"When working a vest into your bodyweight movements, start slow, especially if you've never tried it before. Keep in mind if you've never done push-ups, pull-ups, etc. with extra weight that it is going to be a lot more taxing on your body even if it's something as minimal as 5-10lbs. My recommendation would be to test things out with a lower volume workout (which can be subjective based on how good you already are with bodyweight movements) and see how your body feels the next day.
As far as progression goes, you have three options: the first two are obvious; adding weight or adding reps. The other consideration is intensity. Can you get the same amount of work done in a shorter time frame? Or maybe last time you did 100 push-ups you had to break into sets of 5, try doing 7-10 instead. Ideally, there would be a combination of all 3 of these incorporated into a program and I think that is what would ultimately lead to a person getting the most out of vested training."
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