Weight Vest Question

[mvb34]

Has anyone ever used a weight vest for workouts? If so which brand is good? What weight size should I start off with? Thanks

[ehh]

Re: Weight Vest Question

I used one in college, we'd do our big man drills wearing one. Stuff like the Mikan drill, dunk the ball 20 straight times going block-to-block, etc. Never any contact drills.

It helped like crazy, I should probably look into getting my own. I have no clue what brand it was but I think it was 30 lbs.

[ehh]

Re: Weight Vest Question

http://www.weightvest.com/Basketball.html

I think this is the one we used. If not, it was very similar. I had no idea they were so expensive, I dunno if I wanna pay $160+ for one.

It helps with your explosiveness though which I love. You can't really get that from squats and DL's, even at high reps and low sets.

[mvb34]

Re: Weight Vest Question

http://www.weightvest.com/Basketball.html

I think this is the one we used. If not, it was very similar. I had no idea they were so expensive, I dunno if I wanna pay $160+ for one.

It helps with your explosiveness though which I love. You can't really get that from squats and DL's, even at high reps and low sets.

Thanks for the info. Did it help with weight loss?

[ehh]

Re: Weight Vest Question

Thanks for the info. Did it help with weight loss?

I've always been trying to put on weight, especially when I was playing ball in college, so I can't answer that.

We used it for explosive leaping, so all the workouts we did were tailored towards that. I don't know how it would work as a fat-loss device.