Today (I wrote this text on the 29th of March, 2025), I was rucking with 32 kg (71 lbs.).
Today, I broke my record. The feeling of accomplishment is indescribable. Do I plan to walk with 32 kg on my back and shoulders during the next few days? Yes and no. Yes, because I will repeat the weight of my backpack tomorrow, on the 30th of March, 2025. No, because I will decrease this weight after the weekend while walking to my office job. I wrote many times that I would be carefully increasing the weight of my backpack. That’s why I do not intend to increase the weight of my rucksack all day. I prefer to be careful. I hope I still have the next forty years to live with a heavy load on my back and shoulders. Yes, you heard correctly, my Dear Friend: Today I had my 40th birthday! How do I feel in my middle age? I feel great.
After all, do you know other people who can carry such a weight on their backs?
I do not know any others. The truth is that I feel robust and powerful while being 40 and rucking with 32 kg. That’s why I am slowly increasing my weight. While writing all these things, I reminded myself that rucking is suffering. Walking with such a piece of heavy equipment hurts. I already wrote a text when I stated that cold also hurts. Still, sometimes I think that rucking hurts worse.
Perhaps I will return to this comparison in the future. For today, I know I do not have to hurry to increase the weight of my rucksack. I will be doing it slowly and gradually. Also, I hope to do it (together with street photography) for the next 40 or 60 years. After all, I hope intermittent fasting, exposing my body to cold, and rucking will increase the level of my health and the chance I will be healthy during the upcoming years.
