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Supercharge your workouts with a weighted vest

Supercharge your workouts with a weighted vest

They’re suddenly everywhere and no wonder. It’s the one piece of gym kit that will get you fit faster while making you feel like an action hero.

Luke Benedictus

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I saw him during the final stages of the half-marathon. A man who’d descended into an even more pitiful state than me. His pace had slowed to a forlorn shuffle and his face was contorted with pain.

Yet this poor guy’s struggle had nothing to do with him being ill-prepared or under-trained. The lactic-acid nightmare he was slogging through with gritted teeth was entirely down to his own volition. He’d decided to run the half-marathon wearing a 20-kilogram weighted vest.

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