low etc
Don’t you think those results are attributable far more to the elevation than the weight? 10,000 ft is a serious workout whether you’re carrying weight or not but 50 lbs at sea level is barely a workout at all.
Not a meme but you really should not do it any more frequently than you would do farmer walks or something
Good way to fuck your joints up. Do you not see ex military whining all the time about how their bodies are destroyed?
Their bodies aren’t destroyed because they did ruck marches. Their bodies are destroyed because they get 3 hours of sleep every night and jump out of planes with 100 lbs on their back and also because if they lie about their body being destroyed they get to retire early.
what's that got to do with a 3 mile walk with 10kg?
Bros what’s a good rucking protocol to follow to build a good aerobic cardio baseline?
Spinal compression*