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| today I went rucking, did 7.53km - 4.68 miles in 1h17m - 10:15min/km - 16:45min/mi | |
| note that 20% of the distance was done offroad over dense weeds that went up to my belly button, and 40% was over tilled farmland, the rest was on dirt roads or paved roads, all the terrain was a plain. | |
| the backpack was 16.5kg - 36lbs | |
| how's that? | |
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| You will never be a weapon | |
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| >>57861089 (OP) | |
| Congrats. You trampled some freshly tilled and seeded field a d fucked over a farmers hard work. | |
| Go fuck yourself. | |
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| >>57861125 | |
| lol seethe more faggot there were no seeds planted | |
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| >>57861089 (OP) | |
| Totally depends on how rough the terrain is. I had a long (93 day) trip in the Andes working hard every day from when I woke up to sleep. I had been training before I left and ran a decent pace 18 mile race even before the grueling trip. Had the heart rate of a pro cyclist when I got back. | |
| But, we had a day where we made it all of about 7 miles in 16 hours, even though we were acclimatized to altitude and were close to sea level again. | |
| Absolutely atrocious bush and thorns kept slowing us while the topo maps in Chile are in 10 meter contour lines so that 30 foot cliffs can be entirely missing. Then, it was also so thick it became hard to navigate, while it was also knee deep mud in some places, and we had just made our last resupply but still had ropes, pickets, ice and trad racks, etc., meaning 80-90lb packs. | |
| An extreme example, but point is that terrain can slow you to a snail's pace no matter your conditioning. | |
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| >>57861089 (OP) | |
| >the backpack was 16.5kg - 36lbs | |
| KWAB | |
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| >>57861089 (OP) | |
| >16.5kg backpack | |
| What did you put inside, your body pillow, suntan lotion and bud light feminine edition? | |
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| >>57863094 | |
| >>57863055 | |
| its a totally fine ruck with all I need for doing a multi day hike in the mountains, military rucks weigh more due to military equipment like ammo, empty sandbags, e tool, mg ammo, rocket launchers, etc | |
| in mine I have a sleeping bag, tarp, food, water, mess kit, first aid kit, lvl7 jacket, waterproof jacket, water filter, 2 spare socks, stove, spare lv1 shirt, 3L water bladder, headlamp, and some other stuff, this list isnt complete, I was missing spare batteries, monocular, and additional water canteens | |
| you dont need to carry 100lbs of gear unless theres a specific need for it | |
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| >>57863047 | |
| that's cool, was it a thru hike? | |
| what experience did you have previous to that? | |
| how did you resupply your food(and water if you didn't filter it on your own)? | |
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| >>57861089 (OP) | |
| >>>/fit/ | |
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| >>57861089 (OP) | |
| >how's that? | |
| Not a bad start. I did a 20k with a 75 pound ruck up a mountain and back in 3 hours and 40 minutes, and that was after three months of conditioning for it. If you are looking to get dialed in on your rucking ability give backpacking a try. It forces you to consider weight vs utility, and you get to figure out how numerous days of walking feels. Just a thought. | |
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| >>57861089 (OP) | |
| >How was that | |
| Not bad, don't mean to discourage you but it is below the US army standard. You need to push yourself to at least a 15 min mile, but you're almost there | |
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| >>57861089 (OP) | |
| Lots of anons will hate from their couch. | |
| Great job friendo | |
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| I come here to read about guns, but some of you guys are fuckin losers wtf | |
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| >>57865362 | |
| >backpacking | |
| yes im also starting ti go inna mountains, already went a weekend | |
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| >>57866210 | |
| what | |
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| >>57863055 | |
| >>57863094 | |
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| >>57861089 (OP) | |
| >Sub 10km | |
| >Over 1h | |
| That's just fast walking, which doesn't require a lot of prep and thought. Consider switching the boots for running shoes, dropping half the weight and aim for 10km/1h. This will help find any weak spots in you packing from the beginning. | |
| Also looking at the pictures, the backpack is too far away from your shoulders, which will fucking wreck your stamina once you have to move faster than a chill walk. | |
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| >>57871862 | |
| cant get closer than that, its the normal space between the actual pack bag and the frame | |
| also how is that a fast walk, the army standard is 15min miles min, i did close to that, not that good a time but its the 2nd time i ruck | |
| anyway ti get better what type of exercise should I do | |
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| >>57872272 | |
| >anyway ti get better what type of exercise should I do | |
| Just walk. The more often you do it, the better you get. Also consider walking on trekking paths and not paved roads. It will be much easier on your joints. | |
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| >>57872272 | |
| >anyway ti get better what type of exercise should I do | |
| Squats and sprints if you want. But rucking once a week and doing 2x other cardio events the rest of the week is good enough. | |
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| >>57861089 (OP) | |
| >pack: rucked | |
| >dick: tucked | |
| >knees: fucked | |
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| >>57872436 | |
| I go running also | |
| >>57872409 | |
| I go innamountains doing 2 day hikes, cant do more bc it's for the weekend and then I got to work | |
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| >>57863055 | |
| >bags of sugar | |
| Is this the bong version of football fields | |