Weighted Vests – Because Body Weight Isn’t Always Enough

Since Weighted Vests are #10 on my list of How to Create an Inexpensive Home Gym, I thought I would explain why and what you can do with one.

After performing exercises over and over, you will get stronger and stronger. Soon those workouts won’t be as effective. So by adding a weight vest to your body, it will increase your overall body weight significantly increasing resistance to workouts. A weighted vest is a vest where you place small weights to it. By attaching the weights to your vest, it will increase endurance when performed in numerous exercises.

The workouts which are very common to wear a weighted vest once body weight is not enough anywhere are strength training and cardiovascular exercises.

Cardiovascular Workouts with a Weighted Vest

Safety always comes first and with weighted vest you must be cautious. Weighted vest are not for beginners, they are for those who could use more body weight when performing cardio and strength training exercise which involve your body weight.

Add the weights slowly, do not add 20 pounds of weight the very first time you use it. They are set up to place weights in the vest in small increments. Slowly increase the weight in the vest to avoid injury.

Cardiovascular Workouts with a Weighted Vest

Include…

• Running
• Walking
• Jump Rope
• Sprinting

Strength Training Workouts with a Weighted Vest

Include…

• Pull Ups
• Balance Trainer Exercises
• Squatting
• Dips
• Push Ups
• Crunches
• Sit Ups
• Planche

Your muscle will get stronger as you perform body weight exercises, just like increasing dumbbells weights, you want to increase your body weight. A Weight Vest is a great addition to your workout equipment. If you want to workout at home, I strongly suggest getting one, plus everything else on How to Create an Inexpensive Home Gym.