Do you ruck? It’s a simple question

>>76364082 (OP)
I did it for a while (about a month) with pretty heavy weight, even bought one of those faggot ass rucking backpacks. It literally did nothing and is a complete waste of time. If you wanna walk, then walk. If you wanna hike, then hike. If you wanna jog then jog. But this isn't anime land where you carry a bunch of weights around everywhere and once you put them off again you are super strong and fast. Plus, check the countless reports of military men complaining about wrecked joints. It's a fad, being sold as, yet again, some super secret technique that changes everything like those faggots saying you turn into Arnold by just doing burpees alone or those retarded ass "science based lifting" exercises.

>>76364082 (OP)
It's a simple question Dr, would you eat the moon if it were made of ribs?

>>76364082 (OP)
i'll sometimes walk with 10-15kg when i don't want to run

>>76364082 (OP)
I ruk every evening before I go to sleep, really recomend it.

>>76364082 (OP)
Yes, on the way home from the grocery store

>>76364082 (OP)
No I run like a non-retard.

>>76364082 (OP)
All it took was some time in the army for me to despise ruking and consider it a larp exercise for guys who never enlisted. At least I still like camping unlike most vets

>>76364088
This. It obliterates your joints. Speaking from experience

>>76364082 (OP)
ruck?
more like cuck
lmao get fucked

>>76364652
ruck?
more like fuck ...your knees

>>76364082 (OP)
>Do you ruck?

Not on a first date.

>>76364088
It's literally progressively overloading walking no shit your joints hurt if you just jumped up to heavy weights right away retard

>>76364088
>rucking backpacks
first time i hear about rucking, so sorry if i'm being autistic. what the fuck is a rucking backpack? i assume rucking comes from the german "rucksack" (=backpack). do you need a special backpack to do this? why would there need to be a "rucking" backpack?

>>76364671
what would be a good amount of weight/time walking to start with? I walk ~10k steps per day with 0 weight.
Have a few weight plates, might try 10-20lbs in my Jansport for 10 min or so
>>76364088
>>76364649
if it obliterates your joints, then doing a proper amount of weight for less time should theoretically strengthen your joints, no?
It's like some DYEL saying OHP is useless and wrecks your shoulder, because he was egolifting with shit-tier form

>>76364671
>>76364753
No amount of time is going to prepare your joints for the constant impact of weights. Thats like thinking you can condition yourself to take harder and harder hits to your face by punching it every single day.
You are absolutely retarded if you think purposefully impacting your joints this way will somehow make you stronger.

When i was becoming active and not that into fitness, hiking up incline with a pack absolutely helped strengthen my shoulders and back.

>>76364753
lol I can tell you’ve never seriously rucked. Try going 10+ miles with 50-100lbs up-downhill and not on a nice flat road. Then add jogging with that weight into the mix. That’s how the military does it and no amount of “training” will stop all of that from destroying your body at record speed. Even under the best conditions it’s horrible for your knees and hips. You’re literally simulating being a morbidly obese person who everyone knows have major joint problems and need extensive surgery if they are obese for most of their life. Weightlifting ain’t shit in comparison and causes minimal damage over your lifetime in all but the most extreme cases

>>76365164
Cool, but this ain't the military and you are allowed to carry less weight and no one is forcing you to run or walk 10 miles.

>>76365170
My nigga if you’re walking with a 10lb weight for 1 mile that’s not rucking

I just did 30 lbs for 10,000 steps. Feels good

>>76365176
For exercise I generally walk for 10km, why would I walk farther with weight than what I walk without weight? Also it is a rule in backpacking to not carry more than 20 percent of your body weight. I believe in observation of these two rules you can "ruck" without exploding your joints.

>>76364652
kek

>>76365188
lmao, i remember back in the late 2000s kids were having to go to the ER cause they were carrying too many books in their backpacks. I think it was around 30lbs they were carrying.

>>76365208
30lbs of books can fuck your shit up

>>76365202
i have never met a backpacker or hiker that was strong. they have always been very skinny and dirty, some creepy. if that is the aesthetic you are going for, then go for it i guess

>>76365220
yea it really fucked a lot of kids shoulders, backs, and knees. my school always gave us 15 min before each class to head to our lockers to grab books for class, we never really had to carry that much around all day long

>>76365221
I don't see what is stopping you from doing more than just backpacking? This isn't an either or thing.

>>76365221
Also I'd like to add that you think like a woman, looking for social proofs to justify thinking wearing a backpack is Satan.

>>76364082 (OP)
Weighted vest stair climber or steep incline treadmill. Nothing better.

