Is carrying heavy loads on your back bad for your body?!
Question: Is carrying heavy loads on your back bad for your body?
Answers:
I do long hikes with heavy packs (usually filled with water and books). It depends on the pack. 60kg is pretty hard core, Your neck, shoulders, and core will recover and build faster than your knees, ankles, and feet.
Is it bad? Not really. Especially if you get occasional rests. Things that are bad for the body usually involve not moving, so if you stood still for several hours with a 60kg pack, that would be pretty hard on the body.
YOU WERE NOT IN THE ARMY. Stop dishonouring real veterans' by saying this. A basic burgen weighs 65kg. If you were in the army, you would be at least 30... way too old for special forces.
Former Australian Army Senior NCO
you should carry for ypurself , but vever carry so much
The Army has a very legitimate reason for training as they do. They want to ensure to the extent possible that you'll come back from a mission alive or die ensuring it's a success. Back problems don't factor into their regimen because they'll either present early and you'll be eliminated during training or they'll present later in life when you've retired.
Sure, Special Forces training is grueling because it has to be. And, yes it can harm your back. But it can also harm your other body parts, joints, bones, ears, feet, etc. not to mention being wounded in combat. That said, what does it matter when the job itself is inherently dangerous? And, just because it can harm your back and your C-spine, it doesn't mean it will.
Of course, there's no way to know what it's going to do to you but if that would keep you from the Special Forces, you probably shouldn't be trying for the green beret anyway.
Good luck and good health!!
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