Welcome to fit to be real and a little extra
Carly was paying attention this time. I was looking
directly into your eyes Wait, but my eyes were
facing that way I was looking Through the back
of your head. She's drinking witches brew today.
So she's clearly letting us know her witchy powers
It's our favorite month of the year It is it's
officially October. I know and it's This is when
the fun begins. Now, if you're not a holiday
season, like long -term season, I'm talking October,
November, December, then this might not be a
time for you, but it is a time for us because
the second... You had summer, okay? Yeah, yeah,
yeah. You had summer. So October 1st begins the
best month of the year. And then as soon as that
is over Halloween, it is Christmas all the way.
Well, technically it's Thanksgiving. I know and
I like Thanksgiving and I celebrate it I am very
inclusive to all holidays, but I will start playing
Christmas music Right after Halloween. I'm that
person. I'm okay with it. I'm not gonna hide
it anymore I'm gonna be 40 this month and not
hiding my love of the holidays. How are you not
divorced? Because Andrew wants you to explore
new music No, just one in sync Ben Platt and
Christmas. Yep in sync Ben Platt Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson Michael Buble Michael Buble Christmas
and in sync Christmas Well, I was umbrella. Yeah.
Yeah, that's it. That's that's it folks. Yeah,
that's all she wrote and uh, he just puts his
earpods in and walks around the house. Okay,
so avoidant Amazing. But we're both happy. He
can't hear my music, and he's listening to Dungeons
and Dragons, which I have no interest in listening
to. So. Can't listen to that. Yeah, he listens
to a D &D podcast. Oh, the podcast. Yeah, yeah.
So, no. I mean, they'll do a podcast for anything.
Exhibit A. Yeah. Right here. But yeah, Halloween's
the best. Well, hold on. We have to backtrack.
Oh, sorry. Back it up. I'm Victoria. Hey, guys.
I'm Carly. It's our birthday month. I don't know
why. I always freak - And that is Pepper choking
on air. I always forget to do our names, but
yes, it is our birthday month. So now my decorations
are appropriate. I've been decorated since before
Labor Day. Yes, you were. No judgment here when
you want to do anything. I would say by mid -October
I'm gonna be de -Halloweened. Yeah, I'm not gonna
lie. I'm not over it, but I don't see this lasting
until November. Yeah, I'll do it till the day
after Halloween, and then I'll take it down.
Well, you have kids. It's a little different.
I decorate for me. You decorate for the children.
No, I love the holidays. I have so many decorations
for every holiday. Valentine's Day and Fourth
of July never actually see the light of day,
although I do have bins of stuff. I just always
Forget. I don't do that. Fourth of July. I do
St. Patrick's Day. I don't do St. Patrick's Day.
Yeah, I usually do it all, but anyway, that's
not what we're talking about today. Well, now
you have time for it. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Now I have
time. Yeah. Dean's in school, but he's not in
school, but he's in school. But I'm also in school
with Dean while he's in school. It's been fun.
September has lasted. We said it last night.
before class. September has lasted the way like
February, March has lasted. It's been really
long. It's been like a two -month month. Last
year, remember, we thought January was the longest
month of the year. Yes. The longest month of
the year. And yeah, but that's why I sang the
song, Wake Me Up When September Ends, because
it is... It's ended. Just dragging. Because you
want to get to the fun stuff, I feel like. Well,
for me, I want to get to the fun stuff, which
is October. It is 90 degrees in October here,
which is no fun. But yeah, September just always
feels so long and you're trying to get into the
routine and you're trying to get on with it.
So I'm happy that it's over. Sorry if anybody's
birthdays are in September. Oh, sorry about it.
Yeah. Yeah, I agree. I agree with all that. But
one thing that has helped in any season. Which
we've talked about is getting outside and walking.
Mm -hmm. This doesn't just pertain to outdoors
But this is about that whole trend that's going
on. I feel like it's been in the past year Two
years of weighted vest like walking outside.
I do it every day Victoria does it every day
I started doing it about two years ago when she
texted me and said buy one now and I was on my
way upstate where Andrew's family lives in the
middle of nowhere. Was it in the fall? It wasn't
for the July? No, it was for Thanksgiving. It
was Thanksgiving. Oh, this was November. It was
November. And I was like, I already left. I can't
buy one. And she was like, buy it and get it
shipped upstate. I was like, Amazon is global.
