Posted: 12/23/2011 6:44:18 PM EDT
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so, im wanting to step up my jogging routine by carrying my PC with the proper weight of 5 mags and plates, as well as the weight of a rifle.
how would i go about doing this without being able to actually use any of the stuff? im pretty sure i cant wear my PC with plates and mags out jogging and i know i cant carry my rifle with me |
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Wal-Mart has weight bearing vests for about $40, if I remember correctly. Weighs about 20 pounds and you get to look like a fitness freak instead of a gun nut (OPSEC). I got one a few years ago to wear running.
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Wal-Mart has weight bearing vests for about $40, if I remember correctly. Weighs about 20 pounds and you get to look like a fitness freak instead of a gun nut (OPSEC). I got one a few years ago to wear running. link very nice, yeah i can just imagine the looks i would get running around outside wearing a PC loaded with mags |
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Regularly running with added weight (backpack, ankle weights, whatever) is terrible on the knees and back. It's on the biggest "no-nos" of the strength and conditioning community.
If you want to keep it similar to jogging but with more intensity, do sprints, intervals, hill sprints, push your car around in a parking lot and get stared at, stuff like that. They suck just as much, are safer, and are more effective anyways. I should add that this doesn't mean you shouldn't sprint and act how you normally would when you're out doing carbine training with your typical load out. I just mean that it should stay a part of the shooting drills and not become a fitness drill. |