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Old 11-26-2011, 09:56   #2
The Reaper
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There are only two ways to ruck faster.

You either have to take longer strides, or take more of them.

If you are already taking the longest strides you are comfortable with, you have limited yourself to one solution.

Step up the pace, and walk as fast as you can, and if that fails (as it would appear to from your description), you need to find a rucking buddy who rucks at your target pace and follow him when he goes out for a walk. As with any other conditioning event, you may not be initially able to keep up with him for the full distance, but you need to go a little farther each time and push yourself till you can ruck at your target pace the entire time.

I would not run with the ruck unless it was for a real world or record event and I was running far behind.

You may want to use the Search button before starting new threads in the future. This has already been covered.

Best of luck.

TR
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