For some time now I have been wanting to do a three-week CrossFit Heavy Cycle, doing all the WODs with a 20# Vest. It was my hope that I would be able to do everything RX, albeit slow. Due to my elbow injury and tertiary weight gain, I doubt my ability to do muscle-ups at my "vest weight" of 205#, but I will do the 4x dip/C2B pull-up sub for M-U.
MIR Fitness vests.
Today was an interesting first WOD:
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"Mr. Joshua" (on a boat)
Five rounds for time of:
Row 500 Meters
30 Glute-ham sit-ups
250 pound Deadlift, 15 reps
Time: 30:05. Gave me an exertional headache and migraine artifacts throughout the night.
Initial impressions of vest:
I got 3 MIR Workout Plate Vests for CFEB (cheap) and this will be an opportunity to battle-test them.
MiR Workout Plate Vest
This vest is well-designed and seems very well-made. I have used the X-Vest and V-Max which cost 2-3x as much, and while this is not quite as good, the cost to benefit ratio is quite high. Five pound weight plates (up to 8) fit securely in the front and back pouches. For the initial workout, I did rowing, deadlifts and GHD sit-ups, there was no interference with the first two movements, but sit-ups were tough, as I suppose they would be with any vest. As advertised, due to the short nature of the vest, breathing was somewhat less restricted than with other models I have used. Overall A-.
* Includes one Velcro belt.
* 1200 D-Nylon flap to cover the weight plates in full.
* Cross straps to hold the any weight plates in place.
* 13 inches in length, 14 inches in width, 1 inch in thick.
* Hold up to 40lbs, Plate not included.
Price: $60.00
+40# of 5# plates from Sport Mart on sale for $.80 a pound = about $36.00, total cost $96.00.
You could save money by finding the plastic-type cheap plates, buying them used from Craigslist, or of course if you already have them, this vest is a no-brainer.
1 comment:
That sounds relentlessly brutal! try not kill yourself ;-P
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