Weighted Vest and Strength Workouts

[rcsaros]

This may be a crazy question, but am wondering:

I wore a 15 pound weighted vest and used 8 and 10 pound dumbbells this morning doing a lower body strength workout. Would this be counted as 15 + 20 (two 10 lb DBs) for 35 pounds total? This is how I was counting it but wandering if I was accurate in doing so.

This felt better to me than trying to hold bigger dumbbells and didn't seem to put as much strain on my arms/shoulders/wrists because the amount I was holding was lighter.

Just curious what others thought. Thanks!

 

[aqua girl]

I hopped on OnDemand & checked, when she’s ready to do deadlifts, they take the vest
off.

 

[Braille]

I count every additional pound that I add - no matter how I'm carrying the weight (vest or weights in hand). If it's not my body weight, I count it. I was taught to do that by a professional trainer, but that was in the late 80s, so not sure how it's done now. When using a barbell, I also count the weight of the bar (in addition to the weights I add to it), because I have 2 bars of substantially different weights, and I need the accuracy of total weight in order to prevent injuries and to measure progress.

 

[FitSaxe]

Interesting points for deadlifts. I think Cathe uses it for squats and lunges so you don't have to lift a heavy barbell over your head. I don't recall whether she uses it for deadlifts.

For STS, Cathe did not use vest for deadlifts.

 

[juliepie]

The 15 lb from the vest definitely adds to the overall load your body is moving, especially for lower body work. So yeah, counting it as 15 (vest) + 20 (dumbbells) makes sense for total weight your legs are handling

 

[FitSaxe]

It is safer and more effective to improve grip strength and add weight to the barbell instead.

I actually prefer barbell for heavy deadlift gripping properly, as i mean it!

it feels great keeping tensions on glutes and hamstrings.