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Because of taskings and what not, I havn't been getting much PT at work and have been doing a fair bit of rucking on my own time and came across a peculiar phenomenon. I've been battling shin splints and lower leg pain since I joined over a year ago, and it's been a constant battle of stretching and ice to ward them off. I'm mostly successful but they show up worst while ruckmarching then any other activity. Being short and having short legs doesn't help when I'm stretching out my stride.
Anyway, I've been doing about 8-10K a day with some shuffling, up hill and cross country. The first few km's on the road, the pain and tightness starts to set in in my legs. Nothing critical, but bothersome. It's at that point in my route where I go cross country through about 1 1/2 feet of snow and up a hill, then back down back onto the road. It is like a magic freakin bullet. All hint of pain, tightness, or what have you, is erased (although some quad soreness ). I continue for the rest of the march completely cured. In fact, my lower legs have never felt better while rucking. Maybe it's just all the stretching finally doing some good and some conditioning coming around, but it is such an obvious light and day change, that it's unbelievable. Not to mention, after going up hill through deep snow, getting back to the road feels like your walking on air and you immediately want to go into a shuffle because it feels so good.
I just thought I'd share this curious phenomenon, as it kind of baffles me.
Anyway, I've been doing about 8-10K a day with some shuffling, up hill and cross country. The first few km's on the road, the pain and tightness starts to set in in my legs. Nothing critical, but bothersome. It's at that point in my route where I go cross country through about 1 1/2 feet of snow and up a hill, then back down back onto the road. It is like a magic freakin bullet. All hint of pain, tightness, or what have you, is erased (although some quad soreness ). I continue for the rest of the march completely cured. In fact, my lower legs have never felt better while rucking. Maybe it's just all the stretching finally doing some good and some conditioning coming around, but it is such an obvious light and day change, that it's unbelievable. Not to mention, after going up hill through deep snow, getting back to the road feels like your walking on air and you immediately want to go into a shuffle because it feels so good.
I just thought I'd share this curious phenomenon, as it kind of baffles me.