eating with a backpack?!

So here’s the thing. Do we seriously need to strap a ton of bricks to our backs and pretend like it’s some revolutionary fitness trend? Walking with a weighted backpack—rucking, they call it. Sounds like something someone dreamed up at 3 AM after binge-watching survival shows. Honestly, walking was too simple, too mundane; let’s throw a sack of flour on our back and call it a workout. It’s a bit much.

And doesn’t it make you wonder how this became a trend? Like, are we trying to combine grocery shopping and cardio into one super inefficient activity? I guess next we’ll be mowing the lawn with lead shoes because normal gardening isn’t intense enough for our extreme boredom level. Sure, it builds posture, burns calories, yadda yadda. It’s just absurd that someone thought, hey, I want to exercise but also mimic carrying my life’s burdens physically. Good job society.

But what do I know? Maybe people like spending their hard-earned cash on weighted backpacks instead of gym fees or yoga mats or actual useful items. Whatever. If you’re into this level of absurdity, maybe you’ll find some use in this nonsense. I’m done.