Just added rucking about six weeks ago…great change up to walking! I enjoy the added challenge of weight to my hikes. Hope you’ll think about giving it a try…don’t over complicate it. Water bottles in any backpack will get you out there.
Hi, I just wonder if I need to change my weight on fitness tracker when rucking? One one hand, I should so correct calories are measured. One the other hand, V O2 max estimate is normalised by weight which would include "useless" one, the load not using oxygen. Any idea?
Man, I feel you. Some ruckers, myself included, have been pestering Strava for a year and a half to add rucking as a category, including the ability to add the weight, so it can adjust for more accuracy. So far, they won't even comment. They aren't the only ones, though. Even btwb, which GORUCK uses for Tribe workouts, doesn't offer ruck tracking. It seems no one tracks rucking. It's not walking. It's not hiking. It's it own category.
Most of the trackers don't know what to do with rucking yet. "Hiking/Rucking" is inadequate. Until it accounts for the weight, as you mention, you're going to get all the benefits of the added weight, but your tracker won't capture it properly. Still worth doing in my estimation, as reality matters more than phone metrics :) --jason
Generally rucking is better for posture and breathing. Unless your job specifically requires you to train in a weight vest, most people get more benefits out of moving the weight onto their back.
Just added rucking about six weeks ago…great change up to walking! I enjoy the added challenge of weight to my hikes. Hope you’ll think about giving it a try…don’t over complicate it. Water bottles in any backpack will get you out there.
Easter is the bomb. Love that dude.
At 75 ,I can still ruck-it😅
Just started, I'm in Jville see ya soon.
Hi, I just wonder if I need to change my weight on fitness tracker when rucking? One one hand, I should so correct calories are measured. One the other hand, V O2 max estimate is normalised by weight which would include "useless" one, the load not using oxygen. Any idea?
Man, I feel you. Some ruckers, myself included, have been pestering Strava for a year and a half to add rucking as a category, including the ability to add the weight, so it can adjust for more accuracy. So far, they won't even comment.
They aren't the only ones, though. Even btwb, which GORUCK uses for Tribe workouts, doesn't offer ruck tracking. It seems no one tracks rucking.
It's not walking. It's not hiking. It's it own category.
Most of the trackers don't know what to do with rucking yet. "Hiking/Rucking" is inadequate. Until it accounts for the weight, as you mention, you're going to get all the benefits of the added weight, but your tracker won't capture it properly. Still worth doing in my estimation, as reality matters more than phone metrics :) --jason
Any different from weight vent?
Generally rucking is better for posture and breathing. Unless your job specifically requires you to train in a weight vest, most people get more benefits out of moving the weight onto their back.