Hey Rangers, been doing a ruck once a week (6-10 miles) with a 55 pound pack (before I put my camelbak on) and my pace has been between 13:30 & 14:00 per mile.
The route I go has a lot of hills and I run up the hilly area's is this a good pace or do I need it to be better?
Thanks fro any input..
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- Charlie 51
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I never trained for rucking and never had a problem, even in the heavy ass Mortar section (70-90lb rucks at times). The time standard for a 12 mile ruck is 3:00, or at least it was when I was in, or 15:00 miles. 45 lbs was the weight of the ruck I think, at least for the EIB it was.
Make sure you stretch before rucking and pay attention to the muscles on your shins. Rucking seemed to result in a lot of stress fractures and shin splints.
As a side note mountain biking is a great cross training exercise to improve your rucking. Uses many of the same muscles groups in the same ways.
Have fun
Make sure you stretch before rucking and pay attention to the muscles on your shins. Rucking seemed to result in a lot of stress fractures and shin splints.
As a side note mountain biking is a great cross training exercise to improve your rucking. Uses many of the same muscles groups in the same ways.
Have fun
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Classes 4-5/93
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there" - Will Rogers
Love that idea.Charlie 51 wrote: As a side note mountain biking is a great cross training exercise to improve your rucking. Uses many of the same muscles groups in the same ways.
Have fun
A good friend of mine who was SF (went into the chaplaincy) said the same thing, he never practiced for ruck marches... After the few I have done on my own and the few in the schools I have been to they are not that hard, keeping a good pace is hard, I just want to make sure I can keep a good pace for a long distance