Beginning of my rucking journey
I just started rucking and I am incredibly grateful for it since it's the best kind of cardio for me yet.
I'm that kind of person who thinks about the future so I wanted better equipment and heavier weights than I can lift at this moment so I ordered HMS PREMIUM KTO30 and I am very impressed with how "natural" it feels to wear and in general very quality product so far, I kept 10kg and went for my first ever rucking experience very convincingly I own Garmin watch and although my model doesn't support rucking activity (idk why) the community did very good job to make and app that log it even for my watch (Forerunner 255)
My first ruck took more than an hour as you can see and I felt so alive like I said earlier perhaps the best cardio exercise I have tried yet since I enjoyed my surroundings much more than on my bike (my n.1 for over decade till now), I could turn to roads I wouldn't choose with my bike and for me it feels even better than classic walk since I feel like I really "work" for steps since normal walks feels kinda boring to me at this point also with the equipment I feel "cool" I mean only police officers or soldiers wear something like this.
Today I did my second ruck and also did over an hour just with more weights 15kg in total I was confident I can do more than last time and I absolutely did next time I aim for 20kg and keep it there for a while since I don't think I can carry full 30kg for an hour (yes I can carry it around the house but I don't trust myself enough for too long so I will stop at 20kg and be more consistent until I go more)
As I said I am incredibly happy with this but it would be a good beginner experience without some fails so yes I got few too ... my clothes don't have pockets so I have to carry my phone in my hand although I don't mind it much it's still somehow impractical, while rucking for the first time I didn't consider raining so I get wet but again it was just light rain and last 10 minutes so it was more like a shower and lastly the thing I noticed just now I didn't swap from imperial to metric system in the app so it showed about half of the burned calories it should (although I know it isn't perfect)
Conclusion: Very pleased with rucking so far and look forward to my journey to keep going 😉