Walking with incremental weights?
What effects can be expected from daily morning walks with incremental weights, like adding 1 kg every 5 days?
Starting off with 25 kg or ~55 lb. At some point, after like 4 months, I'll be walking with 49 kg on my back or 105 lb; which is around what military people carry.
But then I'll also keep increasing until I run out of weights, or eventually, I'll have to walk around with dumbbells in my hands and not just a backpack and a weighted vest.
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Going for a walk with a weighted vest or backpack is called Rucking, or a Loaded March.
Rucking is pretty simple and has lots of positive benefits. You'll definitely burn more calories than just walking alone while building strength. This AoM article suggests starting with about 10% of your body weight and adding an additional 5 lb weekly to a max of about 50 lb.
" [...] daily morning walks with incremental weights [...] "
Just like with any workouts, recovery is important. Daily walks are definitely OK, but I would echo most of the rucking community that daily loaded marches/rucking is not advised. Schedule recover days into your rucking programming.
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