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[-] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 46 points 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.

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 22 points 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.

[-] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 10 points 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.

[-] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 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

[-] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I like turtles.

[-] Liz@midwest.social 3 points 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.

[-] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 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

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 6 points 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.

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