Walking while wearing a vest that weighs 15% of your body weight increases the amount of energy your body uses by 12% compared to walking without the vest.
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Walking while wearing a vest that weighs 15% of your body weight increases the amount of energy your body uses by 12% compared to walking without the vest.
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Wearing a weighted vest equal to 15% of body weight increases walking energy expenditure by 12%.
Wearing a heavy vest makes the body work harder to move, so muscles use more energy, the heart beats faster to deliver oxygen, and breathing becomes more effortful to get enough air, which burns more calories.
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Study: Weighted vests in CrossFit increase physiological stress during walking and running without changes in spatiotemporal gait parameters
This study provides evidence contradicting the claim.
Study: Effect of Vest Load Carriage on Cardiometabolic Responses with Load Position, Load Mass, and Walking Conditions for Young Adults
This study provides evidence contradicting the claim.
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