Weighted Vests

[Nature's Fury]

been thinking about coppin one for exercises that i usually do at home with body weight (push ups, pull ups, lunges, etc.)...anybody else use these and get the desired results with them???

 

[Heafcliffe]

Been thinking of getting one myself for my walks and runs... so I'm interested in the responses.

 

[unit321]

been thinking about coppin one for exercises that i usually do at home with body weight (push ups, pull ups, lunges, etc.)...anybody else use these and get the desired results with them???

I used to wear my bullet-proof vest doing pull-ups. It was around 5 to 7 lbs. I never weighed it. It added some resistance when I was doing my pull up workout, i.e. 8 to 10 sets of only pull-ups.

 

[Nature's Fury]

this is the one i was thinkin about coppin...goes up to 60lbs...if i started doing planks with thins, i think i could build my core up something crazy...

edit: it's the "RUNFast/Max Pro Weighted Vest 12lbs/ 20lbs/ 40lbs/ 50lbs/ 60lbs" on Amazon...those Amazon links never show up for me...

 

[Nature's Fury]

nobody???

 

[KodeBlue]

I occasionally do insanty with the weighted vest. I use to play basketball with the weighted (I may go back to doing that.)

If you wear it enough, you will certainly feel lighter when you take it off. You'll also feel more explosive.

 

[Russian Bot v.2.1]

it's good just don't overdo it

it can be bad for the knees

 

[I AM WE ARE]

I do hill mile runs with it twice a week, its bad for your knees and back if overdoing it
I also shadow box with it
mine weighs50 lbs but I'm 6'6 265 though

 

[KalKal]

Back in 2011 lost 50 pounds (227 down to 175) in one of these
https://www.dikkssportinggoods.com/...est-17fgeufg40lbwghtdeac/17fgeufg40lbwghtdeac

Mainly I would climb up and down stairs for an hour straight. Then, when the weather got warm I would walk for miles on the beach.
Eventually I went a little too far when I started to jog with it, so I stopped when I started having some foot pain. But it did its job, and now I'm still 194.

 

[Nature's Fury]

i'm not really planning on running in it...just doing what would normally be bodyweight exercises in it...

 

[KalKal]

i'm not really planning on running in it...just doing what would normally be bodyweight exercises in it...

One thing that I forgot was that even after my knee started clicking a little I still got a lot of use out of it crawling upstairs then downstairs backwards on my hands and feet.