Yeah, so I got it overnighted. And I had my weighted
vest the next morning. And I love it. Yeah, you
can thank Alyssa. What's up, Alyssa? Yeah. She.
I forget if it was the chicken or the egg, I'm
not sure, but one of us was like, we're going
to do a walking challenge for all of November,
like every day, whether it's a five minute walk,
whether it's I do it to walk my dog. So technically
I do squats too, because you got to pick stuff
up. But she got it done. And then all of a sudden
everybody, we recruited so many people. You did
recruit and we would have to check in and take
a picture or a screenshot or whatever. that we
did the challenge at least for a little bit of
that day. Ooh. Are we bringing it back? We should
bring this back. Yeah, we'll bring it back. And
then as it was, as November was going on, we
added more people. People were like, I want to
do it. Well, I want to do it. And so we started
adding like it was whoever like, yeah, check
in. I like that you're a part of the week. Well,
I Victoria like didn't want to invite me, but
I feel like Alyssa invited me. Yeah. And no,
no, Alyssa did not. Alyssa probably. Then I was
doing like workouts in them, like at my house.
And Victoria was like, that's not part of the
challenge. It's a walk. You've got to be out
fool. It was a walk to get you outside. Low impact
to no impact. Now it's low impact. It's definitely
an impact, but it's not too much. And you were
like, burpees. Yeah, I almost got myself kicked
out. But thank God for Alyssa. She's very inclusive.
Not like this one. Oh, I'm very inclusive to
people that want to follow the rules to my challenge.
I'm just kidding. But I'm kind of not. So I don't
actually know how it started. in general, like
I don't know who was the first, was it CrossFit?
I think it was military. Oh, it's military. It's
military, army, police. They worked out back,
I mean, I'm going back years and years and years
ago in, remember the backpacks you'd see them
in, like doing army crawls underneath ropes with
enormous heavy backpacks, because that's how
they train. But then how did it translate to
Your basic suburban housewife walking. Oh pepper
move the camera if you're watching us if we're
not having an earthquake How did it become trendy?
Yeah, everybody like the suburban? Person being
able to do it before after work and get it in
and then I want to say crossfit. I Yeah, I want
to say crossfit because Crossfit I'm making a
general statement here has a lot of military
attendees a lot of police attendees and that's
Who brought it? Well, yeah, every one of their
workout of the days is like a... It's called
a wad. What's the wad? That was for our brother.
What's my wad? He's not listening. No, actually,
we were told he does. That's true. Yikes. They're
military based. It's like based off of a person
in the army or... Navy or something like that.
And it's, you know, there's some sort of representation
there and connection to who that person was in
that title. And then they make like a ridiculously
hard workout that is the same workout every year.
It never changes. We've done the Murph. The Murph
that I was like, what is it called? I'm like
racking my brain. The Murph. I think it's Memorial
Day. Yeah. Yeah. It might be Memorial Labor.
Yeah, I think they're very different. I know.
But I'm thinking I think it's Memorial Day. OK.
I'm pretty sure it's been more than a day. I'll
look it up. I'll fact check. Please. Continue.
So yeah, I don't know. It stemmed from that somehow
it got trickled into all of our houses around
here. That's how a trend usually starts. But
we broke it. No. Yes. for everybody but I feel
like we broke it down whereas they were wearing
50 pound weighted vests and like what mine's
18 pounds like do you have an 18 yeah is it adjustable
no it's regular okay I have a 20 pound but you
can you take weights out of it no yeah it's that's
the men's size so no it should be no more than
10 percent of your body weight I just found out
so I am way above that 10 percent you are too
So if you're 150 pounds then your max weight
for a vest should be 15 pound weighted vest But
did not know that Well, that's good because according
to the article that we were supposed to read
and just like, you know Get privy to what we're
gonna talk about today. It's a personal trainer
who said she actually recommends five percent
not ten percent because I think it depends on
what you're going to do with the vest so it's
a no impact you Run with yours or no? Be honest.
Okay, yes, but I will run, I don't know, like
I like to do it in my own head. I'll run three
blocks with it on and then I'll walk two blocks
and then I'll like, and guys, when I say run,
I mean, it's a jog. First of all, I'm not a run
runner. Like I'm a slow runner and with a weighted
vest, it's a jog. Don't say run runner. Cause
I just want to sing run, run Rudolph. Oh, and
I was thinking rum runner. We're very different.
