Best weighted vests for elevating your workout

By Dan Fauzi

Published: Tuesday, 13 September 2022 at 12:00 am

The benefits of wearing a weighted vest come from the resistance they add during workouts.

Particularly in bodyweight exercises, like press ups or calisthenics, weighted vests can demand more from your movements, influencing the ways your muscles strain and stress.

Weighted vests effectively add more force to your training, which can have long-term improvements on your strength, endurance, and breathing ability.

They can also be effective in traditional workouts like running or strength training. However, if you’re looking to use a vest during cardio exercises, it’s important to make sure you choose one that’s comfortable.

For a more detailed look at the benefits (and cautions) of using a weighted vest, read our guide on whether weighted vests are useful for triathletes, with insight from coach Nick Beer.

Otherwise, keep on scrolling to find a round up of the best weighted vest deals.

Best weighted vests to buy in 2022

Gravity Fitness Weighted Vest

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The Gravity Fitness Weighted Vest is adjustable as it’s weighted using individual iron blocks, allowing you to customise your weight in 1kg increments. To help avoid the solid iron casts from impacting your body too heavily during movement, the vest has foam padding for added comfort.

To provide more range of motion, particularly when doing flexible bodyweight exercises, the vest is designed to sit right in the central area of your torso without reaching the hips or neck too closely. It has adjustable Velcro straps, too, so that one size should fit any body type.