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It's a vest that you can fill with stuff to increase the intensity of a workout. There was a time in my life when my legs started hurting and shaking from musc

It's a vest that you can fill with stuff to increase the intensity of a workout. There was a time in my life when my legs started hurting and shaking from muscle atrophy because I was programming too much and moving too little. I was looking for a way to fix that issue and I didn't want to waste time going to a gym, so I started talking walks with a weighted vest. Walking is nice because you can think while walking and with a weighted vest you don't have to walk for hours for it to have a useful effect on your body.

xandrius 2y ago
For information, the current research shows that the intensity of the exercise is much less important than the duration. So if you did so little exercise that you get muscle atrophy, a weighted vest isn't going to do much for you.
- mr_mitm 2y ago
  > For information, the current research shows that the intensity of the exercise is much less important than the duration For what goal? Increasing strength? I have my doubts.
  - uoaei 2y ago
    They're probably referring to some contrived fitness study on hypertrophy.
- vidarh 2y ago
  Anyone who has actually done both low-intensity exercise, e.g. walking, and high-intensity, e.g. heavy compound lifts, will tell you that statement needs a lot of additional caveats.
- Kirby64 2y ago
  You’re gonna need to provide a source to that. For caloric burning? Sure, I’d agree. For cardiovascular health? Eh, the answer lies in the middle. For strength and muscle building? No, quite the opposite really. At some point the intensity of an exercise is so low it provides no meaningful muscle stimulus.
- aryonoco 2y ago
  haha yeah nah. This needs a lot more additional context and caveats. If I'm working on increasing my deadlift's 1rm, doesn't matter if I practice deadlifting for 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, but never go above 10% of my current 1rm
karmakurtisaani 2y ago
FYI going to the gym is hardly a waste of time. You feel refreshed and your body will thank you after a while.
- lupire 2y ago
  Working out without the commute saves time.
- prmoustache 2y ago
  What is a waste of time is going in and out of the gym.

xandrius 2y ago

For information, the current research shows that the intensity of the exercise is much less important than the duration. So if you did so little exercise that you get muscle atrophy, a weighted vest isn't going to do much for you.

mr_mitm 2y ago
> For information, the current research shows that the intensity of the exercise is much less important than the duration For what goal? Increasing strength? I have my doubts.
- uoaei 2y ago
  They're probably referring to some contrived fitness study on hypertrophy.
vidarh 2y ago
Anyone who has actually done both low-intensity exercise, e.g. walking, and high-intensity, e.g. heavy compound lifts, will tell you that statement needs a lot of additional caveats.
Kirby64 2y ago
You’re gonna need to provide a source to that. For caloric burning? Sure, I’d agree. For cardiovascular health? Eh, the answer lies in the middle. For strength and muscle building? No, quite the opposite really. At some point the intensity of an exercise is so low it provides no meaningful muscle stimulus.
aryonoco 2y ago
haha yeah nah. This needs a lot more additional context and caveats. If I'm working on increasing my deadlift's 1rm, doesn't matter if I practice deadlifting for 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, but never go above 10% of my current 1rm

karmakurtisaani 2y ago

FYI going to the gym is hardly a waste of time. You feel refreshed and your body will thank you after a while.

lupire 2y ago
Working out without the commute saves time.
prmoustache 2y ago
What is a waste of time is going in and out of the gym.