If we had a zoom in, zoom into my face. But I
would never do one of my longer runs. No, it's
like only a couple of blocks. And then I take
a couple off and then I'll jog for a couple of
blocks. Like there's, I don't think you should
run. I don't think you should with 18 pounds.
I think if you had like a 12 pound vest. Even
then, that's more than 10 % of your body weight,
but I think it's that long -term knee joint.
Well, that's what I was thinking. When I'm running
and I was like, why is this so hard? I've had
80 plus, 90 plus more pounds on me in my life.
You weren't running? No, but I was working out
and stuff like that every day, intensely working
out. Why is this so hard when I have only 18?
It wasn't, it's not distributed. It's distributed
differently. Like those, however many pounds
that I had on me before I lost weight was all
over my body. This 18 pounds is strictly on your
shoulders, on your back. And yeah, it's like
attached to you, but it's a lot of pressure.
Yeah. It's not evenly distributed. So it does
make it a lot harder to run with your best on.
Yeah. I tried once with my 20 down the shore.
and I don't even think I made it a full block.
I was like, oh yeah, no, this isn't happening.
You feel it immediately in your knees. In your
knees, in my feet. I already had foot injuries,
which we've mentioned before. And this is like
such a silly one, but when you're not wearing
the right shirt, it was just like rubbing. That
happened to me this summer. Why didn't you tell
me? Remember, my skin was peeling off my body
because I was just wearing a sports bra and a
weighted vest. Well, what fool does that? I don't
want to get tan lines. No, you're the tan line
queen. I know. Don't even roll your eyes. But
that's why I wore an oversized t -shirt. No tan
lines getting in there. Well, I peeled the skin
off my body with my weighted vest. 18 extra pounds
rubbing underneath and on her shoulders. And
she's like, ah, why? Like, it's hard? Why? But
yeah, so you want to make sure that you're fully
covered, especially even just walking. I mean,
you don't really walk with it that much. I did
this summer and it was awesome. Yeah. I my shirts
like sweat through and I'm not I'm leisurely
walking a dog like I'm not working out and I'm
I'm soaked. I have to always change my shirt.
Yeah. Then go back to work. I love walking with
the vest this summer. I would do one day running
without the vest, one day walking with the vest.
That's smart. Yeah, I really like that. a lot.
And when Andrew was gone a lot this summer, I
couldn't run because I can't leave the kids at
home. So I would take the kids and the dogs out
for a walk. I had to take off all of them. You're
the one who picked that dog up and said, Can
I just hold it? You're the one that brought me
there knowing full well I was going to come home
with something. No, I didn't. I said, if you
touch one of these dogs, you will be taking it
home. So don't. You were like, I'm not going
to pick a dog up. I'm not. No, no, no. We were
meeting the dog that I ended up taking home because
she's perfect and amazing. And she took the runt
of the litter, who is wild, and was like, oh,
Andrew, happy birthday. You don't want this.
He looked at me and he was like, oh my god. Because
Dean was two? One and a half. Yeah, he had just
turned two. I was like, if you touch that dog,
you're bringing that dog home. Well, it was quiet
in the corner, not barking. And I was like, I
like that one. That one doesn't speak. If you
guys know my dog. Anyway, I took all the kids
and the dogs for walks all summer while Andrew
was gone. But I wore my vest. And it was like
a battle. 18 is heavy. Yeah, 18 is really heavy.
Think about. a toddler that's 18 pounds that's
what you're carrying on your body that's usually
on one side too that's why people have like not
hip problems but like your alignment's all off
yeah you have to change you have to switch sides
people pick your child up on both hips um but
yeah yeah it's super trendy right now and has
been for a couple years and there are reasons
to why it's actually beneficial and all and all
Oh yes, so every time you say something ridiculous,
I have this really fun singing bowl, stop it,
and we are going to Gong Show, Carly, and this
tiny, if you're watching us, you can see it,
if not, it is a very tiny little drum, drummer
boy drum stick with a little ball on the end,
and you can, it's really, it's cute, it's really,
really, boutique type store called Feeve Bilo.
And so it's it's definitely Tibetan, Tibetan
metal, you know, it's real. And so every time.
