Describe proper rocking to me then because most people don't even understand how to walk properly these days let alone hike inconsistent terrain while managing a load safely

... He was just comparing gaining Body weight being bad for your joints to putting on a weight vest being bad for joints...

Their main spiel focused on hip placement. They told us a lot of the older guys in were taught to keep hips back and weight forward, and high and their back. They told us that you do want the weight high on your back, but you need to try your best to keep hips properly aligned underneath yourself. Also said to step out some on each step, not sure how to really put this, but bring your leg directly forward with a normal step, but also slightly out to the left and right respectively. This will help with some of the stress of the load move to your hips, away from your knees. The other thing was, they said bigger guys surprisingly have tougher times with rucking long distances because their body wants to overstep how far they should be bringing their feet forward, so they are just overextending their legs, throwing their hips and knees out of alignment and not keeping the weight centered, where as the shorter guys seem to naturally take a shorter step and keep the weight better aligned throughout longer distances.

I don't personally see that last part in my experience cause i am 6'3'' and I naturally take smaller steps when rucking, so idk.

Your body has had time to adapt slowly to the 40 lbs lol.

Clearly you still didn't understand.



Bingo

I totally understand that I was just messing around lol.

However I doubt walking 3 km with 50 lbs lets say 3 times per week would ''eat my joints'' compared to lifting 300-500 lb multiple times a week.

This post was edited by Aube on Sep 29 2014 08:59am

well I bought one similar of Mir 's vests

if this is the case, heres my suggestion:

get a backpack, and fill it with rice/flour/sand/what the fuck ever to a weight (lets say 10lbs to start, as an example), and slowly increase the amount of weight over time?

why do you need to buy some stupid vest for a ridiculous amount of money?

i could be wrong.

Joints are all about chronic superloads rather than acute lifts.

You lift 500 lbs once, twice, thrice.. or lift 50lbs*3km which is near 200,000lbs