Michael Easter

Walk with weight

michael — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:51:03 +0000

In recent years, walking with weight, also known as rucking, has exploded in popularity due to its multifaceted benefits including improved fitness, strength, and mental well-being. It’s a risk-free, full-body workout that improves metabolic health and helps prevent chronic diseases and depression. Now, bestselling author Michael Easter, the avid rucker the New York Times credits with ushering in the trend, is sharing everything you need to know in the ultimate book on weighted walking.

With this practical guide, you will learn:

How to start your own weighted walking routine by choosing the right weight and loading your pack correctly
Advice for warming up, fueling, and preventing injury
For experienced ruckers, guidelines for increasing intensity and inspiration to set bigger goals
A breakdown of all the amazing health benefits, including why walking with weight burns more fat per mile than jogging
Advice for selecting the right gear, including how to decide between a weighted vest or backpack
Week-by-week training plans for every type of goal and skill level

Along the way, Easter traces the history of walking with weight—from ancient hunter gatherers to the world’s greatest militaries – and shows how it has evolved into the popular trend it is today. Whether you’re a novice or a seasoned rucker, Walk with Weight offers valuable advice at any level. With this book, you’ll get more from every step—with the easiest and most effective way to boost your strength inside and out.

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The Comfort Crisis

michael — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:22:33 +0000

My first book, The Comfort Crisis, is a blueprint for leveraging the power of discomfort to dramatically improve your health and happiness, and perhaps even help you understand what it means to be human.

Its tactics have been adopted by the CIA, NASA, professional sports teams, the US military, major universities, gold-medal winning Olympians, and more. Hundreds of thousands of copies sold.

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Scarcity Brain

michael — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:29:44 +0000

Scarcity Brain presents a stunning new framework for breaking our worst habits—from overeating and overbuying to spending too much time on our phone or watching TV. You’ll learn how to:

Detect hidden scarcity cues to stop cravings before they start, from a brilliant slot machine designer in a Las Vegas casino laboratory
Turn alone time into the ultimate happiness hack, from Benedictine monks who live in silence in the mountains of New Mexico
Reignite your exploration gene for a more exciting and fulfilling life, from an astronaut onboard the International Space Station
Reframe how we think about and fix addiction and bad habits, from Iraq’s chief psychiatrist
Recognize when you have enough, from a woman who left a million-dollar career path to adventure the world

Our world is overloaded with everything we’re built to crave and over-consume. The fix isn’t to blindly aim for less. It’s to understand why we crave more in the first place, shake our worst habits, and use what we already have better. Then we can experience life in a new way—a more satisfying way.

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