12 Mile Ruck Weight

[Rob]

Rangers, the Army website has a new page for the Rangers and on the page for RASP, it lists the 12 mile ruck weight as 35 pounds. Would any Rangers here know if this is a typo, or if the weight has been lowered? Here is the page in question:

http://www.goarmy.com/ranger/training/rasp.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Baseplate]

As far as I know 35 is has been the standard.

[Rob]

Ranger Baseplate, you're right. I did some more research. For some reason I had it stuck in my head that it was 45 pounds.

[IEDmagnet]

Who gives a fuck about the weight stud? If you want it bad enough, you'll make it. The weight only gets heavier at your unit, trust me.

You 5'2, 120 lbs soaking wet? GREAT! You are now on the 240B team.

X2, and besides, at 5'2" and 120 lbs.... you need the extra weight to make sure you don't drift off the DZ into a neighboring country.

[colt1rgr]

Standard COLT ruck STUD, 120lbs, for all training events, no sniveling allowed.

[goon175]

45 lbs is still about right as its 35lbs PLUS water

[Baseplate]

plus you need to carry 15 pounds more just in case your scale is wrong

[Rob]

Thank you for the replies, Rangers. I will just worry about it later down the road.

[mortar_guy78]

Standard COLT ruck STUD, 120lbs, for all training events, no sniveling allowed.

Yeah, yeah...

Every 13F I've ever talked to swears up and down that his ruck is heavier than mine.

They say that until they pick mine up.

Don't worry about the weight, stud. Worry about not pussing out.

[IEDmagnet]

[Yeah, yeah...

Every 13F I've ever talked to swears up and down that his ruck is heavier than mine.

They say that until they pick mine up.

Don't worry about the weight, stud. Worry about not pussing out.

X2, or until you start unpacking and just throwing live mortar rounds to them to catch. Then they usually shut up too!

[VIPER--00]

Standard COLT ruck STUD, 120lbs, for all training events, no sniveling allowed.

Yeah, yeah...

Every 13F I've ever talked to swears up and down that his ruck is heavier than mine.

They say that until they pick mine up.

Don't worry about the weight, stud. Worry about not pussing out.

I usually carry the radio, rather than the Mortars.

FUCKING MORTARS.

[dbmtrman]

When I went through my RIP Road March, I had to carry 200 pounds on my back, just to get Zonk through.

[angry infidel]

Hey Rob, if you want to train up - here's some advise when it comes to your PT training plan. Don't work out with any more than 50 lbs in your ruck. It just busts up your knees, shoulders, back and wears you down (in my opinion). Go heavier than 35 though! That doesn't get your shoulders used to the suck. About 50 is good. On your daily workouts don't go for more than 8 miles or so at a pop. Maybe once a week knock out a long one...anywhere between 8-15 miles. Really all you're doing is building up callouses on your feet and getting used to things being miserable. Also, don't ruck run unless you have to. You see guys ruck running all the time. Yeah, it's fucking hard and makes you look like a tough tit...but, if you plan on your body lasting a while - well, I guess that's your call. Man, what really got me on the fast track was a stair climber. Put on a 50 lb ruck, program in your body weight (minus the ruck) and go like hell on that bitch for 30-45 minutes at a time. I'm here to tell ya, it's a ball buster and it works great. Somebody else might have better tips than me. I'm no physical trainer! But, I'm a little skinny guy and I could always hump my freakin ass off, and these are my pearls. Ha, ha.

[mortar_guy78]

Standard COLT ruck STUD, 120lbs, for all training events, no sniveling allowed.

Yeah, yeah...

Every 13F I've ever talked to swears up and down that his ruck is heavier than mine.

They say that until they pick mine up.

Don't worry about the weight, stud. Worry about not pussing out.

I usually carry the radio, rather than the Mortars.

FUCKING MORTARS.

Yeah, cuz mortars don't need radios. Fucking Fisters.