What is what is wrong with you? To be fair, I
got this for yoga and I keep forgetting to bring
it. So now it lives here and we found a separate
use for it. And it is going to annoy all of us.
Yeah. Because I So every time she speaks just
kidding so every time I speak that's exactly
right And all feel free to you Feel free to use
it yourself on me, that's fine, but here we are
so Yeah, this is a trend that I can get behind
Carly's trendy for the the outfits the fit of
the day the shoes even though If we remember,
she hates my shoes. I'm wearing them. They're
my favorite shoes. Leave me alone. Oh, my God.
OK. But walking with a weighted vest, which I
will say, and I'm going to I'm going to say this
loud and proud. It's not just for women. I have
seen couples around my my neck of the woods just
walking around, no dog walking around with them
on together. And I'm like, how great is that?
Because I think it started as a male. I know,
but we took it over. I think it's now like, I
think there's like a not a stigma. There's nothing
wrong with this. But I think if you're going
to think a weighted vest, you know, the basic
suburban mom walking with a vest on. Yeah. You're
not thinking of like a guy trying to get in shape
or anything like that. Yeah. Like I think of
the old school before weighted vest birthing,
the watching or seeing a woman like fast walking
with weights in her hand. Still Arianne Vickie?
Yes. Yeah. Like 1990s. Yeah. It's that now. Right.
Like an older man's not going to do that back
then. Right. Nine times out of 10, if you're
going to open your eyes now and notice it, it's
going to be a female. Oh, I saw so many men with
weighted vests in Ocean City. Where were you?
That deserved it. That deserved it. On the beach,
okay? On a bitch, on a bitch, on a bitch, on
a bitch. So yeah, okay. Number one, the number
one added benefit is improving bone density.
Do you know why that's important? Yes, I do.
And you know why I know that's important? Because
our Aunt Vicky is so smart that she tells us
things and she's super... Wait, wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait, wait. Okay, continue. But she
goes to the doctor for osteoporosis, preventative.
Very good. Thank you. Those are lots of big words,
preventative, osteoporosis. Oh, shut up. But
she has said that her bone density is improving
since going to see fit. I mean, she started 15
years ago, so obviously it's over time, but it
straightens out your bones. for osteoporosis
the pounding and the jumping and the pressure
on your bones on your joints not bad i'm not
talking about like doing burpees and cross -country
running and all that stuff i'm just saying impact
impact thank you god no no no you're using it
wrong oh god that deserves its own gong it's
crucial for aging is to increase your bone density.
Yeah. So the impact of any, I mean, what you're
talking about, and when Vicky started with Zumba,
right? And I think just saying Zumba, people
can understand what that means a little bit more
than just what we do at CFIT. So Zumba is how
she started. And during that time is when she
was going to the doctor and the impact of just
dancing and jumping up and down, your bones have
to adapt. And that adaptability is what strengthens
them. And then just like what you said, it's
exactly what you said. I'm just repeating. I'm
doing you. Oh, man. It prevents osteoporosis,
which is brittle, weak bones that are primarily
in women as they age. Not just women, but no,
no, no, no, but primary. Yeah. So this impact,
this low impact weighted vest that adds to your
heel strike adds to the walk. There's so much
more, you know, well, it's not just bone, but
that's the number one. So why would you why would
you not? And I think the misconception is if
I put on my weighted vest and go out for a walk,
I'm going to lose 20 pounds. Oh, no, no, no,
no, no. You don't think that people think that?
No, I agree. But what it just came in my mind
is you they know, I know you know, you know,
that's what it sounded like. No, I do think -
She said no. No, no, that's not what I meant
at all. Thank you Monica Geller, but - I agree.
People think that, but no, that's not going to
happen. That it's a magic pill, which is I put
the weighted vest on and I will lose weight.
And that's not, you put the weighted vest on
and you get better bone density. Like that, yes.
Oh, yeah. Do you know what I mean? I see where
you're going. gonna immediately lose weight,
but the benefits. Oh, you said immediately weight.
Okay, keep going. But the benefits internally
are actually where the magic happens. Like that
is a non -negotiable, like it will, that helps
your bone density. The losing of the weight is
an after added benefit. With goes with diet nutrition
and everything else. Yeah Yeah, so then with
that it adds a strength training a piece or element
to your walk to your chosen low -impact exercise
and that just means you're building glutes you're
building legs hamstrings quads and core And core.
