Feature Request: Rucking with a weighted pack.

Well in that case, why do we need to add what weight we're lifting when we record a strength workout? Because we like to keep a record of our exercise. It would be a nice metric to be able to record.

irishmac473 said:

why do we need to add what weight we're lifting when we record a strength workout?

You do not need to do it. No metrics will change if you do. It is just for your own records, and eventually to see the total lifted weight for individual exercises.

I know this. This is exactly why it would be nice to track rucking weight, for our own records. 

incorrect, I have read several sport scientist papers on the subject and Garmin's view that higher pulse due to the pack weight gives correct calorie values is incorrect.

a 80kg person carrying 20kg isn’t the same as a 100kg person with no pack.

Dibblah said:

a 80kg person carrying 20kg isn’t the same as a 100kg person with no pack.

Nobody claimed that either.

I was talking about ADDITIONAL weight. This is the weight that is added to your own personal body weight. A person with a body weight of 80 kg without a backpack does not have an increased heart rate. Just like the person who weighs 100 kg. However, the person with 80 kg body weight and 20 kg backpack has an increased heart rate.

irishmac473 said:

This is exactly why it would be nice to track rucking weight, for our own records. 

You have the option of adding a note to an activity.
Just one example: 

Dibblah said:

I have read several sport scientist papers on the subject

Would be interesting to see these papers, especially if they are peer reviewed. Would you provide the links please?

irishmac473 said:

I know this. This is exactly why it would be nice to track rucking weight, for our own records

For your own records, you have several options:

• Enter the weight into the title of the activity manually - e.g. "10kg Rucking ..." (advantage: searchable and sortable in Garmin Connect web)
• Add custom activities, and name them for example "Rucking 10kg", "Rucking 20kg", etc. and use them accordingly. Set the activity naming pattern to use the device name in users settings of GC web. (advantage: searchable and sortable in Garmin Connect web, no manual naming needed)
• Enter the weight into the note of the activity (advantage: searchable in Garmin Connect Web)
• Use the Gear feature - add "other" type gears with the names e.g. 10kg, 15kg, 20kg, ... and assign them to individual activities. You can even combine them (e.g. assigning both 10kg and 20kg to have the total of 30kg) (advantage - you get a list of activities using each of the "gears")
• Suggest the feature to Garmin at Share Ideas | Garmin 

I still remember when I was training for the Marathon Des Sables with a 9 kilogram backpack. During all those runs with weight in my black, I learnt that you need to run with a different technique so you don't get injured. That involved also serious gym sessions of course, and in my case, a personal trainer who helped me with a new running technique and different type of exercises.

There are more races, those ultra and survival, like the one I said that you need to carry a backpack with your good, tent for sleeping...all kind of material. And that needs to be trained with a backpack during many many hours.  There are also more situations like travelling or military trainings.

And running or walking with a backpack, it is NOT the same as running when you are 9kg more because that all extra weight is just in  you back. All your biomechanics while sporting is changed with big weights there