Rucking – wearing a weighted backpack while you walk – could be one of the few exceptions. So I decided to give it a go, committing to walking 10,000 steps a day for a week with a weight on my back.

Forget all the reasons you should run. This is how to make it fun — small hacks I’ve developed because I didn’t want to run when I started. Now I really like it.

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