And that's just by walking with this thing. So
I just want to point out that she said building
those muscles, not growing them. You're not going
to put a weighted vest on and look like a football
player immediately. Like you're growing the muscles
inside. I'm only saying that because sometimes
people don't listen to the whole thing. They
think they take pieces of it. Yeah, like I'm
only hearing that you grow muscles inside. I
would like to know how you grow muscles outside.
People think. People think when you when you
say some people building muscle that that means
I don't want to look like a cross -fitter Yeah,
I don't want to look like a football player.
No, you're growing muscle. That doesn't mean
you're gonna get bulky Yeah, I'll look like Jaylen
Hertz. Oh, we're happily sure I Know who that
is. Take a moment for that. Take one. Oh Yeah
him too. Yeah him too I did it to myself. Oh
my god, you can't even do it right. I'm going
to do that when I'm confused. Say quam? Oh, ring
the bell. Oh god, if our brother is listening,
he is no longer. Oh, he just turned it off. He
just turned it off. He's so angry. As soon as
I said Jalen, he was like, bye. So yeah, strength
training. That's a great benefit also improves
cardiovascular health. So basically your heart
is a muscle and when you're walking Regularly
without a vest like you're you're working that
muscle like you're using your heart I mean you're
using your heart just to function and wake up
in the morning, but you're actively Working out
did you just throw up from your mouth? No. What
did you just do? I looked at my coffee. Oh my
god, I thought you went like this. I looked at
my coffee and thought, do I want to take a sip
or am I going to speak? Wait, did she lift her
hand? Tell us in the comments. Yes, to go like
this because I'm laughing and I need a tissue.
All right, I deserve this. I deserve this. I
deserve it. I deserve it. An extra one. Okay.
So yeah. With the vest builds more stamina. So
I think you have to go. You can't say words.
God, do it right. Less is more. OK. So you'd
have to go farther for longer without the vest.
And with the vest, not that this is like a, you
know, a cut. Not a shortcut. Yeah. But I like
cut through too. It means the same thing. You're
going to cut through. You're building more stamina
and endurance of the heart muscle with a low
impact, low impact. Can I tell you what I like
about it? That is a benefit as well. Yes, Carly.
Which I think you all will like to. It improves
your posture and your balance. So those were
next. I know. I'm a good segueist. No, you're
not. No, you're not. You made it sound like we
weren't just doing this by the list. Because
I don't know about you, but my shoulders are
slumped over right now. I mean, you should be
sitting back like this. You're a dancer. You
should be better. I know. I mean, I don't stretch
either, so I need to go to Julia's stretch class.
But what is it called, the Shoemaker's Kits?
Oh, please. Everybody sit back, grab your coffee.
I know, I was gonna say the shoemaker's kids
always go hungry, but shoemakers don't bake.
That sounds like a systematic, systemic problem.
You can't say systematic, you stink. The shoemaker's
kids always go barefoot. Ding ding, I got it
right. I am a dancer who doesn't stretch and
doesn't really take care of my body, so that...
For me, putting the weighted vest on, immediately,
you cannot go like this. You cannot hunch over.
You have to pull your shoulders back. And it
actually feels good. It feels good? No, like
it feels good to stand up. And then you realize
when you take it off and then you want to go
to slump, you're like, oh, I can pull my shoulders
back. I feel a difference immediately. Well,
I feel like if you're... If you're hunching over
with the vest, you're going to feel like the
weight pulls you forward. Right. So it almost
seems like it forces you. You do have to, I think,
take note and roll your shoulders back. But yeah,
I think that makes I mean, I knew it was on the
list because I read the article, but you know,
it makes sense. I think it doesn't make sense
is the shoemaker's kids never go hungry. And
the fact that you need a tissue, get a tissue.
Carly is notorious. If you've learned nothing
else about Carly, she's notorious for not fully
wiping her nose. I'm gonna tell the world now.
