Today and yesterday (I wrote this text on the 19th of January, 2025), I was rucking with a 26 kg (57 lbs) burden on my back and shoulders.
Undoubtedly, I will slowly increase the weight of my rucksack until… until I do not know what happens. If you read my blog for the first time, my Dear Friend, I will write shortly about what rucking means. Rucking is walking with an additional burden (e.g., a rucksack that weighs 26 kg). Considering I took 8k steps with such a heavy burden, I think you can imagine, my Dear Friend, how heavy it is. While walking in the healing forest in Brok, it was 1 degree Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit). Even though it was so cold, I was sweating. Is it normal?
Considering I had a t-shirt, I should not have been sweating in such an almost freezing cold.
Still, it happened. It means that walking with an additional 26 kg on my back and shoulders was a tremendous effort for my organism. Indeed, I felt as if an invisible hand was holding me and trying to stop my march. What do I think in such moments? I feel that many people have overcome many more and worse adversities and difficulties in their lives. It is a moment when I tell myself that I am strong enough to overcome not only the chilling cold but also the burden I feel on my body.
Undoubtedly, thanks to rucking, I save time. How is it possible? After all, I stroll. Still, thanks to rucking, I do not have to go to the gym, swimming pool, or another place where I could train, e.g., martial arts. The truth is that I was thinking about it. Still, thanks to rucking, I feel I do not need it anymore because I have physical activity at the proper level.