>>76365164
congrats faggot

blew up your body to play on the monkey bars for zog

lmfao lol even

>>76365164
>>76365176
I don't care what some zogbot faggots definition of rucking is
>rucking sucks it obliterated my joints
then chill out and use less weight
>noo thats not heckin rucking
You are a retarded ass Blaha-esque larper that does stupid shit, injures himself, then calls anybody who doesn't do the same egotistical shit a pussy. Also
>Try going 10+ miles with 50-100lbs up-downhill
When I was 13 in Boy scouts I did a 2-wk hiking trip where we did ~8 miles daily with 50lb packs on in rugged terrain. My joints were perfectly fine and I weighed like 130lbs. If you're a grown man you should be able to work up to more weight for longer distances without exploding your knees. If you destroyed your joints then it's a problem with your programming and recovery, not with the activity.

>>76365245
>its not an either or thing
im trying to point out what people who only do this looks like. i cant tell if OP thought rucking was somehow going to make him healthier but im just saying backpacking isn't necessarily for people looking to get more fit

>>76365249
what?

>>76364082 (OP)
No. I hump.

>>76365258
Seethe wagie. I was only in for a few years, barely got injured, and have a lifetime of gov bucks and free healthcare for me and my entire family. Literally living on easy mode for life now.

>>76365260
Cute fanfic anon.

>>76365279
bragging about being a zogbot leech is pathetic

>>76365302
Oh no! I get some of the money back that is stolen from me in the form of bullshit taxes to fund foreign regimes, feminism, and other satanic shit as well as money that goes towards a broken social security system that I will never get a payout from. Oh the humanity!

>>76365302
You’re a normie tax cuck that is ironically trying to larp as being against the system. Kek

>>76364082 (OP)
>>76364088
>>76364649
biking doesn't destroy your joints :)

>>76365324
Finally a good answer. Biking and swimming are goated

>>76365313
I don't understand. How do some veterans have money but we also have programs and other military folks talking about how this country doesn't take care of our veterans? Either you are lying or the veterans are trying to scam this entire country.

>>76365332
It’s not that they are trying to scam necessarily it’s just that many don’t even know such programs exist. The amount of vets I’ve met who are seriously fucked yo and getting zero benefits because they don’t know to apply are crazy.

>>76365318
Nta but If you arent doing illegal shit for money then you are either broke or leeching off family. My brother gets more money than most for schizophrenia, still has to work for uber (dont tell anyone)

>>76365164
lmao you just destroy your own argument, thats literally what anon said
>It's like some DYEL saying OHP is useless and wrecks your shoulder, because he was egolifting with shit-tier form

>>76365339
Thats interesting. So it seems like some military folks are genuinely trying to scam. I get calls at least once a year to donate money to help veterans out.

>>76365342
I didn’t say I didn’t work you silly billy. I’m self employed. Therefore I still get robbed by taxes like everyone else

>>76365318
>even if I get rich uncle sam is gonna take almost half..
>fuck that nigga, GIBSMEDAT
>i'm le based chad!

>>76365346
Those are almost always scams.

>>76364082 (OP)
no but having done rucking in the past I have nothing but respect for the people who make it a lifestyle.

>>76365358
You are paying your enemies to sodomize you and you think you are virtuous for doing it.

>>76365279
Did you rape any women or shoot any civilians in the back of the head?
If the answer is no you're a weak willed faggot

>>76365406
you are just as powerless as I am, keep coping though

>>76365417
Nice b8

>>76365358
Yes

>>76365208
>>76365208
>>76365232

Pussies

>>76364088
this. I hear dudes say they carry like upwards of 100 pounds, on my thruhike for instance i carry at most 25 pounds with 3-4 days worth of food and water. It's just udder retardation to carry more unless you are an absolute dimwit and bring the entire fucking house on your hikes and camping trips

>>76364082 (OP)
Its really funny. Stats show how unhealthy rucking is and how it destroyed joints for those who did it. But you still have morons who don't want to listen and go down that same path.
Reminds me of the one scene in the matrix where the architect asks why humans take the risk of continuing forward even if the chance of success is basically 0%

>>76364082 (OP)
i'm obese, i ruck every day

>>76364422
Not op, but I do get pretty sleepy after heavy rucking

>>76365645
Based

>>76365324
Knees, but it's definitely not the worst thing.

Backpacking > rucking

Put 50lbs of gear in your pack and actually go hike 30 miles in the woods like a real man. Hang dumbells off the back of your pack and drink the tears of ultralight nerds.

