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Originally Posted by Dustin03
Took all of maybe 5 seconds with askjeeves
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what does losing body fat have to do with rucking and running...? i've know some chubby guys with an ounce or two more body fat than i carried on my bony butt that could ruck me into the ground ( i could run circles around them, but i never wore running shoes and shorts when i thought someone might bust a cap in my direction)...the advise is not necessarily bad, but it is geared toward a goal of body fat loss...that is not the issue raised here...
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Originally Posted by jon448
Currently my weakest point is running/rucking, if that makes a difference.
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now i am not sure what it means when one has weak points regarding running and rucking...it could mean one is slow, it could mean one has a problem with the weight of a rucksack when walking at forced march speeds...i suspect the issue is speed...if increasing footspeed while maintaining strength is the goal, i found split work outs to be best...stretch, warm-up, do resistance training and endurance training, then at another workout, do fartleks or other speed interval training...windsprints are really not going to get you where you are going...i recommend fartleks...
a static, cookie-cutter workout will not develop both strength and endurance...your program has to be varied to develop
all the tools you will need for SF training and life beyond that...
if the problem is speed of movement with a rucksack on your back, i don't have an easy answer for you...i was 5'8", 140# when i went through training group...rucking was not my favorite pastime...( i retired at 5'8", 175#...a lot of time in the weight room...my run times suffered a bit but rucking was easier at that weight)...a combination of weight training, running, and rucking improved, although the truth be known, while i was never comfortable rucking at the speeds we had to move in SFQC, i never had a problem keeping up...there just twelve million other things i would have rather done at the time (exceptions involve connexes, wire brushes, grease traps, toothbrushes, push mowers and the grass around the 82nd Airborne Division museum)
rucking while maintaining adequate cardio fitness isn't a problem...achieving a weight that allows you to move effeciently with weight on your back and still run fast enough to score what you need on the APFT requires a fine balance for a lot of folks...i was fortunate...even after gaining 35 pounds (over 15 years in weight rooms), i still had whatever innate running speed i had all along, and carrying a ruck over hill and dale was easier...
so are you slow or are you weak...?
