An inventor created a compression-based weighted vest at 62 to restore his health after years of decline. Gary Brecka discusses how adding light weight to everyday movement, not just gym sessions, boosts metabolism and body temperature through compression and load.
18 years ago, I lost my health. I was self-injured. My body had broken down. At the same time, I went, all right, how am I going to fix my body? But once I decided it was weight, get my body back faster, I needed a tool. And so I ordered every weight vest on the market, and it not only hurt my body, but it compromised my movement.
The way that people think about rucking and weight as being something that could be incorporated into their lifestyle rather than just something they go do at the gym, I think is a reframing for me that's had very positive consequences.
Especially as you age, like, you have to look for every tool you can find. Father Time is staring you right Smack in the face. And when I invented it at 62, I gotta have more tools, man. And I thought, what if I could tap into my metabolism every day, tone a little bit all day, and look good doing it?
There's science around compression. There's science around weighted exercise, improving metabolism, raising body temperature, and increasing the rate for this adaptive response.
Most weighted vests give you weight because of the compression, heat, and the load. We give you a transformational body.
Someone listening to this podcast, new to weight, new to rucking, sort of piqued their interest about a lightly weighted lifestyle. Where do they start?
I think the biggest thing is— Ultimate. You win.
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