When I was a fat fuck I did about 65 miles a week with a heavy pack and lost about 100lbs of fat over the course of a year. Had to start out doing like 20 miles a week but worked my way up quickly once my legs got conditioned.

Now that I lost the weight I just do a 50 - 70 mile 2 day hike about once a month over a weekend. Keeps the weight off without effecting gains too much.

Do it in low/zero drop shoes for disgustingly large calves.

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>>76364082 (OP)
I did. It works. If you can handle it. I'm not even gonna read the thread because I already know dudes are bitching about their backs and knees. Stand strong and maintain your posture and maintain your posture and that doesn't happen. But it fucken hurts your muscles instead way the fuck more than lifting and that shit is hard to force yourself to do. Hella gains though.

>>76365901
>bro just annhilate your achilles for no reason

>>76364082 (OP)
Yes, I'm an infantry officer.

>>76364682
>what the fuck is a rucking backpack?

A rucksack, assault pack, or a good hiking pack. They're made from stronger materials than a regular backpack, and should clips on the straps so if they snap from the weight it can be easily adjusted or put back together.

If you try to throw 30lbs in a regular ass Jansport or something, it's gonna rp sooner or later. A backpack made specifically for carry loads won't, and can basically hold as much as weight as can fit in the pack. I've had to ruck with 120lbs of gear and it sucked ass.

>>76366145
>Hella gains though.
more like 0 gains

>>76366645
The only good thing about rucking is it keeps rucking faggots out of the gym and off the equipment. Is it gayer than crossfit? Yes but just barely.

>>76366270
ah i see, thanks

>>76364082 (OP)
of course i'm not a virgin normal fag.

Did the Roman Legionnaires ruck? Yes, they did. 45 lbs for hundreds of miles everyday

what exactly is ''rucking''. anytime someone posts something about it it appears all they are talking about is wearing a backpack while doing something else.

>>76364082 (OP)
I don't ruck.
I've never rucked.
I will not ruck.
Ruck off.

>>76367897
It's walking with a heavy rucksack (backpack) to simulate being an armyfag

>>76365929
>walk out of your multimillion dollar villa after a particularly vicious plap sesh with this month's maid
>your son has completely fucked up 1000ft of driveway dragging pl8s for no reason

>>76364082 (OP)
Destroys your knees for no reason. No reason to do this unless you’re a firefighter or deploying in the middle east

I did it regularly for like half a year maybe almost one year. ranging from 20-35lbs sometimes more shit really did fuck up my shoulder and back to some extent.

nowadays I just run or cycle. if I wanna walk I will still ruck but not do it all the time for example a 1hr ruck will be like 20 mins backpacking then I take it off my shoulder and just front carry it for another 20, take a very short break and repeat, etc...

basically just hold it while walking in whatever variations u think good

>>76364778
This is why every bodybuilder who bulks DESTROYS their knees as soon as they put on the first extra pound of weight.

>>76365208
My dad who worked in construction and hard labor his whole life would comment on how ridiculously heavy my bag was when I came home from school with all my materials. I wouldn’t be surprised if thats the reason my brother acquired scoliosis in his teens

I've been looking into doing it for fat loss. I've already started waking up early to go hit the trails at my local park before I go to work. Now that I'm getting used to doing that I'll probably incorporate weights soon.

I alternate rucking with regular walks. It just works

>>76368098
Still better than running. Rucking gives your knees 10-20% more load, running easily 500-1000% more. Just don't run with a ruck, I guess.
And if you're otherwise healthy, and eating enough, rucking won't cause permanent harm.

I don’t ruck with more than 50lbs. Don’t care what you macho men think

>>76368358
This. I'm trying to lose weight, not prove a point. And I figure if I go backpacking I won't have more than 20-30lbs on me anyway so there's really no point beyond that.

>>76368249
Thats why rucking vests are rucking rucktarded

Same for putting a ton of weight in a regular backpack.

If you're gonna carry a ton of weight you need a pack that's distribute the load into your hips/pelvis so your spine isn't even really in the equation. This means a pack with a frame (internal or external frame doesn't matter), hip belt, and load distribution straps.

Even those military style ALICE packs are hell on your spine. Gotta get a legit hiking backpack or a non-shit military rucksack (the kind service members have to go buy on their own from a third party not some 5.11 garbage or something a gravy seal would buy to go larping)

>>76364088
fpbp. All millennials knows that loading dudes up with 150lb of gear and telling them to march destroys knees. Extremely common from Iraq/Afghanistan.

Rucking is retarded because we KNOW what happens.