This week Dave, Gavin, and Andrew start a series on Partisan Prepping by talking about physical fitness and ruck marching.
Intro
Hello to all you patriots out there in podcast land and welcome to Episode 271 of Canadian Patriot Podcast. The number one live Podcast in Canada. Recorded Nov 16, 2020.
- Andrew
- Dave
- Gavin
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What are we drinking
Andrew – Milk Chocolate Stout
Gavin – Water
Dave- Beer
Patriot Challenge
We’re asking patriots to do 5 things everyday;
- Exercise for at least 45 minutes
- Practice a skill for at least 10 minutes
- Read a book for at least 15 minutes
- Drink at least 2 liters of water
- Complete 1 task that will improve your life
Grab the template from our website and post it in your social media
Partisan Prepping 1 – Rucking
What is ruck marching?
- Walking under a load
- From Go Ruck
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- RUCK•ING [VERB] // Walking with a weighted rucksack (aka backpack). It implies action, energy, and purpose. Rucking requires strength, endurance, and character — and builds it, too.
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- Derives from the military where soldiers had to carry their own equipment going back to at least the Roman Legion. Modern militaries use it for conditioning and training
- It is simple, low cost, low impact, cardio training
Why ruck march?
- For fun and fitness
- 200lb man example
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- Running at 8 km/h (7:27 pace) burns 755 calories
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- Walking (5.5km/h) 390 calories
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- Rucking 50% more calories. 50lb pack, 585 calories per hour
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- 12x weight with runningLess (at least different) stress on joints
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- 3x weight with rucking/walking
- Build strength in your shoulders, back, and lower body
- It’s a good way to do cardio, low impact, still gets to target heart rate zone
How to select a rucksack
- Factors to consider
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- Cost
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- Size
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- pockets/pouches and organization
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- Expansion and integration in to your systems
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- Frame
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- Internal
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- External
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- Padded yoke/shoulder straps
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- Waist belt
- Recommendations
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- Mystery Ranch
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- Eberlestock
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- Go Ruck (maybe)
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- Tactical 3 Day Assault packs
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- 5.11, First Tactical, etc
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- Surplus
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- US ALICE pack – 62L
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- US MOLLE pack – 65L
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- CF82 – 45L
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- USMC FILBE – 81L
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How to pack your rucksack
- Heavy items in the middle close to the body (between the shoulder blades)
- Start light 10% of your body weight or less add a few lbs at a time until you reach 25%
- Any weight will work. Protip: start with 4l jugs of water
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- 1L of water = 1kg/2.2lbs
- If you over packed dump the water on the ground, no one will be mad, and you don’t lose expensive weights
- Waterproof clothes (ziplock bags)
- Use compartments/pouches
- Put frequently used items at the top
How to ruck
- A dry foot is a happy foot
- Good boots and (wool)socks
- Hydration before and during
- Electrolytes
- Food
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- Carbs, protein, fats
- It is vitally important to that your spine remains neutral
- Squeeze the glutes and activate the posterior chain to bring the spin into neutral
- Balance the load between shoulder straps and waist belt
- Walking Technique
- Short steps
- Both feet on the ground
- Lean slightly forward
- natural/neutral arms
- Going up hills good foot placement
- Going down hill walk with a natural bend in knee, try to go slow
- Do not stop
- Do not run
How long / How often
- Once or twice a week with light weight for 20 to 30 minutes to start
- Increase time or weight (while maintaining pace)
- It is easy to overtrain by going too heavy, too far, too fast
Accessory workouts
- Squats
- Deadlifts
- Lunges
- Leg presses and curls (if you have the machines)
Standards
Organization | Time | Weight | Distance |
US Army Expert Infantryman Badge |
3h | Fighting Load 70lbs (31 kg) |
12 Miles (19.3 km) |
Canadian Forces LFC PFS (BFT) |
2h 26m | Full Fighting Order 13.2kg (29 lbs) Ruck 11.3kg (/25lbs) |
(8 miles) 13 km |
CSOR Modified Ruck | 2h 24m | 35 kg (77 lb) rucksack, no helmet, no rifle |
(7.5 miles) 12 km |
British Army Annual Fitness Test |
2 hours | full combat gear including SA80 25 kg for infantry, 20 kg for artillery, armour/cavalry, and engineers/sappers 15 kg for other arms and services |
(8 miles) 12.9 km |
FM21-18 Table 3-1 Fighting Load Table 3-2 Approach March Load
Useful links
https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/the-benefits-of-rucking/
https://www.ruckformiles.com/guides/top-15-ruck-march-training-tips/
Ruck Programming 101 | Getting Selected | SOFLETE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPnJPbDk6DE
How to Pack Your Ruck Sack Like A BOSS | Get Selected | SOFLETE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOxRh8m15po
Rucking More Doesn’t Mean Rucking Better | Get Selected | SOFLETE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VfZtVvdm1g
Book Club
November12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos Jordan Peterson
December Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
Shilling
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Outro
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