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Rucking like a zogbot will make you pretty badass for several years, but it eventually wrecks your knees and back. Just ask any former infantryman how well they get around after their years in service. Of course governments can ignore that problem since they have a neigh endless line of young men willing to enlist to replace the damaged vets mustering out.

I grew up across a hay field in amish country

As I get older I find that different styles of heavy carries, hill sprints, KB/SB work, swimming/treading water for ALAP, jumping rope(regular, and weighted), and some type of biking is all I need. I still do the occasional heavy lifting on the big lifts like overhead press, dips, pull ups, dead’s, and squats, but I don’t make it my life to be good at these lifts anymore. Honestly, I wish I would have figured this out at a younger age. I got into KBs, and SBs late in life, and they’re so much better and transfer over to general life so much more. Same goes for doing more unilateral work versus bilateral. Rarely do we ever do anything in life with both legs set exactly the same distance apart and with perfect pressure applied through both sides. Once again, it has its place, especially if you’re a new lifter, and just want to gain some general strength, and size AFAP, but after the first couple of years I’d recommend getting away from it as your main goal unless you’re trying to compete in powerlifting.

Just one man’s humble opinion.

Get off the weighted gear. If you can run long distance and can lift heavy weight, weighted gear is only going to destroy your body. When you need to do it with gear, you will be able to very easily

Just walking is fine as well. Uphill/downhill is especially good.