In an on-camera interview with Fox News Digital, the CEO called rucking "really simple," as it only requires putting weight in a backpack or "rucksack" and walking. "It's carrying weight," he said.
Rucking – wearing a weighted backpack while you walk – could be one of the few exceptions. So I decided to give it a go, committing to walking 10,000 steps a day for a week with a weight on my back.
Rucking, the practice of walking (or hiking) with a weighted pack, is named after the military term for backpack: "rucksack," as carrying the weighted packs is a common military activity and exercise.
It’s like hiking in the countryside or mountains with a heavy backpack, only in an urban setting. Jogging with weights is sometimes called rucking as well, says Andreas Barz, a sport scientist ...
Say, carrying a backpack full of weights? Well, then you'd be rucking — a fitness methodology that's also been gaining some extra hype lately (just scan the hundreds of thousands of videos ...
“Rucking really helps build the upper back postural ... That’s why she recommends starting light with a comfortable backpack containing a water bottle or other household items, then working ...