Ultimate Training Vest 70

I've had the IM SBv2 with a few attachments for over a year now. They have worked very well in my basement gym. I finally decided to pull the trigger on all the IM QLDB ecosystem. With such a good discount for end of summer sale (15%) plus the 10% stacking discount, it was almost a no brainer to get the vest as I would have all the plates needed.

At first I was thinking I took my splurge too far as figuring out how to put on and take off the vest (especially with a lot of weight) felt cumbersome and was slowing down my workout. But then I figured out to lay it on the ground, fill up with the needed plates, then with the back facing up I grab the back half with both hands from the sides and lift over my head. It slides on smoothly this way. The instructions say to have someone help but doing it this way I have easily and comfortably put 55lbs on alone and quite sure I could do 70lbs. I take it off lifting the back up, pulling my head out and moving the vest off to the side.

I use this for wide grip pull-ups, dips, and dead hangs. I really appreciate having it for those dead lifts. I'm doing 1min deadlifts with 90lbs and before I had to hang 2x45 lb plates from a dip belt. While that works, it's super uncomfortable. With the vest, I load 55lbs and then just use a 35lb plate on the dip belt at the same time. Way more comfortabe. And because the vest is not long, there is no overlap with the dip belt at my waist. With these two in combination I will have…

I bought this cause I was already tied into the iron master eco system and love a lot of their other gear. I mainly got this so I could ruck on the treadmill and it works great for that. I could definitely see myself training more dynamic movements with this in the future like squats and side lunges as well as pull ups and chins. This was something that had been missing from my training arsenal and I'm glad I finally picked one up. Opens a new world of training opportunities.

I bought this vest as I already had the weights. Was pleasantly surprised with its quality given its modest price. \r\nMainly purchased for weighted dips and pull ups but got into short distance rucking as well. \r\nI can easily fit 25 lbs of plates in each pocket, so max weight of vest is 100 lbs. I am not sure iron master engineered stitches to hold that much but definitely higher capacity than listed.