I do calisthenics at home and just found those weighted vests, those 20lbs ones for example sell for 240€, which is rather hefty, but I am sure there are cheaper ones. The description reads:
>The weight vest for training promotes strength and muscle building and thus also increases fat loss during body weight exercises and cardio training. Just like Rocky Balboa did his training with additional weight, it also makes your training or workout more effective.
My first question would be, are those potentially dangerous for your knees, but mainly I want to know if they really enhance your training in a meaningful way or if it just snake oil.
Opinion on weighted vests
Parker Kelly
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Kayden Bailey
Which country uses euro and imperial units?
Jason Robinson
just a fat simulator. makes leg muscles marginally bigger, average calorie burning goes up but the cost of joints makes it gay
gotta share this
Dominic Davis
I would think running with one of these would increase your injury risk a good bit. Walking or hiking might be a safer bet
Noah Myers
Don't run with that weight. Vests are good for training to get used to that weight.
We carry that weight around as firefighters and these vests are how we usually train for work.
Asher Robinson
I use a 40lb vest for pull-ups and dips. Recommend.
Nathaniel Bennett
All of them, we only use metrics on the internet to troll Americans.
Daniel Ortiz
>crossfit
Elijah Flores
Just use ankle weights for pull-ups and dips and put them in a backpack for push-ups.
Dominic Jones
I like them got a raptor weight vest 20kg has 16slots so you can have full 20kg or down etc really like it for walking leg lunges 1 leg deadlifts and explosive jumps etc.
Jacob Clark
Good for pull-ups,dips and push-ups but if you just go for 20lbs there is no point in not just using a backpack. It won't effect the center of gravity so much that it messes up your form. If you go for longer runs with a vest you will notice why this is a bad idea in your neck and back first not in your knees from my experience
William Lopez
The only people I’ve ever seen wearing these at the gym are the blackest niggers that visit. I think they saw it in Dragonball and thought it would apply to real life.
Henry Martinez
what does being black have to do with the fact they are niggers? stop being prejudiced
Levi Brown
The point of them is so you dont have to go to the gym , you can train anywhere with it like people have said you can do pullups pushups dips curls side lateral raises lunges deadlifts squats calf raises with the vest anywhere so its like a mini portable gym.
Jack Ward
>9kg cheapo metal plates
>240€
Bro...
Connor Robinson
What I do is put 2 straps through the hole in my plates, secure them by putting a wrench through the loops. I then wear them around my shoulders kind of like a backpack. It works really well using up to 2*10kg plates, but it starts to be impractical at using 2*10kg+1*5kg plates. If you already have plates it's really cheap you only have to be buy the straps.
Aaron Johnson
Ireland
Zachary Hernandez
#NotACountry
Bentley Allen
My unironicly mobidly obese neighbor walks around town with these on in hopes to lose weight (he never does), so for that reason alone I will never use one, they're ruined for me.
It's funny because the one he uses is black and needs to be stuffed with beanbags so it literally looks like an ISIS suicide vest, kek.
Nathan Anderson
>those 20lbs ones for example sell for 240€,
pfffhahahahaha
Just put some plates into a backpack.
Lucas Evans
>240€
You may as well buy an actual body armor plate carrier and plates for that price.
Samuel Green
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