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20kg Power Vest - Camo
$210
Product Description
A weight on your shoulders you'll want to lug around
Some exercises are harder to load than others - running, chins, agility drills and jumping to name a few.
Vests are as convenient a way to load up a movement as any, allowing more calories to be burned as your body works harder to support the extra weight. In fact, there's almost no other way to add meaningful load to running and jumping in particular.
The Power Vest is the best way to load a body-weight exercise because the weight is more proximal and is firmly secured around the torso. During a chin-up, for example, your path through the movement is ‘truer’ than it is with a weight hanging between your legs. This will provide a better carry-over to a bodyweight chin because the movement pattern remains identical.
Vests are also very useful for exercises where you privilege one body part over another. Take the overhead squat, for example. The total load is not limited by your leg strength, but by the total load you are able to hold over your head. By strapping on a Power Vest, you can increase the load being driven by your legs without increasing the weight you have to stabilize overhead. Farmer’s Walks are another example where the load is limited by grip strength, rather than the capacity of your legs to shift it.
While it sounds like a great, versatile piece of equipment, a good quality vest is very difficult to find. Weighted vests tend to fail in two respects; they either don’t hold their shape very well, or they don’t stick to yours. As a result, you have the distraction of an unstable load that has a tendency to interfere with your movement.
The Iron Edge Power Vest does not utilise any elastic parts whatsoever. This Vest is a rugged, durable device with a fully-adjustable strap to ensure it fits exactly to your torso. We guarantee that it won’t slop or sag, regardless of whether you’re running stairs, doing burpees or even bear crawling. The Vest is weighted with 1.1kg weights, each of which is secured snugly into its own Velcro pocket. There are 9 pockets on the front and 9 on the back to ensure even distribution. You can quickly and easily load or unload the vest to suit your needs
To preserve your Vest's lifespan, please ensure this is not rubbed across abrasive surfaces like gravel or concrete, such as may occur when performing sit ups and other ground-based exercises.
- Will this fit me
- Yes, the Power Vest is designed to be universal in sizing, and has a strap at the bottom to ensure a snug fit
- Are the weights sold with the Vest
- Yes, these all come included
- Are the weights available individually
- No, these are sold with the Vest only
- Can I pick these up
- Sorry, but we cannot accommodate pick ups. We can ship all over Australia though!
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1. Peace of Mind
With over 500,000 satisfied customers, Iron Edge is Australia's No.1 high performance strength training brand. We've been fitting out elite high performance gyms for the likes of Collingwood Football Club and the Australian Defence Forces for years. We know what you need and what you don't. Our products are constantly being tried, tested and improved to be the best they can be. And we stand behind them accordingly.
2. Product Range
Iron Edge has one of the biggest ranges of high performance training equipment available in Australia. From Nike Romaleos weightlifting shoes, through to kettlebells, Power Bands and weightlifting equipment. In all we stock 100’s of different products at our warehouse facility in Melbourne so you'll always be able to get what you want and, most importantly, when you need it. That's why Iron Edge is the choice of Australia's best athletes, coaches and gyms. And why anything else is just compromise.
3. Engineering
At Iron Edge we employ experienced and qualified engineers to design, test and then source the best manufacturers of all our equipment. Up until 2017 we manufactured in-house, but market pressures forced us to move manufacturing overseas. However we weren’t going to compromise on the quality and structural integrity of our products, so after rigorous research, we’ve been able to partner with some of the industry’s best and most experienced equipment manufacturers. In many ways they are more advanced and sophisticated than our in-house work shop, so you can be assured that the quality of all our products meet the same high standards and are worthy of the Iron Edge brand.
4. Expertise
When you promise 'serious training' you have to back it up. Fortunately we do, drawing on our extensive experience dealing with Australia's best coaches, athletes, sports scientists and exercise physiologists. It's enabled Iron Edge to be one of Australia's leading authorities in high performance strength training- and with an educational arm of the business comprised of over ten certified courses launching soon, we plan on increasing the industry standard across the board.
5. No 'BS' Guarantee
We don't just say our products are the best available. We back it up with an industry leading guarantee. That means if your Iron Edge equipment is faulty or fails to deliver on its promise we will replace it. Conditions do apply.
6. TradePass
TradePass is more than just a FREE discount pass for fitness industry professionals. It entitles holders to unique offers based on their industry role plus event invitations. It's available to selected gyms, personal trainers, exercise physiologists, exercise scientists, sporting organisations, osteopaths, chiropractors, physiotherapists, the ADF, police, fire fighters, ambulance and Crossfit affiliates. You just need a relevant fitness certificate, ABN (or defence email address for ADF members). Click here for details.
7. Daily Dispatch
Most orders will ship from our warehouse SAME DAY (Monday- Friday) if place before 11am.
Though larger palletised orders are likely to take longer.
Details on Australia wide delivery times can be found on our Shipping Information page
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Product Description
A weight on your shoulders you'll want to lug around
Some exercises are harder to load than others - running, chins, agility drills and jumping to name a few.
Vests are as convenient a way to load up a movement as any, allowing more calories to be burned as your body works harder to support the extra weight. In fact, there's almost no other way to add meaningful load to running and jumping in particular.
The Power Vest is the best way to load a body-weight exercise because the weight is more proximal and is firmly secured around the torso. During a chin-up, for example, your path through the movement is ‘truer’ than it is with a weight hanging between your legs. This will provide a better carry-over to a bodyweight chin because the movement pattern remains identical.
Vests are also very useful for exercises where you privilege one body part over another. Take the overhead squat, for example. The total load is not limited by your leg strength, but by the total load you are able to hold over your head. By strapping on a Power Vest, you can increase the load being driven by your legs without increasing the weight you have to stabilize overhead. Farmer’s Walks are another example where the load is limited by grip strength, rather than the capacity of your legs to shift it.
While it sounds like a great, versatile piece of equipment, a good quality vest is very difficult to find. Weighted vests tend to fail in two respects; they either don’t hold their shape very well, or they don’t stick to yours. As a result, you have the distraction of an unstable load that has a tendency to interfere with your movement.
The Iron Edge Power Vest does not utilise any elastic parts whatsoever. This Vest is a rugged, durable device with a fully-adjustable strap to ensure it fits exactly to your torso. We guarantee that it won’t slop or sag, regardless of whether you’re running stairs, doing burpees or even bear crawling. The Vest is weighted with 1.1kg weights, each of which is secured snugly into its own Velcro pocket. There are 9 pockets on the front and 9 on the back to ensure even distribution. You can quickly and easily load or unload the vest to suit your needs
To preserve your Vest's lifespan, please ensure this is not rubbed across abrasive surfaces like gravel or concrete, such as may occur when performing sit ups and other ground-based exercises.
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