TacticalBarbell.com

Interesting..

By Rogue:

Manufactured in the USA from solid metal, the Load Trainer was designed by a US Special Forces Operations Soldier and has been battle tested accordingly as an excellent tool for Special Forces INDOC.

http://www.roguefitness.com/alice-frame ... ad-trainer

Seems pretty expensive considering you're primarily getting a used Alice frame. Local army/navy surplus store is a better bet IMO.
Plus, half the fun is having awkward weight bouncing around behind you. That's just me though.

alottadav wrote:Seems pretty expensive considering you're primarily getting a used Alice frame. Local army/navy surplus store is a better bet IMO.
Plus, half the fun is having awkward weight bouncing around behind you. That's just me though.

Haha, true. You won't get it cheap from Rogue
But quality should be great as per usual..

If you have a friend that welds you could do the same with a 2" metal pipe and an ALICE frame for a fifth of the price.

Tried one before. Definitely not worth the money when you can literally put water/sand/rocks or weights in a pack. It's also less portable than a pack of bricks or sand when you factor in moving Olympic weights with you to your ruck location and you look ridiculous. Grouchy is also right, a welder could make one up for you on the cheap, but if he is going to build one a weight sled would probably be better. I like some Rouge stuff but lately there has been some strange pieces of equipment (looking at you mutt bars)

I was looking for some way to load plates on my back for weighted pull-ups, and that does seem like a good idea.

That said, while I like the idea, I don't think it's a $129 design. Why would a frame and a used ALICE pack cost $129. In fact, why a used ALICE pack retired from the military? Sounds like another "paint it black and call it tactical" product.

I'm very much for environmental conversation, but charging that much for a used piece of kit and applying such a mark-up seems excessive.

Tym87 wrote:I like some Rouge stuff but lately there has been some strange pieces of equipment (looking at you mutt bars)

To be fair, it looks like rogue is merely a reseller, but they do have some funky equipment there.

Just buy a large amount of extremely cheap rice and load it into a bergen/ruck, simple n easy.. Easy to modify weight and weight is distributed around the ruck/bergen much more easily