Hot fitness trend better than pulling to stay in shape: Doctor

The weight is over.

In recent years, fitness enthusiasts seeking to cross the gym and take advantage of beautiful weather have been running about noise – which includes walking with a heavy backpack.

But if you are looking for another cardio for construction, with low impact, weighted vests.

Fans have praised these sweaty walks sessions, which, as the name implies, include keeping a weighted vest on the front of your upper body.

But do you help your health? Dr. James Gladstone, Chief of Sports Medicine at Mount Sinai Systems Systems Department of Orthopedics, weighs on hot movement.

What are the benefits of a weighted vest?

“Its basics are that when wearing weighted vests, you are increasing your weight,” he said. “And it has a number of different effects.”

Wearing an additional 10 or 20 pounds as you move “increases the amount of energy you have to spend when you do a exercise, and this increases the amount of strength,” Gladstone explained, promoting muscle growth and cardiovascular health while burning more calories.

Research has shown that it can also improve durability, help you work on your balance and behavior, and increase bone density.

“Having more weight or more impact load actually helps to strengthen bones,” he said.

What makes it better than to withdraw?

“Maybe it’s generally safer to wear a weighted vest than to be just because all strengths are a kind of attraction back,” Gladstone said. “So by that nature, you will change your behavior.”

For example, you can overload more relying, thus setting unnecessary strain on your lower back.

“While a weighted vest, if fit properly and weighted appropriately – it will simply be as if you were 20 or 40 pounds heavier,” he said.

Who can benefit from weighted vests?

“People who are probably prone to osteoporosis or who have osteopenia – which is the step before osteoporosis – using something like that can actually help them increase their bone mass,” Gladstone said.

However, it is better for people who are already in shape and want to simply accelerate their training.

“For inside shape, if you want to call it, then it’s a good thing,” he said.

Which age range is the best?

According to Gladstone, “almost someone can use it”, though “you probably want to be the past skeletal maturity” – AKA over 18.

What about men against women?

“I think it would be useful for both sexes,” he said. “What falls into doubt maybe more is the style of the vest you will use.”

While one can argue that good good women are already a type of wearing a weighted vest, different styles-like those with striped striped strips-can be more comfortable to abundant.

Who may not be the target audience

“I think for someone who is just getting in shape or just starts running, it may not be the best thing under those circumstances,” Gladstone said.

It can also be potentially dangerous for someone who already has fragile bones.

“Anyone who has arthritis or any kind of problem where more strength that goes through a union can be harmful or harmful will feel it more,” he said.

“So I think you have to consider those things when using something like a weighted vest.”

What exercises can you do with a weighted vest?

While walking can be the most popular option, a weighted vest can be useful for any exercise if you are at a point where you need more body weight resistance.

“Squats, pushups, landings, steps, pulls, jogging and then sprinting, boxes-booze from those things, will make it harder,” he said.

“And because it’s harder, you will need to use your muscles better and that ultimately makes you stronger.”