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"Use the waist strap when load bearing equipment and armor allows. It really does assist in distributing weight during diffent movements and causes less fatigue than not using one. Use of the waist belt also reduces lurching shifts when walking side slope or on scree."
Yup, do what HE (Mcary) said... use the strap (in training) to reduce the possibility of injury to your VERY important back! And always walk softly to save your knees.
I NEVER used the waist strap, mostly due to my LBE hanging below my 4th point of contact, and, yah, I was a tough guy, all 160 lbs of me! Never had a lick of sense and always too stupid to know when to quit and start over the right way. After 28 years I'm really blessed my back is still functional but, I can tell it ain't right (mostly cuz of those jumps done between 13k gusts onto tundra or desert).
Train smart and train frequently (unless injured) to stay healthy, toned, strong and flexible (the REAL definition of "hard") to prepare for those days when you have other priorities.
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JN 10:10
"The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:
I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."
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