Hi everyone,
I am hoping to see if maybe you guys can help me tweak my ruck marches a bit.
I am planning to leave next year in hopes for a REP63 contract, and I have a pretty long story about my history of training in my intro, but in short and in regards to rucking, I used to ruck a lot with a group of awesome guys who are all now SOF and an officer. We would ruck roughly 8-16 miles during our sessions, and try to maintain a 10-11 minute pace, weight was usually around 60 pounds, with the occasional 75#-95# see what ya got days. We were all younger... dumber... but none the less we did get pretty good at it, but I had a few issues:
Thanks guys, I am going to be 30 this year and want to make sure I continue to improve my paces and cals, I hope to be faster and stronger than I was years ago (I have maintained, but my 2 mile is closer to 13:00 these days, hoping to get it back to the 11:30 range soon). Any help for these problems is greatly appreciated!
I am hoping to see if maybe you guys can help me tweak my ruck marches a bit.
I am planning to leave next year in hopes for a REP63 contract, and I have a pretty long story about my history of training in my intro, but in short and in regards to rucking, I used to ruck a lot with a group of awesome guys who are all now SOF and an officer. We would ruck roughly 8-16 miles during our sessions, and try to maintain a 10-11 minute pace, weight was usually around 60 pounds, with the occasional 75#-95# see what ya got days. We were all younger... dumber... but none the less we did get pretty good at it, but I had a few issues:
- I am 5'7" - Trying to keep up with my buddies sucked, they could walk much faster than I (they were all 6' but one was 5'10"). We would usually do 5 minutes of walking, then 5 minutes of "jogging". For me this resulted in pretty much a constant pro jog/jog. Are there any other short guys out there that can give me some pointers on increasing my speed without adding risk for injury?
- My arms lose circulation and go numb - Once I get about a mile in I have to start messing with my straps, loosening, tightening, bouncing, etc. in order to stop my arms from getting tingly and numb. Is my ruck too low/high? I usually just suffer through this and adjust over and over until I am done rucking... but it is annoying.
- I use a large Alice ruck with a padded frame and belt, I put it at the top of my hips and tighten the crap out of it and try to keep the weight high and close to my body. Anything I am missing here?
Thanks guys, I am going to be 30 this year and want to make sure I continue to improve my paces and cals, I hope to be faster and stronger than I was years ago (I have maintained, but my 2 mile is closer to 13:00 these days, hoping to get it back to the 11:30 range soon). Any help for these problems is greatly appreciated!