And you know what? That deserves a bunch. Every
time I'm like, Carly, stop talking to people
and go wipe your nose. Because I'm laughing too
hard and I'm allergic to laughing. Are you allergic
to properly? Who's your mother? I Couldn't I
couldn't stare at her talk seriously and I was
staring at her nose. I couldn't do it. But yes,
the vest helps with posture Which Yeah, all the
things that you said are right like you're gonna
roll your shoulders you're gonna stand up a little
bit taller But the reason you have the ability
to do that is because it's building your core
Which I think is why you brought it up in the
first place. Yep, cuz I said cool. Yeah Not even
a good actor to like fake that that was how the
segue is segwayed my five colleges did not do
me well I Said that in class the other day something
about it. Maybe honestly could have been two
weeks ago three weeks ago and You did your thing
of like laughing, but I know you she didn't hear
me and the room went ooh And I was like, oh man
Why would you say about me? It was a joke about
all the five colleges you went to, like, I don't
know, she couldn't count or something, something
ridiculous. And I was like, so glad you went
to all those colleges. And, uh... And the room
was on my side? She was like, ha ha ha ha, which
means... I didn't hear what you said. I'm gonna
assume what you said was funny, and I'm gonna
ignore it, and now I'm gonna shake my head like
this. And everyone else was like, hmm, hmm, hmm.
I was like, oh my god. Good, because that always
happens to me. You need a little taste of your
own medicine. Yeah, yeah, wipe your nose. Yeah,
yeah, yeah. Okay, last one. It burns calories
Shocking burns calories. So I can say that easily
and be like Cool, what's that mean? Like everything
burns calories us sitting here right now. We're
burning calories But with the vest it's going
to change your resting metabolic rate Okay, it's
gonna raise that metabolic rate. So your metabolism
is going to be Burning more working harder because
that gets raised by this endurance and the stamina
and the build that you're doing with this vest
That higher metabolic rate is going to burn calories
at rest So it's hold on hold on slow it down
the higher metabolic rate burns calories at rest
sort of like a Weighted work it like exactly
like a weighted workout where yeah, you're burning
calories afterwards. Yes, okay But that higher,
I should have said this first. So walking with
it, step one, walk with the vest. Step two, due
to that, builds more muscle. So you have more
muscle mass. Step three, because of the more
muscle mass, you are going to have a higher metabolic
rate. Step four, because of that higher metabolic
rate, you are going to be burning calories at
rest. Step five, podcast over. That's all you
really needed to say. Everything else is just
extra. I'm not actually sure what those gongs
were for, her or me. It's a group collective
thing. It's a collective gong. It's a collective
gong. Oh, I thought you said dong. I was like,
you're going to bypass dong? No, collective gong.
Are we joking right now? Wait, is this the book
I got you? And the paper fell out? Yes. They
come out very easily. It's a very cheap book.
Well, no. From Fi -vi -lo. So I guess we're not
getting sponsored by them anytime soon. Oh, no.
No, no, no, no, no. Oh, but you know what? Oh,
Sarah. They're at Seafit. Sarah got us new notebooks.
She did? Yes. They're sitting on our desk. They're
sitting where you put your microphone every day.
Next week Sarah next week because this one is
trash Sorry, um Okay, so last thing to say about
the vest It should fit snug I made this so Most
of them have adjustable straps and I actually
that's thought all of them have adjustable straps
I always had mine loose because I didn't want
it. I Don't know why I had this. I think I had
this thought that like tighter was Not bad, like
I'm gonna hurt myself, but there was something
about like the shoulder weight of the, you know,
it pulls you down. I just assumed the tighter
you did, the more it would do that or something.
I started tightening it and I was like, oh my
gosh, talk about the posture change. Now I have
to be up, I felt better. That's why I like it
tight, cause it like pulls you. It's like a corset.
Yeah, well, yeah. The whole first year I had
it, I didn't do that. And it's a game changer
when you really wear it properly. Maybe you were
thinking you put it over a sweatshirt or something.
I mean, yeah. Yeah, I don't think it was that
logical. I had a stupid, I don't know. It was
something weird that I was like, why haven't
I been doing this in the beginning? I keep pointing
down because my vest is right here. That hurts
to just pick up. This is not an adjustable vest.
