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"The Topeka junior’s bag weighed 19 pounds, too much according to the American Chiropractic Association. Overweight backpacks can cause major long-term back problems.
Victoria Houghton, ACA representative, said a backpack should weigh no more than 10 percent of a person’s body weight. For Fecchia, who weighs 125 pounds, this is 12.5 pounds, 6.5 less than she carried Wednesday."
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19 lbs.? The horror!!
Average fighting load for just walking around outside the wire exceeds 70 lbs. in most cases, and emergency approach march weights exceed 150 lbs.
Clearly, the Army needs more chiropractors.
TR
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De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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