• MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    The one wearing a bulletproof vest telling others not to be weak. She’s not strong enough to stop bullets on her own?

    I wonder what her secret girlfriend has to say about that.

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      7 months ago

      To be fair, that’s a weighted vest that a lot of (mostly Crossfitters functional fitness types (I don’t want to get sued)) wear to make their workouts harder.

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        7 months ago

        I saw “bulletproof vest” in the article but missed the “weighted or” part just before it. I did partial research before I posted. Lol.

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          7 months ago

          There’s no real such thing as a true bullet proof vest, unless you enjoy wearing 25lb steel plates; a ceramic armor vest is significantly lighter but are not rated to take more than a few impacts of 7.62mm or even a few 9mm for regular consumer grade restricted for non-military use armor

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        7 months ago

        Nah that’s definitely body armor. I think it’s an oversized plate vest but she’s running, it’s all black, and I’m shit at identifying such things.

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      7 months ago

      For women, wearing a weight vest actually legitimately helps reduce bone loss in the hips. Statistically marked improvements for women tested vs control group.

      Source - Snow CM, et al. Long-term exercise using weighted vests prevents hip bone loss in postmenopausal women. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 55(9); M489-491, 2000

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        7 months ago

        Weighted vests look significantly different than body armour. Also I haven’t seen any weighted vests that have a section of velcro for patches.

        She’s wearing at least 3a.