This is a 20 and 20 alone. this is really heavy
yeah it's technically a men's vest because they
tend to weigh more than women so that 10 like
a 20 is probably their max um i didn't know that
i was just like i can do hard things i'm gonna
buy a 20 pound vest so smart yeah why can't you
do this i don't understand um so this is not
an adjustable one my Clients came in past two
days. We've been doing weighted vest workouts
squats push -ups Walking up and down stairs stairwells
No impact. No jumping. They did not jump once
but two Different workouts two days in a row
with their vests and they were like cool. We're
not gonna wear this for a while Really? It was
so hard to do the basics. It's that's all you
need and it was for them They bought it for walking
Because they can't get to see fit on some of
the hours right like their jobs are you know
They just couldn't get here They do come when
they can for the you know, Wednesday morning
slot and then they come with me But they there's
so many other days of the week So she was like
if it's winter and I don't want to go outside
But I have this vest like I don't know what to
do. I don't know what you know, whatever right
and I was like honestly any of our online Classes
uh, the in the lower impact, like a bar and tone
class, you don't need much, but you can wear
this while you're doing it. You just plie squat.
It like adds more weight to the body and stuff
like that. So that's what we've been playing
with, which is why I got the inspiration to want
to talk about it today. But one of them had an
adjustable one where you could add weight and
take out weight. So we came with two pound. They
look like egg rolls. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They're
like egg rolls. So it's two pounds that you can.
take in and out of pouches. And then the whole
back is lined with them because it has to be
evenly distributed. And so she took out, I think
it was an 18 max. So we took it out and we made
it to 12 pounds. There was like a one, one pound
pouch. And she was like, I could walk and hold
these two. Yeah, that's a good idea. That's a
great idea. But the adjustment one's nice because
you can start low. I think the vest itself without
any of the added stuff was one pound the website
said when I was looking at it and then you can
add. So if you wanted to do a four pound weighted
vest to start because you're afraid or that's
probably all you should do right now then you
can slowly gradually find your way to an 18 pound
vest. So I love that idea. As you were talking
I was remembering that we have been asked if
people can wear their vest to class and we would
say 100 % no. Not only to the not jumping ones,
that's like a sort of a no -brainer, but for
our lower impact classes too, it's just, it's
a little too much for the weighted vest. And
in a group setting, we can't give you the individualized
attention that you need to make sure you're doing
the right things and not putting it in your low
back. Yeah. One -on -one is a little different.
What might be a good idea, and I'm just like,
I'm just brainstorming here, like things are
just flowing. Okay, Will Ferrell. You might have
time to go to Home Depot. We're gonna streak
him by the quad. It might be maybe if Victoria
and I really sit down and thought about it, we
could have a weighted vest. Thought about this.
Really? Yeah. A weighted vest class so that we
could have a group setting. Everybody brings
their weighted vest on you. because they're very
expensive. So if you would like to bring your
weighted vest and we would have a class specifically
for that. But if there's not if we don't have
that, which we don't yet, but it might be a good
idea. It's not a good idea to wear one to another
class. No. Yeah. No, this is low impact. Your
muscles should be the reason things are challenging,
not because you're jumping up and down and the
weight of the vest is pulling down on your body
or your knee start to hurt or maybe they give
out. Like it's a low impact only. I've only been
thinking about it the past two days, because
I had to make up these workouts. I would love
that. This is actually awesome. All right, so
you heard it here first. We'll do it. Invest
in your vest. And the greatest thing is that
she's not putting her microphone to it. So those
of you listening, you can't hear hers, but she's
trying to gong the dong every time. She's just
failing. You're so dumb. Yes, so listen, it's
coming to a CFIT class near you or soon. There's
only one CFIT. A weighted vest class, because
I think that's a really good idea. And also it'll
teach you how to work out with the weighted vest
so you don't hurt yourself. But we would need
to actually do that. So I will be getting a lighter
vest. So that's also what I wanted to say. there
are these really cool vests I saw online and
I went to go buy one because I was like, you
know me, oh, that's super cute. Like it looks
like a vest and you zip it up and I went to go
get it and it's only comes up to seven pounds
because that you can do. It's encouraged to add
it to your HIIT workouts or your strength training
workouts, not a 12 to 20 pound vest. There are
vests that only go to seven pounds that you can
work out in. Yeah, which will probably be what
our requirement is for class. You know what?
