>>2799367If you need training to enjoy the outdoors, I've got news for you buddy...
Anyways, it's one of those "to fight like you train, train like you fight" situations. Going out more is th best training. I've attempted a few ways of training in addition to that in order to prepare for long-distance hikes, and none of them have made a difference. So here's what you shouldn't bother doing:
>weight liftingUnless you're to weak to put on your pack without help, I guess.
>Farmer's walkYou'd think carrying weight and just walking back and forth would train your core, right? Well, it doesn't. The thumbs fail first.
>walking up and down the stairs with a ruck onThis does actually help a little, but to get results with reasonable numbers of reps, you need to carry extreme weights. So unless you own a good milspec pack that can carry 50-100kg, you're going to break your gear this way. If you want to try, I've been using an alice frame that I ratchetstrapped gripper plates too.
One thing that does help a little are calf stretches. But that's probably due to me being used to walking from the ankle joint, which means that my calves are the first muscles to fail (after 30km with a pack, or 50 km without, so well into rucking competition areas).
The only training I've found to really help was shopping for groceries with a ruck. Basically, I was in a country that didn't accept my drivers license and had shitty public transport, so I'd haul my groceries for the week in an old Alice pack (that I upgraded because the waist belt could really use some improvement).
But even then, improvements from 2h rucking per week were marginal compared to just doing a 8-10h hike every weekend.
