Adjustable Exercise Loading Weight Vest - Up to 65lbs Weighted Vest Adjustable for Exercise

Bodyweight training stops getting harder the day your bodyweight stops changing. A loading vest is thecheapest way past that: the same walk, the same push-up, the same flight of stairs, only heavier.

What you actually get

One black adjustable loading vest, empty. Six tall pocket channels run side by side across the frontpanel, and two wide hook-and-loop straps run horizontally across all six to hold whatever you put inthem. Padded sleeves sit on the shoulder straps. Two webbing straps down each side pull the whole thingin through flat metal slide buckles.

That is the entire package. Nothing else is in the box.

Why people buy the shell on purpose

An empty vest is not a downgrade for everyone — for some buyers it is the point. You are notpaying to ship iron across an ocean, you are not stuck with one manufacturer's plate size, and you canstart light and build up using fill you choose yourself. Buyers commonly load these channels with flatsteel plates or with sealed sand bags sized to the pocket.

If you wanted a vest that arrives ready to wear at a set weight, this is not that product, and wewould rather you knew that now than on the day it lands.

How it goes on

The shoulder straps fold over the top of your shoulders and fasten back on themselves, so the droplength changes with you. The side straps then draw the panel in against your ribs. There is one size andit adjusts — there is no size chart to get wrong.

It is cut to be worn over clothing. A t-shirt or a long-sleeve top underneath is the normal way to useit, and it keeps the webbing off bare skin.

Where the load sits

Every pocket is on the front panel. The back panel is plain. That is worth knowing before you buy: afront-loaded vest pulls forward through the shoulders rather than hugging you front and back, which somepeople prefer for walking and stair work and others dislike for running. Load it in stages and find outwhere your own limit is rather than filling every channel on day one.

Specifications

Panel dimensions are the supplier's figures for the front panel laid flat, not abody measurement. The weight of the empty shell is not documented by the supplier and we have chosen notto estimate it.

Who it suits

• Rucking, hill walking and stair work, where a front load is easy to live with
• Push-ups, dips, pull-ups, squats and step-ups, where you want to add load in small increments
• Anyone who already owns flat plates or sand bags and wants a carrier for them

Who it does not suit

• Anyone who needs weights in the box on arrival
• Anyone who wants load balanced front and back for distance running

Looking after it

Empty every channel before storing or cleaning. Wipe the shell down with a damp cloth and let it dryin open air — do not put a loading vest through a washing machine, and do not tumble dry it. Checkthe hook-and-loop straps for grit now and again; that is what keeps them gripping.