Weighted vests anyone?

[Patricia Dees]

Anybody use them or have experience with them?

I am thinking about getting one to use for my hill sprints/ stair running...

[Siouxcountry]

Anybody use them or have experience with them?

I am thinking about getting one to use for my hill sprints/ stair running...

I have one. I would never use it to run though.

I got mine a few years ago from...

http://www.weightvest.com/

It kills my bad shoulder after 10 minutes or so.

I'm not sure it was a good investment for me.

Many people love them though. :)

[Patricia Dees]

I have one. I would never use it to run though.

I got mine a few years ago from...

http://www.weightvest.com/

It kills my bad shoulder after 10 minutes or so.

I'm not sure it was a good investment for me.

Many people love them though. :)

I will check it out. Thank you.

[DanielleA]

I know a competitor who used one before she got with a trainer and just did her own thing and she was SHREDDED and has gigantic legs. Maybe a little too much so for figure. But give it a try and let us know how it works out for you.

[NPCFigure 40]

I have been using one for the past 2 months. My legs/butt are harder then they have ever been and have more shape. I use 30lbs with I am on the elliptical or treadmill. (treadmill is at a high incline) and so far..only 20lbs when using the stepmill. (My heart rate gets too high when I try to go heavier) I have bad shoulders so I am building my way up to the 40lbs my vest can hold. My traps start to hurt at about the 25 min mark, but I keep it one for the full 45 min

I actually had to stop using it for a bit because my trainer said I was starting to drop weight too quickly and getting "stringy" looking on top, so I only use it about twice a week now.

Mine is an X-Vest

[Patricia Dees]

I have been using one for the past 2 months. My legs/butt are harder then they have ever been and have more shape. I use 30lbs with I am on the elliptical or treadmill. (treadmill is at a high incline) and so far..only 20lbs when using the stepmill. (My heart rate gets too high when I try to go heavier) I have bad shoulders so I am building my way up to the 40lbs my vest can hold. My traps start to hurt at about the 25 min mark, but I keep it one for the full 45 min

I actually had to stop using it for a bit because my trainer said I was starting to drop weight too quickly and getting "stringy" looking on top, so I only use it about twice a week now.

Mine is an X-Vest

Thanks!!!

[ibarramedia]

I used one before back in the day. Together with ankle weights. Then i used it to skip rope and do jumping and pseudo-plyometric drills. I wish I had kept it up. The good thing about that is I was able to develop my leaping ability that I could dunk tennis balls and when the time or feeling was right,dunk a volleyball. Dunking a volleyball was very inconsistent. missed far too many times than made it. If I never stopped then maybe I would be doing 360's.

[Lisa E]

Does it sqoosh the boobs down?

[ibarramedia]

Does it sqoosh the boobs down?


Good question. I'm sure they have female vests and sizes too.

[NPCFigure 40]

Does it sqoosh the boobs down?

My vest is made for a female, and they come in small, medium, and large sizes. (Mine is a small) , and it is an over the head vest.(gets a little heavy lifting 30lbs up and over your head:angel:) You can pick from vests that hold up to 20lbs or 40lbs. The weights are 1 lbs bars that you add into the vest in slots on the front and back of the vest. I try to evenly distruibute the weight-front to back, for comfort and posture purposes. I can say that I am only 34B..so they do get alittle squished, but it really doesn't bother me. During TOM, it will, because of the water bloat, so it hurts a bit, but not enough to stop me from wearing it. The vest gets strapped on with velco ties around the waist, for me, I find ,the tighter I wear my vest, the more comfortable it is for me on my chest and my shoulders.

It really works well. Tiring when doing steep incline walking lunges too!!

[frannyfran]

This is a good thread, I've seen people at my gym using this before where can you find something like this?

I've tried using a backpack with weights in it but it just gets in the way and the weight isn't distributed equally which kinds sucks.

[NPCFigure 40]

This is a good thread, I've seen people at my gym using this before where can you find something like this?

I've tried using a backpack with weights in it but it just gets in the way and the weight isn't distributed equally which kinds sucks.

I just googled weighted vests/training vests and came up with a bunch of sites. Mine is an x-vest. forgot the link, but just google x-vest, you should pull it up. You can try fire training sites too. Firmen use these alot as well.

[frannyfran]

I just googled weighted vests/training vests and came up with a bunch of sites. Mine is an x-vest. forgot the link, but just google x-vest, you should pull it up. You can try fire training sites too. Firmen use these alot as well.

Thanks I was looking around on some website and man they are EXPENSIVE!!!! Holy crap!!! But I guess if it gets your ass in gear then its well worth it right!!

[redhead75]

They have weighted vest at Walmart. There are two different kinds, 20lbs and 10 lbs. I think the one I have is by Danskin and it was $29.98 so it was cheaper than buying off a website:)