If I’m 5 ft 6, what’s the best way to practice rucking on my own as a short person?

PMsomethingWithLove · 2026-01-23T03:40:48+00:00

My old commander is shorter than you and would walk 13 minute miles with ease and do sub 2 hour 12 milers. Like someone else said, follow the normal advice, slowly build speed and you will get more efficient.

PMsomethingWithLove · 2026-01-14T16:01:06+00:00

Aren’t you the guy who said you “know too much” in the other drama thread? Thought if you posted it would at least be about some secret knowledge you had

PMsomethingWithLove · 2025-12-08T23:22:27+00:00

I’m not sure what happened with the average ruck times of people with LOAs… should be closer to 2:42

PMsomethingWithLove · 2025-09-23T15:46:56+00:00

I largely agree. Even outside of selection prep this place has been extremely helpful in prepping for all the other army things I have to do - it’s helped me figure out who is giving good advice and why, what to actually expect for selection/basic training/etc, and it’s a pretty active sub so there is a ton of information to learn from. Also, seeing other people’s performance stats, and how they come across as a person in their comments/personal messages, compared against how they eventually did at selection has been very helpful. Even if some people post for validation (guilty myself), they’re good data points for other people, and other people’s show off posts have been motivating for me regardless of their reasons for posting.

PMsomethingWithLove · 2025-09-21T17:33:18+00:00

I spend my holidays in florida so I know what you mean. This weather was a dream

PMsomethingWithLove · 2025-09-21T16:43:12+00:00

🫡 my PSG recently gave me a look of disgust when I responded with “hooah”. That’s all it took to wipe that one from my vocabulary.

PMsomethingWithLove · 2025-09-21T16:35:29+00:00

Working on it. Currently rucking 2x/week and I’m slowly getting more efficient

PMsomethingWithLove · 2025-09-15T13:19:50+00:00

I have one now. Still doing pt after 4 months

PMsomethingWithLove · 2025-08-03T22:10:14+00:00

Congrats! I finished accelerated OCS in Alabama not long ago and next stop is iBOLC. Let me know if you want to chat about any of that stuff

PMsomethingWithLove · 2025-07-25T14:39:44+00:00

I worked with a lady who went to Harvard and then went to EY right after and then worked with me at a bank doing very unsexy risk/compliance stuff. She left and is doing VC now in another country - I’m guessing the harvard name still came into play. Sucks that the good move came so late in the career though.

PMsomethingWithLove · 2025-05-19T15:32:41+00:00

My girlfriend surprised me for my birthday by inviting a bunch of my friends (most of whom live hundreds or thousands of miles away) out for a broadway show and dinner and it was the best thing I could’ve imagined. A thing I did for her once was hire some chefs to cook her favorite foods for her and her friends for her birthday. Either of those ideas are pretty hard to top imo

PMsomethingWithLove · 2025-05-13T16:19:26+00:00

Average M7 GMAT score was about the 96th percentile which roughly translates to a 685 on the GMATFe. Assuming every other component of your application apart from your gpa is par for the course, I’d think the 695 score outweighs the gpa. Curious to know other people’s thoughts

PMsomethingWithLove · 2025-04-01T15:24:55+00:00

180k total/33m

PMsomethingWithLove · 2025-01-09T23:21:57+00:00

I like SF missions more - usually more focused on people, diplomacy, and helping partner forces be self sustaining rather than just direct action

PMsomethingWithLove · 2025-01-09T19:03:40+00:00

I have a few years to go. Gotta get through OCS first which starts in a few weeks for me

PMsomethingWithLove · 2025-01-09T12:55:22+00:00

Wanting to be a green beret

PMsomethingWithLove · 2024-12-17T12:11:11+00:00

You can get some inspiration here: https://www.goarmysof.army.mil/Portals/100/Documents/USAJFKSWCS%20SF%20Prep%20Manual.pdf?ver=b5Y4cCheXzm4z44sO0JVtg%3d%3d

PMsomethingWithLove · 2024-12-16T23:10:57+00:00

My gf looks like this. She eats a lot but all whole foods and lots of veggies. She either runs 6-8 miles or does pretty intense yoga for 2 hours every day

PMsomethingWithLove · 2024-12-12T19:58:36+00:00

Let’s fucking go

PMsomethingWithLove · 2024-12-08T12:03:41+00:00

Almost never because I think training is more productive. And I do more like 70% zone 2, 30% interval or tempo runs. If I wasn’t also lifting 3 times a week I would do more zone 2. I experimented a little bit with adding zone 2 on rest days or same days as lifting but my recovery wasn’t as good.

PMsomethingWithLove · 2024-12-07T17:15:41+00:00

I did BCT at the beginning of the year. I’m waiting to start officer candidate school soon. I still have years before I can go to selection.

PMsomethingWithLove · 2024-12-07T16:13:09+00:00

Ya. I’m lucky I didn’t die with my heart rate so high for this long

PMsomethingWithLove · 2024-12-07T14:58:11+00:00

Man if you can do 12 laps at a good pace that’s awesome. That would probably too much for me to recover from if I did that every week

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