We'll figure out the logistics on our own and
then we'll report back. We're just spitballing
here. I feel like that's a good idea. She's doing
a lot of spitting, actually. So I'm going to
do a Carly on the spot, spot, spot, spot. And
it's just to do a real tip and a real extra tip,
so. No, you know I hate this. Look, look, look,
look. There's your extra. A real - Okay. Oh,
you want me, you just want me to do the real
extra tip. You don't want me to do the real one?
Yeah, like do the same thing that you've been
doing for 130 weeks plus. You just do the extra
one. I thought you were like, Karlie's gonna
do the real tip and the real extra and my heart
stopped because you know I'm not good at improv.
No, the real tip. Get yourself a vest. Get yourself
a vest. Don't get yourself a vest for our class
just yet. Get yourself a vest for your weighted
walks. So I recommend the adjustable one. you
can be in control of maybe there's a day that
you're feeling stronger or you've really, you
know, increased your stamina. You want to add
some weight. Maybe there's a day that you want
to get it done, but you're tired and you can
drop some of the weight in the vest and it's
not so detrimental to your soul or your spirit.
So do the adjustable vest and you know, if you're
not a walker, maybe this will get you to be an
outdoor walker. If you are a walker, this will
just add to it. Carly has a question. No, I'm
raising my hand because I am NOT a walker, but
I do like to walk with the weighted vest while
I listen to my podcast. She's a night walker.
Game of Thrones? No, I don't watch that show.
It's too gory. It's too bloody. Actually, no,
I'm not sure that they're called night walkers.
I think they're called skin crawlers? No. Skin
walkers? Skin walkers. No. Okay. We don't know
anyway. Oh, God. Now. Oh, yikes. For both of
us. The real extra tip of the week. It's called.
You've got to pick a pocket or two. I can't delete
this. I can't roll it back and try again. Oh,
no. Oh, no. What does you got to pick a pocket
or two? Oh, my God. Mean. Oh, my God. Oh, my
God. It means get the accessories. Accessorize.
So I have a vest. Oh, we're just gonna bypass
your... It's from Oliver, guys. It's from Oliver.
Oliver the musical reference. Oh my good God.
Get yourself accessories like the iPhone pocket.
See what I did there? Pick a pocket. Pocket for
the iPhone. That's not what it means. I used
to wear a belt with my phone on it and after
Your vest came with this no it came with it and
I never used it I put my phone on my belt and
I put the weighted vest on then I was like wait
a second I have this pocket it is a game changer
this pocket with the phone agree you just and
did you have to buy it separately? Yeah, because
you had it. Yeah. Yeah because she does what
I do and It is a zippered pocket you put it on
your weighted vest you put your air pods in just
one not two because we also need to be aware
of our surroundings and It's perfect. You slip
it out. You slip it in you put some money in
there and it's right on your chest It's a it's
accessible and it is the perfect addition to
your weighted vest. So I would seriously Put
invest in the vest the pocket don't pick a pocket
pick your own pocket be done Be done get the
pocket mine says sports It literally just says
sports on it. It's a Chinese brand, I'm assuming
from Amazon. I put my house keys, extra doggie,
but like a roll of doggie bags if I'm down to
one on her leash. My phone, my second phone.
They're big, because our phones are big now.
So they are big, but. You just Velcro it on the
shoulder. Mine wraps around like the ones we
used to wear for our iPods around your bicep.
But it also came with a strap. So, you know,
because really cool people wear it with the strap
like a purse Maybe to go camping or something.
I don't I don't understand but It really is a
game changer. I said all of that. Yeah Yeah,
you've got to pick up no You've got to pick a
pocket or two it's Fagan Fagan from Oliver With
that note We hope this weighted vest lifts the
weight off your shoulders of wondering why this
trend is so vested in our society. Drop your
mic. Drop your mic. Mic drop. I guess it doesn't
work when you say mic drop and you drop the mic.
Well, for the listeners, you just heard it. Unfortunately,
I'm so sorry. Invest in your vest. Yeah. Yeah.
And why not make your walks like leveled up a
little bit more? Not worth it. Just walking outside
is so beneficial, but why not? It's the easiest
way to do it. So we hope that cleared things
up for you. I was saying level up, level up,
level up, level up, level up, level up. I didn't
know how many level ups we were doing. It's your
song. Why? Why don't we know? Oh, my God. Don't
worry, the dong -dong will be back probably every
week just to keep her humble. Yeah, don't worry.
It'll be back. Guys, we're a fitness podcast.
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