Why would you want that extra weight on your lower back? It would make more sense to add weight to your feet.
Why would you want that extra weight on your lower back? It would make more sense to add weight to your feet.
Better Idea wrote:
Why would you want that extra weight on your lower back? It would make more sense to add weight to your feet.
I don't think a 10-20lb vest will increase odds of injury much if it doesn't alter your form while running. If it's bouncing around, you'll probably compensate somehow so make sure it's tight fitting. If you're just walking quickly with it, well, sounds like good exercise.
Ankle weights are a terrible idea if you ask me, and bring significant risk for injury with basically zero benefit. They might strengthen your hip flexors, but there's a thousand better ways to do it.
What about dragging a tire like these kenyan athletes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUMqOEDhLkU
Is it the same effect of running with a weight vest?
Hakuna Matata wrote:
What about dragging a tire like these kenyan athletes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUMqOEDhLkUIs it the same effect of running with a weight vest?
disgraceful_admin wrote:
Better Idea wrote:Why would you want that extra weight on your lower back? It would make more sense to add weight to your feet.
I don't think a 10-20lb vest will increase odds of injury much if it doesn't alter your form while running. If it's bouncing around, you'll probably compensate somehow so make sure it's tight fitting. If you're just walking quickly with it, well, sounds like good exercise.
Ankle weights are a terrible idea if you ask me, and bring significant risk for injury with basically zero benefit. They might strengthen your hip flexors, but there's a thousand better ways to do it.
I didn't say "ankle weights". I said "feet". Heavier shoes, numbskull. This is for runners, not Richard Simmons.
If you DO insist on adding weight higher than that, it should be anchored to your hips, not above the small of your back. Compression injuries are still a thing.
I have trained a few HS girls in weighted vests.....We were the only school in the state that had both girls at the state meet in the mile (2nd and 8th) place at the end.
You have to start off lite. 6% of body weight for 2 weeks, 8% for 2 weeks and a max of 10%.
YOu dont do workouts in them. When it is time to go fast, you go fast. Vest doesnt help.
Run warm ups and cool downs with it and 2-3 times a week for about 20 minutes. Also spend 3-4 days a week walking in it all day.
Adding unnatural weight will only mess up your form and could lead to injury. There's a reason no pros run with weight vests.
I remember a guy on my high school team got the brilliant idea of training with ankle weights so that on race day running with no weights would be a breeze(note: I think he tried half pound weights). After trying to jog on the track for a lap, probably the most awkward running I've ever seen from a legitimacy good runner, he fell to the ground exhausted and the idea was forever abandoned.
sweet vid
Hakuna Matata wrote:
What about dragging a tire like these kenyan athletes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUMqOEDhLkUIs it the same effect of running with a weight vest?
Runningart2004 wrote:
I don't see how occasionally putting on a vest would be harmful. Say, once a month. Military folks do this with a large backpack, it's called a Ruck March.
I will say I did a 12mi ruck once in 2 hours jogging the whole way and over the last 3-4 miles it felt like my quads would seize up worse than any marathon I ever did. Once also did a 14ish mile ruck with full kit and ruck so about 80lbs jogging most of it. That was not fun.
Alan
Consistency is key with any training. If you're only doing it once a month you probably won't get any benefits that outweigh potential risks anyway.
Long distance running is an activity that lies at the cross roads of being both weight bearing, and highly repetitive. So your risk of developing a repetitive stress injury is greatly exacerbated by the fact that it is also a weight bearing activity. Anyone who has been running/training for any length of time knows that risk of injury is the single greatest limiting factor in your ability to improve. If you feel you MUST get injured quicker, by all means, do all your mileage with a weight vest.
The best way to get better at running is to run more. All the other things you may do to supplement your running (weight lifting, plyometrics, etc) are for the sake of providing a stimulus that tell your body to improve or maintain tendon/muscle/bone strength so that you can continue to do the main activity that improves running; i.e. running. Sprinting is one activity that provides both an improvement in running economy (at slower pace), and provides a stimulus to improve muscle strength. Try sprinting as fast as you can and you will find it to be one of the most strenuous activities you can experience. So, there is absolutely NO need to wear a weight vest. If you want to do an activity to improve muscle strength while also improving your running, just do sprints. You will also find that there is a limited amount of sprinting you can do before you injure yourself. Sprinting with a weight vest will undoubtedly injure you even quicker.
I've kind of always wanted to train with extra weight. The big concern is obviously injury. I can't even stay healthy unweighted.
The other thing I is would want the added weight all over my body, not concentrated in a back pack or ankle weights. The poor man's way to do this would be to put on a wet suit, get it wet, then train using that. Wouldn't work in the winter I suppose. Are there weighted full-body suits so it's not just a vest?
It's only been known for at least 25 years....
http://www.fluidmovement.com/vest/ArticleByOwenAndersonPhD.htm
Do you really think running with a weight vest some of the time is harder than what you see here:
http://www.flotrack.org/video/741521-yohan-blake-weights-and-hills-in-kingston
This is more or less standard training for sprinters in the winter.
Primo Numero Uno wrote:
Adding unnatural weight will only mess up your form and could lead to injury. There's a reason no pros run with weight vests.
Q. You said Alberto generally doesn't talk about himself, but he's been comparing his experiences here recently?
KARA GOUCHER: Just in the last couple weeks as workouts have really come together and I've started to believe that I can do this. Yeah, he's just given -- told me little things about when he was training, certain workouts he did, how it correlated, and basically he's having me do what he did, crazy stuff. I've been strapping on a weight vest and running up hills and doing all sorts of old school stuff that he did....
http://www.marathonguide.com/news/exclusives/NewYorkCityMarathon2008/AConversationWithKaraGoucher.cfm
Ok sure running with extra weight is not great all the time. But what about getting off the train one stop earlier and run 10k home after work say once a week, as an alternative to not getting a run in as a busy dad? Street clothes and small laptop aren't very heavy. Ok Winter is coming so there's going to be some garments.