Does it make sense to train indoors with a weighted vest to mimic the weight of quickdraws and other equipment you'll be carrying outdoors?

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Rob Pizem · Answer

Does it make sense to train indoors with a weighted vest to mimic the weight of quickdraws and other equipment you'll be carrying outdoors? Woo! Ultimately, any kind of training has to have a purpose. And if you're just trying to carry more weight, practicing carrying a weighted vest is going to help you engage your core more, because the vest is up on your shoulders and your back and your chest. It's not actually where your quickdraws and other equipment will be. So you're not actually doing anything for that in that sense. But what you are doing is you're loading your fingers more, loading your feet more, and engaging your core more. So if you wanted to work those things, you can wear a weight vest. The quickdraws and other equipment you'll be carrying are nominal. They're not really that big of a factor. So a weight vest trains other things, not necessarily that.

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"Does it make sense to train indoors with a weighted vest to mimic the weight of quickdraws and other equipment you'll be carrying outdoors?"